The blast comes courtesy of a large-bore cartridge from a high-powered revolver, while his best friend and confidante-played by label boss and possible svengali, Sean “Puff Daddy” Combs-listens in disbelief, possibly willing him back to life, possibly imagining an alternate reality where Christopher Wallace remains alive. Life After Death, The Notorious B.I.G.'s second and final full-length studio album, which also serves as his first posthumous release, begins where its predecessor, 1994's Ready to Die left off: with the narrator dying from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.