

Uhh, I dreams filthy My moms and pops mixed me with Jamaican Rum and Whiskey Huh, what a set up Shoulda pushed em dead off, wipe the sweat off Uhh, cause in this world I'm dead off, squeeze lead off Benz sped off, ain't no shook hands in Brook-land Army fatigue break up teams, the enemies Look man, you wanna see me locked up, shot up Moms crotched up over the casket, screamin BASTARD Cryin, know my friends is lyin Y'all know who killed 'em filled 'em with the lugars from they Rugers or they Desert, dyin ain't the shit but it's pleasant Kinda quiet, watch my niggaz bring the riot Giving cats the opposite of diets You gain thirty pounds when you die no lie, lazy eye I was high when they hit me, took a few cats with me Shit, I need the company (uh-huh) Apoligies in order, to T'Yanna my daughter If it was up to me you would be with me, sorta like Daddy Dearest, my vision be the clearest Silencers so you can't hear it Competition still fear it, shit don't ask me I went from ashy to nasty to classy, and still Jealousy's a motherfucker, you weak jealous motherfuckers! If you a jealous motherfucker, you just a weak motherfucker! See when you on top, motherfuckers just wanna bring you down! Motherfuckers don't even know you, and they don't like you. Life After Death, The Notorious B.I.G.'s second album, was released 16 days later to critical and commercial acclaim.*phone rings* *phone rings* Yo *heavy breathing* Sup hello? *heavy breathing* Faith? Motherfucker *click* *phone rings* Yo Kill you motherfucker (voice speaking to Biggie whispers throughout) Hello? Kill you motherfucker *sarcastically* WORD? I'm gonna get you motherfucker you better watch your motherfuckin back That's my word nigga Get the fuck outta here Better watch your motherfuckin abck Watch my back? WORD? I'm gonna get Biggie, I'm gonna kill Biggie You soft dude, you soft Fuck all you niggaz, you all ain't SHIT Watch your motherfuckin back Eat a dick *click* Like the death of Tupac, the murder has yet to be solved, though Voletta Wallace told The Mercury News she believes that the Los Angeles Police Department knows who killed her son. Wallace was pronounced dead at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center about a half-hour after the drive-by shooting at only 24.

In an event eerily similar to Tupac's murder, the SUV was stopped at a red light when another vehicle rode beside them and opened fire into the SUV, hitting B.I.G. During the early hours of March 9, Biggie was in the front seat of his ride as he was leaving the party. The next night, he and his entourage, including Sean Combs, Lil' Cease, his wife Faith Evans, and others, attended an after-party hosted by Vibe Magazine and Qwest Records.

was presenting an award at the 1997 Soul Train Music Award Show, boos could be heard, illustrating the continued anger of the coastal feuding. This was the main reason why he was in New York when he was shot, and it led to another major event of this period: Suge Knight posted $1.4 million to get the troubled rapper out of jail and quickly signed him to Death Row. Only two days after he was shot, Tupac was convicted of first-degree sexual abuse and was sentenced to 18-54 months in prison. Dan Charnas, a music history associate professor at New York University's Clive Davis Institute, discussed the rivalry to AM New York: "The artists felt that when they came to New York, they didn't receive the same acceptance and admiration as when New York artists came to L.A., because the West Coast's were more popular, simply from a sales perspective, than anyone at the time on the East Coast." The label's early success saw the West Coast take the reins from the East Coast as hip-hop's center. Dre and Suge Knight (pictured above) united to form Death Row Records in Los Angeles. First, a little context: Back in 1991, former N.W.A.
