The Notorious B.I.G.'s original rap name was M.C. CWest or M.C. Quest
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Before Christopher Wallace was known as The Notorious B.I.G., Biggie or, Biggie Smalls his first rap name was M.C. CWest (pronounced and sometimes spelled Quest). Biggie Smalls came from a character in the 1975 Sidney Poitier and Bill Cosby movie Let's Do It Again.
Rest in Peace to Biggie, who died on March 9, 1997.
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