Christopher Lee Rios better known by his stage name Big Pun (short for Big Punisher) was an American rapper. Emerging from the underground hip hop scene in the Bronx, he came to prominence upon discovery by fellow Bronx rapper Fat Joe and thereafter guest appeared on his 1995 album Jealous One's Envy. Big Pun signed with Fat Joe's label, Terror Squad Productions and Loud Records in 1997 to release his debut studio album Capital Punishment (1998) the following year. Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Big Pun has received more than 5,700,300 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Big Pun is the 1,548th most popular singer (up from 1,837th in 2019).