In 1997, rap superstars Tupac Shakur and Christopher Wallace (aka Biggie Smalls, The Notorious B.I.G.) were gunned down in separate incidents, the apparent victims of hip hop's infamous east-west rivalry. Nick Broomfield's film introduces Russell Poole, an ex-cop with damning evidence that suggests the LAPD deliberately fumbled the case to conceal connections between the police, LA gangs and Death Row Records, the label run by feared rap mogul Marion "Suge" Knight.
Tupac Shakur
as himself
Nick Broomfield
as himself
The Notorious B.I.G.
as Himself (archive footage)
Russell Poole
as Himself
Voletta Wallace
as Self - Biggie's Mother
Billy Garland
as Self - Tupac's Biological Father
Chico Del Vec
as Self - Rapper
Don Seabold
as Self - Mark's Lawyer
Donald Hicken
as Self - Tupac's Teacher
Frank Alexander
as Self - Tupac's Bodyguard
Kevin Hackie
as Self - Tupac's Bodyguard
Marshall Bigtower
as Self - Sonia's Lawyer
