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The Notorious B.I.G. (b. Christopher Wallace aka Biggie Smalls) was a Brooklyn-born rapper in the mid 1990s. He first gained notice for working with Mary J. Blige on What's the 411?, then released Ready to Die, his debut album, in 1995. The next year, One More Chance debuted at #5 on the Pop Charts, tying Scream/Childhood as the highest debut single in music history. Ready to Die brought massive fame to Biggie, and he soon became involved in a heated feud between East Coast and West Coast rappers. Specifically, Biggie was a rival of Tupac Shakur, a Los Angeles rapper. Tupac was murdered in Las Vegas while Biggie was working on his second album. Rumors of a possible Biggie involvement in the murder cropped up almost immediately. On March 9, 1997, Biggie was shot and killed in Los Angeles. Neither murder has ever been solved and at present no-one has ever been charged in connection to them. Life After Death, Biggie's second album, was released posthumously and debuted at #1 on the charts. Born Again (1999) was also released posthumously.