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They were the kings.
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They were at the top
of the realm.
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The number one East
coast rapper,
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and the number one
West coast rapper.
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Both kings were dethroned...
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[gunshots firing]
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...by bullets.
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[reporter 1] After being shot
in a drive-by shooting,
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rapper Tupac Shakur
has passed away
in a Las Vegas hospital.
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[gunshots firing]
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[reporter 2] Biggie Smalls
was shot and killed
after leaving a party here
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at the Petersen Museum.
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Who killed Biggie and Tupac
are two of the biggest
unsolved cases
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in modern American history.
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[Phil Carson] Somebody stated,
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"It’s not worth solving
the murder of a 400 pound
black rapper
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who used to be
a cocaine dealer."
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And possibly ruining
the working relationship
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between the FBI and the LAPD.
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[Voletta Wallace]
I’ve labored with pain
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and sweat just to find
out the truth
of what happened to my son.
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This has been goin’ on
for 25 years, tryin’ to figure
this out.
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It’s probably the most
outrageous case
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that’s never been prosecuted
in the city of L. A.
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[Stephanie Frederic]
You’ve got the murders
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of two of the most iconic
rappers of all time.
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You have Bloods and Crips.
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You’ve got dirty cops.
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There’s corruption.
There’s jealousy.
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And there’s a coverup.
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[Carson] There were
numerous people
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that had to help orchestrate
to pull this thing off,
especially in public.
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The conspiracy theorists
will suggest that the murder
of Biggie Smalls
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was some type
of sophisticated hit.
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The two investigators
involved in this case,
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a former LAPD detective
and an ex-FBI agent,
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come up with two
different conclusions.
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This was an ambush,
this isn’t some random act.
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[Greg Kading] This was
nothing more than a gang
drive-by shooting.
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He’s just wrong. He is wrong.
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[Kading] I 100% believe
that we solved
the Biggie case.
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If you think you’ve solved
the case, then file it.
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For the first time,
an informant who had been
afraid to show his face
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is coming forward.
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Uh, they threatened
to have me stabbed in prison.
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And, uh, they tried
to shut me up at all costs.
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The truth will come out.
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Peace.
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[reporter 1] Biggie was hailed
as the king of East Coast rap
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before his murder
back in 1997.
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His family are now suing
the city of Los Angeles.
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[Voletta Wallace]
My son was murdered
and I needed answers.
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But no one was giving
me an answer,
and I had to do something.
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[reporter 2] No arrests
were ever made.
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And now Biggie Smalls’
family are claiming
there’s been a coverup,
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and that off-duty
police officers were involved
in the shooting.
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In 2002, 5 years
after Biggie’s murder...
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...there had been no arrests
and no progress
in the official investigation.
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The Wallace family
filed the biggest
wrongful death lawsuit
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in the city
of Los Angeles’ history.
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Alleging that LAPD
dirty cops were involved
in Biggie’s murder.
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They ripped lives apart...
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...whoever did it.
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This is a human being
that was gunned down
so viciously.
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And I felt that more effort
should be put into solving
the murder.
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As the lawsuit
worked its way
through the court,
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there was an estimation
that Biggie’s lifetime
earning potential
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could be upwards
of $400 million.
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And with the potential
of $400 million lawsuit
looming over their heads,
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the department needed
to determine whether or not
there was any truth
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behind these allegations.
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You crackers knocked
my man off.
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-Crackers!
-Stop, stop.
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-But they gonna take that off,
they gonna take that off.
-Crackers knocked my man off.
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[bleep] that.
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Let my words be absorbed.
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You crackers knocked
my man off.
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You wanna think
it’s a two party state.
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-[man] Uh-huh.
-[man 2] Suge Knight state.
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You mother[bleep] think that.
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[fading] Let it be known.
I’ll let you know now.
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Uh, my name is Greg Kading,
I’m a retired LAPD
homicide detective.
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In 2006,
I was asked to join
a federal task force
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to take a new look,
a... a fresh look,
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into the unsolved murder
of Christopher Wallace,
AKA Biggie Smalls.
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The lawsuit was filed
because of allegations
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that LAPD was either
complicit in the murder...
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...or complicit in covering
up the murder.
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I asked very directly
"You know, is our job
here to solve this murder...
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...or are we here
to mitigate the damages
to the department?"
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And I was told,
"We were gonna go
wherever the facts lead us."
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My name is Stephanie Frederic.
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In the ’90s,
I was a television news
reporter in Los Angeles.
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So, as the West Coast
correspondent for Black
Entertainment Television,
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I covered black Los Angeles,
I covered black Hollywood.
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Hip hop was huge at the time.
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In the mid-1990s,
you had two major rap labels
dominating the genre.
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On the East Coast,
there was Bad Boy Records,
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run by Sean "Puffy" Combs.
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Sometimes he went
by just Puffy.
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And his major artist
was Notorious B. I. G.
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On the West coast,
it was Death Row Records,
led by CEO Suge Knight.
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With major artists
Snoop Doggy Dogg, Dr. Dre,
and later on Tupac Shakur.
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Both of these record
labels came straight
from the streets.
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Death Row Records?
Straight out of Compton.
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Bad Boy Records?
Straight off the streets
of New York.
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And these guys rapped
about what they knew,
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and what was happening
in their neighborhoods.
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So if they saw guns,
they saw gangsters...
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...you know, there were drugs,
they talked about it.
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These guys were spitting
out hit after hit after hit.
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So here you have Bad Boy
and Death Row battling
to be number one.
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Everything was cool at first.
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And then somewhere
along the way,
that competition...
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...turned into an East Coast-
West Coast rap feud.
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No one thought this friendly
competition would turn deadly.
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But it did.
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[reporter] After being shot
earlier this week
in a drive-by shooting...
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rapper Tupac Shakur
has now passed away
in a Las Vegas hospital.
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[Kading] Tupac Shakur was shot
on September 7th of 1996,
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on the streets
of Las Vegas, Nevada.
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And then, approximately
six months later,
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Biggie Smalls is shot
and killed in Los Angeles.
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Notorious B. I. G.
was gunned down
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as he left the party
here at the Petersen
Automotive Museum
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in the Miracle Mile.
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[woman] This is devastating.
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And just as painful as Tupac.
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I love Tupac too as a person,
these were people.
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[Kading] There was always
a strong belief
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that the murder
of Tupac Shakur
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and the murder
of Biggie Smalls
were somehow related.
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So when we began
to reinvestigate
Biggie’s murder,
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we wanted to find any common
denominator’ that we could
back to Tupac’s murder.
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Believing that, by exposing
the truth of one,
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we might be able
to reveal the truth
of the other.
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Everybody knew.
Everybody knew...
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...the same day,
that night it happened.
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It was in the neighborhood,
we know who did it.
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As we reviewed the evidence
from the previous
investigation,
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a common name kept coming up.
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Uh, the name of a South Side
Crip gang member by the name
of Duane "Keefe D" Davis.
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Keefe D being
his gang moniker.
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Keefe D had been associated
with Bad Boy Records,
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and had provided them
some unofficial
type of security
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when they would come out
to California or go on their
concert tours.
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Keefe D had been
at the Petersen Auto Museum
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the night that Biggie Smalls
was killed.
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And Keefe D had been
in Las Vegas, Nevada
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the night that Tupac Shakur
was shot.
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Just hours prior
to his shooting,
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Keefe D’s nephew,
Orlando Anderson,
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had been attacked
by Tupac Shakur,
Suge Knight,
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and other members
of the Death Row entourage.
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The obstacle is always,
when dealing
with gang members,
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that that culture just doesn’t
typically cooperate
with law enforcement.
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Keefe D wasn’t interested
in speaking with us.
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So we were going
to have to compel him
to cooperate with us.
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My name is Robert Ladd,
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and I’m... I’m a former
police officer for the city
of Compton.
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It was basically the home
of the Crips and the Bloods.
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[reporter] Los Angeles
is where renowned
street gangs,
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the Bloods and the Crips
call home.
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They’re thought to be
responsible for masterminding
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drug operations
across the entire country.
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It was my job
as a gang investigator
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to know who the players were.
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You know, who were
the dope dealers,
who were the shooters...
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...who were the shot callers.
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I knew Keefe D
when he was just a young kid.
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We used to chase him
and arrest him.
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And he went to prison
and, I think, that’s where
he met some major dope dealer.
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And after he got out,
he just took off.
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And then I watched him
become one of the biggest
dope dealers in Compton.
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We were nearly two years
into the investigation,
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before we’d really made
any headway toward Keefe D.
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We were very convinced
that Keefe D knew something...
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...at least about one
of the murders.
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So we developed
a drug case against him...
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...in order to put him
into a corner
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where it’s in his best
interest to cooperate.
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And that is when we approached
him and gave him an ultimatum.
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[camera shutter clicking]
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[Keefe D speaking]
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[Kading speaking]
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He could cooperate with us
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and tell us what he knew
about the murder
of Biggie Smalls
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or face a 25-year
prison sentence.
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[Keefe D speaking]
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[Kading] Keefe D
and his attorney agree
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to the terms of the agreement.
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And we begin to discuss
what he knows about the murder
of Biggie Smalls.
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The night that he attended
the party at the Petersen
Auto Museum...
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...the time of the shooting,
Keefe D claims that he was
in the parking lot
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and hears about Biggie
being shot.
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[gunshots firing]
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So as we begin to unpack that,
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he says "That one wasn’t us."
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Now, when he says "us",
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he’s clearly alluding
to "us" being his gang.
the South Side Crips,
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Which then begs the question,
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"Well, you weren’t responsible
for that one,
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which one were
you responsible for?"
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[Keefe D speaking]
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[Kading speaking]
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We thought that we were
on the road to solving
the murder of Biggie Smalls.
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But in fact we came to realize
it was the Tupac murder
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that Keefe D was gonna be
offering information on.
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He said, "What I have
to tell you is going
to blow your mind."
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[Keefe D speaking]
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[Frederic] To really
understand the story,
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you have to go back
and look at Biggie and Tupac,
the early years.
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These two rappers
were friends.
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They were very good friends.
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Biggie and Tupac
were genuine friends
to each other.
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They supported each other.
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And they was super close,
you know.
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They respected each other.
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My name is Lil’ Cease,
I’m from the rap group
Junior M. A. F. I. A.
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And I’ve been knowing
Biggie since I was
five years old.
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Biggie and Tupac
were really contemporaries
of each other,
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and were coming up
in the business
at the same time.
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I’m Cathy Scott.
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I’m a journalist and author.
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And I wrote
The Killing of Tupac Shakur
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and The Murder
of Biggie Smalls.
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Biggie Smalls was born
Christopher Wallace
in Brooklyn.
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[Voletta Wallace]
I was a single parent.
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But I... I enjoyed him.
230
00:13:49,438 --> 00:13:52,298
It was just a pleasure
growing up with him,
231
00:13:52,341 --> 00:13:55,641
but sometimes he drove
me nuts.
232
00:13:55,678 --> 00:13:57,618
[Cathy Scott] His mom
was a teacher.
233
00:13:57,646 --> 00:14:00,316
Voletta was very strict
with Biggie.
234
00:14:00,349 --> 00:14:03,279
She fought like crazy
to give him an education.
235
00:14:03,319 --> 00:14:05,479
She sent him
to a private school.
236
00:14:05,521 --> 00:14:07,251
[JV] What... What was
your life like as a child?
237
00:14:07,289 --> 00:14:08,649
I was just...
238
00:14:08,691 --> 00:14:10,261
[JV] Were you shy
or were you outgoing?
239
00:14:10,292 --> 00:14:11,322
No, I’m still shy.
240
00:14:11,794 --> 00:14:12,864
I’m a quiet dude.
241
00:14:12,895 --> 00:14:15,365
-[JV] Are you?
-Yeah, I kinda get
the voice...
242
00:14:15,398 --> 00:14:17,908
Say things I wouldn’t say,
in my music.
243
00:14:17,933 --> 00:14:19,903
[Scott] He wanted bigger
and better things.
244
00:14:19,935 --> 00:14:23,905
And they started selling
dime bags of drugs
on the corner,
245
00:14:23,939 --> 00:14:26,409
and wanted to drop out
of school
246
00:14:26,442 --> 00:14:29,882
so that he could pursue
this dream of becoming
a rapper.
247
00:14:29,912 --> 00:14:33,012
[JV] What would you see
yourself doing if you didn’t
get in the music business.
248
00:14:33,048 --> 00:14:35,448
Probably, still be hustling.
In the streets grinding.
249
00:14:35,484 --> 00:14:36,884
Probably in your crib.
250
00:14:36,919 --> 00:14:38,419
[JV chuckles awkwardly]
251
00:14:38,454 --> 00:14:39,794
[Lil’ Crease] We thought
we was goin’ be settling down
252
00:14:39,822 --> 00:14:41,892
and be hustlers
and sit on the corner.
253
00:14:41,924 --> 00:14:43,694
We thought we was
goin’ do that
for the rest of our life.
254
00:14:43,726 --> 00:14:45,936
But from the first time
he started rapping,
255
00:14:45,961 --> 00:14:48,161
we all just knew
he was just dope.
256
00:14:48,197 --> 00:14:50,167
[rapping] It’s me, the B. I. G.
257
00:14:50,199 --> 00:14:52,769
♪ Competition ripper
Since 13 ♪
258
00:14:52,802 --> 00:14:54,972
♪ Used to steal clothes
I was considered a thief ♪
259
00:14:55,004 --> 00:14:57,544
♪ Until I startin’ hustlin’
On Fulton street ♪
260
00:14:57,573 --> 00:14:59,143
I was just like, "Yo.
261
00:14:59,175 --> 00:15:02,145
If somebody finds you,
you’re gonna be a superstar."
262
00:15:02,178 --> 00:15:05,348
I was furious
when he told me that.
263
00:15:05,915 --> 00:15:07,115
"You know, something...
264
00:15:07,950 --> 00:15:09,720
...I’m not gonna
finish school."
265
00:15:09,752 --> 00:15:11,782
And we fought.
266
00:15:11,821 --> 00:15:14,951
I had fire coming out
of my ears.
267
00:15:14,990 --> 00:15:18,720
And he said to me,
"I’m gonna be
a decent citizen.
268
00:15:18,761 --> 00:15:21,761
I’m gonna earn a lot of money,
and I’m gonna make
you proud of me."
269
00:15:24,500 --> 00:15:26,870
[Scott] He started
cutting demos.
270
00:15:26,902 --> 00:15:31,302
And then one of ’em
ended up in the hands
of Puffy Combs.
271
00:15:34,443 --> 00:15:38,213
Okay, my name Tupac Shakur
and I’m 17 years old.
272
00:15:40,149 --> 00:15:41,949
[Scott] Tupac was born
in Harlem.
273
00:15:41,984 --> 00:15:44,324
And his mom was a member
of the Black Panthers.
274
00:15:44,353 --> 00:15:46,723
[Tupac Shakur] She was
really involved
in the movement,
275
00:15:46,755 --> 00:15:51,725
you know, just black people
bettering themselves
and things like that.
276
00:15:51,760 --> 00:15:53,930
[Frederic] This picture
of Tupac as a young kid,
277
00:15:53,963 --> 00:15:56,303
I mean he looks like
any other kid
in this picture.
278
00:15:56,332 --> 00:15:58,862
He’s being playful,
he’s smiling.
279
00:15:58,901 --> 00:16:02,131
But this is a kid
that really grew up
in poverty.
280
00:16:03,472 --> 00:16:06,172
Tupac’s father
just wasn’t around.
281
00:16:06,208 --> 00:16:08,438
Times were very hard for them.
282
00:16:08,477 --> 00:16:12,017
Tupac’s family just up
and moved from Harlem
to Baltimore.
283
00:16:12,047 --> 00:16:15,457
And I think the Baltimore
School for the Arts saved him.
284
00:16:17,219 --> 00:16:20,789
It’s where he said
he was his happiest.
285
00:16:20,823 --> 00:16:24,163
He took up poetry and ballet.
286
00:16:24,193 --> 00:16:25,723
He learned Shakespeare.
287
00:16:25,761 --> 00:16:28,391
I mean this is, really,
his training ground
288
00:16:28,430 --> 00:16:31,000
for the artist
that he would become.
289
00:16:31,033 --> 00:16:32,603
They left a lot
of different cities,
290
00:16:32,635 --> 00:16:34,835
and ended up
in Oakland, California.
291
00:16:34,870 --> 00:16:38,740
And that’s when his mom
became a crack addict.
292
00:16:38,774 --> 00:16:42,374
But he loved his mom,
and he never blamed her
for the way it was.
293
00:16:42,411 --> 00:16:44,381
He was proud of her
for who she was.
294
00:16:48,484 --> 00:16:52,084
[Frederic] Tupac knew what
it was like to live
in the underbelly of America.
295
00:16:52,121 --> 00:16:53,121
And he talked about it.
296
00:16:53,722 --> 00:16:54,522
He rapped about it.
297
00:16:57,226 --> 00:17:01,066
He wasn’t just rapping
about guns, girls and gangs.
298
00:17:01,096 --> 00:17:03,566
He talked about issues.
299
00:17:03,599 --> 00:17:05,729
He really started
to make people think.
300
00:17:05,768 --> 00:17:08,778
That’s why young people
really resonated with him.
301
00:17:08,804 --> 00:17:12,744
He was a voice
for his generation,
not just for his race.
302
00:17:12,775 --> 00:17:14,275
Why do they ask
the young [bleep]
303
00:17:14,310 --> 00:17:16,510
about guns and violence
and drugs?
304
00:17:16,545 --> 00:17:17,985
And [bleep] that.
305
00:17:18,013 --> 00:17:20,583
You know, ask me
about Shakespeare,
all right?
306
00:17:23,819 --> 00:17:25,679
[Voletta Wallace] He and Tupac
were very, very close.
307
00:17:25,721 --> 00:17:28,321
Tupac would call,
"Look, I’m gonna be
at this club,
308
00:17:28,357 --> 00:17:29,997
come on up
and open for me tonight."
309
00:17:30,025 --> 00:17:33,895
And they were very close.
Getting drunk together,
and cruising together.
310
00:17:33,929 --> 00:17:35,689
They were really
buddy buddies.
311
00:17:35,731 --> 00:17:40,201
It was actually Tupac
who helped launch
Biggie’s career.
312
00:17:40,235 --> 00:17:41,935
He put him on stage with him.
313
00:17:41,971 --> 00:17:43,501
He let him open for him.
314
00:17:44,740 --> 00:17:46,670
Big appreciated
what Tupac was doing
for him,
315
00:17:46,709 --> 00:17:48,609
giving him a lot of knowledge
on the business.
316
00:17:48,644 --> 00:17:50,584
’Cause, of course,
he was out before Biggie.
317
00:17:50,613 --> 00:17:52,283
[Frederic] They were
genuine friends
318
00:17:52,314 --> 00:17:53,754
that respected
each other’s talent.
319
00:17:55,250 --> 00:17:57,980
I don’t think anyone
could’ve seen
what was about to happen.
320
00:18:08,063 --> 00:18:10,203
[reporter] Tupac Shakur
was in court again today
321
00:18:10,232 --> 00:18:12,062
facing charges
of sexual assault
322
00:18:12,101 --> 00:18:14,471
of a woman
at a New York hotel.
323
00:18:14,503 --> 00:18:17,743
[Scott] Tupac was
in a lotta trouble
in November of 1994.
324
00:18:17,773 --> 00:18:23,113
He was on trial
for sexual abuse,
sodomy and weapons possession.
325
00:18:23,145 --> 00:18:25,515
[jury member] The grand jury
having charged
all three defendants
326
00:18:25,547 --> 00:18:26,887
with sodomy
in the first degree,
327
00:18:26,915 --> 00:18:28,785
attempted sodomy
in the first degree,
328
00:18:28,817 --> 00:18:31,657
and sexual abuse
in the first degree.
329
00:18:31,687 --> 00:18:35,557
A woman had accused him
of setting her up...
330
00:18:35,591 --> 00:18:37,621
...to be raped
in his hotel room.
331
00:18:37,660 --> 00:18:38,920
I’m guilty of a lotta things.
332
00:18:38,961 --> 00:18:41,291
I’m guilty, probably,
of being a male
chauvinist pig.
333
00:18:41,330 --> 00:18:44,700
I’m guilty of probably,
um, not caring as much
as I should.
334
00:18:44,733 --> 00:18:47,333
I’m guilty of not spending
enough time with people
like I should.
335
00:18:47,369 --> 00:18:48,569
But I’m not guilty of rape.
336
00:18:48,604 --> 00:18:50,444
[Frederic] He had
mounting legal bills.
337
00:18:50,472 --> 00:18:54,372
He was facing a ridiculous
amount of time behind bars...
338
00:18:54,410 --> 00:18:57,580
...had he been convicted
of everything he’d
been charged with.
339
00:18:57,613 --> 00:18:59,913
So Tupac is goin’
to Quad Studios that night...
340
00:19:00,816 --> 00:19:02,456
...’cause he needed money.
341
00:19:02,484 --> 00:19:04,424
And he was gonna jump
on someone’s track...
342
00:19:05,821 --> 00:19:07,021
...and make that fast cash.
343
00:19:09,358 --> 00:19:13,338
[Scott] Tupac happened
to be there on the same night
Biggie Smalls and his crew
344
00:19:13,362 --> 00:19:14,692
were in there recording
as well.
345
00:19:15,431 --> 00:19:16,661
We was on the terrace.
346
00:19:16,699 --> 00:19:18,899
And I seen Tupac,
and a few others,
walking down the block.
347
00:19:18,934 --> 00:19:21,204
And I called out,
I called his name.
348
00:19:21,236 --> 00:19:22,806
And he was like,
"Cease, what’s up?
349
00:19:23,405 --> 00:19:24,675
What’s up my man?
350
00:19:24,707 --> 00:19:25,807
What... Where you all at?"
351
00:19:25,841 --> 00:19:27,741
And I told Big. I said,
"Yo, Big, Pac’s downstairs."
352
00:19:27,776 --> 00:19:30,286
He was like, "Oh,
go get him.
Tell him to come upstairs."
353
00:19:30,312 --> 00:19:33,012
We had no idea that he was
comin’ to that studio.
354
00:19:34,249 --> 00:19:37,449
Tupac and a few of his friends
show up at Quad Studios.
355
00:19:37,486 --> 00:19:40,896
But unbeknownst to him,
there’s some guys that follow
him in from the street.
356
00:19:40,923 --> 00:19:44,523
And before he knows it,
the guys pull out
their guns...
357
00:19:44,560 --> 00:19:46,160
...and start taking
all of his jewelry.
358
00:19:46,195 --> 00:19:49,095
I went downstairs
and I got two guns
pointed at me.
359
00:19:49,131 --> 00:19:50,501
I’m like, "Huh?"
360
00:19:50,532 --> 00:19:53,172
They told me to get back
in the elevator,
I got back in the elevator.
361
00:19:53,202 --> 00:19:57,072
And I went back upstairs
and I told Big that Pac
is getting robbed downstairs.
362
00:19:57,106 --> 00:19:58,246
And Big thought I was lying.
363
00:19:58,273 --> 00:19:59,143
He’s like, "Yo, stop playing."
364
00:19:59,174 --> 00:20:01,274
And I’m like "Nah,
Big, I’m serious.
365
00:20:01,310 --> 00:20:03,010
Pac is downstairs
getting robbed right now."
366
00:20:04,680 --> 00:20:08,150
[reporter] Tupac fought back
and was shot multiple times.
367
00:20:08,183 --> 00:20:11,853
The perpetrators
stole $40,000 worth
of his jewelry,
368
00:20:11,887 --> 00:20:14,827
including gold chains
and a diamond ring.
369
00:20:14,857 --> 00:20:17,397
Christopher came home
and it was on the news.
370
00:20:17,960 --> 00:20:19,490
He was so upset.
371
00:20:19,528 --> 00:20:22,338
Um, he went to the hospital.
They wouldn’t let him
see Tupac.
372
00:20:23,766 --> 00:20:25,436
And he... he was hurt.
373
00:20:25,467 --> 00:20:27,407
Because he and Tupac
were very, very close.
374
00:20:29,671 --> 00:20:34,241
For whatever reason,
Tupac thought that Biggie
set him up.
375
00:20:34,276 --> 00:20:35,876
Even though it wasn’t true.
376
00:20:35,911 --> 00:20:38,741
Biggie had nothing
to do with the robbery at all.
377
00:20:38,781 --> 00:20:41,411
He felt like we may have known
the people that was involved
in it...
378
00:20:42,084 --> 00:20:43,324
...which we didn’t.
379
00:20:43,352 --> 00:20:45,652
I just think it was
a lotta things
goin’ on with him.
380
00:20:46,655 --> 00:20:48,095
I think it was just a lotta
that pressure.
381
00:20:49,324 --> 00:20:51,164
And then you also
fightin’ a rape case too?
382
00:20:51,193 --> 00:20:52,923
I just figure he was
just goin’ through a lot.
383
00:20:52,961 --> 00:20:54,331
[exclaims]
384
00:20:54,363 --> 00:20:58,203
He was stressed
out and he just ran with that.
385
00:20:58,233 --> 00:21:00,603
And that’s what he believed
and nobody could change
his mind.
386
00:21:03,572 --> 00:21:07,542
Tupac was cleared
of the rape
and weapons’ charges.
387
00:21:07,576 --> 00:21:10,046
But he was convicted
of sexual abuse.
388
00:21:11,613 --> 00:21:16,153
He goes to jail,
and then Tupac started
dissing Biggie.
389
00:21:16,185 --> 00:21:18,625
And that was the genesis
and the beginning
390
00:21:18,654 --> 00:21:20,154
of the East Coast-West Coast
rap war.
391
00:21:24,593 --> 00:21:27,033
He was sent to Clinton
Correctional Center,
392
00:21:27,062 --> 00:21:31,862
which is a hardcore prison
for some really
heavy-duty criminals.
393
00:21:33,368 --> 00:21:36,938
Tupac was appealing
the conviction,
but he couldn’t make the bail.
394
00:21:36,972 --> 00:21:39,442
It was, uh,
$1 million something
395
00:21:39,474 --> 00:21:41,174
and he did not have
that kinda cash.
396
00:21:41,910 --> 00:21:43,580
And then along
came Suge Knight.
397
00:21:49,151 --> 00:21:53,221
Suge was doing well
with Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg,
398
00:21:53,255 --> 00:21:54,955
but Tupac was even bigger,
399
00:21:54,990 --> 00:21:58,960
and he saw his potential,
and he wanted to top Bad Boy.
400
00:21:58,994 --> 00:22:02,194
So in 1995, the Source Awards
were held in New York City,
401
00:22:02,231 --> 00:22:05,331
so you’re on the home turf
of Bad Boy Records.
402
00:22:05,367 --> 00:22:09,177
The audience
is packed with all
of these East Coast artists,
403
00:22:09,204 --> 00:22:12,874
including Sean "Puffy" Combs,
and Notorious B. I. G.
404
00:22:12,908 --> 00:22:18,018
And then there was this small
contingent from the West Coast
and Death Row Records.
405
00:22:18,046 --> 00:22:20,516
First of all, I’d like
to thank God,
406
00:22:20,549 --> 00:22:23,349
second of all I’d like
to thank my whole,
entire Death Row family.
407
00:22:23,385 --> 00:22:27,125
I was at the Source
Awards in ’95,
and, uh, I was pissed.
408
00:22:27,155 --> 00:22:29,495
They came from left field,
like, outta nowhere.
409
00:22:29,524 --> 00:22:31,894
Up walks Suge to that stage,
410
00:22:31,927 --> 00:22:37,507
and throws the biggest verbal
punch that ever could be
thrown at Sean "Puffy" Combs.
411
00:22:37,532 --> 00:22:41,502
[Suge] Any of you all that’s
out there wanna be a artist,
and wanna stay a star,
412
00:22:41,536 --> 00:22:43,276
Don’t want... Don’t have
to worry about the day
413
00:22:43,305 --> 00:22:46,205
the producer’s tryin’
to be all in the videos,
414
00:22:46,975 --> 00:22:48,815
all on the records,
415
00:22:48,844 --> 00:22:51,214
[crowd clamoring]
dancin’, come
to Death Row!
416
00:22:51,246 --> 00:22:53,016
[crowd clamoring]
417
00:22:53,048 --> 00:22:54,918
[Frederic] Puffy
was sitting
there stunned.
418
00:22:54,950 --> 00:22:57,150
It was the biggest
insult ever.
419
00:22:57,185 --> 00:23:00,755
The Death Row crowd
was, like, cheering Suge on.
420
00:23:00,789 --> 00:23:05,789
But let me tell you,
everything changed
that night. Everything.
421
00:23:07,262 --> 00:23:09,232
[Cease] None of us knew
what that was for,
422
00:23:09,264 --> 00:23:11,104
like, you know, where
did that come from?
423
00:23:11,133 --> 00:23:15,733
See that’s what most people
don’t know. Suge and I
had just got off the plane,
424
00:23:15,771 --> 00:23:20,041
and that was the day
we had just came
from visiting Tupac in prison.
425
00:23:20,075 --> 00:23:24,615
That was the day that
Tupac had just committed
to Death Row Records.
426
00:23:24,646 --> 00:23:29,416
And that was Suge’s way
of announcing to Puffy that
"I’m ridin’ with Puff now."
427
00:23:32,254 --> 00:23:36,764
[Scott] In exchange
for Tupac doing a three record
deal for Death Row Records,
428
00:23:36,792 --> 00:23:42,562
Suge Knight paid
his $1.4 million bail,
and got him out of prison.
429
00:23:42,597 --> 00:23:46,737
So Suge Knight picked
him up at the jail
in a white limousine,
430
00:23:46,768 --> 00:23:52,138
and took him on a private jet,
and flew him to California
so he could start working.
431
00:23:52,174 --> 00:23:55,314
The man was
a workaholic, and he was
doin’ a lotta writing.
432
00:23:55,344 --> 00:23:57,684
[Scott] He was in the studio
almost every day
433
00:23:57,713 --> 00:24:01,483
knockin’ off the records,
and they were selling
like wildfire.
434
00:24:07,923 --> 00:24:10,623
And that’s when
his career really exploded.
435
00:24:12,995 --> 00:24:17,635
Less than a year
after taking that flight,
Tupac Shakur was dead.
436
00:24:19,868 --> 00:24:22,298
If you really wanna
understand this case,
437
00:24:22,337 --> 00:24:25,647
the root of everything
that follows starts here.
438
00:24:25,674 --> 00:24:28,444
Tupac signing
to Death Row Records.
439
00:24:28,477 --> 00:24:31,217
Tupac was already ghetto,
440
00:24:31,246 --> 00:24:37,586
but I think it elevated when
he came and started dealin’
with these type of Bloods,
441
00:24:37,619 --> 00:24:39,319
these type of gang members.
442
00:24:39,354 --> 00:24:43,224
Tupac became one
of us in Death Row.
443
00:24:43,258 --> 00:24:46,018
He wasn’t a fighter,
he wasn’t a thug.
444
00:24:46,061 --> 00:24:49,791
Aren’t they wonderin’ why
death rates are goin’ up,
and suicide is goin’ up?
445
00:24:49,831 --> 00:24:52,201
Don’t they understand
that more people are...
446
00:24:52,234 --> 00:24:56,604
I mean... more kids
are bein’ handed crack than
they’re bein’ handed diplomas?
447
00:24:56,638 --> 00:25:00,068
He was all about people
bettering themselves,
448
00:25:00,108 --> 00:25:03,778
and yet, Suge
completely pulled
him in another direction.
449
00:25:07,382 --> 00:25:09,452
[McDonald] Suge and I
grew up in Compton.
450
00:25:09,484 --> 00:25:12,624
I knew him since
12, 14 years old.
451
00:25:12,654 --> 00:25:17,764
But he wasn’t a gang member
when I was a gang member.
452
00:25:17,793 --> 00:25:23,663
Suge had his mother and father
that were kinda like, strict,
and Suge went to college.
453
00:25:23,698 --> 00:25:28,698
But when I got outta
prison in 1988, Suge came
and knocked on the door.
454
00:25:28,737 --> 00:25:33,647
And I wound up bein’
the muscle man,
bein’ that go-to guy.
455
00:25:33,675 --> 00:25:38,285
If anybody would have gotten
in the way, it was my job
to get ’em outta the way.
456
00:25:38,313 --> 00:25:44,323
Every guy that was picked
and chosen to be at Death Row
had a penitentiary record.
457
00:25:44,352 --> 00:25:47,692
He had a squad
of elite Bloods,
these were, like,
458
00:25:47,722 --> 00:25:51,692
like, the Navy SEAL team
of Bloods that he had.
459
00:25:51,726 --> 00:25:55,896
Suge Knight took care
a those guys, he employed
them, and he gave them jobs,
460
00:25:55,931 --> 00:25:58,801
and when he gave them jobs,
they’re employed thugs.
461
00:25:58,834 --> 00:26:02,004
You know, these guys can kick
your ass and have a reason,
462
00:26:02,037 --> 00:26:04,977
[stammering] and a license
to say, "We kicked your ass
because we’re security."
463
00:26:05,006 --> 00:26:08,046
When people saw
Suge, they saw us,
464
00:26:08,076 --> 00:26:13,556
and when they saw us,
they spreaded like the sea,
they got outta his way.
465
00:26:14,883 --> 00:26:18,253
The first time I met
Tupac, he was cool.
466
00:26:18,286 --> 00:26:21,156
Once he start hangin’
with the homies,
467
00:26:21,189 --> 00:26:22,819
total different dude.
468
00:26:22,858 --> 00:26:26,098
He went from a cool
cat, to a... to a monster.
469
00:26:27,562 --> 00:26:29,762
His whole character changed.
470
00:26:29,798 --> 00:26:32,508
He became what Suge Knight
wanted him to become.
471
00:26:34,302 --> 00:26:37,772
That lifestyle became
the death of Tupac Shakur.
472
00:26:43,612 --> 00:26:45,242
The rivalry between Death
Row Records and Suge Knight,
473
00:26:45,280 --> 00:26:48,910
and Bad Boy Records,
and Sean "Puffy" Combs,
474
00:26:48,950 --> 00:26:51,120
really got amped up
through their music.
475
00:26:51,153 --> 00:26:56,293
The music between
Notorious B. I. G.
and Tupac Shakur.
476
00:26:56,324 --> 00:26:57,324
♪ Who shot ya ♪
477
00:27:05,066 --> 00:27:08,736
Tupac interpreted that song
as being about him,
478
00:27:08,770 --> 00:27:11,800
and the time he was shot
at Quad Studios
in New York City,
479
00:27:11,840 --> 00:27:15,240
but the song was actually
recorded before Pac was shot.
480
00:27:15,277 --> 00:27:17,687
We didn’t think he would think
that the record is about him.
481
00:27:17,712 --> 00:27:19,442
Puff was just
puttin’ out records.
482
00:27:19,481 --> 00:27:23,181
We didn’t think that Tupac
would look at the record
that way or take it that way.
483
00:27:23,218 --> 00:27:27,298
[Frederic] Pac
was disrespected, and boy,
did Tupac respond.
484
00:27:27,322 --> 00:27:32,462
"Hit ’Em Up" was
the biggest diss record
in the history of music,
485
00:27:32,494 --> 00:27:33,994
not just rap, but in music.
486
00:27:48,109 --> 00:27:51,909
[Cease] When Biggie
heard Tupac, when he heard
"Hit ’Em Up", he was upset.
487
00:27:51,947 --> 00:27:54,887
He looked at Tupac
as a friend, he looked
at him as a brother.
488
00:27:57,152 --> 00:27:59,952
So yeah, hearin’ Tupac
talk about him like that
on that song,
489
00:28:00,855 --> 00:28:02,395
he was definitely
upset about it.
490
00:28:02,424 --> 00:28:05,824
[Scott] Who does
that kinda record saying,
"I slept with your wife?"
491
00:28:05,860 --> 00:28:09,090
He’s threatening
to hurt people,
and kill people,
492
00:28:09,130 --> 00:28:11,430
that was the influence
of Suge Knight.
493
00:28:11,466 --> 00:28:14,976
They wanted to try
to reach out to Pac, he...
he wanted to fix it.
494
00:28:15,003 --> 00:28:18,043
Once Tupac signed
with Death Row, no, nothin’
got better from there.
495
00:28:19,140 --> 00:28:22,910
The war of words,
the banging on wax
was one thing,
496
00:28:22,944 --> 00:28:25,714
but then the bullets
started flying for real.
497
00:28:28,850 --> 00:28:32,180
[Kading] Approximately,
a month after
the Source Awards,
498
00:28:32,220 --> 00:28:37,960
where Suge Knight had
publicly disrespected
Puffy Combs and Bad Boy,
499
00:28:37,993 --> 00:28:40,433
there’s a confrontation
at a nightclub.
500
00:28:40,462 --> 00:28:45,832
Where Suge Knight’s close
friend and bodyguard, named
Jake Robles is shot and killed
501
00:28:45,867 --> 00:28:50,847
allegedly by one
of Puffy Combs’ bodyguards,
a guy named Anthony Jones.
502
00:28:53,174 --> 00:28:55,244
[McDonald] Before
Big Jake was killed,
503
00:28:55,277 --> 00:29:00,087
it was just a verbal exchange
with Puffy and Suge.
504
00:29:00,115 --> 00:29:02,955
They was just talkin’ back
and forth at each other.
505
00:29:02,984 --> 00:29:07,554
Big Jake was the...
was the start of
a serious situation.
506
00:29:07,589 --> 00:29:11,189
[Kading] Suge Knight
held Puffy Combs
personally responsible
507
00:29:11,226 --> 00:29:14,536
for what had taken place
regarding Jake’s murder.
508
00:29:14,562 --> 00:29:20,432
So this is one of the reasons
that Puffy Combs then
starts to align himself
509
00:29:20,468 --> 00:29:23,468
with Keefe D and members
of the South Side Crips,
510
00:29:23,505 --> 00:29:26,605
who could provide that
first barrier of defense
511
00:29:26,641 --> 00:29:31,211
against any future
conflicts with Suge Knight.
512
00:29:31,246 --> 00:29:34,616
Keefe D says he begins
to have conversations
with Puffy Combs
513
00:29:34,649 --> 00:29:37,449
about the conflict that he’s
having with Suge Knight.
514
00:29:56,838 --> 00:29:59,898
[Kading] Puffy says,
"I’ll give anything
for those guy’s heads."
515
00:29:59,941 --> 00:30:05,211
Well, by "Guys", he clearly
is referring to Suge Knight,
but also Tupac Shakur.
516
00:30:22,997 --> 00:30:25,167
[Kading] That agreement
according to Keefe D,
517
00:30:25,200 --> 00:30:28,570
was that if they take
care of those guys,
518
00:30:28,603 --> 00:30:32,943
that he would a...
receive a million dollars
from Puffy Combs.
519
00:30:41,549 --> 00:30:45,379
I do not believe that it...
it was a true intent
of Puffy Combs
520
00:30:45,420 --> 00:30:48,950
to go out and see these
guys contractually murdered.
521
00:30:48,990 --> 00:30:54,230
I think it was
a desperate man speaking
exaggerated language.
522
00:30:54,262 --> 00:30:57,762
However, Keefe D
on the receiving end of that,
523
00:30:57,799 --> 00:31:01,369
this is his world,
you know, none of this
is foreign to him.
524
00:31:01,403 --> 00:31:05,373
Going out and retaliating
is somethin’ that
he’d grown up with,
525
00:31:05,407 --> 00:31:09,417
and if there’s money at stake,
or money involved, of course,
he’s gonna further that.
526
00:31:12,414 --> 00:31:17,284
Tupac had travelled
to Las Vegas with Suge Knight
to watch the Mike Tyson fight
527
00:31:17,318 --> 00:31:20,348
which was taking place
at the MGM Grand Casino.
528
00:31:22,123 --> 00:31:25,593
Immediately after the fight,
Suge Knight, Tupac Shakur,
529
00:31:25,627 --> 00:31:32,007
other members of the Death Row
entourage are making their way
through the casino lobby area,
530
00:31:32,033 --> 00:31:33,773
and one of those members
531
00:31:33,802 --> 00:31:37,302
is a guy named Travon Lane,
who is a Mob Piru Gang member.
532
00:31:37,338 --> 00:31:40,368
He spots an individual named
Orlando Anderson.
533
00:31:41,476 --> 00:31:44,146
Orlando Anderson is
the nephew of Keefe D.
534
00:31:46,448 --> 00:31:48,218
Just months prior to that,
535
00:31:48,249 --> 00:31:52,049
Orlando Anderson and other
members of his gang,
the South Side Crips,
536
00:31:52,086 --> 00:31:55,796
had run into Travon Lane
and members of the Mob Piru
537
00:31:55,824 --> 00:31:58,524
at the Lakewood Mall
in Southern California.
538
00:31:58,560 --> 00:32:01,460
This resulted
in a altercation,
539
00:32:01,496 --> 00:32:06,506
in which there was an attempt
to grab Travon Lane’s Death
Row medallion from him.
540
00:32:08,703 --> 00:32:11,843
[Ladd] At the MGM, Travon
sees Orlando Anderson
541
00:32:12,974 --> 00:32:15,144
you know, so gang life.
542
00:32:15,176 --> 00:32:18,116
The disrespect thing, they
gotta do somethin’ about it.
543
00:32:18,146 --> 00:32:23,726
Tupac takes it upon himself
to rush over, and sucker
punch Orlando Anderson.
544
00:32:25,687 --> 00:32:29,227
Orlando is on the floor,
the other members
of the entourage,
545
00:32:29,257 --> 00:32:33,937
including Suge Knight
begin to stomp and kick
Orlando Anderson
546
00:32:33,962 --> 00:32:36,392
until the fight is
essentially broken up.
547
00:32:40,168 --> 00:32:44,878
Suge Knight,
Tupac Shakur begin
to quickly exit the area.
548
00:32:44,906 --> 00:32:51,786
Tupac Shakur, unbeknownst
to him, has just attacked
a very dangerous individual.
549
00:32:51,813 --> 00:32:56,453
I don’t think he had any idea
what he set in motion.
550
00:32:56,484 --> 00:33:00,054
[McDonald] We born
and raised gang banger,
we know the rules.
551
00:33:00,088 --> 00:33:02,758
That... that dude
didn’t know our rules,
552
00:33:02,790 --> 00:33:07,630
and Suge shoulda
grabbed him and told him,
"No, that ain’t your fight."
553
00:33:07,662 --> 00:33:09,892
That’s what
the homies here for.
554
00:33:09,931 --> 00:33:13,531
It was just unfortunate that
Tupac picked the wrong
guy to [bleep] with.
555
00:33:13,568 --> 00:33:16,478
You picked the wrong
mother [bleep] to jump on!
556
00:33:17,605 --> 00:33:20,615
You... you touched a real one,
you touched a real Crip.
557
00:33:21,976 --> 00:33:24,786
Somethin’s gonna
happen, you gotta pay
a price for that,
558
00:33:24,812 --> 00:33:28,712
and the price was gonna
be paid that night.
559
00:33:28,750 --> 00:33:33,850
[Ladd] He just got beat
down by Suge, and Tupac,
and Travon, the entourage,
560
00:33:33,888 --> 00:33:35,888
you think he was
gonna let that go?
561
00:33:35,924 --> 00:33:37,824
Not in gang life,
not these guys.
562
00:33:39,360 --> 00:33:45,500
[Kading] Orlando Anderson’s
uncle, Keefe D had been
at the MGM Casino,
563
00:33:45,533 --> 00:33:49,173
and becomes aware
of the fact that his nephew
has just been attacked,
564
00:33:49,203 --> 00:33:53,443
and they immediately begin
to plan their retaliation.
565
00:33:53,474 --> 00:33:58,084
Keefe D and Orlando
Anderson, along with two
other South Side Crips
566
00:33:58,112 --> 00:33:59,942
get into a white Cadillac,
567
00:33:59,981 --> 00:34:04,981
and begin to head
over to Suge Knight’s
nightclub, Club 662.
568
00:34:13,027 --> 00:34:17,737
[Kading] And according
to Keefe D, this now presented
the perfect opportunity
569
00:34:17,765 --> 00:34:22,175
for him to retaliate
for the beat down that just
took place against his nephew.
570
00:34:22,203 --> 00:34:26,043
To also further the agreement,
as he understood it,
571
00:34:26,074 --> 00:34:29,514
between him and Puffy
Combs to eliminate Suge
Knight and Tupac Shakur.
572
00:34:33,915 --> 00:34:38,855
They lie in wait, hoping
to see Suge Knight
and Tupac Shakur arrive.
573
00:34:38,886 --> 00:34:42,126
They get a little bit
anxious because time
is starting to pass,
574
00:34:42,156 --> 00:34:43,556
people are starting
to see them.
575
00:34:48,529 --> 00:34:51,129
[Kading] And so they
abandon the plan.
576
00:34:51,165 --> 00:34:54,905
As fate would have it,
they see a caravan
a cars coming.
577
00:35:12,387 --> 00:35:14,227
[tires screeching]
578
00:35:14,255 --> 00:35:19,795
[Kading] Had it not been
for these fans screaming
out Tupac’s name,
579
00:35:19,827 --> 00:35:22,567
there’s a strong
likelihood that Keefe D
580
00:35:22,597 --> 00:35:25,667
and the other guys
in the white Cadillac would
have simply passed by.
581
00:35:25,700 --> 00:35:29,030
Not realizing that
Tupac Shakur was
just across the street.
582
00:35:31,005 --> 00:35:34,345
And the Cadillac begins
to pull alongside the vehicles
583
00:35:34,375 --> 00:35:36,715
containing the Death
Row entourage,
584
00:35:36,744 --> 00:35:39,184
who have come
to a stop at an intersection.
585
00:35:39,213 --> 00:35:44,883
As they creep forward,
Orlando Anderson leans
out the window with a firearm,
586
00:35:44,919 --> 00:35:50,189
and as they pull
alongside the BMW,
occupied by Suge and Tupac,
587
00:35:50,224 --> 00:35:55,094
he begins to fire
into the vehicle, ultimately
striking Tupac several times.
588
00:35:55,129 --> 00:35:57,359
[police radio] Shots fired!
I repeat, shots fired!
589
00:36:01,235 --> 00:36:08,345
[McDonald] Everybody knew,
everybody knew. The same
day, that night it happened.
590
00:36:08,376 --> 00:36:11,586
It was in the neighborhood.
We know who did it.
591
00:36:18,186 --> 00:36:20,956
[reporter] The Reverend Jesse
Jackson comforting the mother
of rapper Tupac Shakur.
592
00:36:20,988 --> 00:36:25,618
A distraught MC Hammer
rushing to his good
friend’s bedside.
593
00:36:25,660 --> 00:36:28,960
The worried faces
of friends, family and fans
594
00:36:28,996 --> 00:36:33,166
keeping around the clock
vigil at a Las Vegas hospital,
595
00:36:33,201 --> 00:36:37,301
where Tupac Shakur is
still fighting for his life.
596
00:36:37,338 --> 00:36:39,398
I remember this
like it was yesterday.
597
00:36:39,440 --> 00:36:42,570
It was very emotional,
I mean, people were crying.
598
00:36:42,610 --> 00:36:45,210
Everybody was kinda just
hoping that he survived.
599
00:36:45,246 --> 00:36:52,356
Friends, family and fans
are praying God gives
him another chance.
600
00:36:52,386 --> 00:36:56,196
[reporter 2] After being
shot at close range, Tupac
is in a critical condition.
601
00:36:56,224 --> 00:36:57,624
[reporter 3] Rap
artist, Tupac Shakur,
602
00:36:57,658 --> 00:37:00,928
has had his right
lung removed
by doctors in Las Vegas.
603
00:37:00,962 --> 00:37:04,502
[Scott] I was waiting
for the doctor to come out
and talk to the media,
604
00:37:04,532 --> 00:37:11,072
and one of his backup
singers came out, and that’s
when I knew he was gone.
605
00:37:11,105 --> 00:37:14,515
I mean, he just collapsed
on his knees and sat down
606
00:37:14,542 --> 00:37:18,282
on the curb, and just
bawled like a baby.
607
00:37:18,312 --> 00:37:22,212
It was a tough day.
It was a very tough day.
608
00:37:25,853 --> 00:37:28,823
Sad day, very sad day.
609
00:37:28,856 --> 00:37:32,426
[fan sobbing] My love
for Tupac, and my people
610
00:37:33,795 --> 00:37:36,665
[stammering] I mean,
it... A loss for words.
611
00:37:37,765 --> 00:37:41,505
[reporter 4] Tupac Shakur
died today in Las Vegas.
612
00:37:41,536 --> 00:37:43,336
Pac was one
of our representatives
613
00:37:43,371 --> 00:37:46,271
like Malcolm, like Martin,
you know what I’m sayin’?
614
00:37:46,307 --> 00:37:48,847
And now Tupac gone,
that was our voice!
615
00:37:53,014 --> 00:37:55,814
[Kading] Immediately
after the shooting of Tupac,
616
00:37:55,850 --> 00:37:58,120
the information
began to circulate.
617
00:37:58,152 --> 00:38:02,352
That it had been the South
Side Crips that were
responsible for shooting him.
618
00:38:02,390 --> 00:38:07,660
Orlando Anderson was
back in the ’hood bragging
that he shot Pac
619
00:38:07,695 --> 00:38:11,205
because he thought he’d
just shot him, he didn’t
realize he killed him.
620
00:38:13,034 --> 00:38:17,234
When Tupac died,
Orlando Anderson
stopped bragging.
621
00:38:18,372 --> 00:38:20,102
[reporter 5] A
22-year old
gang member
622
00:38:20,141 --> 00:38:23,071
has been arrested by officers
in Compton, California.
623
00:38:23,110 --> 00:38:25,210
[reporter 6] Orlando
Anderson is now in custody,
624
00:38:25,246 --> 00:38:28,056
and suspected of nearly
a dozen shootings.
625
00:38:28,082 --> 00:38:31,252
At the time, we had a warrant
for Orlando Anderson
626
00:38:31,285 --> 00:38:34,225
for a unrelated
murder to Tupac.
627
00:38:34,255 --> 00:38:39,265
So we were able to arrest
him, and we had Vegas P. D.
waitin’ to interview him.
628
00:38:39,293 --> 00:38:42,533
To be honest, they didn’t
really know much about
gang investigations.
629
00:38:42,563 --> 00:38:45,803
Also, Las Vegas, they
were tryin’ to change
their image at the time.
630
00:38:48,236 --> 00:38:52,276
They were becomin’
a family oriented place,
and I don’t think they wanted,
631
00:38:52,306 --> 00:38:55,246
"Hey, there’s gang
warfare goin’ on
in the streets of Las Vegas."
632
00:38:55,276 --> 00:38:57,686
I think they just
want it to go away.
633
00:38:57,712 --> 00:39:00,412
[reporter 7] Vegas
P. D. will interview
22-year-old Anderson,
634
00:39:00,448 --> 00:39:02,658
but cannot confirm
if he is a suspect.
635
00:39:02,683 --> 00:39:07,253
[Scott] I was told
that a trial like that
would be bad publicity.
636
00:39:07,288 --> 00:39:11,598
That was from a very
high level within
the police department.
637
00:39:11,626 --> 00:39:15,536
[Frederic] Had Tupac been
a white recording artist, this
case would have been solved.
638
00:39:16,564 --> 00:39:18,104
Quickly.
639
00:39:18,132 --> 00:39:21,002
’Cause Vegas police
would have wanted
to seem like they were on it.
640
00:39:21,035 --> 00:39:23,775
"Oh, no. We’re not gonna
let anything like that
happen in our town."
641
00:39:24,839 --> 00:39:28,069
But it was a black man,
who was also a rapper.
642
00:39:28,109 --> 00:39:29,269
They weren’t tryin’
to solve this case.
643
00:39:30,311 --> 00:39:31,241
They didn’t care.
644
00:39:35,917 --> 00:39:39,627
Orlando Anderson became
the person that everyone
wanted to talk to.
645
00:39:39,654 --> 00:39:44,324
So what I was determined to do
was to ask him the question
that everyone wanted to know.
646
00:39:51,799 --> 00:39:57,169
Let me just ask you point
blank, did you shoot
Tupac Shakur?
647
00:39:57,204 --> 00:40:01,074
I didn’t kill, uh,
Tupac Shakur,
you know, I didn’t do it.
648
00:40:02,910 --> 00:40:05,510
I wish everybody would stop
accusin’ me of doin’ it.
649
00:40:08,449 --> 00:40:09,549
[Frederic] That’s good,
that’s really good.
650
00:40:09,583 --> 00:40:11,223
thank you so much,
I really appreciate that.
651
00:40:12,920 --> 00:40:14,020
I didn’t believe him.
652
00:40:18,059 --> 00:40:20,189
[Kading] The Las Vegas
Police Department
653
00:40:20,227 --> 00:40:23,167
didn’t have the kind
of evidence or information
654
00:40:23,197 --> 00:40:26,207
you would need in order
to charge Orlando Anderson.
655
00:40:26,233 --> 00:40:29,973
They don’t have
anybody coming
forward and cooperating,
656
00:40:30,004 --> 00:40:32,844
and this is the difficulty
in gang cases.
657
00:40:32,873 --> 00:40:35,943
This unwritten rule that
you don’t cooperate
with law enforcement,
658
00:40:35,977 --> 00:40:38,287
and that you handle
things on the street.
659
00:40:38,312 --> 00:40:41,152
If you knew who killed Tupac,
would you tell the police?
660
00:40:41,182 --> 00:40:43,882
Absolutely not.
661
00:40:43,918 --> 00:40:47,558
By the time that Keefe D
confessed to his role
in the murder,
662
00:40:47,588 --> 00:40:50,218
and identified his nephew,
Orlando Anderson,
663
00:40:50,257 --> 00:40:55,037
as the shooter
of Tupac Shakur,
which is late 2008,
664
00:40:55,062 --> 00:40:57,932
nearly ten years had gone by.
665
00:40:57,965 --> 00:41:02,705
By that time, Orlando
Anderson, himself,
was already dead.
666
00:41:02,737 --> 00:41:05,847
Shot and killed in Compton
as a result of a drug dispute.
667
00:41:12,513 --> 00:41:16,283
In the process
of investigating
Biggie’s murder,
668
00:41:16,317 --> 00:41:19,687
we had inadvertently
solved Tupac’s case.
669
00:41:19,720 --> 00:41:23,390
But as a result of the proffer
agreement that
we had with Keefe D,
670
00:41:23,424 --> 00:41:27,864
we could not charge him
at that time with conspiracy
to commit murder.
671
00:41:35,669 --> 00:41:41,309
I believe that we coulda
solved it, and it’s just...
it’s a tragedy that we didn’t
672
00:41:41,342 --> 00:41:46,442
have a chance to get this
thing resolved for the family,
and everybody else,
673
00:41:46,480 --> 00:41:49,510
so and to this day,
it still haunts me.
674
00:41:57,525 --> 00:42:00,465
[McDonald] Tupac
was killed on our watch.
675
00:42:00,494 --> 00:42:02,934
Well, how’d that make us look?
676
00:42:02,963 --> 00:42:07,463
You know, that’s
our reputation is
on the line, who we are.
677
00:42:07,501 --> 00:42:10,371
What kinda gang bangers
are we if we don’t retaliate?
678
00:42:13,974 --> 00:42:15,774
You can’t let
it go unchallenged.
679
00:42:15,810 --> 00:42:18,480
Somebody had to be killed
because Tupac was killed.