Tupac Shakur murder trial: The key players inside the explosive East Coast-West Coast rap beef

Tupac Shakur and Christopher Wallace were considered
friends before a shooting that changed everything between them.
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"A lot of New York rappers got involved, even if they weren't necessarily with Diddy and Biggie," one expert told Yahoo Entertainment.

On Nov. 30, 1994, Tupac Shakur walked into the lobby of Quad Recording Studios in Manhattan. The hip-hop star was there to record a song with fellow rapper Lil Shawn. But the collab never happened. As Tupac entered, he was confronted by three armed men in the lobby.

They demanded he hand over his valuables. Shakur tried to fight them off, but in the ensuing struggle he was shot five times, with one bullet grazing his head.

The shooting changed everything between Shakur and Chris Wallace, also known as the Notorious B.I.G. or Biggie Smalls.

By Garin Flowers.

Full story at Yahoo News.