Big Pun’s Family Starts A Memorial Clothing Line

Friday, July 29, 2005
By: John Kennedy

The late Big Pun’s family has started a new clothing line in his memory called Big Pun Clothing Line.

The clothing line will be sold exclusively online at the official website, BigPunShop.com.

The inaugural designs include a variety of screen-printed t-shirts with airbrushed-styled portraits of Pun on the front.

More than a memorial, the new clothing line has been started as a means to earn money for the now-struggling family. Although Big Pun was signed to the now-defunct Loud Records and became the first Latino rapper to reach platinum status, his widow, Lisa Rios, has publicly reported that she has only received $8,000 in royalty money since the rapper died in 2000 from heart complications from being overweight.

Earlier this year, Rios attempted to auction off the rapper’s gold, diamond studded Terror Squad chain on eBay. The auction didn’t meet the minimum bid of $100,000.

A statement on eBay read, “Since Pun’s untimely passing in 2000, Pun’s wife has struggled to raise their three children as well as make mortgage payments on their home and other expenses. Contrary to what some believe, the family is far from [being] millionaires. Pun’s wife and children do not receive royalty checks for Pun’s first two albums, and only one small royalty check was paid for Pun’s final album. The family’s attempts to get the money due to his children have been unsuccessful to date.”

According to BigPunShop.com, all proceeds generated from sales and donations will go directly to the rapper’s immediate family.

Source: nobodysmiling.com