Their worlds seemed destined to collide. They were two of the most talented hip-hop rappers on the scene. And they both were dedicated to exposing the truth of the tribulations of life on the streets, social injustice and the racial divide. But the biggest difference between Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls: They represented different coasts. What exploded into arguably the biggest rivalry in music history, ended up in the death of both artists, just as their careers were skyrocketing. Tupac was gunned down on September 7, 1996, and died six days later, while Biggie was shot and killed six months later on March 9, 1997. Neither murder has ever been solved. But, there’s no question that they started off as friends and ended up as enemies Biggie’s murder was originally investigated by a detective named Kelly Cooper and then transferred to Russell Poole, whom we met last week This started an investigation which revealed the largest scandal of a major police department in the country. And of course, we know from last week, that Russell Poole theorized that the LAPD was involved as many of them worked for Suge Knight, thus implying that they had the access and motivation to kill Biggie Smalls. Last week we know that Russell Poole pointed the finger at a corrupt officer named David Mack and his partner and friend Amir Mohammed. Russell became even more convinced that the LAPD was involved when they tried to cover up his work and he eventually quitting/being fired in 1999. The general public was pretty well convinced that he was right. The Task Force, taken over by Greg Kading did everything they could to discredit Russell Poole's theory because the City of Los Angeles was facing a $400 million law suit from Biggie's mother for future earnings of Biggie's career, which was cut short. One of the prevailing theories about Biggie's murder was that Suge Knight ordered it and it was done by "Poochie" Wardell, one of Suge's closest and most trusted associates. As far as Tupac was concerned, there is some consensus that Orlando Anderson was the shooter who killed Tupac, but who was behind it is up for some question. There is strong evidence that Orlando's uncle, Keffe 'D was hired by Puffy D to kill Tupac, There is also the theory that Suge Knight, himself wanted Tupac dead because Tupac was talking about leaving Death Row Records and also Suge owed him somewhere upwards of $10 million for royalties....money he didn't have. The cases are still officially unsolved although there are strong suspects in both cases.