In short, he was credited with fronting the big music boom in the early 90's with the album Nevermind (Which took Michael Jackson's "Thriller
off of the number one spot on the Billboard top 200) when Alternative Rock was brought into the mainstream, showing people what else is out there.
In 1994 it was widely thought he killed himself but since then conspiracy theories have surfaced and he is the highest grossing dead celebrity.
again, in short.
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