Email required. By signing up, you agree to our Privacy Notice and European users agree to the data transfer policy. The latest. Sign up for the newsletter Join the revolution. They were two of the most talented hip-hop rappers on the scene. And they both were dedicated to exposing the truth of the tribulations of life on the streets, social injustice and the racial divide. But the biggest difference between Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls : They represented different coasts.
What exploded into arguably the biggest rivalry in music history, ended up in the death of both artists, just as their careers were skyrocketing. Tupac also known as 2Pac was gunned down on September 7, , and died six days later, while Biggie also known as the Notorious B. Neither murder has ever been solved. They first went to Baltimore and then to Marin City, California. He eventually broke into the music business, first as a roadie and dancer for the group, Digital Underground.
He eventually he took the mic in , with his debut album, 2Pacalypse Now , released that year. See more Facts. See more Hot Lists. Chris Brown. The Weeknd. Kanye West. Nicki Minaj. It is widely reported that Tupac and Biggie first met in Others say they first met when Pac invited Biggie to a party at his house that same year. The pair struck up a close friendship. Biggie even asked Tupac to become his manager, but Tupac declined.
Things turned sour when Tupac failed to heed Biggie's advice. Unable to raise bail, Tupac served most of his time at Clinton Correctional Facility, a maximum-security prison in upstate New York. Me Against the World , Tupac's third album, was released soon after his prison sentence began. Tupac considered making it his swan song; he was tired of all of the music industry drama. But his passion reignited after a disturbing rumor began to sink in, one that came from people he trusted: that Biggie knew in advance about the Quad studios shooting.
And even if Biggie hadn't set him up, he should at least have been able to find out who did it. While in prison, Tupac asked his wife Keisha Morris whom he had married while incarcerated to relay a message to Suge Knight, the head of the volatile label Death Row Records: He was broke and needed help.
On top of the lawyers' fees and everything else, his mother was losing her house. Tupac was jubilant and sent Suge another message, that he'd like to see him. Further, Death Row offered him something no one else seemed to be able to deliver: release. Death Row's lawyer David Kenner pledged to help Tupac with his case and began working to spring him on an appeal bond. Suge didn't just try to recruit Tupac to his label, he offered him a place in his family, the most powerful and out-of-control family in hip-hop.
Tupac was still incarcerated in August , when Suge came to visit him again. With his chest puffed out, Suge took the stage to accept his label's award for best soundtrack, for Above the Rim. Giving a stink eye to the audience, he digressed, throwing a pointed barb at Sean "Puffy" Combs, the head of Bad Boy, Biggie Smalls's label. Alluding to Puffy's tendency to insert himself in his performers' works, Suge said: "Any artist out there wanna be an artist, and wanna stay a star, and don't have to worry about the executive producer trying to be all in the videos, all on the records, dancing—come to Death Row.
The venue erupted in boos. Why would you do that? Death Row rapper Nate Dogg thought to himself. What inspired Suge's bizarre attack? After all, he and Puffy had been cool with each other until fairly recently. They'd discussed how to keep the feds from tracking them, and, earlier in , Suge had even invited Biggie Smalls to perform at his Club in Las Vegas. The show never went off, but this didn't sour their relationship.
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