15 Facts About Big Pun

Christopher Lee Rios, better known by his stage name Big Pun, was an American rapper.

Big Pun signed with Fat Joe's label, Terror Squad Productions and Loud Records in 1997 to release his debut studio album, Capital Punishment the following year.

Big Pun grew up in the Soundview neighborhood and had at least two sisters and one brother.

Big Pun moved out of his mother's house at age 15 and was homeless for a period of time in the late 1980s.

Big Pun later formed the underground group Full-A-Clips with Lyrical Assassin, Joker Jamz, and Toom.

Big Pun appeared in The Beatnuts' song "Off the Books".

In 1997, Big Pun began recording songs for his debut album Capital Punishment.

Big Pun contributed vocals to the song Pina Colada with rapper Sheek Louch from the compilation album Ryde or Die Vol.

Big Pun weighed 180 pounds at age 18, which increased to 300 pounds at 21.

Big Pun's weight fluctuated in the early 1990s between obese and morbidly obese.

Big Pun's weight was a constant topic of argument among him and his friends, to the point that Rios did not like to eat around them.

Big Pun's weight had reached a peak of 698 pounds at the time of his death.

On June 6,2000, Cuban Link released "Flowers For The Dead", a tribute song to Big Pun, which was released as the lead single to Cuban's album 24K.

In 2002, a documentary about Big Pun, entitled Big Pun: Still not a Player was released, which revealed that he was homeless as an adolescent and abused as a child.

In 2005, Cuban Link released "Letter To Big Pun" which was Cuban's second tribute song to Big Pun, the previous being "Flowers for the Dead" from Cuban's 24K album.