Of the many talented rappers of the East Coast was Biggie Smalls - aka The Notorious B.I.G. - the only one of his contemporaries (Nas, Jeru The Damaja, Black Moon) that could fulfill the promise in the early nineties of the return of the East Coast hardcore sound. With the help of Bad Boy producer Sean "Puffy" Combs and collaborations with R & B artists such as Mary J. Blige, Faith Evans and Total,
… knew Biggie the attention of the audience away to hijack the G-funk of the West Coast. After his single One More Chance pop chart once landed at No. 5 on Billboard, contributed to its popularity and way of business conduct in a public feud with West Coast counterpart 2Pac. The untimely death of both artists sealed their status as legends.more