Many people know about the feud in the mid 90's between the Eastcoast and Westcoast rap stars.
But they may not be aware of how the events of this incident originally transpired.
The two men at the center of the feud were the Notorious B.
I.
G.
(or Christopher Wallace, also known as Biggie) and Tupac Shakur (or 2pac).
2pac hailed from the Westcoast, while Biggie was representative of the Eastcoast.
The feud began between these two men, and eventually became bigger than either one of them could ever imagine.
While unknown events between Shakur and Wallace may have occurred prior to 1994, the first known incident was a robbery and shooting that happened at Quad Studios in New York City.
It's widely accepted in the Hip Hop industry that this event is what caused initial dispute between the two men and what ultimately led to the bicoastal beef.
Tupac was scheduled to record in the studio on the night of November 30, 1994.
Upon entering the building, he was assaulted and robbed by 2 men in ski masks.
They ordered him and the people he was with to lie on the ground.
Tupac refused and reached for his pistol, at which point one of the men shot him.
It's unclear whether Shakur accidentally shot himself in the thigh, but many people believe that at least one, or possibly two shots may have been caused by Pac himself when the pistol he was reaching for accidentally discharged.
The two men fled the scene, at which point members of Wallace's entourage came down to the lobby to see what happened.
Shakur felt he was setup because of the timing of the robbery and the fact that he was the only one robbed, despite the fact that majority of B.
I.
G.
's entourage had expensive jewelry on.
Tupac was still coherent as paramedics arrived, and as they carried him out of Quad Studios on a stretcher, he lifted his hand and pointed a middle finger at the members of Bad Boy Records (Biggie's crew).
A photographer snapped a photo of 2pac at this very moment and the photo was distributed and became famous overnight as the media showed the photo while reporting on the incident.
2pac then had to appear for court for his rape case, and he showed up in a wheelchair with a bandage on his head from where he had been shot.
The rape charges were dropped, but the judge convicted him of sexual abuse for touching a woman's buttocks.
He was already on probation, so he was sentenced to 18 months to 4 years in prison.
While in prison, he became increasingly suspicious of B.
I.
G.
's role in the shooting.
People in prison had told him that word on the street was that he was shot by 2 men who worked for a criminal enterprise that helped Bad Boy in their early days by funding them with illegal proceeds.
The close association between these men and Bad Boy was a revelation to Shakur, because he had been approached by these 2 men on a separate occasion and was asked to sign to Bad Boy Records, which he had refused to do.
The fact that Biggie didn't visit 2pac in prison made him even more suspicious of his former friend.
Also, Notorious released a song entitled "Who Shot Ya", which Shakur took offense to and assumed was written about him.
11 months later, Suge Knight bailed Pac out of prison, and Tupac immediately went to work in the studio.
Upon his release, he recorded a number of songs in which he took aim at Bad Boy and Wallace.
He also recorded one song with Wallace's wife, Faith Evans.
After 2pac released the song Hit Em Up, a number of Eastcoast rappers took offense and thought that he was insulting most rappers out of NY.
Puff Daddy, the CEO of Bad Boy and target of Shakur's insults, released a few underground tracks in which he responded to 2pac and insulted him and called him derogatory names.
This fallout between 2pac and his associates at Death Row, and Biggie and his associates at Bad Boy, is what started the East/West dispute.
But they may not be aware of how the events of this incident originally transpired.
The two men at the center of the feud were the Notorious B.
I.
G.
(or Christopher Wallace, also known as Biggie) and Tupac Shakur (or 2pac).
2pac hailed from the Westcoast, while Biggie was representative of the Eastcoast.
The feud began between these two men, and eventually became bigger than either one of them could ever imagine.
While unknown events between Shakur and Wallace may have occurred prior to 1994, the first known incident was a robbery and shooting that happened at Quad Studios in New York City.
It's widely accepted in the Hip Hop industry that this event is what caused initial dispute between the two men and what ultimately led to the bicoastal beef.
Tupac was scheduled to record in the studio on the night of November 30, 1994.
Upon entering the building, he was assaulted and robbed by 2 men in ski masks.
They ordered him and the people he was with to lie on the ground.
Tupac refused and reached for his pistol, at which point one of the men shot him.
It's unclear whether Shakur accidentally shot himself in the thigh, but many people believe that at least one, or possibly two shots may have been caused by Pac himself when the pistol he was reaching for accidentally discharged.
The two men fled the scene, at which point members of Wallace's entourage came down to the lobby to see what happened.
Shakur felt he was setup because of the timing of the robbery and the fact that he was the only one robbed, despite the fact that majority of B.
I.
G.
's entourage had expensive jewelry on.
Tupac was still coherent as paramedics arrived, and as they carried him out of Quad Studios on a stretcher, he lifted his hand and pointed a middle finger at the members of Bad Boy Records (Biggie's crew).
A photographer snapped a photo of 2pac at this very moment and the photo was distributed and became famous overnight as the media showed the photo while reporting on the incident.
2pac then had to appear for court for his rape case, and he showed up in a wheelchair with a bandage on his head from where he had been shot.
The rape charges were dropped, but the judge convicted him of sexual abuse for touching a woman's buttocks.
He was already on probation, so he was sentenced to 18 months to 4 years in prison.
While in prison, he became increasingly suspicious of B.
I.
G.
's role in the shooting.
People in prison had told him that word on the street was that he was shot by 2 men who worked for a criminal enterprise that helped Bad Boy in their early days by funding them with illegal proceeds.
The close association between these men and Bad Boy was a revelation to Shakur, because he had been approached by these 2 men on a separate occasion and was asked to sign to Bad Boy Records, which he had refused to do.
The fact that Biggie didn't visit 2pac in prison made him even more suspicious of his former friend.
Also, Notorious released a song entitled "Who Shot Ya", which Shakur took offense to and assumed was written about him.
11 months later, Suge Knight bailed Pac out of prison, and Tupac immediately went to work in the studio.
Upon his release, he recorded a number of songs in which he took aim at Bad Boy and Wallace.
He also recorded one song with Wallace's wife, Faith Evans.
After 2pac released the song Hit Em Up, a number of Eastcoast rappers took offense and thought that he was insulting most rappers out of NY.
Puff Daddy, the CEO of Bad Boy and target of Shakur's insults, released a few underground tracks in which he responded to 2pac and insulted him and called him derogatory names.
This fallout between 2pac and his associates at Death Row, and Biggie and his associates at Bad Boy, is what started the East/West dispute.
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