Big Pun

Posted on 03.19.2000

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Big Punisher
Real name : Christopher Lee Rios
The Bronx, New York
9 November 1971- February 7, 2000

Big Punisher was a Puerto Rican rapper who emerged from the underground rap scene in The Bronx in the late 1990s. He appeared on albums from Raekwon, the Beatnuts and Fat Joe, and eventually signed to Loud Records. Struggling with weight problems during his lifetime, Pun’s career was cut short in 2000 after a fatal heart attack. He was survived by a wife and three children.

Born in The Bronx during the early years of hip-hop, Christopher Rios grew up in an athletic tradition, enjoying basketball, boxing, and other sports. He met his now widowed wife Liza, in the eighth grade. At the age of five, he broke his leg in a Manhattan municipal park, which would later be settled by the city of New York. At the age of 15, Pun dropped out of Stevenson High School. Sometime during the ’80s, Rios began to write rap lyrics, forming the Full A Clips Crew with Triple Seis, Cuban Link, and Prospect. After meeting fellow Puerto Rican and Bronx rapper Fat Joe , in 1995, Pun became increasingly associated with him, making his commercial debut on Joe’s second album, Jealous Ones Envy (J.O.E.).

After an advertising blitz, "I’m Not a Player" (featuring an O’Jays sample) was an underground hit. The song’s remix, "Still Not a Player" (featuring Joe), became Pun’s first major mainstream hit. His full-length debut, Capital Punishment, followed in 1998, and was the first album by a Latino rapper (and a Latino solo artist) to go platinum. Around this time, Big Pun became a member of The Terror Squad , a New-York-based group of Latino rappers founded by Fat Joe, with most of the roster supplied by the now-defunct Full A Clips Crew.

His second album, Yeeeah Baby, was already scheduled to be released at the time of his death, and was issued in March 2000. A second posthumous album, Endangered Species, was released in 2001, a collection of "greatest hits," new material, guest appearances, and remixed "greatest verses."

Mostly Punisher likes to spend time at home with his family and listen to R&B. When asked about some of his favorites, names like Lou Rawles and Richard Marx came to mind as did Surface and Ready For The World. But, at the same time, Rakim and Run DMC were fully committed to memory, of course. Ultimately, whatever he was doing and listening to for the past ten years has helped him become one of the most outstanding hip-hop talents in years.

Big Pun’s supporters generally praise him for his complex rhyme schemes, intricate wordplay, ability to stay on-beat, and relentless flow and breath control.

Big Punisher Discography :

Big Pun Album
Endangered Species 2001
Yeeeah Baby 2000
Terror Squad 1999
Capital Punishment 1998

RIP Big Punisher
9 November 1971- February 7, 2000

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Big Pun, by brooklynni99a [2008-11-20 01:12:22]

ayo listen to me A brooklyn bed stuy nigga tellin you something about pun Pun was the greatest dat eva did it PERIOD !! "Ya niggaz can’t do shit to me physically, lyrically,hypothetically,realisticlly I’m the epitome of catchin wreck catch you when you cash your check,smash you wen you pass and jack you for your fuckin lex,nuttin less den da best if da squad did it hardheaded ni99az betta beware and fear like god said it !!!!!" Don’t judge him by his nationality judge him by his lyrical skill(BY THE WAY I’M 100% BORIQUA BABY !!!!!!!) Capital punishment-one of the most lyrical albums ever PERIOD !!! Niggaz is on this sayin fuck Big Pun you stupid ???? Pun woulda fuckin killed you for some shit like dat My nigga walked around wit mad gunz @ all times for no reason just waitin for A nigga to front Yea he beat his wife your favorite fuckin rapper beat their wife watch his wife talk about it he loved her he just had A temper problem since he was A child Nigga don’t play he smacked jay z and put A gun to his chest wen he tried to front and had jay beggin for pardon fuck outta here Everyone who was eva on A track wit PUN said he was the hardest nigga to ryhme wit cuz he topped everything you said Even nas said dat shit cmon muthafukaz Listen to THE DREAM SHATTERER or PARENTAL DISCRETION then talk dat wild shit like he wasn’t the greatest BIG PUN GREATEST EVER !!!!!

Big Pun, by ez_york [2008-07-31 20:48:04]

im puerto rican and growing up i liked to rap but no one gave a fuck and no one wanted to hear me out becouse i was a puerto rican and becouse i wasnt black i was wack to them. then my nigga pun came out and killed it then people started to hear me out and thats real. what im trying to say is i wanna give thanks to big bun becouse he opened the doors for alot of other latin rapers to be heard and somewere in the back of there mind they think he is latin he is wack then they think of bun and then they listen to the latinos. just look at the size of the door he opened up ( fat joe and the whole terror squad,nore,pitbull,dj khaled and many many others just sit back and think of it becouse of pun you had people looking way back in there family tree just to find a pinch of puerto rican in them to represent now everybody is puerto rican. i am very proud to be 100% boricua baby he was to the ricans what bob marley was to the jamaicans and what yao ming is to china. we love and miss you pun r.i.p. live on yeeeaaaa baby

Big Pun, by [2008-07-22 00:52:28]

rest in peace homies

Big Pun, by [2007-12-11 19:36:03]

big pun was a great and is still missed i would have liked to hear more from him.if he would still be here we would not have to listen 2 fat joe corney ass

Big Pun, by maze da great [2007-10-31 14:07:47]

yo bugpun is the most lyrical rapper of all time and for those who dont kno you need to find out cuz if pun was alive there be no 50cent and all these other cornball rappers out now

Big Pun, by Axe MeArse [2007-09-24 16:11:51]

Pistol whipped his wife.... The fat bastard ! "Rotten in hell, ain’t that swell"

Big Pun, by Da Loc [2007-04-19 20:44:41]

now i can bring 100 fags to the bed sac. but for the galaxy they said they only want black

i’m breakin it down, it’s so hard to do. especially when i’m at Phil Blacks fag ass barbeque

Big Pun, by completedarkness83 [2007-04-19 20:34:09]

Yea, what’s good family. I just wanted to warn yall young bluods bout tha foul smell of abdull pussy in "harrisburg". My nigga, don’t start heatin that beef when you don’t even know who you bluodin with cuz. You would understand the way I fucks with pun if you was a real nigga ! You got niggas in yo own hood beefin on you house nigga ass. Travel to tha rotten apple nigga, you aint fought nobody, ya internet bangin shlangma bum. WCDG CRIPS

RIP fat blanket

Big Pun, by Merlin’s Magic [2007-04-19 20:19:06]

who da fuck is dis nigga phil black, you mother fucka think you big time....well guess what, big time... i’m just cross the way in allentown mother fucka, you wanna run that shit nigga, i’ll throw some d’s on YO motha fuckin ass.... you’ll be in the ground WIT pun, my young, warm-blooded, broke-ass, house nigga....6 feet deep nigga, and that’s real. Ima, ima ima, ima..."put you in your place" mobb deep style...i be ghost ridin yo momma into my bedroom.... poor lil’ house nigga

Big Pun, by Phil BLack aka ABDULL THE BUTCHER [2007-02-22 20:42:56]

1st of all pun was and still is that dude so 2 disrespect a nigga that u really dont know shit about is foul and 2 the faggot who said there is 1 NIGGER still down 4 pun FUCK u get at me 4real i rep harrisburg pa u noodle ass faggot get at me 4real i travel 4 beef all day

Big Pun, by Critcalxthoughtz [2007-02-15 15:41:29]

aight, first off, fuck APS u a dumb ass for dissin Pun, obviously u dont kno shit about rap so stick to ya "throw some D’s" and "chain hang low" shit. Second off, fuck that annonimous nigga at tha top that wrote big pun hits women and that he’s lame, he use to hit his wife but he apolagized big time for that shit and neva did it again, so fuck u 2. And third, R.I.P Punisher, we miss u. 1 luv !!

Big Pun, by Donnie [2007-01-02 17:01:54]

Wassup People... I’m brazilian and i love Big Pun... I love Puerto Rico...i like this !!!

Big Pun R.I.P 100%...viva puerto rrrriiiiccccooo !!! Peace My Big Mothafucking Pun !!!

Big Pun, by [2006-12-26 14:38:11]

Real tuff dude. Beats on women. Lame !

Big Pun, by Jon F.E.V.A [2006-11-22 15:15:46]

Big Pun is the greatest latin rapper to ever have graced hip hop.R.I.P my nigga.Fuck APS whoeva that is.That nigga probably 35 still livin’ in his mom’s basement.

> Big Pun, by completedarkness83 [2006-09-14 07:29:51]

Yea whats good family. Dont it bug the gad damn fuck out yall. Fat Joe is the nigga who smoked my man Pun. Pun was way moe universally fat then that fake popcorn eatin ass dick sucker. Big Pun, theres still one nigger out there on yo side you know. Homie RIP....Fat joe, suck a dick. My man 50 would MAKE you slang his dick in the yard what ! suck a dick.

> Big Pun, by ?ETON [2006-07-08 21:04:36]

R.I.P dla tego mc !!!!!!!!!!!!To co ? wi ?cej ni ? rap sukinsyny !!!!!!!!!!RESPEKT FOR BIG PUN.On rz ?dzi nawet po ?mierci !!!

> Big Pun, by ?eton [2006-07-08 10:19:21]

Ca ?a polska dla Big Puna.Najlepszego grubasa na ziemi !!!!Prawdziwy rap skurwiele !!

> Big Pun, by INFAMOUSLY UNKNOWN [2006-06-10 20:59:49]

NO FUCK YOU APS YOU DONT NO SHIT ABOUT A TRUE LEGEND SO TAKE YOUR ASS BACK TO THE HOLE U CAME FROM FAKE ASS BITCH !!!!!!!!! R.I.P. BIG PUN FOREVER !!!!!!!!

> Big Pun, by MiZz NV [2006-06-08 15:38:41]

Big Pun is one of the greatest rappers ever to exist. I have always showed tremendous respect towards him. His devotion to hip-hop and the spanish movement was an incredible effort that really brought the urban culture to place. Fat Joe is someone who i still admire and appreciate for bringing Big Pun to the game and for never forgetting him.

R.I.P Big Pun

> Big Pun, by Big Cuz [2006-04-26 14:49:36]

R.I.P To The Punisher Cuz While He Was Here He Was Punishing All these Fake Nigga Who Was’nt rapping About nuttin 1 Love 2 the Punisher Your Legacy Lives On Homie