While making this piece I created a Notorious B.I.G. playlist and vibed out to Biggies music. Both of his CDs are classics. That was such an exciting era for Hip Hop. The power of this new culture was just starting to heat up. The whole world could feel it. Biggie felt it, Diddy felt it, Jay Z felt it, and Tupac definitely felt it.

This energy is what sparked the East Coast Vs. West Coast beef. Listening to songs like, “What’s Beef”, “Who Shot Ya?”, and “Hit Em Up”, I can hear the passion and realness in their voices. It’s sad we had to lose two greats in the process.

Both Tupac and Biggie made CDs predicting their death. Both were killed before the age of 30. This tragedy seems to have been self-aware of both of these artists, which they then used as their art. Now Hip Hop is a multi-billion dollar industry. Shit is deep. #ItsBiggerThenHipHop