Hip Hop Rivalry
Created | Updated Feb 8, 2017
Hip-Hop is one of the most popular genre in music..It provides artist to say how they really feel about any given topic. Hip-Hop has also given us some of the most deadly rivalries to date. Namely the Tupac-Notorious B.I.G. beef. Most hip hop beefs are based off false accusations between rappers and their entourages.
Was It Worth It? The Tupac-Notorious B.I.G. Rivalry:
Tupac Shakur and Christoper "The Notorious B.I.G." Wallace are two of the most prominent rappers to date. Even though died over a decade ago, their music still lives on each and every day.
Tupac "2pac" Shakur and Christoper "The Notorious B.I.G." Wallace were once good friends until one fateful evening in New York.
In November of 1994 Tupac Shakur was shot 5 times in the lobby of a New York recording studio. Soon after he was shot B.I.G. released his record " Who Shot Ya?", which led Tupac to believe that B.I.G. was taunting him and that he had something do with his shooting. Notorious B.I.G. and Bad Boy CEO Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs would adamantly deny these accusations, saying that the song was recorded before Tupac was shot. In August of 1995 at the Source Awards held in New York CEO of Death Row records, while accepting an award announce to many artists and industry figures" Any artist out there that want to be an artist and stay a star, and don't have to worry about the executive producer trying to be all up in the videos.....All on the records... dancing come to Death Row!!! He was then booed as he walked off stage. Which was a direct diss to CEO and founder of Bad Boy Records Sean"Puff Daddy" Combs who has a tendency to to ad-lib on his artist records and dances in their videos. About a year after B.I.G.'s release of the controversial song " Who Shot Ya?" Tupac release "Hit Em' Up" which is a diss record aimed at B.I.G., Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs, junior Mafia, and rapper Lil Kim. The song was extremely controversial due to lyrics in which Tupac claims to have had sexual intercourse with The Notorious B.I.G.s' wife, r&b singer Faith Evans. Many critics have accused Tupac of going to far with those claims. Faith Evans adamantly denies his claims in her autobiography Keeping the Faith. In response to Tupac, B.I.G. on his duet with fellow Brooklyn native and rapper Jay-Z song "Brooklyn's Finest" says " If Faith had twins, she'd probably have two Pacs/ Get it Tu....pacs. This feud would continue on until the fateful night of September 7,1996, when after attending the Mike Tyson-Bruce Seldon prizefight in Las Vegas, NV, Tupac Shakur was shot 4 times. He was then rushed to the hospital where doctors performed emergency surgeries to save his life. Even removing his right lung to try and stem the some of the internal bleeding. Six days later on September 13,1996, Tupac Shakur died from complications of his gunshot wounds. Some speculated that The Notorious B.I.G. had ordered the hit on Tupac, while others have said that Suge Knight his close friend and boss ordered the hit because Tupac was threatening to leave Death Row Records. Both parties have adamantly denied these claims. His murder has never been solved. 6 months after Tupac's death The Notorious B.I.G. attended the 11th annual Soul Train Music Awards in Los Angeles ,CA. While presenting an award, the audience booed him. He left the stage being extremely embarrassed because he wanted to seperate himself from the hip hop feuds and just make music. Later on that evening after attending a party, The Notorious B.I.G. was gunned down. He was then rushed to the hospital but was pronounced dead upon arrival. So on March 9,1997 we lost another great rapper to violence. His sophomore album "Life After Death" was released 15 days after his death an d sold over 10 million copies in the U.S. alone.
Following the death of Tupac and Biggie several rappers met and pledge to to forgive any slights that may be related to the rivalry or death of Tupac and Biggie. In September of 1999, at the MTV Video Music Awards, Afeni Shakur and Violetta Wallace( Tupac and Biggie's mothers respectively) publicly met on stage in a show of solidarity. While there are many hip hop feuds, none have reached the magnitude of the Tupac-B.I.G. rivalry. If they had took out the entourages and sat down and had a conversation just the two of them, they would probably been able to settle their differences and would probably still be alive today. The question still remains. Was it worth losing two of the greatest rappers of all time for people to not dwell so deep into hip-hop beefs?
Was It Worth It? The Tupac-Notorious B.I.G. Rivalry:
Tupac Shakur and Christoper "The Notorious B.I.G." Wallace are two of the most prominent rappers to date. Even though died over a decade ago, their music still lives on each and every day.
Tupac "2pac" Shakur and Christoper "The Notorious B.I.G." Wallace were once good friends until one fateful evening in New York.
In November of 1994 Tupac Shakur was shot 5 times in the lobby of a New York recording studio. Soon after he was shot B.I.G. released his record " Who Shot Ya?", which led Tupac to believe that B.I.G. was taunting him and that he had something do with his shooting. Notorious B.I.G. and Bad Boy CEO Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs would adamantly deny these accusations, saying that the song was recorded before Tupac was shot. In August of 1995 at the Source Awards held in New York CEO of Death Row records, while accepting an award announce to many artists and industry figures" Any artist out there that want to be an artist and stay a star, and don't have to worry about the executive producer trying to be all up in the videos.....All on the records... dancing come to Death Row!!! He was then booed as he walked off stage. Which was a direct diss to CEO and founder of Bad Boy Records Sean"Puff Daddy" Combs who has a tendency to to ad-lib on his artist records and dances in their videos. About a year after B.I.G.'s release of the controversial song " Who Shot Ya?" Tupac release "Hit Em' Up" which is a diss record aimed at B.I.G., Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs, junior Mafia, and rapper Lil Kim. The song was extremely controversial due to lyrics in which Tupac claims to have had sexual intercourse with The Notorious B.I.G.s' wife, r&b singer Faith Evans. Many critics have accused Tupac of going to far with those claims. Faith Evans adamantly denies his claims in her autobiography Keeping the Faith. In response to Tupac, B.I.G. on his duet with fellow Brooklyn native and rapper Jay-Z song "Brooklyn's Finest" says " If Faith had twins, she'd probably have two Pacs/ Get it Tu....pacs. This feud would continue on until the fateful night of September 7,1996, when after attending the Mike Tyson-Bruce Seldon prizefight in Las Vegas, NV, Tupac Shakur was shot 4 times. He was then rushed to the hospital where doctors performed emergency surgeries to save his life. Even removing his right lung to try and stem the some of the internal bleeding. Six days later on September 13,1996, Tupac Shakur died from complications of his gunshot wounds. Some speculated that The Notorious B.I.G. had ordered the hit on Tupac, while others have said that Suge Knight his close friend and boss ordered the hit because Tupac was threatening to leave Death Row Records. Both parties have adamantly denied these claims. His murder has never been solved. 6 months after Tupac's death The Notorious B.I.G. attended the 11th annual Soul Train Music Awards in Los Angeles ,CA. While presenting an award, the audience booed him. He left the stage being extremely embarrassed because he wanted to seperate himself from the hip hop feuds and just make music. Later on that evening after attending a party, The Notorious B.I.G. was gunned down. He was then rushed to the hospital but was pronounced dead upon arrival. So on March 9,1997 we lost another great rapper to violence. His sophomore album "Life After Death" was released 15 days after his death an d sold over 10 million copies in the U.S. alone.
Following the death of Tupac and Biggie several rappers met and pledge to to forgive any slights that may be related to the rivalry or death of Tupac and Biggie. In September of 1999, at the MTV Video Music Awards, Afeni Shakur and Violetta Wallace( Tupac and Biggie's mothers respectively) publicly met on stage in a show of solidarity. While there are many hip hop feuds, none have reached the magnitude of the Tupac-B.I.G. rivalry. If they had took out the entourages and sat down and had a conversation just the two of them, they would probably been able to settle their differences and would probably still be alive today. The question still remains. Was it worth losing two of the greatest rappers of all time for people to not dwell so deep into hip-hop beefs?
