Big Pun Cause Of Death

Christopher Lee Rios best known by his stage name Big Pun (short for Big Punisher), was an American rapper and songwriter.

Big Pun’s lyrics are noted for their technical efficiency, having exceptional breath control, heavy use of alliteration, as well as internal and multi-syllabic rhyming schemes.

Big Pun emerged from the underground hip hop scene in the Bronx borough of New York City in the early 1990s, and came to prominence during the latter half of the decade for his work with Fat Joe and the Terror Squad.

Big Pun was initially discovered by Fat Joe, and made his earliest appearance on Fat Joe’s 1995 album Jealous One’s Envy.

In 1997, Big Pun signed with Loud Records as a solo artist, and released his Grammy-nominated debut studio album Capital Punishment in April 1998 to critical acclaim and commercial success, peaking at #5 on the Billboard 200 and becoming the first solo hip hop record by a Latino artist to go Platinum.

Big Pun had a lot of struggle with weight issues his entire adult life.

Big Pun weighed 180 pounds (82 kg) at age 18, which increased to 300 pounds (140 kg) at 21.

Big Pun took a positive stop towards working on his weight and he enrolled in a weight-loss program at Duke University in 1999, shedding 80 pounds (36 kg).

However, Big Pun prematurely quit the program and eventually regained the weight.

Big Puns weight weight was a constant topic of argument among him and his friends to the point that he refused to eat when his friends were around.

On February 5 2000, Big Pun was scheduled to perform on Saturday Night Live with Fat Joe and Jennifer Lopez but he withdrew due to illness.

Two days later (February 7, 2000) while staying at a hotel with his family in White Plains, New York, Big Pun suffered a heart attack and respiratory failure and was taken to a hospital, where he died at the age of 28 after paramedics were unable to revive him.