6060 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA. Right after the 1997 Soul Train Awards at the after party at Petersen Automotive Museum a drive by shooter gunned down Christopher Wallace while he sat in his Chevrolet Suburban. There are several theories surrounding Smalls' murder--that it was an east-west coast rapper rivalry, that the Crips killed him because they were owed money, and that it was a conspiracy between the LAPD and the co-founder of Death Row Records. Smalls' relatives are in the middle of a wrongful death suit against the LAPD for withholding evidence.]]>