Timeline Monday 15 February 1999

Events on Monday 15 February 1999 1

• 1974 – 1999 Big L (1974-1999) Died 15 February 1999, aged 24 Lamont Coleman, known as Big L, was a Harlem rapper regarded as an influential figure in 1990s hip-hop lyricism. He was shot and killed near his childhood home in Harlem, New York, in an unsolved murder. His posthumous reputation grew substantially in the following decades.