It has been 10 years since the tragic loss of Harlem's "Big L," but the revered wordsmith 's legacy continues to live on. Born Lamont Coleman in 1974, L began writing rhymes at the age of 16 in 1990. “Lamont was a funny little boy, a jealous little boy. ‘Come on mama, let’s race.’ When I’d win, he’d get mad. One Christmas I bought [Lamont and his brothers] turntables and a mixer. [Lamont] would be the MC. Leroy would be the DJ,” Big L’s mother Gilda Terry told AllHipHop.com in a previous interview. “It was the worst thing I could’ve done. It made so much noise. That’s how he got into music and stuff. He really, really was into it. After a while, the newness of that went. But Lamont stayed right with it. He just loved it. He was a good kid. He always had a mind of his own.” At the age of 24, Big L was shot repeatedly in the head and chest on February 15, shortly after leaving his home in Harlem. The murder remains unsolved, and speculation has ranged from the execution being a case of mistaken identity to retaliation against L's brother Big Lee, a street figure who was in prison at the time.
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