![]() ![]() Their deaths shocked the world and changed the face of. Tupac Shakur and Christopher Wallace, The Notorious B.I.G., were icons and revolutionized the music industry. In the fall of 1996, the hip hop world would lose one of it’s icons. Directed by British documentary maker Nick Broomfield, Last Man Standing: Suge Knight and the Murders of Biggie & Tupac will be released in July. STAR RATING:*****Unmissable****Very Good***Okay**You Could Go Out For A Meal Instead*Avoid At All Costs The 'thug lifestyle' surrounding hardcore rap music is thankfully just an image thing with the majority of it's singers.Sadly,a gunman didn't seem to feel that way of the titular duo.This is the sad true story of Biggie Smalls and Tupac (or 2Pac) Shakur,two of gangsta raps most famous icons who both met tragic untimely deaths at the hands of gunmen (or just one gunman?),and all in a relatively short time-frame of each other.No,rap and what it preached was not just business to these two meant life.Nick Broomfield's documentary charts how the East-Coast/West-Coast rivalry came about,and how the one time two best friends allowed fame and money to corrupt them and turn them pretty much into sworn enemies.Digging up archive footage and mixing it with interviews,it inevitably drags in parts,but for the most part it's very engrossing stuff and certainly evokes many thoughts and opinions on what really went on. and Tupac Shakur: Their reign in the world of Rap music and their tragic ends Thesis Statement The Notorious B.I.G and Tupac Shakur were two of the greatest rappers of all time. The Lives and Deaths of The Notorious B.I.G. A new documentary about former Death Row Records CEO Suge Knight and the murder of The Notorious B.I.G.
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