With the singles, "Juicy," "Big Poppa" and "One More Chance," Ready To Die also received massive radio attention and was certified double platinum the year it was released. However, one track in particular seemed intensely personal and foreboding, even for Biggie. In the grimly-titled track "Suicidal Thoughts," Biggie raps, "I want to leave, I swear to God I feel like death is f**king calling me." Similarly, on "Everyday Struggle," he rhymed, "I don't wanna live no more, sometimes I hear death knockin' at my front door."

Unfortunately, Biggie's prediction came true on March 9, 1997. Nearly six months to the day after his friend-turned-rival Tupac Shakur was shot and killed, Wallace was killed in a similar drive-by shooting in the early morning in Los Angeles. According to Inside Edition, the 24-year-old rapper was shot four times and was pronounced dead at the hospital two weeks before the release of his sophomore album, appropriately titled Life After Death.

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