(Note: scrobbles for "Big Pun" redirect here due to an incorrect redirect. Disable automatic spelling corrections in your settings to fix this.) Christopher Lee Rios (November 9, 1971 - February 7, 2000), better known as Big Pun or Big Punisher, was a Puerto Rican American rapper who emerged from the underground rap scene in The Bronx in the late 1990s. He first appeared on albums from The Beatnuts on the track "Off the Books" and on Fat Joe's second album in 1995 Read more on Last.fm