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Fat Joe Explains Why He Didn’t Attend Big Pun Street Naming Ceremony
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Hiroyuki Ito / Getty Last week the Boricua icon of Hip-Hop, Big Pun was finally given the honor of having a street named after him in his home borough of the Boogie Down Bronx, Big Pun Plaza on E. Fordham Road. But, the rapper who put him in the game, Fat Joe was absent. In attendance for the celebratory event was of course his wife and children along with Cuban Link and others, but a glaring omission in the crowd was none other than his OG, mentor and Terror Squad brethren, Fat Joe. Many speculated while Joe Crack might’ve skipped the event honoring the man whom he constantly referred to as his “Twin” and it seems like it was personal issues with Pun’s family and friends that kept the Bronx native from witnessing the unveiling of Big Pun Plaza. Knowing t...
100%: Bronx Street Renamed After Rapper Big Pun
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty One of the greatest lyricists to ever do it is getting a special honor in his hometown. The birthplace of Hip-Hop has crowned a popular intersection after Big Punisher. Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty As spotted on HipHopDX the late great rapper was awarded a distinction that not too many Rap performers have been given; living or dead. On Monday, March 22 New York City representatives officially renamed East Fordham Road and Grand Concourse “Big Pun Plaza”. Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. hosted the ceremony with the late great MC’s family on site which included his mother, sister Nicole Rodriguez, wife Liza Rios, his daughter Star Rios and son Chris Rivers. “In his short life, Big Pun contributed greatly to the vi...
Packin’ A Mac In The Back of The Ack: Big Pun’s Sickest Verses
Source: Hiroyuki Ito / Getty 21 years ago today (Feb. 7), Hip-Hop lost an icon in the making when Big Pun (Christopher Rios) passed away from a heart attack while at a hotel in White Plains, New York. The Bronx legend was only in the rap game for just 5 years. But for the final three of those his name was already being thrown into the “Top 5 Dead or Alive” discussion as his debut album, Capital Punishment was crowned a classic by Hip-Hop enthusiasts across the board. Having come up in a post-Biggie/Tupac era that saw the likes of DMX, Jay-Z, and Nas ascend to superstar status, the mountain of a man stood in a class by himself as his rapid-fire flow and lyrical content helped him become the first Puerto Rican rapper to go platinum in Hip-Hop’s golden era. Aside from churning out bars like M...
