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Feb 9, 2000 · Christopher Rios, a 698-pound rapper who sold more than a million albums under the name Big Pun, died on Monday. He was 28. The cause was problems related to extreme obesity, said Joseph...
Feb 9, 2000 · Feb. 9, 2000 12 AM PT. TIMES STAFF WRITER. Christopher Rios, the million-selling rap artist known as Big Pun (short for Big Punisher), died Monday of heart failure in White Plains, N.Y. He...
Feb 8, 2000 · Super-sized hip-hop star Big Pun, who injected hot Latin rhythms into rap music and went double platinum with his debut album, died suddenly yesterday at the age of 28. The cause of death was...
Feb 11, 2000 · Big Pun, short for Big Punisher, was the stage name of Christopher Rios, who died Monday at age 28 after suffering what appears to have been a massive heart attack at the Crowne Plaza Hotel...
Aug 14, 2021 · Christopher Lee Rios was a player long before Big Punisher was and he was arguably one of the best MCs of all time. When the hip-hop star died on February 7, 2000, the gravity of the loss was immediately felt across the hip-hop community, in part because Big Pun was just 28 when he died of cardiac arrest. The "Still Not a Player" rapper was ...
Feb 9, 2000 · February 8, 2000 at 7:00 p.m. EST. NEW YORK -- Christopher Rios, 28, the 698-pound, platinum-selling rapper known as Big Pun who was known for his imaginative lyrics and smooth delivery, died...
Feb 7, 2014 · The South Bronx superstar rapper died at the age of 28 from a fatal heart attack on Feb. 7, 2000. He was one of his generation’s most gifted lyricists. Born Christopher Rios, Big Pun broke...
