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Did the LAPD Kill the Notorious B.I.G.?

By
Branko Marcetic

Criminal police officers ran law enforcement in 1990s Los Angeles — and they may have a story to tell.

Few events inspire the kind of frenzied speculation as the murder of rap star Christopher Wallace, aka Biggie Smalls, who was gunned down in 1997 while leaving a Los Angeles awards show after-party. Was it the FBI who orchestrated the hit, bent on ending the gangster rap culture that defined the ’90s? Was it Sean […]

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