- Born
- Died
- Birth nameChristopher Lee Rios
- Nicknames
- Big Punisher
- Big Moon Dog
- Chris
- Height5′ 6″ (1.68 m)
- Big Pun was born on November 9, 1971 in Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for That Awkward Moment (2014), Life of the Party (2018) and Vacation (2015). He was married to Liza Rios. He died on February 7, 2000 in White Plains, New York, USA.
- SpouseLiza Rios(May 5, 1990 - February 7, 2000) (his death, 3 children)
- Rios weighed 698 pounds at the time of his death.
- Was a star athlete as a youth.
- First Latin rapper to go multiplatinum.
- Whitney Houston, Eminem, Cypress Hill, Sean 'Diddy' Combs, Lil' Kim, LL Cool J, Mack 10, The Lox, Wyclef Jean, and 'Bone Thugs 'N Harmony' were among the various celebrities that either attended Big Pun's funeral and/or sent flowers.
- Cremated and buried at Woodlawn Cemetery, New York, on Feb 12, 2000.
- "I'm mostly concentrating now on continuing to make history in Hip-Hop, making everybody proud of me, I'm not just a rapper now, I'm in history now".
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