Other than an average unknown rapper?
I wouldnt call someone that gets added to the unsigned hype list by the source magazine "an average unknown rapper". of course he wasnt nearly as well known prior to signing to a label and meeting puff but he wasnt completely "unknown" or really just "average". he was gradually gaining momentum and rising in the underground scene
http://www.chasingthefrog.com/reelfaces/notorious.php
http://ittakesanationofmillionstoho...2/demos-biggie-smalls-unsigned-hype-demo.html
"The way Biggie’s demo tape got into the hands of Sean “Puffy” Combs is more elaborate than what is shown in the
Notorious movie. After spending nine months in a North Carolina jail, a tape that Biggie recorded on a friend’s four-track fell into the hands of Mister Cee, a DJ working with Big Daddy Kane. Biggie had rapped over an old Big Daddy Kane beat (Kane was one of his favorite rappers). Cee passed the tape on to Matty at
The Source magazine.
As a result, Biggie Smalls acquired national attention when he was featured in the magazine’s March 1992 “Unsigned Hype” column, which introduced new rappers. Matty then passed the tape on to Sean “Puffy” Combs at Uptown Records after Puffy told him that he was looking for some hardcore rappers".
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AtlanticRecords.com
Big was a small time hustler
small time hustlers and "petty crooks" arent involved in shyt like this i wouldnt say
http://www.chasingthefrog.com/reelfaces/notorious.php ------->
"Biggie Smalls was arrested seven times. Biggie was first arrested in 1989 for carrying a loaded, unregistered firearm. He was sentenced to five years probation for the offense. He was arrested again in 1990 for violating his probation. In 1991, he was arrested in North Carolina for selling crack cocaine, and he spent nine months in jail". -
The New York Times
http://hiphop.sh/biggie ----> "In 1990, he was arrested on a violation of his probation. His game moved up to trafficking the narcotics out to Virginia for a higher priced market. A year later at only seventeen, he was arrested in North Carolina with intent to distribute. For this he spent nine months in remand prison until he made bail. His hustle was persistent no matter the game."
http://www.complex.com/music/2014/09/notorious-big-early-days-ready-to-die ------------> "Biggie had no choice but to catch the Amtrak down to
North Carolina where he had set up a lucrative spot that brought in $30,000 every two weeks."
"small time hustlers" and "petty crooks" pulling in 30 grand every two weeks?
. btw that wasnt the only place where something very similar was reported. peep this as well.
if he did that shyt then he snitched to get off with no jail time 
