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The Notorious B.I.G.'s place as a legend in hip-hop history remains undisputed. But before he became a music icon, he was just a teenager rapping for his friends on the street, looking up to rappers themselves. The Notorious B.I.G. | David Corio/Redferns The Notorious B.I.G. had many hit songs The Notorious B.I.G. grew up on the streets of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn in the 1980s. New York was the birthplace of hip-hop, and — much like his Bed-Stuy neighbor Jay-Z — he often participated in rap battles on the street. But just like Jay-Z, he grew up during the height of the crack epidemic, and sold crack to make money. He made his first demo tape under the name Biggie Smalls, named after a gang leader from Bill Cosby and Sidney Poitier's 1975 film Let's Do It Again . He was eventually discovered by Sean "Puffy" Combs, a.k.a. P. Diddy, wh