Some may use the lifestyles of these four individuals as an excuse for their deaths, being that many of today rap artist have come from the streets. Many were drug dealers and “gunslingers.” However, what people fail to realize is that these artist had left their “thuggish” days behind them and pursued a career in Hip Hop.

Ironically, both Big L and Freaky Ty were both killed at places that they were trying to escape when entering the rap game, the streets. Big L was shot in his own neighborhood in Harlem, and Freaky Ty was shoot in his home borough of Queens after a local party.

Tupac and Biggie was able to escape the streets, therefore, many may say that it was the industry that killed them. It all started when Tupac was shot and robbed in the lobby of a music studio in New

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That is another example of how the media only portrays Hip Hop as being violent.

It may be true that this violent style of rap sells more than conscience rap. Artist in the West, such as N.W.A, sells millions of records and win Grammys promoting gang violence. Whereas an artist such as KRS One, who is one rap’s pioneers since day one, promotes “stop the violence” messages and the improvement of blacks in the inner but has never gone platinum and has never won a Grammy. His lyrics were always overshadowed by other artists’ lyrics about the “thug life”, smoking marijuana, and guns.

As this Tupac vs. Biggie rivalry reaches its peek, Tupac is suddenly shot in Las Vegas and dies a week later. Bad Boy was quickly blamed for the shooting. With no evidence at all that would even connect Bad Boy to this murder, fans still wanted to believe it. This allowed the West vs. East war to continue.

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