14A = THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
ENTERTAINMENT
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2002
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Perhaps that explains the fascination with the killings of multiplatinum rappers Tupae Shakur, shot on the Las Vegas strip in September 1996, and Christopher "The Notorious B.I.G." Wallace, slain seven months later in Los Angeles.
Tupac, B.I.G. stories won't die
"How was it possible that the murders of arguably two of the most famous Black men in the country could have gone unsolved for all these years?" asks Randall Sullivan, whose book, *Labyrinth*, explores an alleged link between the slayings and corruption in the Los Angeles Police Department.
NEWYORK—Two stars at the height of their fame are gunned down on the street within months of each other. Six years later, no arrests have been made.
The Associated Press
The swirl of theories, books and articles trying to solve the Shakur and Wallace mysteries includes a recent investigative piece in the Los Angeles Times—
After Shakur's death, Knight
Yet the movie goes on to suggest that their slayings might be connected to Death Row Records founder Suge Knight, gang members and corrupt Los Angeles police officers, several of whom moonlighted for Death Row.
Some of the documentary covers ground seen on countless Behind The Music-type documentaries — Shakur and Wallace's troubled youths, their rise to fame, and how the two former friends became bitter rivals and sparked an East Coast-West Coast rap war. Both Shakur and Wallace were 25 when they died. Both are revered in the hip-hop community as being among the most influential rappers.
and now the documentary Biggie & Tupac, from filmmaker Nick Broomfield.
Broomfield. "It was harder than I actually thought it was going to be, and it was very hard to edit because it's such a complicated story and there's so many interconnected stories," Broomfield said.
was sent to prison for violating parole because of a fight he and Shakur had with alleged gang member Orlando Anderson the night Shakur was gunned down.
Knight, released last year, was still in prison when Broomfield was making the movie. His label, now simply called Tha Row, would not grant Broomfield permission to talk to Knight, having seen his previous documentaries.
So Broomfield tracked down Knight with the help of prison officials and got his interview on Knight's terms. Knight wanted to deliver an inspirational message to children.
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"What was fascinating about the interview was I asked him the question he wanted me to ask, which was his message to kids, and he ends up managing to threaten Snoop Dogg," Broomfield said.
Broomfield said he hoped his film would help put pressure on authorities to solve the case and would create a climate where someone would come forward.
Crossword
ACROSS
1 Three Little Pigs' nemesis
5 Fellow
9 Molten matter
14 Et __ (and others)
15 Possess
16 Lots of land
17 Umps' cohorts
18 Reed in the winds
19 Abbey Theatre founder
20 Hit by Ernie K-Doe
23 Two-finger gesture
24 Cosmo or astro follower
25 Most extensive
27 Subduers
30 Actor Lon
32 Highway ramps
33 Try-before-youbuy programs
36 Everyone
37 Macbeth's title
38 Charles or Bradbury
39 Becoming milder with age
42 Bushy row
44 Short section of track
45 Goes by
46 White and Ford
48 Pear choice
49 Excitement
50 Abdominal pain
56 Dialogue
58 Bundle
59 Outline
60 Winwood or Allen
61 __ vera
62 Continental currency
63 Ore analysis
64 Dryer residue
65 Low marks
DOWN
1 Reheat
2 Cheaper spread
3 London elevator
4 Mesh fabric
5 Refrain
6 Nun's attire
7 Bard's river
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8 Banana wrap?
9 Woodruff-
flavored punch
10 Best pitcher
11 Cemeteryes
12 Doles (out)
13 Selling feature
14 Jug lugs
15 Not in the dark
16 Morning moisture
17 Pair of draft
animals
18 Shaft between
wheels
19 Grain grinders of
old
30 French Open
winner of 1989
31 Suspend
33 Something to
bark
34 Craze
35 Ogles
37 Contort
40 Lang. course
41 Homer's epic
42 Jumble
43 Got free
Solutions to yesterday's puzzle.
45 Small cavity
46 Model wood
47 Makes a long story short?
48 Part of BLT
51 Iridescent gem
52 Mauritania
neighbor
53 Murderous
board-game
54 Tortoise's
opponent
55 Seth's son
57 A Gabor
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