#TheNotoriousBIG released “Big Poppa” on December 24, 1994, as the second single from his first studio album Ready to Die. Featuring a sample of the song “Between the Sheets” by The Isley Brothers, “Big Poppa” was nominated for Best Rap Solo Performance at the 1996 Grammy Awards, won at the Billboard Music Awards, and was certified platinum by the RIAA selling over 1,000,000 copies domestically.