Episode 300 - Tupac & Biggie: ‘2 Of Amerikaz Most Wanted’ - Part 1

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4.5 • 18.2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2023

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Stories of death, drugs, and gang violence were inextricably linked, in the 90s media, to the nation’s biggest rap stars.

Tupac Shakur was one of the decade’s biggest and most admired music icons – until his life was cut tragically short in 1996. By the time he died, he’d been involved in three high-profile shootings, done time for sexual assault, and been associated with serious career criminals. So what happened?

Get the 4-1-1 on two of hip-hop’s biggest stars as we celebrate our 300th episode in the only way appropriate - a Tupac and Biggie Two-Parter

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0:00.0	Prime members, you can listen to Redhanded early and add free on Amazon music. Download the app today.
0:14.8	I'm Hannah, I'm Sruti and welcome to Redhanded.
0:18.9	Episode
0:20.0	Ah, 300. It is indeed. I am amazed I remembered that because I didn't put it at the top of the script for accident.
0:27.5	I remember we were, we just do all of our scheduling like in the calendar it doesn't say when you're coming up for any particular milestone.
0:33.8	And then I was sat there one day like counting the weeks and I was like, ah, by some miracle.
0:39.6	Some podcasting, synchronicity miracle.
0:43.7	Kismet, if you will. This ended up being our 300th episode.
0:47.8	Yes. I wish anything we did was deliberate.
0:50.5	I know, just once.
0:53.2	Yes, this is a big and I'm scared because a lot of people have a lot of very strong opinions.
1:01.2	Sure. And, you know, I'm all for a conspiracy as much as the next tarot card reader, but this one I just don't think it is.
1:10.1	Oh yeah, I was going to say I don't have particularly strong feelings, but I'm excited.
1:16.6	Yeah, well, get to know. Let's do it.
1:19.6	But you have 300 episodes. I wonder how many hours we have been on Mike in front of Mike.
1:25.6	Just near Mike.
1:28.0	Yeah, well, we don't speak to each other off the clock.
1:30.8	You got to save it for this.
1:40.2	The sound you just heard is what you would hear if you logged on to the death row records website in 2001.
1:46.9	The webpage read 2001 is the year of fear.
1:50.9	All dogs, two Gs run and hide. Sugar's coming home.
1:55.1	It's not very subtle. No.
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