Big Poppa - Notorious B.I.G.

True Crimecast

Stove Leg Media

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary, Personal Journals

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

The life and unsolved murder of Christopher "Notorious B.I.G." Wallace remains one of hip-hop's greatest tragedies. This episode charts his rise from a Brooklyn drug dealer to the savior of East Coast hip-hop, detailing his early career with Sean "Puffy" (Diddy) Combs and the meteoric success of his albums Ready to Die and the posthumously released Life After Death. The story pivots on his infamous rivalry with Tupac Shakur, which began after Tupac was shot in 1994. It culminates with Biggie's own unsolved murder in a 1997 Los Angeles drive-by shooting.

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0:00.0	Stoveleg Media, igniting conversation. This is True Crimecast. I'm Jamie here with John, who is very unsettled. Are you okay? You're just...
0:30.8	I got to make myself comfortable, you know? So I muted the mics while we did the intro and just got...
0:36.5	You know, I'm in his zone now, so I'm good.
0:38.3	How are you doing, buddy?
0:39.3	I'm doing pretty well.
0:40.8	I'm glad we got the Jared Fogel case out of the way last week.
0:45.4	That was really hard to do just because of the content and not that all of our cases don't have an element of discomfort, but that, yeah, you know, if you've ever listened before,
0:57.5	crimes against kids doesn't do me well.
1:01.2	Well, and I'm a psychopath, so I'm just over here,
1:03.4	like eating sandwiches while talking about it.
1:05.9	I'm a different kind of, I don't know, crazy.
1:09.9	I've just been able to compartmentalize.
1:14.2	Compartimentalize?
1:15.1	That's it.
1:15.5	Yeah.
1:15.8	I've able to do that through years of practice.
1:18.7	Yeah, your job.
1:19.5	I mean, it totally makes sense.
1:21.0	I'm just suppressing my emotions until they explode and anger.
1:25.1	Catch bless their hearts this week for how that happened in real life.
1:29.6	Yeah, I'm pretty excited to talk about that.
1:31.8	Before we get started today, I want to give a big thanks to Purdy Cool.
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