Why Is Tupac Important

“ Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G. may have had one of the biggest rivalries in hip-hop, but their relationship actually started off as a friendship.”(Google) One of B.I.G. songs brought them together. Tupac was on set of Poetic Justice playing B.I.G. song on repeat. Tupac ended meeting up with B.I.G. after Tupac LA home. “ The “clicked” immediately and B.I.G. “always thought it was a gemini thing,” given that his birthday was on May 21, 1972, and Tupacs was on June 16, 1971”(Popsuger).

Tupac and B.I.G. were until Nov 30, 1994 when Tupac got robbed and and got shot five times at the Quad Studios in NYC, after they were scheduled to work on a song for another rapper Little Shawn. Tupac was convinced that B.I.G. knew about the attack before it even happened. After Tupac

Tupac accepted, cementing the rivalry between Knight’s label and combs’ Bad Boy Records” (Biography). “ While in prison, Tupac and Death Row Records leader Suge Knight plotted to bring down Bad Boy Records, Puff’s label to which B.I.G. was signed” (Distractify).

Then B.I.G. released a new song “Who Shot Ya” and people thought the song was directed towards Tupac. “ B.I.G. denied this on many occasions and maintained that the song was written before the shooting, but Tupac took it as a direct attack and began belittling the Brooklyn rapper” (Distractify).

Tupas said that B.I.G. had something to do with the shooting that night. Tupac also claimed that B.I.G. stole his flow,and Tupac said he stole B.I.G's wife Faith Evans in his “Hit ‘Em Up”.. “Despite efforts by B.I.G. to mediate the situation, Tupac seemingly refused to believe anything less than that his east coast “rival” was secretly plotting against him”(Distractify).“ The punches continued to be thrown throughout their short lives, each side blaming the other for their deaths ( while other terrorists believe they may still be alive)”