![]() ![]() Big L was one of the first rap artists to put Harlem on the map.įebrumarks the day of Coleman’s death. Fifteen years later Tupac’s murder is still unsolved. The official cause of death was noted as respiratory failure and cardiopulmonary arrest in connection with multiple gunshot wounds. On the afternoon of Septempassed away from internal bleeding. Shakur was rushed to the University Medical Center and survived numerous surgeries over the course of seven days. Bullets hit him in the chest, pelvis, lungs, his right hand and thigh. At 11:15pm, a white, four-door, late-model Cadillac pulled up to the sedan’s right side and rolled down one of the windows. Driving away from the MGM Grand, Shakur stopped at a red light on Flamingo Road near the intersection of Koval Lane. Tupac Shakur was shot on the streets of Las Vegas after he attended the Mike Tyson–Bruce Seldon boxing match at the MGM Grand on September 7, 1996. Why are rappers’ murder cases never solved? Is it because witnesses fail to report what happened? Are they afraid of being labeled a snitch? It’s hard to believe that no one knows who killed Biggie or Tupac. No one has even been arrested for Biggie’s murder and 15 years later we still don’t know who killed Tupac. These beloved rappers’ murders have gone unsolved. From Tupac Shakur to Big L, murderous violence has taken the lives of rappers long before they were able to live out their true potential. Unfortunately, Biggie’s murder was not the last in the rap scene. Wallace was rushed to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and pronounced dead at 1:15 a.m.īiggie’s death shook the Hip-Hop world, and because of it the landscape has never been the same. The driver of the Impala rolled down their window, drew a nine mm blue-steel pistol and fired at the GMC Suburban four bullets hit Wallace in the chest. On Wilshire blvd and Fairfax, a black Chevrolet Impala pulled up alongside Wallace’s truck. Wallace’s truck stopped at a red light 50 yards from the museum. Wallace sat in the passenger of his GMC Suburbans, followed by his crew in another Suburban. After the awards Wallace and his entourage attended a party hosted by VIBE magazine at the Petersen Automotive Museum. That night, Wallace had attended the 11th Annual Soul Train Music Awards. On March 9, 1997, Wallace was killed by an unknown assailant in a drive-by shooting in Los Angeles at around 12:30 a.m. and yet police still haven’t found his killer. From its begins as a G-Unit mixtape seller to one of the internet’s most controversial outlets, this is a brief history of WorldStarHipHop.It’s been 14 years since Christopher Wallace a.k.a. Either way, he created a cultural phenomenon, and we’ll always remember him for that. According to some, Worldstar championed urban culture others questioned whether that image of urban culture was worth selling in the first place, especially if it confirmed black people’s worst stereotypes to some. ![]() The remote control is in your hand.” With Q’s logic, WorldStarHipHop is only giving us what we want. “Why click on it? It’s like, why watch porno on HBO at midnight? You have the choice to watch what you want. ![]() “People want to watch an ugly side of someone then blame us for showing it, but what about the people actually doing it?” Q said in 2014. The famed videos often featured a victim, but the fact their popularity perhaps says more about society than the site’s creator. WorldStar capitalized on those innovations and dished out viral content at an expeditious rate. In 2008, cellphone footage was becoming the primary medium, and social media was on its way to becoming the standard way of connecting. Though it’s past its prime in 2018, WorldStar was more ubiquitous than your favorite blogs during the height of its popularity. But what’s objectively true is that the website gave the people what they wanted: Notably, music exclusives, viral bits of comedy, violent fight videos, and sex acts. Whether you truly believe WorldStar is simply Chuck D as a millennial with a cellphone camera is on you. Many of the profiles about the late WorldStarHipHop founder Lee “Q” O’Denat include two of his most common defenses: That the site features the “the good, the bad, and the ugly” of urban culture, and how it’s the “CNN of the ghetto.” ![]()
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