Biggie Smalls murder may be cracked by new witnesses claiming ‘five dirty cops’ behind ‘revenge hit over Tupac slaying’
FIVE "dirty" cops were involved in the killing of Biggie Smalls in a "revenge hit" over the slaying of Tupac Shakur, a top filmmaker has been told.
Award-winning Nick Broomfield claims to have uncovered “compelling new evidence" which may help solve the infamous murders of two of rap's most celebrated stars.
He was just 24 at the time and would have turned 50 next year.
At the time - fueled by jealousy, street gang rivalry and brutal diss tracks.
murder, Biggie was accused of being involved in his drive-by killing - which many believe was carried out by a Crips street gang member.
Now Broomfield believes he may have uncovered key evidence for his documentary Last Man Standing - a follow-up to his critically acclaimed 2002 film Biggie & Tupac.
The man on the other end of the phone then replies: "There were five officers that were involved in it."
It comes after documentary maker Mike Dorsey claimed there were - including a mystery man in a striped T-shirt at Petersen Museum on the night of his death.
Leaked FBI documents reveal Diddy - born Sean Combs - had received multiple death threats and his security guard confronted a man who had approached Combs' car just moments before the shooting.
Both rappers had been waiting for cars to pick them up outside the Peterson Automotive Museum in LA after an after-party.
The pair both got into the front passenger seat of their respective green SUVs.
Combs' security guard told his driver to run a red light rather than stopping at a junction, knowing they wouldn't have been safe to sit at the lights.
Biggie's driver however didn't follow suit and they sat at the lights for around a minute.
The fact that it took a minute for the shooter to make the hit indicates they were hesitant, perhaps due to identity confusion.
Three years earlier when Tupac was shot for the first time, during a recording session in New York, he publicly accused Biggie of being involved.
After the release of Who Shot Ya?, which Tupac interpreted as track mocking his shooting in the Big Apple, he appeared on numerous tracks aiming threatening insults at Biggie.
Notorious examples include the songs Against All Odds, Bomb First (My Second Reply) and Hit 'Em Up (You claim to be a player, but I f****d your wife).
A synopsis for Broomfield's film reads: “Suge Knight, the former CEO of legendary rap music label Death Row Records was recently sentenced to 28 years imprisonment for manslaughter in a long line of violent crimes not typically associated with a highly successful record executive.
“Last Man Standing takes a look at Death Row and how L.A.’s street gang culture had come to dominate its business workings as well as an association with corrupt L.A. police officers who were also gang affiliated.
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"It would be this world of gang rivalry and dirty cops that would claim the lives of the world’s two greatest rappers, Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls.”
'Last Man Standing: Suge Knight and the Murders of Biggie & Tupac' - produced by Dogwoof - will be in cinemas from July 2.