Investigators are now re-examining the murder of rap legend The Notorious B.I.G. -- born Christopher Wallace -- more than 13 years after he was gunned down in Los Angeles.
CNN reports that a task force consisting of local and national law enforcement officials has been assembled to further investigate the rapper's 1997 murder.
Wallace, a hometown hero in his native Brooklyn, was shot four times in the chest by an as-of-yet unidentified gunman while leaving an afterparty for the Soul Train Awards. He was pronounced dead 30 minutes later at Los Angeles' Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
Since his death, rumors have abounded regarding both the identity of Biggie's killer and the motive behind the fatal shooting. The prevalent theory has remained that the shooting came about as a retaliation for Death Row Records rapper Tupac Shakur's 1996 murder in Las Vegas.
Former LAPD detective Russell Poole, who was involved in the 1997 investigation, maintains the belief that Wallace's murder was ordered by Death Row Records' co-founder and former CEO, Marion "Suge" Knight.
"Suge Knight ordered the hit," says Poole, alleging that David Mack, a former LAPD officer, was the one who fired the fatal shots.
Wallace has been the subject of a number of conspiracy theories by die-hard fans, due to the seemingly prophetic album titles 'Ready to Die' and the posthumously released 'Life After Death.'
Similar speculation has been made about Shakur, who has been "spotted" around the world since his murder, including making a supposed pit-stop for drinks in New Orleans as recently as 2009.
Despite the bad blood between Wallace and Shakur during the height of the East Coast-West Coast feud, the rappers' mothers, Voletta Wallace and Afeni Shakur, joined one another on stage at the 1999 MTV Video Music Awards, where they denounced the culture of violence that their sons fell victim to.
Voletta Wallace told AllHipHop,"All I want, all I ever wanted, is justice for my son's death. All I ever wanted was the truth. And that's not asking too much."
Since his death, Biggie has been a major influence on pop culture. He is the subject of the 2002 documentary 'Biggie and Tupac' and 2009's 'Notorious.' His work has been quoted and sampled by artists, including Michael Jackson, Alicia Keys, 50 Cent and Usher.
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I care and obviously you did too since you moved the mouse to click on the article. I was and still am a fan of both slain artists since back when they first came out so this matters to me.
Still, I have to agree partly with the other poster in asking is this a story and why? I mean I'm glad to see the case is reopened but the title says new information yet these are the same old theories rehashed. Where and what is the new info?
Stop with the CLICK=CARING thing, okay? People who are fed up with hearing about crap like this just want to make that point by posting, regardless of the article. But as you can plainly see, the article has little news value. Just another day...as if anyone other than his closest thugs should give a rat's azz.
No, I will not stop with it and your net bullying tactic will not change that, in fact you proved my point.
YOU cared enough to read then move those pudgy fat lil' hammy digits in a failed attempt to troll-a-post. How sad you are, to not be able to give anything of value to the conversation so your pathetic attempts at attacking a dead man and another poster are all you can muster. Then again, you name yourself rude waitress so that speaks volumes as to your level in society.
First off Darlin, these "people" were not artists, they were ignorant thugs. I hate to say it but these people were raised by gutter trash, and grew to be gutter trash. They knew they were going to get killed. They led a life of stupidy. And by the way, most people don't have to be interested in a certain news article to read it. Intelligent people read everything, because they like to learn. Have a nice day big dummy.
Amen Bahmeh telling it like it is to those that don't care. Rudewaitress no wonder your username tells it all that your wrong and you know your wrong. I'm right that if you don't care then don't click the headlines that easy those that don't clearly have no points and shouldn't be posting in articles that they don't like. I believe by not clicking the articles you don't give websites the hits which is all they care about your troll Rudewaitress and a loser that needs to get a life and your the idiot & moron as well.
Your just as wrong PTRCbonn as your pal rude waitress and everything you said is baseless without proof or facts which are lies your troll as well and loser that needs to get a life. I read articles that interest me I don't go into articles that don't in terest me.
First I would like to say that whether either of these men had talent is up to each person indiviually. I personally don't care for rap, but no matter these are human lives we are talking about. They both have family members that love and miss them every day. The lifestyle they lived may have put them a little closer to danger, but neither man asked to die or be killed. They are musicians and lyricists no matter what. And for all the fighting about reading the article, well I read the article because it caught my attention stating new evidence, but even now I am not sure what that is other than they are still investigating, but then that is kind of sad with the fact they are only still working on it because of their fame. Police should give the same respect to honor all cold cases, but society as a general craves Hollywood news.
stop being two faced bahmeh. either you care about the story or you don't. you shouldn't say you care and then ask why is this a story. i'm not for most of biggie's music or any of the rap today. i feel some way about him dying, but i would about most people who die.
WTH are you rambling about, Resa? I never said I didn't care? If you would actually READ my post it'd be pretty obviously implied that I cared about finding out what happened to Biggie (thus why I came) and my statement about partly agreeing it not being a story was towards the fact that they didn't add any new information to it, like they implied. It's a rehashing of already stated theories. So nothing twofaced about it, learn to read next time.
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And this is a story Why?
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Then don't click the headline if you don't care that easy troll.
RCV,sc, mickey,rudewaitress,ted bundy, mike,tz I HOPE ALL OF YOU "KICK ROCKS"...THE SLOWER THE BETTER... and to everyone else have a blessed day oh great article ,My boyfriend and i both think so ...He is almost 11year older than me .i met him via uniform'edmeet.c 'oma nice place for s'ee'king Army, Navy, Mari'nes, Air Force, Police Force and their admires.just love it
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did you read it dawg?
Who cares
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Personally, I don't look at this as a crime. I look at it as a public service.
Your mother does
i agree with you..... who cares?
I care and obviously you did too since you moved the mouse to click on the article. I was and still am a fan of both slain artists since back when they first came out so this matters to me.
Still, I have to agree partly with the other poster in asking is this a story and why? I mean I'm glad to see the case is reopened but the title says new information yet these are the same old theories rehashed. Where and what is the new info?
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Stop with the CLICK=CARING thing, okay? People who are fed up with hearing about crap like this just want to make that point by posting, regardless of the article. But as you can plainly see, the article has little news value. Just another day...as if anyone other than his closest thugs should give a rat's azz.
No, I will not stop with it and your net bullying tactic will not change that, in fact you proved my point.
YOU cared enough to read then move those pudgy fat lil' hammy digits in a failed attempt to troll-a-post. How sad you are, to not be able to give anything of value to the conversation so your pathetic attempts at attacking a dead man and another poster are all you can muster. Then again, you name yourself rude waitress so that speaks volumes as to your level in society.
First off Darlin, these "people" were not artists, they were ignorant thugs. I hate to say it but these people were raised by gutter trash, and grew to be gutter trash. They knew they were going to get killed. They led a life of stupidy. And by the way, most people don't have to be interested in a certain news article to read it. Intelligent people read everything, because they like to learn. Have a nice day big dummy.
Amen Bahmeh telling it like it is to those that don't care. Rudewaitress no wonder your username tells it all that your wrong and you know your wrong. I'm right that if you don't care then don't click the headlines that easy those that don't clearly have no points and shouldn't be posting in articles that they don't like. I believe by not clicking the articles you don't give websites the hits which is all they care about your troll Rudewaitress and a loser that needs to get a life and your the idiot & moron as well.
Your just as wrong PTRCbonn as your pal rude waitress and everything you said is baseless without proof or facts which are lies your troll as well and loser that needs to get a life. I read articles that interest me I don't go into articles that don't in terest me.
First I would like to say that whether either of these men had talent is up to each person indiviually. I personally don't care for rap, but no matter these are human lives we are talking about. They both have family members that love and miss them every day. The lifestyle they lived may have put them a little closer to danger, but neither man asked to die or be killed. They are musicians and lyricists no matter what. And for all the fighting about reading the article, well I read the article because it caught my attention stating new evidence, but even now I am not sure what that is other than they are still investigating, but then that is kind of sad with the fact they are only still working on it because of their fame. Police should give the same respect to honor all cold cases, but society as a general craves Hollywood news.
stop being two faced bahmeh. either you care about the story or you don't. you shouldn't say you care and then ask why is this a story. i'm not for most of biggie's music or any of the rap today. i feel some way about him dying, but i would about most people who die.
WTH are you rambling about, Resa? I never said I didn't care? If you would actually READ my post it'd be pretty obviously implied that I cared about finding out what happened to Biggie (thus why I came) and my statement about partly agreeing it not being a story was towards the fact that they didn't add any new information to it, like they implied. It's a rehashing of already stated theories. So nothing twofaced about it, learn to read next time.
Probably murdered by one of his gun-toting drug dealers.
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i dont belive suge had it done ,i think it was a fan of 2pacs.
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Thank you Suge Knight
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Keep killing each other!
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