Big L Facts:

-Big L's Real Name Is "Lamont Coleman".

-Big L Was Five-Foot-Eight Tall.

-Big L Went To "Julia Richmond High School".

-Big L Used To Battle Jay-Z In Harlem.

-Big L Was Going To Sign To Roca-Fella Records The Week After His Death.

-When Big L was younger, he used to listen to "Cold Crush Four", "Run-DMC" But became a big fan of "Big Daddy Kane".

-Big L Died At the Age of 24 - May 30th, 1974 - February 15th, 1999.

-Big L Was A Big Fan Of Horror Movies.

-Big L Got Two Older Brothers, Donald Phinazee & Leroy Phinazee (Deceased).

-Big L has Toured in, Japan, Netherlands, England, Croatia, Germany.

-After Big L Was Dropped From Columbia, He Actually Quit Rapping For A While.

-Big L Started Rapping At The Age Of 12.

-Big L Won His First Rap Contest At The Apollo.

-Nas, Jay-Z, and DMX used to come to Harlem to Rhyme With Big L.

-Big L Used to be in a group called "Three The Hard Way" in the early 90's.

-Big L Used to open shows for Lord Finesse.

-Big L was voted number one in HHC's chart of the illest MCs of all-time.

-Big L is allegedly said to be the first rapper to drop a horrorcore record (Devilz Son)

-Big L Had Never Been In Trouble With The Law.

-It only took Big L a four-track demo to get signed.