The Truth About Tupac And Biggie's Notorious Beef

Pac and Biggie met in 1993 at a house party at Pac's place in Los Angeles, according to a report by Vice. 2Pac had already started to come into fame with 1991's 2PacalypseNowandwas a platinum-selling artist. Biggie, like others, revered 2Pac and asked a local drug dealer in Los Angeles if he could get an

Pac and Biggie met in 1993 at a house party at Pac's place in Los Angeles, according to a report by Vice. 2Pac had already started to come into fame with 1991's 2Pacalypse Now and was a platinum-selling artist. Biggie, like others, revered 2Pac and asked a local drug dealer in Los Angeles if he could get an into Pac's place for the party. The two met in the kitchen over steaks, french fries, bread, and Kool-Aid, and not only hit it off, but 2Pac gifted Biggie a bottle of his favorite drink, Hennessy.  

From that point on, 2Pac more or less took Biggie under his wing as his "lieutenant," he says. Biggie stayed at 2Pac's place whenever he visited Los Angeles, and 2Pac picked up Biggie in Brooklyn in a white limousine whenever he passed through New York. Biggie wasn't yet known outside of Brooklyn, and even though a lot of rappers were vying for 2Pac's attention, Pac gave special attention to Biggie, to the point of influencing not only his lyrical style, but his branding strategy (encouraging him to write for women, not men). Eventually, Biggie caught the attention of Puff Daddy at Bad Boy Records, which at the time was a nascent label yet to prove itself. Biggie, though, wanted 2Pac himself to be his manager. 2Pac declined, infamously remarking, "Nah, stay with Puff. He will make you a star."

This marked the beginning of the end of their friendship, and the rise of the notorious, vicious beef between both men that would lead to their deaths.

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