Big L Timeline/DiscographyNote: this timeline on a Big L forum from 2008 serves as one of my main sources, lots of info hereBeginnings- Big L, then known locally in Harlem as a talented freestyler and battle rapper, meets Lord Finesse at a record store in Harlem where Finesse was signing autographs. After spitting a freestyle for him, Finesse is impressed and they exchange numbers (1990)
- Yo! MTV Raps with Lord Finesse (1991)
- Finesse rеleases a double-sidеd single for his track "Party Over Here"; the B-side of the single contains a remix for "Yes You May" featuring Big L in what would be his first public professional appearance (May 16, 1992)
- Big L appears on "Represent" by Showbiz & A.G. as well as "Comments From Big 'L' And Showbiz" by Diamond D, each from their respective artists' debut studio albums, released on the same day (September 22, 1992)
- Big L founds the Harlem rap group Children of the Corn in the early 90sRecord Deal- Big L signs to Columbia Records in late '92/early '93
- Big L releases his first official single, "Devil's Son". The track is credited with birthing the "horrorcore" genre of rap (1993)
- Uptown Lord Finesse Birthday Bash, featuring the D.I.T.C. crew, Nas, and many others (February 18, 1993)
- Big L releases his second single, "I Shoulda Used a Rubba" (1994)
- Big L hands out a promo cassette for his debut album (1994)
- Big L releases a music video for "No Endz, No Skinz" (March 1994)
- Big L releases a music video for "Put It On" (October 1994)
- Big L's debut studio album, Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous, is released (March 28, 1995)Post-Columbia- Big L is dropped from the Columbia Records roster (1996)
- Children of the Corn release a double-sided single with "American Dream" and "Harlem (USA)". They disband shortly after, following the death of Bloodshed (1996-97)
- Big L releases the single "The Enemy", N.O.T.S. Click releases the single "Work Is Never Done" featuring Big L (1997)
- Big L co-founds Flamboyant Entertainment with his manager Rich King in 1998
- "Ebonics" and "Size 'Em Up" are released summer of 1998
- Big L began drawing up plans and filling out paperwork to form a group called Wolfpack with Herb McGruff, C-Town and JAY-Z, to be signed to Roc-A-Fella Records and distributed through Flamboyant (February 8, 1999)
- Big L was murdered on February 15, 1999 in a drive-by shooting at age twenty-fourPosthumous- Shyheim releases Manchild, featuring Big L on "Furious Anger" as well as Big L's first and only known production credit on "Trust It's On" (June 22, 1999)
- D.I.T.C. releases their debut eponymous album (February 22, 2000)
- Big L's first posthumous single "Flamboyant" is released. It was his first and only number-one single (May 30, 2000)
- The Big Picture, Big L's first posthumous album and second studio album, is released. The album was put together by Rich King (August 1, 2000)
- Big L's brother, Leroy "Big Lee" Phinazee, was killed on the same streets as L, looking to find who killed his brother. Leroy's killer would be apprehended and sentenced to thirty-six years (March 2002)
- Children of the Corn's only project, Children of the Corn: Collector's Edition, is released by Darrell “Digga” Branch, the group's producer (June 2003)
- 139 & Lenox (2010; CD/LP)
- Return of the Devil's Son (2010)
- The Danger Zone (2011)
- Columbia Records releases Devil's Son EP (From the Vaults) (2017)