Unknown Christopher Wallace Killer- California- 1997 | America's Most Wanted Fans (an unofficial true crime media fan forum with focus on fugitive manhunts) (2025)

(Above: Christopher Wallace a.k.a. Notorious B.I.G. and a composite sketch of his killer)

From Unsolved Mysteries Wiki: (slightly reformatted for easier reading)

Real Name: Christopher George Latore Wallace
Nicknames: Biggie Smalls, Notorious B.I.G., Big Poppa
Location: Los Angeles, California
Date: March 9, 1997

Bio

Occupation: Entertainer/Rapper
Date of Birth: May 21, 1972
Height: 6'3"
Weight: 300 to 380 lbs.
Marital Status: Married
Characteristics: Black male

Case

Details: Biggie Smalls (aka Notorious B.I.G.) was one of the top entertainers in the rap music industry. His fans considered him the greatest rap artist ever, but on March 9, 1997, Biggie was seen leaving a party with his entourage. Many famous hip hop artists and gang members also attended the party. While he was stopped at a red light, a black man with a blue suit and bowtie in a Chevrolet shot him four times in the chest. The gun man has yet to be identified.

Extra Notes: This case was mentioned in the Unsolved Mysteries segment about the 1996 murder of rap artist Tupac Shakur, which originally aired on March 14, 1997, five days after Notorious B.I.G.'s death . Notorious B.I.G.'s murder is often associated with Tupac Shakur's murder due to the fact they were both rappers and were murdered in drive-by shootings. Beyond that, no direct connection definitely tying the cases to each other has been made.

Suspects: Amir Muhammad, a.k.a. Harry Billups, has been postulated as the possible gunman or conspiracist in the murder.

Results: Unresolved - Former LAPD Detective Greg Kading has stunning new information that there is some evidence that ties the murder with Suge Knight, Death Row Records and the Blood Gang in Los Angeles. He believes the LAPD had failed to act on evidence that he revealed.

About 10 years after Biggie's murder, Kading began to look for weak links in Suge's inner circle. One of them was a woman known as "Theresa Swann," who had a long history with Suge Knight. In 2009, Kading met with Swann about Biggie's murder. Swann states that Knight was enraged after Tupac was murdered and that Knight solicited the murder for Biggie. Swann had met with Knight at the Los Angeles County Jail in February 1997 about one month before the Biggie murder. Knight then stated to Swann that he wanted Biggie taken care of, enlisting the help of an associate named Wardell "Poochie" Fouse, a member of "The Blood Gang."

However, in July 2003, Fouse was killed in a drive-by shooting in Compton. When Kading interrogated Swann, she then said that she met Fouse, when Knight had asked for $9,000 to carry on the hit. Knight had made the arrangements to get the money for Fouse, who met Swann at the Peterson Auto Museum the night Biggie was killed. Kading then asked Swann what car Fouse was driving, Swann stated it was an aqua green Chevrolet Impala, the same vehicle that was seen in the Biggie shooting. While Kading was wrapping his investigation, he was dismissed from the Biggie investigation. He believes that Fouse was the gunman who killed Biggie.

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America's Most Wanted 1997 airing: m.youtube.com/watch?v=2ayO8T9lAIY

Thoughts? I realized that as infamous as this case was, we never made a thread about the murder of Christopher Wallace. As we can see, this case was aired on Unsolved Mysteries and was first aired on America's Most Wanted in 1997.

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With 2022 coming, it will mark the dates whenChristopher Wallace a.k.a. Notorious B.I.G. would've turned 50 as well as unfortunately the 25th anniversary of his death. As with Tupac's case,I want to showcase the documentary "Murder Rap: Inside the Biggie and Tupac Murders" based heavily on LAPD detective Greg Kading's work on the case and details howWardell "Poochie" Fouse, was the most likely killer. Again, this theory isn't perfect and since Fouse is dead, we'll never know for sure. But it's among the best of them behind Wallace's death. Especially the theories of the lateRussell Poole's in which the documentary heavily discredits. Even the famous sketch of the possible killer is called into question as being a red herring.

I would also like to showcase a series of videos made byMichael Dorsey, the director of Murder Rap, in collaboration with hip hopinterviewer DJ Vlad that looks into lesser known detail surrounding this case. Further calling into question the late Russell Poole's theories.