Christopher Lee Rios, better known by his stage name Big Pun, was a Puerto Rican-American rapper.
12 Facts About Big Pun
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In 1997, Big Pun signed with Fat Joe's label, Terror Squad Productions in conjunction with RCA and Loud Records as a solo artist.
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Big Pun grew up in the Soundview neighborhood and had at least two sisters and one brother.
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Big Pun moved out of his mother's house at age 15 and was homeless for a period of time in the late 1980s.
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Big Pun later formed the underground group Full-A-Clips with Lyrical Assassin, Joker Jamz and Toom.
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Big Pun appeared on The Beatnuts' song "Off the Books".
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In 1997, Big Pun began recording songs for his debut album Capital Punishment.
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Big Pun became a member of Terror Squad, a New York-based group of rappers founded by Fat Joe, with most of the roster supplied by the now-defunct Full-A-Clips who released their debut album The Album in 1999.
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Big Pun weighed 180 pounds at age 18, which increased to 300 pounds at 21.
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Big Pun's weight fluctuated in the early 1990s between obese and morbidly obese.
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Big Pun's weight was a constant topic of argument among him and his friends, to the point that Rios would not eat around them.
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Big Pun's weight had reached a peak of 698 pounds at the time of his death.