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Big Pun

Big Pun was the stage name for Christopher Lee Rios, a Grammy-nominated rapper whose solo debut, Capital Punishment, was the first hip-hop record by a solo Latino artist to achieve platinum status. Born in New York City on November 10, 1971, he was raised in the Bronx, where he began rapping under the name Big Moon Dawg. After changing his alias to Big Punisher (and subsequently shortening it to Big Pun), he met fellow Bronx-based rapper Fat Joe in 1995, making his commercial debut as a guest artist on Fat Joe's second album, Jealous One's Envy. Big Pun scored an underground hit ...