And, according to many in law enforcement, it has claimed the lives of at least two of rap's brightest stars ... talent of the Notorious B.I.G. – aka Biggie Smalls – and, authorities said ...

Biggie and Tupac Shakur Become Friends ... It instantly cemented him as the East Coast’s rap king thanks to radio staples like “Juicy” and “Big Poppa.” This quickly turned the once ...

Without these badass moms who raised and supported their sons and daughters, we would not be able to celebrate and enjoy the music of legendary Black rappers such as Biggie, Tupac and Kendrick ...

Biggie’s murder is closely linked to the killing of fellow ‘90s hip-hop superstar Tupac Shakur ... In his book Murder Rap, Kading said that the LAPD and the FBI took that woman’s statement ...

Hip-hop history will never forget Tupac and Biggie’s beef, a rivalry that shook the industry. Its impact is still felt among artists like Nas, who paid tribute to the rap legends in his 1999 ...

and a former friend of his said Diddy didn’t like the friendship that Biggie and Tupac Shakur had shortly before their deaths. It’s not easy to make it in the rap and hip-hop world ...

Honestly, I wouldn't have made it without rap music. Lyricists like KRS-One taught ... to racist policies pushed by American presidents. Tupac helped us understand why the system is the way ...

His claims to have solved the murders of both Tupac and rival Christopher Wallace, a.k.a. Biggie Smalls ... would later write in his memoir, Murder Rap. “And I loved it when the good guys ...

Kendrick Lamar, left, on Aug. 27, 2017, in Inglewood, Calif., and Drake, right, in Los Angeles on June 4, 2019. (AP) When it comes to hip-hop beef, I prefer mine without misogyny and violence.

“Gangster Rap was like dark hard liquor just because ... I spent researching and reporting for the podcast Slow Burn: Biggie and Tupac, I think about the many real differences between those ...

To the casual observer, it might seem like a stretch to combine gangsta rap and classical music ... “The reason why I thought to connect Biggie and Tupac … was because of the similarities ...