Complex

Lil Yachty Says He Listened to 2Pac and Biggie’s Music ‘For About 30 Seconds’

Five years after claiming that 2Pac and the Notorious B.I.G. were overrated, Lil Yachty shared what he learned from the experience with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe in an April interview. “I never meant to ...
Complex

Will.i.am Says 2Pac and Biggie’s ‘Kind of Music Doesn’t Speak to My Spirit,’ Reveals Which Rappers He Prefers

Will.i.am isn’t shying away from sharing his true feelings about a pair of hip-hop legends. During a recent interview with Hip Hop Confessions, the Black Eyed Peas member offered up a hot take ...
The Source Magazine

Will.i.am Says That Biggie And 2Pac’s Music Doesn’t “Speak To My Spirit,” Reveals What Artists Inspired Him

While 2Pac and Biggie are referred to as two of the greatest, if not the greatest rappers of all time, there is a group of people who might have liked their music, but not as much as others. Will.i.am ...
Uproxx

Biggie Wanted Nas And Busta Rhymes To Join Him On A Tupac Diss Track Produced By J Dilla

Of all the many rap beefs in the history of hip-hop, none has been as brutally dissected — and deadly — as Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac’s East Coast/West Coast spat. Things reached a head when Tupac ...
The Source Magazine

[WATCH] Lil Cease: Biggie Was Not Going To Put Effort Into a Song Dissing 2Pac

In an exclusive interview with The Art of Dialogue, Junior Mafia member Lil Cease talked about rumors that the late Notorious B.I.G. intended to drop a diss track aimed at his friend-turned-nemesis ...
Black Enterprise

Will.i.am Makes Wild Conclusion About Listening to Tupac and Biggie’s Music

Black Eyed Peas rapper Will.i.am has riled up the hip-hop community after seemingly insinuating Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G. made music for “the projects.” During a recent appearance on the ...
The Cheat Sheet

Michael Jackson Once Rejected Being on a Tupac Song Because He Preferred Biggie Smalls

Michael Jackson has collaborated with many artists during his long and decorated career. At one point, he allegedly even nearly collaborated with rap legend Tupac. But the Grammy-winner was said to ...
Rolling Out

Will.i.am says Tupac’s and Biggie’s music did not move him

Will.i.am had the audacity to reveal that he never really liked the music of hip-hop legends Tupac Shakur and Christopher “Notorious B.I.G.” Wallace. In an interview with rapper Skillz on the “Hip-Hop ...
The Cheat Sheet

There’s Some Disagreement About if The Notorious B.I.G.’s ‘Long Kiss Goodnight’ Is About Tupac

The Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur were two legendary rappers who shared a close friendship for years. But their relationship soured in the mid-1990s before Tupac’s death in September 1996. Six ...
The Village Voice

New Book 2pac vs. Biggie Unearths Much About the Pair: LIVE Reading Tonight

TONIGHT at 7 p.m., co-authors of the newly published 2pac vs. Biggie: An Illustrated History of Rap’s Greatest Battle Jeff Weiss and Evan McGarvey will be reading their book live at the Housing Works ...
American Songwriter

We Asked A.I. to Write a Rap Song for a Tupac and Biggie Duet Track – Check the Results

In the mid-1990s, you couldn’t turn on the television or the radio without finding out more details about the deadly East Coast-West Coast rap battle. It was a bloody several years, leading to the ...