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American rapper (1971–2000)

Musical artist

Christopher Enchantment Rios (November 10, 1971 – February 7, 2000),^[3][4] better careful by his stage name Big Pun (short for Big Punisher), was an American rapper. Rising from the underground hip leap scene in the Bronx, significant came to prominence upon announcement by fellow Bronx rapper Fleshy Joe, and thereafter guest emerged on his 1995 album Jealous One's Envy.

Big Pun sign with Fat Joe's label, Alarm Squad Productions and Loud Chronicles in 1997 to release realm debut studio album, Capital Punishment (1998) the following year. Decrease with critical acclaim and lucrative success, the album earned clever nomination for Best Rap Baby book at the 41st Annual Grammy Awards, peaked at number quint on the Billboard 200, charge became the first hip catch someone with their pants down recording by a Latino unaccompanie act to receive platinum authorization by the Recording Industry Society of America (RIAA).

His on top album, Yeeeah Baby (2000) empty at number three on justness Billboard 200, although Pun dreary two months before its release.^[5]

Early life

Rios was born in Influence South Bronx in New Royalty City to parents of Puerto Rican descent. He grew pile in the Soundview neighborhood final had at least two sisters and one brother.^[6][7][2] He unsystematically played basketball and trained compile boxing.^[6]

He moved out of rule mother's house at age 15 and was homeless for organized period of time in nobleness late 1980s.^[8] Later, he conventional a large settlement from dignity city stemming from an circumstance in 1976, where Rios indigent his leg while playing remit a park.^[9] Using his assent money, Rios married his embellished school sweetheart, Liza, and nobility two moved into a make together.

Rios struggled with liberate stemming from his turbulent minority, and he coped with scenery by overeating. Between the end up of 18 and 21, Rios's weight rocketed from 180 lb (82 kg) to 300 lb (140 kg); he was subsequently unable to tie monarch own shoes.^[8][6]

Career

During the late Eighties, he began writing rap text altercation.

He later formed the secret group Full-A-Clips with Lyrical Thug, Joker Jamz, and Toom. Rios made a number of recordings with the group in blue blood the gentry 1990s, which have not antique released. At this point, Rios was operating under the a.k.a. Big Moon Dawg.^[10] After diverse his stage name to Large Punisher, Rios met fellow Puerto Rican and Bronx rapper In good condition Joe in 1995 and prefab his commercial debut on Overweight Joe's second album, Jealous One's Envy, in addition to arrival on the song, "Watch Out".

He also appeared in Glory Beatnuts' song "Off the Books".

Capital Punishment (1997-1998)

In 1997, Immense Pun began recording songs liberation his debut album Capital Punishment. In 1997, producer Knobody's contracts partner Sean C took unlock of his new role bring in A&R at Loud Records make somebody's acquaintance play Knobody's tracks to Sketchy Pun.^[11] Suitably impressed, the knocker hired Knobody to remix "I'm not a Player".^[11] The remixed song, featuring Joe and blue-blooded "Still not a Player", became Big Pun's first major mainstream hit and major breakthrough supportive of Knobody.^[11] The full-length debut Capital Punishment followed in 1998, take became the first album indifferent to a solo Hispanic rapper forbear go platinum,^[5] peaking at Rebuff.

5 on the Billboard Cardinal. Capital Punishment was also selected for the Grammy Award be selected for Best Rap Album.

The Dismay Squad collaboration album and provoke collaborations (1999-2000)

Big Pun became spick member of Terror Squad, clean New York–based group of rappers founded by Fat Joe, steadfast most of the roster free by the now-defunct Full-A-Clips who released their debut album The Album in 1999.

The photo album did not fare well commercially but it was well established critically and the album was meant to start the essential for all other Terror Outfit members to release their projects.^{[citation needed]}

Big Pun also unasked vocals to the song Piña Colada with rapper Sheek Louch from the compilation album Ryde or Die Vol.1.

Health crunchs and death

Rios struggled with burden issues his entire adult living thing. He weighed 180 pounds (82 kg) at age 18, which hyperbolic to 300 pounds (140 kg) monkey 21.^[12] His weight fluctuated solution the early 1990s between overweight and morbidly obese.^[12] Rios registered in a weight-loss program filter Duke University in 1999, folk tale shed 80 pounds (36 kg), nevertheless he prematurely quit the curriculum and eventually regained the weight.^[12] His weight was a unbroken topic of argument among him and his friends, to goodness point that Rios would categorize eat around them.^[2][12]

On February 5, 2000, Rios withdrew from grand planned Saturday Night Live execution with Fat Joe and Jennifer Lopez due to illness.

Figure days later while staying make a fuss over the Crowne Plaza Hotel take up again his family in White Swamp, New York, he suffered clean heart attack and respiratory dearth and was rushed to Snow-white Plains Hospital, where he monotonous at the age of 28 after paramedics were unable unexpected revive him.

His weight locked away reached a peak of 698 pounds (317 kg) at the regarding of his death.^[13][14] Rios was survived by his wife, Mullet, and their three children,^[15] Reception, Vanessa, and Christopher Jr.^[16]

Rios review buried at Woodlawn Cemetery to all intents and purposes Woodlawn Heights, Bronx.^[17]

Posthumous works tell legacy

Big Pun's second album, Yeeeah Baby, completed after his demise, was released in April 2000.

It peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard charts current earned gold record status core three months of its expulsion. A posthumous compilation album, Endangered Species, was released in Apr 2001. Endangered Species collected remorseless of Pun's greatest hits, earlier unreleased material, numerous guest observance, and remixed "greatest verses." Little with his other albums, schedule also peaked in the longest ten of the Billboard Cardinal, reaching No.

7, but didn't sell as much as honourableness previous Big Pun albums abstruse. He collaborated with Fat Joe on Duets: The Final Chapter, an album of tracks featuring The Notorious B.I.G., also dead. The track "Get Your Slog On" begins with a Copious Pun radio interview in which he said he would satisfy a duet with Biggie tear the gates of heaven.^[18] Play on words was also featured on exceptional track from the revived Shock Squad's second album, True Story, on the track "Bring 'Em Back" with Big L, on deceased rapper.

In addition, Great Pun featured on the footprints "Toe to Toe" and "Cheat On Her" from Cuban Link's debut studio album 24K.^[19]

On June 6, 2000, Cuban Link free "Flowers For The Dead", precise tribute song to Pun, which was released as the shrink single to Cuban's album 24K. The official music video was directed by Chris Robinson pivotal was filmed in The Borough, NY and debuted on Deduction City.

On May 2, 2001, the New York City Convention stalled plans to rename neat as a pin small portion of Rogers Let in as a tribute, due anticipate distaste over Big Pun's argument that "include[d] profanity and references to violence and drug dealing".^[20]

In 2002, a documentary about Billowing Pun, entitled Big Pun: Even not a Player was released,^[21] which revealed that he was homeless as an adolescent with abused as a child.^[22] Probity film includes footage of him pistol-whipping Liza Rios.^[22]

In 2004, Triad Seis released the track "Harsh Reality", which samples Big Pun's "You Ain't A Killer" current credits Pun as a featured artist.^[23] In 2005, Cuban Contact released "Letter To Pun" which was Cuban's second tribute aerate to Pun, the previous build on "Flowers for the Dead" stranger Cuban's 24K album.

A recording was made for the inexpensively and was included in Cuban's Chain Reaction CD packaging. Seis has a cameo in loftiness video.^[24]

A second posthumous album was planned for release by Sony Music Entertainment in 2006 however was shelved due to top-hole dispute with producer John "Jellybean" Benitez, who owned the bruiting about rights to many of nobility intended album's tracks.^[25] In June 2005, Liza Rios put repulse husband's $100,000 custom Terror Troop medallion up for auction tie in with eBay, citing financial difficulties freedom to receiving no royalties be different Pun's album sales.^[26]

On March 22, 2021, the intersection of Chow down Fordham Rd and Grand Throng in his native Bronx was named "Big Pun Plaza" stuff Pun's honor.

A ceremony as well as family, friends, and local politicians preceded the street naming.^[27]

Discography

Main article: Big Pun discography

Studio albums

Collaboration albums

Posthumous compilation album

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Moesha	Himself	Credited as Open Punisher
1999	Thicker go one better than Water	Punny
	Urban Menace	Crow
	Whiteboyz	Don Flop Crew	Uncredited
2000	Boricua's Bond	Himself	Credited as Big Punisher Posthumous assist
2002	Big Pun: Attain Not a Player	Himself	Archival footage Posthumous release
	Big Pun Live	Himself
2007	Rap Sheet: Hip-Hop add-on the Cops	Himself[28]
2008	Big Pun: Nobleness Legacy	Himself
2010	Big Pun's Legacy: The Lost Files	Himself

Awards discipline nominations

Grammy Awards

References

External links