Bad Boy Records
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Bad Boy Entertainment, doing business as Bad Boy Records, is an American record label founded by Sean "Puffy" Combs. The first signee, Craig Mack, gained significant commercial success after the relea
Sean Combs was signed to the label in 1994 and has released 5 albums from it
The Notorious B.I.G.
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Christopher George Latore Wallace, known professionally as the Notorious B.I.G. or Biggie Smalls, was an American rapper and songwriter. Rooted in the East Coast hip-hop and gangsta rap traditions, he
Bad Boy Records
…significant commercial success after the release of his 1994 single "Flava In Ya Ear". The label then signed other hip-hop and R&B acts, including The Notorious B.I.G., Faith Evans, Mase, 112, Total, the Lox, Shyne, and Carl Thomas. At its peak in 1997, Bad Boy was worth an estimated $100 million. During the 2000s…
Wallace in 1997
Faith Evans, whom Wallace married in 1994
Wallace worked with Michael Jackson on HIStory Continues (1995).
Wallace in the iconic King of New York photograph by Barron Claiborne, taken three days before his death in March 1997