Conspiracy theories have existed since the dawn of man, probably. But they never had a proper home until the arrival of the internet, which is also the home of the easily accessible information that disproves them all.

1. How Did Biggie Smalls Die

Christopher Wallace, better known by his stage names the Notorious B.I.G. And Biggie Smalls, died 20 years ago on March 9, 1997, after a drive-by shooting in Los Angeles. The film took 11 years to make -- nearly the same amount of time that's elapsed since B.I.G., aka Biggie Smalls, aka Christopher Wallace, was killed in a still-unsolved Los Angeles shooting in.

Even so, people continue to believe in every conspiracy theory out there, even though the truth is just a quick Google away. Case in point: the somehow enduring but easily refuted belief that the Notorious B.I.G. Predicted 9/11. It all begins with Biggie’s 1994 mega-hit song “Juicy” from his debut album Ready to Die.

How Did Biggie Smalls Die

In it, he raps the line “Time to get paid/blow up like the World Trade,” an obvious reference to the, the 25th anniversary of which was yesterday. Biggie’s original line was just a reference to very recent events, but one that many people nevertheless still believe was a premonition of the much larger terrorist attack on the buildings that would take place eight years later. Are we going to ignore that fact that Biggie said 'Time to get paid, blow up like the World Trade.'

In Juicy in 1994, while 9/11 happened in 2001. He predicted 9/11, and no one even noticed!!! Biggie Smalls you genius motherfcker!! Love that dude— Balexa (@AlexaDeKoning). Did biggie smalls know about 9/11 🤔 — h a l i e 🐝 (@halie_abt) All across the Twitter-scape are folks who think Biggie, who was murdered in 1997, was some sort of sage whose prophetic vision is being ignored by the culture at large. Tweets saying things like “In 1994 the Notorious B.I.G. Released Juicy with the lyrics ‘time to get paid, blow up like the World Trade.’ Did Biggie predict 9/11?” and “Are we going to ignore that fact that Biggie said ‘Time to get paid, blow up like the World Trade.’ In Juicy in 1994, while 9/11 happened in 2001.