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Kyasia Kearney October 25, 2018 Wikipedia Project: Big Pun Christopher Lee Carlos Rios, better known as rapper Big Pun was born November 10, 1971. He was African American, and born in Bronx, New York. Big Pun was the first Latino rapper to go platinum. He became an icon because of this. His weight was also a major factor, and key to why everyone loved him. He weighed almost 700 pounds, and was still a very active energized person. He always looked out for others, and made sure that everyone was good. His music was very inspiring to others. Big Pun became homeless in a few years, which was a difficult time for him. He also became a father at a very young age. During his junior year of high school his now wife, Liza gave birth to their child. This was a very stressful time for him since he was now homeless, so to cope with all his stress he would eat. Eating was his get away with all that he had going on in his life. He then joined a rap group and stood out because of his ability to rap long periods of time without catching his breath. Since, he stood out, and then caught the attention of everyone. He then came across rapper, Fat Joe in 1995. This is when his career really took off. Fat joe recognized his talent, and the asked him to be on his song “Watch out”. These two then became partners, and developed a strong friendship. Fat Joe was then able to get him a contract with “Loud Records”. In 1997, Big Pun had his first hit, “I’m not a player”, and became number 1 on the billboards. This is where his career really took off, and he became very successful. He was very big in the Latino community, due to the fact that he was one of the first rappers from that community to hit number 1 on the charts. Big Pun life was cut short in February 2000, when he died due to being overweight. He died of a heart failure in a hotel in the Bronx that his wife, and kids were staying at while their new Bronx home was being worked on.

Reference: https://www.biography.com/people/big-pun-266352