Episode 301 - Tupac & Biggie: PART 2 - ‘Ready to Die’

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In our second instalment, Hannah & Suruthi turn to Christopher George Latore Wallace – better known as the Notorious B.I.G. – and his side of the Biggie/Tupac saga. Lyrically gifted, privately educated and no stranger to a little crack dealing, Biggie became the face the East Coast rap scene in one of the genre's most volatile and dangerous eras. 

So what happened to Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls? As H&S find out, sometimes the simplest explanation is the most likely...

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Original Gangsters - Ben Westhop

Last Podcast on the Left - Biggie and Tupac Series 

Murder Rap Documentary 

Slow Burn - Biggie and Tupac Series 

Biggie and Tupac - Nick Broomfeild  

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Disgraceland - Biggie Smalls 1 & 2

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