  Biggie smalls was a famous raper from New York   Biggie Smalls was the nickname of rapper The Notorious B.I.G., given name was Christopher Wallace. His other stage na … mes (nicknames) were Frank White and Big Poppa.He was signed to Bad Boy Records with Sean Puffy Combs.upposedly, in the movie Notorious, he is sent to jail in Wake County Jail in North Carolina. But knowing movies, the information from them isn't 100% true.