Biography

By the time he was 20, Harlem MC Lamon Coleman (aka Big L, ironically named for his diminutive stature) had gained attention for appearing on a Lord Finesse track. Columbia Records soon released 1995’s LIFESTYLES OV DA POOR AND DANGEROUS, which allowed the rapper to introduce peers like Cam’ron, Mase and, most notably, Jay-Z to the hip-hop world. L was also a member of Fat Joe’s Diggin’ In The Crates crew, and formed a group called the Wolfpack with McGruff and C-Town. Unfortunately, L was shot and killed near his home in 1999, but his legacy lives on through both a posthumous Wolfpack record and 2000’s compilation, THE BIG PICTURE.

Top Tracks

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• Devil's Son From Lifestylze

• Flamboyant

• I Won't

• Principle Of The New School

Discography

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• Lifestylez Ov Da Poor and Dangerous

  Columbia

  1995