Slow Burn Biggie and Tupac

Slow Burn ’s third season veers out of politics to revisit the lives and deaths of Biggie and Tupac, two of the most influential artists of the ’90s, who were murdered months apart in the midst of a rivalry between East Coast and West Coast hip-hop. The host Joel Anderson narrates what happened with the Tupac-versus-Biggie camps. He delves into how the media stoked the conflict by playing into narratives that were likely false, and the still-unsolved investigations into each man’s killing. Along the way, Anderson considers broader questions about the origins of gangsta rap and the genre’s misogyny. The host creates space for many possibilities without dizzying listeners, both satisfying music fans’ nostalgia and shedding new light on the events of 20-plus years ago.