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He sold crack on a Brooklyn corner and couldn't read a note of music. He became a king.
Christopher Wallace grew up heavy, sharp, and broke in 1980s Brooklyn.
He dropped out of school and sold drugs on the corner to survive.
He rapped on the corner for fun, until his demo tape reached the right ears.
His voice was effortless, his storytelling so vivid you could see every corner he described.
In 1994 his first album made him the new king of New York rap.
He turned hard corner stories into art, and the whole industry leaned back toward Brooklyn.
But a bitter coast-to-coast rivalry turned the music into something deadly.
In 1997, at just twenty-four, he was shot and killed in Los Angeles.
He released one album in his life, and many still call him the greatest rapper ever.
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