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The two New York rappers went track-for-track in a Verzuz battle that was filled with classic songs, surprise guests and a whole lot of trash talk.

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It looks like Big Pun‘s mom has resorted to robbing banks. A woman who goes by the name of Gail Simpson was arrested Septemeber 23.…

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Today would have been Christopher Rios’ 39th birthday. R.I.P. Here is a few videos from one of the greatest MCs of all time…BIG PUN!

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Before Big Pun was considered a legendary rap artist, the Bronx MC took on the nickname Moon Dawg back in the 80’s. I wonder how the hip hop community would have responded to Pun with the name Moon Dawg. Big Pun would go on to team up with Fat Joe and The Terror Squad and […]

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The Slaughterhouse MC drops his verse on the “Tupac’s Back” instrumental paying homage to the late Christopher “Big Pun” Rios.

Over the weekend, Big Pun aficionados hit the streets and rallied to rename the Bronx, NY intersection of 163rd Street and Rogets Place as Big Pun Place. The spot, which houses the iconic Pun memorial painted by the TATS Cru, needs some petition signatures to have a shot at becoming official, but it got us […]

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Big Pun‘s sister, Nicole Rodriguez is spearheading an effort to have a street in the Bronx, NY named in honor of her late brother. She hopes to have E. 163rd St. and Rogers Place in the Longwood neighborhood renamed “Big Pun Place.”

216, Hip Hop News

On February 7, 2000 hip-hop lost one of its most lyrical MCs ever. Christopher “Big Pun” Rios, the first Latin rapper to achieve Platinum sales status, died of a heart attack. He was 28 years old.