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on albums from The Beatnuts, on the track "Off the Books", and on Fat Joe's second album Jealous One's Envy, on the track "Watch Out", prior to signing to Loud Records as a solo artist. Big Pun's first single, "I'm Not a Player" (featuring an O'Jays sample) was supported by a significant advertising campaign and became an underground hit. The song's remix, "Still Not a Player" (featuring Joe) produced by Knobody, became Big Pun's first major mainstream hit. His full-length debut Capital Punishment followed in 1998, and was the first album by a solo Latino rapper to go platinum, peaking at #5 on the Billboard 200 and earning a Grammy nomination. Afterward, Big Pun became a member of Terror Squad, a New York-based group of rappers founded by Fat Joe, who released their debut album The Album in 1999. Big Pun was definitely in line for some big success when he died on February 7, 2000, after battling a weight problem for much of his young life.