This hip hop artist came out of the Bronx. What's his name?

Christopher Lee Rios (1971-2000), better known as Big Pun(isher), was a rap artist who emerged from the Bronx hip hop scene of the early '90s. Following an appearance on his mentor Fat Joe's album, Jealous One's Envy, Big Pun released his debut studio album Capital Punishment in 1998 to critical and commercial success; the album went on to earn a grammy nomination and become the first solo hip hop record by a Latino artist to go Platinum. After struggling with obesity his entire adult life, Big Pun succumbed to a heart attack at age 28. He weighed 698 pounds at the time.

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