The Notorious B.I.G. Pt. 2: A Dead Rivalry, New Inspiration and a Murder Mystery for the Ages
DISGRACELAND
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🗓️ 25 May 2021
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
In part two of the Notorious B.I.G. story we see the young star trying to deal with life after the death of his rival (and one-time friend), Tupac Shakur. We also get a glimpse into the motivation behind the making of his final album, the aptly titled, Life After Death and get deep into the mystery behind his still unsolved murder.
This episode was originally published on May 25, 2021.
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| 0:00.0 | Disgraceland is a production of Double Elvis. |
| 0:13.8 | The story about the notorious BIG, his background, his beginning days as a crack dealer, and an artist, and his path as a man and a musician, |
| 0:23.2 | not to mention his beef with friend Tupac Shakur, is so complex that two episodes were needed |
| 0:29.4 | to properly tell this story. |
| 0:32.0 | If you're just getting hip to this now, I suggest you hit pause and go back to the last |
| 0:36.3 | episode of Disgraceland, part one of |
| 0:38.8 | the notorious BIG story. |
| 0:41.4 | Or if you're looking exclusively for a deep dive into the East Coast, West Coast beef between |
| 0:46.6 | Biggie and Tupac, check out the entire episode dedicated to this subject in season one |
| 0:52.0 | of Disgraceland. |
| 0:53.6 | You'll also want to check out the two-part episode dedicated entirely to Tupac Shakur, |
| 0:57.8 | his career and his artistry that is available earlier in season seven of Disgraceland. |
| 1:03.2 | Here we get into the famous rivalry, but we also get into the notorious BIG's life after Tupac, |
| 1:09.6 | his inspiration as an artist and the mystery behind his |
| 1:13.4 | still unsolved murder. We also, of course, get into the great music that the notorious BIG made. |
| 1:21.2 | Unlike that music I played for you at the top of the show, that wasn't great music. That was a preset |
| 1:27.4 | loop from a Melotron called |
| 1:29.3 | Gangster White Walls, MK2. I played you that loop because I can't afford the rights to want to be by the |
| 1:36.8 | Spice Girls. And why would I play you that specific slice of greasy girl power cheese could I |
| 1:43.4 | afford it? Because that was the number one |
| 1:46.7 | song in America on March 9, 1997. And that was the day the notorious B.I.G. was shot and killed, |
| 1:55.0 | kicking off one of the most mysterious music industry murders of all time. On this episode, a dead rivalry, |
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