<P> - The Notorious B.I.G. </P> <P> After the release of "Who Shot Ya?", which Shakur interpreted as a diss song mocking about his robbery / shooting, 2Pac appeared on numerous tracks aiming threatening or antagonistic insults at Biggie, Bad Boy as a label, and anyone affiliated with them from late 1995 to 1996 . Examples include the songs "Against All Odds", "Bomb First (My Second Reply)" and "Hit' Em Up". During this time the media became heavily involved and dubbed the rivalry a coastal rap war, reporting on it continually . This caused fans from both scenes to take sides . </P> <P> Although an official retaliation record was never released by the Brooklyn MC in response to Shakur's slurs, a certain number of Biggie's lyrics were interpreted by listeners as subliminal shots aimed at Shakur, in particular the track "Long Kiss Goodnight", which Lil' Cease claimed was about 2Pac in an XXL interview . Puffy, however, steadfastly denied this theory, affirming that if Biggie were to diss 2Pac, he would have called him out by name . </P> <P> On September 7, 1996, Tupac Shakur was shot in a drive - by shooting at the intersection of Flamingo Road and Koval Lane in Las Vegas, Nevada . He was taken to the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada, where he died six days later . In 2002, Chuck Phillips wrote the article "Who Killed Tupac Shakur?" reporting that, "the shooting was carried out by a Compton gang called the Southside Crips to avenge the beating of one of its members by Shakur a few hours earlier...Orlando Anderson, the Crip whom Shakur had attacked, fired the fatal shots . Las Vegas police discounted Anderson as a suspect and interviewed him only once, briefly . He was later killed in an "unrelated gang shooting" nearly 2 years later on May 29, 1998 . The Phillips article and its follow - up, "How Vegas Police Probe Floundered in Tupac Shakur Case" also implicated East Coast rappers including Biggie Smalls . </P>

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