2-Pac Side of the Story

As this feud continued to change the Hip-Hop world, there were even bigger issues as to which rapper deserved to get more credit for the other's doing in the music business. 2-pac believed that he was the reason for Biggie Smalls success (in this hidden interview) and that his life-long friend Sean "Puffy" Combs had something to do with shootings that happened prior to his unsolved death. Critics got involved as this feud was continuing, stating that 2-Pac wasn't what Hip-Hop was about and that he was just a "gangsta rapper" trying to make a statement by "rep-ping" the west coast as strong as he did and talking "shit" about those who he felt were not up to his level of aesthetics. 2-Pac did become arrogant as these statements were being made and shot punchlines back at the press, stating "that they didn't know a goddamn thing about him or what he represented" his issue was that if Biggie Smalls could rep Brooklyn on every stage that he entertained, why was it such a big deal when he did it?

There is an article (link on page) that goes further into details about these issues. It was also, followed up by an "Hidden Unreleased Video" of 2-Pac.