Question 1

Did Big Pun write his own songs?

Accepted Answer

Yes, on nearly all of them. He is credited on 31 of the 40 tracks across his two studio albums, and only two carry his name alone. Nine tracks have no writing credit at all, and most of those are skits.

Question 2

Who wrote "Still Not a Player"?

Accepted Answer

Big Pun with the writers of the record it samples and Joe, who sings the hook. It reached number 24 on the Billboard Hot 100, the highest placing of his career.

Question 3

How many albums did he release?

Accepted Answer

Two studio albums: Capital Punishment in 1998 and Yeeeah Baby in 2000, released two months after his death.

Question 4

Why is Capital Punishment historically important?

Accepted Answer

It was the first hip hop record by a Latino solo act to be certified platinum by the RIAA.

Question 5

How did he die?

Accepted Answer

He died of a heart attack on 7 February 2000, at 28, two months before Yeeeah Baby was released.

Question 6

Who is Fat Joe to him?

Accepted Answer

The Bronx rapper who discovered him, put him on Jealous One's Envy in 1995 and signed him to Terror Squad. Fat Joe writes on three of his tracks.

Question 7

Did he win a Grammy?

Accepted Answer

No. Capital Punishment was nominated for Best Rap Album at the 41st Annual Grammy Awards in 1999.

Question 8

What about Terror Squad: The Album?

Accepted Answer

It is credited to the group Terror Squad rather than to Big Pun, so it sits outside this catalogue along with the posthumous compilation Endangered Species.

Question 9

Which album sold more?

Accepted Answer

Both Capital Punishment and Yeeeah Baby are certified platinum by the RIAA. No sales figure for either is published on the cited pages.

Question 10

Which tracks did he write alone?

Accepted Answer

Two, both on Capital Punishment. Everything else carries a co-writer, usually the producer of the track.