Notorious B.I.G. vs. 2Pac

Fightin' Words: "Grab your glocks when you see 2Pac" ('Hit 'Em Up,' 2Pac)

When Tupac Shakur got shot in the lobby of a Manhattan recording studio in 1994, he was convinced that East Coast rival Notorious B.I.G. was involved. In one of the all-time best dis songs, 'Hit 'Em Up,' he claimed to have slept with Biggie's wife, Faith Evans. Biggie vowed not to respond, but when Shakur was murdered in Las Vegas, the rotund rapper was immediately suspected. Biggie's murder in 1997, a year after Tupac's, makes this short but very sour feud the most deadly in music history.

Judges' Decision: Double KO

'Hit 'Em Up'
--2Pac featuring the Outlawz (1996)

The brutal diss record that irreversibly cranked up Tupac's feud with Biggie and Puffy, 'Hit 'Em Up' slipped into the market on the back of his 'How Do U Want It' single. Not that the rapper intended to bury the song: No way Biggie was going to miss the bit about his archrival, uh, making nice with his wife.



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Christopher George Latore Wallace

Birthdate: May 21, 1972

Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York

'Forever'
Puff Daddy, 1999

Rise: His 1997 smash debut rode Biggie Smalls' broad back to two No. 1 singles and another that reached No. 2.

Fall: Criminally underperforming sequel led the rapper to go into the hip-hop witness protection program, changing his name (for the first time) to P. Diddy.

Stats: 'No Way Out' (1997), 5.2 million; 'Forever,' 1.4 million

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