24, 2007 N.O.T.O.R.I.O.U.S B.I.G Christopher Wallace ( May 21 , 1972 – March 9 , 1997 ), also known as Biggie Smalls (after a stylish gangster in 1975's Let's Do it Again ) and Frank White (from the film King of New York ), but best known as The Notorious B.I.G.