And his one-time girlfriend Lil Kim was now a star in her own right, having also achieved a platinum plaque for her solo debut Hard Core in 1996. had gone platinum with their album Conspiracy in 1995, which was penned almost entirely by B.I.G. Biggie wasn't in the right head space to create, but it had been over two years since he'd released an album. Tupac Shakur would be fatally shot in September of 1996, casting a dark cloud over Hip-Hop and leaving things unfinished in terms of his fractured relationship with B.I.G.īiggie had become one of the biggest artists in Hip-Hop since the release of his 1994 debut album Ready To Die.īut fame is a famously double-edged sword, and the man born Christopher Wallace found himself thrust into feuds with musical rivals while also juggling dysfunctional personal relationships (his marriage to R&B singer Faith Evans was deteriorating) and physical ailments after a car accident left him using a cane for six months. 2Pac would escalate his feud with Biggie over the next couple of months, dropping the scathing diss track "Hit 'Em Up" just weeks after that infamous VIBE interview. The history of these two iconic artists has been absorbed by even the most casual rap fan. in the infamous 1996 VIBE interview in which he discussed seeing friend-turned-rival 2Pac backstage at the Soul Train Awards that year.
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