The other day i was watching “Notorious” the movie. It is based on the life of the famous rapper the Notorious BIG or Biggie Smalls. He was a big time rapper from New york in the mid 90s. 2pac was another big time rapper around the same time but he was from California. At one point both of these rappers were good friends. Until one day 2pac was shot and robbed in New york. The media jumped on this story and quickly started pointing fingers at Notorious BIG and his crew for the incident. Soon after on a magazine cover appeared 2pac and the notorious Big’s wife just to stir up more controversy. Then the whole world started picking sides and this was the beginning of the East vs. West fued. It was either 2pac or the notorious BIG on the cover of magazines stamped with headlines that read East vs. West. None of the rappers were claiming sides until this incident. The media was more involved in the fued than the actual rappers themselves. The fued went on for about a year until 2pac was shot and killed in Las Vegas. A few months later the Notorious BIG was shot and killed in Los Angeles, California. Both murders are still unsolved till this day but with the fued it is hard to pinpoint any suspects. ultimately, I feel the media are at fault for both of these young rappers lives. They started the fire of this whole controversy. People love controversy so thats what the media feeds them. The buzz these stories received was outrageous. Magazines were sold, CD’s were sold, Money was mad but at the expense of both these rappers lives.
East vs. West
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