Biggie and Tupac | Plus: "East vs. West"
Slow Burn
Slate Audio
4.6 • 25.2K Ratings
🗓️ 30 November 2019
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
In this Slow Burn bonus episode, host Joel Anderson and producer Christopher Johnson discuss the growing feud between Tupac and Biggie and the role of Faith Evans. Then, you’ll hear an extended interview with Larry “The Blackspot” Hester, a former staff writer at Vibe who interviewed Tupac, Biggie, and other people at Death Row and Bad Boy as their drama heated up.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, Joel Anderson here. What you're about to hear is the fifth Slate Plus episode for Slow Burn Season 3. |
| 0:07.0 | Slate Plus members get a bonus episode of Slow Burn every week, and that's where you can hear more about the reporting we did this season, more about all the crazy stories we heard, and extra extended interviews that we couldn't include in the show. |
| 0:19.5 | This week, we're giving you this great |
| 0:21.3 | interview with former vibe writer Larry the Black Spot Hester, who tells us about talking to Biggie, |
| 0:27.0 | Tupac, Puffy, and everyone during their feud. Trust me, you'll want to hear the rest of these |
| 0:31.9 | bonus episodes for more. Slate Plus members also get all Slate Podcasts without any ads. |
| 0:37.5 | So sign up now at slate.com slash slowburn. |
| 0:41.3 | Thanks for listening. |
| 0:42.3 | Hi, I'm Chowto and welcome to the fifth Slate Plus episode for Slow Burn Season 3. |
| 0:58.4 | This season covers the lives and deaths of Tupac Choucour and Biggie Smalls. |
| 1:02.1 | And as always, I've got host Joel Anderson and producer Christopher Johnson here with me to talk more about the making of the season. |
| 1:08.4 | Hi, guys. |
| 1:09.1 | Hey, Chow. |
| 1:10.1 | What's up, Chow? |
| 1:28.0 | I feel like this is like a momentous occasion. Is it? Episode five. I know. We are halfway through. Halfway there. More than halfway, yeah. How are you guys feeling about this? I'll feel a lot better when we're recording episode eight. Which doesn't mean I don't love it. It's just, you know, |
| 1:37.9 | extra extra special podcast where we talk about logistically and how difficult it's been. But it's been a lot of fun too. |
| 1:41.8 | Okay. |
| 1:42.3 | So in episode five, we see that Tupac and Shug Night really start trying to stoke a conflict with Biggie and Puffy. |
| 1:49.2 | But it also seems like Biggie and Puffy don't want any part of it, right? |
| 1:54.0 | Yeah, I think that's fair to say. |
| 1:56.1 | I think you can really only point to a single time when Biggie and Puffy, Biggie or Puffy explicitly |
| 2:03.3 | provoked or took an active role in the beef. And that's, people will hear in the episode |
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