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Events on Sunday 9 March 1997 1
1972 – 1997Notorious B.I.G. (1972-1997)Died 9 March 1997, aged 24Christopher Wallace, known as the Notorious B.I.G., was a rapper whose album Ready to Die established him as one of hip hop's most influential artists. He was shot and killed in Los Angeles amid the East Coast-West Coast rap rivalry, six months after the murder of Tupac Shakur. His case remains officially unsolved.