"I have no memory of my dad, but I've been told so many stories about him and how much we are similar," C.J. Wallace tells PEOPLE of his late father
Biggie Smalls, who died when he was a baby. It's five days before the 25th anniversary of the
Notorious B.I.G.'s death on
March 9, and his son, C.J. Wallace, is running errands for the dinner party he's throwing to commemorate it. "I'm trying to make sure everything's put together correctly," Wallace tells PEOPLE over the phone from his car. "It's going to be close family, friends and everybody who really knew my dad. I'm just trying to show people a good time and celebrate." The Notorious B.I.G., aka Biggie Smalls and born Christopher George Latore Wallace, died in a drive-by shooting at age 24 in 1997, when C.J. was just five months old.
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