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  • Big L
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  • Big L
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  • Male
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  • Children_of_the_Corn_(group)
  • Diggin'_in_the_Crates_Crew
  • Gang_Starr
  • Kool_G_Rap
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  • African-American male rappers
  • Murdered African-American people
  • East Coast hip hop musicians
  • Underground rappers
  • Unsolved murders in the United States
  • Rappers from New York City
  • 1974 births
  • 1999 deaths
  • 20th-century American musicians
  • Burials in New Jersey
  • Columbia Records artists
  • Deaths by firearm in New York
  • Diggin' in the Crates Crew members
  • Horrorcore artists
  • Murdered rappers
  • Murdered hip hop musicians
  • People from Harlem
  • People murdered in New York
abstract
  • * May 30, 1974 (New York, USA)† February 15, 1999 (New York, USA)Harlem - New York City based hip-hop MC and a member of the D.I.T.C. crew.He was shot and killed in Harlem on the night of February 15, 1999, just blocks away from his home. He was only 24 years old at the time of his death.
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  • Lamont Coleman (May 30, 1974 – February 15, 1999), best known by his stage name Big L, was an American hip hop recording artist, born and raised in Harlem, New York City, New York. Coleman embarked on his career in rapping, with the hip hop trio, Three the Hard Way. His first notable appearance came on Lord Finesse's %22Yes You May (Remix)%22. Coleman released his debut album, Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous, in 1995 and significantly contributed to the underground hip hop scene. In 1998, he founded Flamboyant Entertainment, his own indie label, where he released one of his most popular singles, %22Ebonics%22 (1998).On February 15, 1999, Coleman was killed by an unknown assailant in a drive-by shooting in his native Harlem. His second studio album, The Big Picture, was put together by Coleman's manager, Rich King, and released posthumously the following year. It was eventually certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).Three posthumous albums have been released, mainly consisting of unreleased songs which were put together by Rich King and his brother, Donald. Multiple tributes have been given to Coleman, including in The Source, MTV, and HipHop DX. A documentary is in the works titled Street Struck: The Big L Story (2012). About.com called him the twenty-third best MC of all time, and multiple writers at Allmusic have given him high praise.
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  • Big L (R.I.P.)
  • Big L (RIP)
  • Big L.
  • Big-L
  • BigL
  • The Legendary Big L
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  • US rapper
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  • 1974-05-30
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  • 1999-02-15
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  • Big L
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