![]() But by the time they died, they'd become not only diss track rivals, but bitter enemies to the point of hatred and actual gunfire. While they were alive, 2Pac and Biggie began as friends. Their deaths, at the moments their careers were taking off, changed the course of not only rap history, but all of the music history. (And interesting to note is that Biggie had just married Faith Evans. And it was released as such, via the collaborative efforts of Bad Boy Entertainment and Arista Records, on 9 August 1994. They've come to embody both the spirit and dangers of the rap game, the struggle to survive, and the will to rise above the circumstances of one's birth. Juicy holds the distinction of being the lead single from The Notorious B.I.G.’s famous maiden album, Ready to Die. Regardless of the fame they garnered while alive, 2Pac and Biggie have attained legendary posthumous statuses, to the point of martyrdom. 2Pac was gunned down in Los Vegas in 1996, and Biggie a mere six months later in 1997, in Los Angeles. Dre & Snoop Dogg) in Los Angeles, and Biggie was signed by Puff Daddy's Bad Boy Records in Manhattan.īoth men were murdered in drive-bys under mysterious circumstances, and both of their cases remain unsolved to this day. 2Pac wound up moving out to California, and went on to be signed to Interscope Records, and later Death Row (home of Dr. ![]() Both men grew up in troubled households, wound up selling drugs for money, had gifts for English and the arts that were clear from an early age, and worked their way into the rap game largely through pure grit and talent. Ironically, both men were born in New York: 2Pac in Harlem in 1971, per Biography, and Biggie in Brooklyn in 1972. With 13 years he started selling drugs With 17 years he thought that he want to become a rapper. ( Tupac Shakur and Christopher Wallace) is not only the most well-known and well-documented in rap history, but has come to embody the West Coast-East Coast hip-hop rivalry that took off in the 1990's. Brooklyn His mother inscribed him in a religious school. The beef between 2Pac and The Notorious B.I.G.
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