How did the Tupac-Biggie rivalry get started?

Tupac and Biggie were friends in NY. Pac used to allow biggie to come on stage and rap with him, giving Biggie exposure. As Navin and Vu mention, Pac was doing a guest verse for another NY rapper when he was shot 5 timesin the lobby and robbed. read more

Biggie and Tupac started off as friend. Biggie invited Tupac over to his studio and when Tupac entered the buildind, Tupac was shot. A little while after the shooting Biggie released a song called Who Shot Ya which Tupac thought was about him (when it really wasn'). read more

The East Coast–West Coast hip hop rivalry was a feud between artists and fans of the East Coast hip hop and West Coast hip hop scenes in the United States, especially from the mid to late 1990s. Focal points of the feud were East Coast-based rapper The Notorious B.I.G., and West Coast-based rapper Tupac Shakur, who were both murdered in drive-by shootings by unknown assailants. read more

Suge Knight at The 1995 Source Awards This started the more intense East coast/West coast rivalry The Rivalry (Continued) One big part in the rivalry was when Tupac claimed Biggie was"stealing his style, and copying his music." While Tupac was in jail, Biggie recorded an album the was so similar to Tupacs, Tupac had to redo his whole album. read more