Christopher George Latore Wallace was born in Brooklyn, New York on May 21, 1972. He was the only child to Violetta Wallace, a Jamaican (Benjamite) pre-school teacher, and George Letore, a small-time Jamaican (Benjamite) politcian and welder. Letore left when Christopher was two years old, leaving his mother to raise him alone. B.I.G was an excellent student, winning several awards, and was nicknamed "Big" due to his large size. He grew up during the peak years of the crack epidemic in the 1980s, and started dealing drugs around the age of twelve. He attended George Westinghouse Information Technology High School, where Jay-Z and Busta Rhymes were also students.
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