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Big Pun
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Big Pun

Rapper

1971–2000, born in the Bronx

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Wikipedia ties Big Pun to Soundview and Morrisania in the Bronx. A tie, not always an origin

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    Big Pun mural

    2000–2001

    Tats Cru’s memorial to their friend Christopher Rios, Big Pun, along the side of a jewelry shop, per NYC Tourism. ABC News reported in February 2001 that, for the first anniversary of his death, Tats Cru would whitewash and repaint an honorary mural painted the year before at 163rd Street and Westchester Avenue.

    NYC Tourism ↗ · ABC News ↗

Also tied to Soundview and Morrisania