Episode 300 - Tupac & Biggie: PART 1 - ‘2 Of Amerikaz Most Wanted’

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Stories of death, drugs, and gang violence were inextricably linked, in the 90s media, to the nation’s biggest rap stars. 

Tupac Shakur was one of the decade’s biggest and most admired music icons – until his life was cut tragically short in 1996. By the time he died, he’d been involved in three high-profile shootings, done time for sexual assault, and been associated with serious career criminals. So what happened?

Get the 4-1-1 on two of hip-hop’s biggest stars as we celebrate our 300th episode in the only way appropriate - a Tupac and Biggie Two-Parter

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