Growing up in New York exposed me to Tupac and BIG's music at a young age. Hip Hop started in NY and so it is deeply rooted in the culture since it began. I watched this film three or four times this week. It definitely brings up some very important, overlooked information. Both murders were very poorly investigated, if at all. There was obviously a lot of misinformation going on and internal corruption within certain police forces and government officials. What a surprise. It reminds me of the 9/11 investigation and how awful it was. Some people, even who have seen and reviewed this film on this site need to watch this film and recognize how well it was done.

I'm a big Notorious B.I.G. fan and believer of Tupac's N.I.G.G.A.Z. philosophy so when i seen the video tape at Wal-mart, i knew i had to own it. When I brought it home, i was hoping to find a link between their deaths and the police cover-up i've been hearing about in LA (mind you i live in north Carolina). What I got was a brutally honest, horrifying, well thought out documentary. The main argument about Nick Broomfield from Kurt And Courtney was his seemingly one sided mission to make you believe HIS truth. He does it here but instead of just interviews from people with a vendetta (and trust me, there are plenty here) with the culprits Broomfield say are responsible for their deaths, we also get interviews from BIG's Mother, Tupac's step-brother(who i seen as a opportunistic jackass), Former bodyguards for both Pac and Big, and the most important of all, Death Row CEO Suge Knight. The Most entertaining is of course Knight, not because of what he says happen( he refused to comment on either deaths, sorry ) but because of the remarks he makes of Snoop Dogg(wonder what he has to do with anything? watch). And if that doesn't do it for you, Volletta Wallace(BIG's mother)'s interview will make you cry(the last one i mean).

I saw Nick Broomfield's documentary of 2pac and Biggie after seeing 'Kurt and Courtney'and i loved that and just the whole style of Broomfields movies.Also already being a huge Tupac and Biggie fan anyway i was really exited about this film and i must say i was not disappointed whatsoever.The film is told in such a unique style and was amazing to me the things that Broomfield and us as an audience find out on his journey to find out more about the Biggie/Tupac murders. The people he interviews such as a confined prisoner who was believed to have helped Suge Knight organise the Biggie murder,ex-police officer Russel Poole who was investigating the Biggie murder and the corruption on his own police force surrounding it and even a prison interview with Death Row records producer and friend of Tupac, Suge Knight. The information they all nervously give Broomfield and his crew make it a very astonishing film and one to really listen to.This film should not go missed. 10 out of 10.

*SPOILER ALERT* *SPOILER ALERT*Nick Broomfield decides to get to the bottom of the Tupac Shakur-Notorious B.I.G. murders. He has a strong ally in Voletta Wallace, Biggie's mom. She is a big reason this movie is as succesful as it is. Through her cooperation, many former friends of Biggie open up to Broomfield. Another big score for Broomfield is Russell Poole, a former L.A. cop who wants to tell Broomfield all about his feelings toward Death Row records and the LAPD. They're not good.This is the third documentary I've seen of Broomfield's after "Heidi Fleiss" and "Kurt and Courtney". He's got a soft spoken style which encourages a lot of people to open up to him. You may think this documentary is about "Biggie and Tupac" but it's really about what all of his documentaries are about: Nick Broomfield. Each one is set up as an adventure in interviewing. Will he be able to score an interview with this or that important person? What hoops will Broomfield have to go through to get to THE TRUTH? Once again, Broomfield bags his big game interview in the end. He is tenacious and scores a trophy for his wall.I enjoy Broomfield's style of interviewing. "Biggie and Tupac" didn't really have his normal interviewing tactic of talking nice to someone and then increasing the pressure on them to expose THE TRUTH. In "Kurt and Courtney" he did it to Courtney's relative, "Why? Why do you care?" and in "Heidi Fleiss" he put the pressure on Heidi's boyfriend to cough up some truth about their relationship. "Biggie and Tupac" was a more relaxed approach to the subject. Early on in the flick, he says Miss Wallace asked him not to be so abrasive. I think he listened.