Big Pun Net Worth, spouse, young children, awards, movies

Key facts:

Big Pun emerged in the underground hip hop scene in New York City in the 199s and became known as one of the best MCs of all time.

His first mainstream hit came in 1997 with the Knobody remix of his song, 'I'm Not a Player', featuring Joe, released as 'Still Not a Player'.

He released his debut solo album, 'Capital Punishment', in 1998, which went Platinum and became the first album by a solo Latino rap artist to achieve Platinum status.

Big Pun was a member of the Terror Squad, a group of New York rappers founded by Fat Joe, and they released a collaboration album in 1999 called 'The Album'.

His second album, 'Yeeeah Baby', was completed and released posthumously in April 200, peaking at number 3 on the Billboard charts and earning gold status within three months of its release.

Basic Information About Big Pun

Category	Celebrities › Rappers
Professions	Rapper, Actor
Net worth	$3,000,000
Date of birth	1971-11-10
Place of birth	The Bronx
Date of death	2000-02-07 (aged 28)
Nationality	United States of America
Spouse	5 May - Liza Rios ( 1990 - 7 February 2000) (his death) (3 children)
Gender	Male
Height	5 ft 1 in (1.57 m)
Social Media	↗︎ Wikipedia ↗︎ IMDb

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What Movie Awards did Big Pun win?

Oscar	Golden Globe	Golder Raspberry	BAFTA	Other
0	0	0	0	0

Big Pun roles

Movie / Series	Role
Moesha	Self 1 episode, 1998

Big Pun's Quotes

"I'm mostly concentrating now on continuing to make history in Hip-Hop, making everybody proud of me, I'm not just a rapper now, I'm in history now".

Interesting Facts about Big Pun

First Latin rapper to go multiplatinum.
Cremated and buried at Woodlawn Cemetery, New York, on Feb 12, 2000.
Rap music artist.
Rios weighed 698 pounds at the time of his death.
Both their marriage and honeymoon was held in Bronx, New York (City Hall and the Marriot Marquis).
Son, Christopher, is carrying on his father's legacy as "Baby Pun".
Is survived by four sisters (Piña, Nicole, Nyree, Christine), two daughters (Amanda, Vanessa), and one son (Christopher).
Mother's name is Gail Tirado.
Grandmother's name is Carmen de la Tajera.
Dropped out of Stevenson High School at the age of 15.
Whitney Houston, Eminem, Cypress Hill, Sean 'Diddy' Combs, Lil' Kim, LL Cool J, Mack 10, The Lox, Wyclef Jean, and 'Bone Thugs 'N Harmony' were among the various celebrities that either attended Big Pun's funeral and/or sent flowers.
Was best friends with Fat Joe
Was a star athlete as a youth.