Brooklyn's Big Poppa.
Christopher Wallace, the Notorious B.I.G. (aka Biggie Smalls) was a gifted rapper from a young age, but he didn't dedicate himself to a career in music until after hooking up with Sean "Puffy" Combs. He signed onto Combs's fledgling label, Bad Boy Records Records, and together they revived a moribund East Coast Hip Hop scene.
For a time, Biggie attended George Westinghouse Technical and Vocational High School in Brooklyn where his classmates included DMX, Jay-Z, and Busta Rhymes.