Death Row and Suge Knight’s main objective seemed to be creating a high profile 'beef' with the New York rappers. This culminated in Tupac's famous track Hit ‘em Up where he responds to Biggie's Who Shot Ya? (referring to the ’94 shooting in New York)... “Who shot me? But your punks didn’t finish, now you’re about to feel the wrath of a menace”. The track blatantly insults Biggie and Sean Combs. While accused of taking the aggression too far, Tupac called it only "a classic battle record".

Tupac was shot again in 1996 in Las Vegas. After watching a Mike Tyson boxing bout, he, Suge Knight and his contingent of high-profile Death Row groupies drove away from the crowded Las Vegas venue. A car pulled up alongside Shakur's vehicle and fired a dozen or so bullets in its direction. Riddled with wounds, Tupac died a few days later in hospital. He was 25.

A year later in California - amid security concerns and the possibility of a fallout from the death of Tupac - Biggie was shot dead. In a similar fashion to the death of Shakur, The B.I.G. was felled by drive-by shooting. A vehicle pulled up to him and four shots smashed into his chest. He was 24.

Dying in the same manner complicated all subsequent assumptions about Tupac's death. Was a third-party involved? Questions were asked and many theories have been put forward, but both murder cases remain unsolved and open.

Of course Hollywood would soon come a 'knockin. Read on to find out about the best hip hop movies since Biggie and Tupac's deaths...