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On March 18, 1997, lined the streets of the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, to pay final respects to rapper Biggie Smalls, who was shot and in a drive-by shooting in Los Angeles. The funeral procession made its way through the area in which Smalls grew up and had famously rapped about in his music. Biggie Smalls' funeral procession in 1997 in Brooklyn, New York In the years since that day, there have been, articles, and acknowledgments of the rapper's death and birthday. But a void is still left in the hearts of fans as the late rap star's murder. Here are four reasons why Smalls' death is still one of the biggest unsolved murder mysteries.
Source: On Sept. 13, 1996, rapper Tupac Shakur was in Las Vegas, six months before Smalls' murder. According to a 1997 FBI file released on Smalls' case in 2011, he was killed in retaliation for Shakur's murder, but those claims have yet to lead to arrests in Smalls' case. In the months leading up to the rappers' deaths, the two emcees were at the center of an, which started after Shakur was shot in a New York City recording studio in November 1994. Smalls was also at the studio with members of his entourage, leading Shakur to believe Smalls knew about his assailant. In the months after, there were fights between members and associates of Shakur's label Death Row Records and Smalls' label Bad Boy Records at events, according to the. Did Suge Knight and the LAPD cover up Biggie's death?
Russell Poole was the in Smalls' murder case. During his investigation, he suspected that Death Row label head Suge Knight the killing and enlisted the help of a LAPD officer to arrange it, but no charges were filed against him. It is documented within the FBI files that off-duty LAPD officers worked as security guards at Death Row events. Poole believed Knight's power over the police blocked a deeper investigation from happening. Poole spoke further about his theory in the 2002 documentary. Suge Knight in 2016.
'Had we been able to aggressively investigate the B.I.G. Shooting and had the heart to connect the two and do a thorough investigation, I think we probably would have found out more information,' Poole said. 'I think the fact that law enforcement officers were working for Death Row, and that was a scandal in itself. Suge Knight, to me, was one of the most powerful gangsters around. He was well-organized, he had a lot of power, and what gave him the powers, he had dozens and dozens of police officers working in his organization.'
To add another layer to the case, Poole believed Knight also set up Shakur's killing to avoid paying the rapper millions in profits and royalties, the reported. Shakur's death also remains unsolved. Meanwhile, Knight held on $10 million bail for a murder charge. His trial is expected to begin in early summer.
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Lead detective's life and 'strange' death Poole but continued working as a private detective; he was later featured in documentaries detailing Smalls' death and titled LAbyrinth: A Detective Investigates the Murders of Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G. Smalls' family also filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city of Los Angeles based on Poole's claims of police involvement in the rapper's killing., though the case was. Poole reportedly had a heart attack in August 2015 while meeting with LAPD investigators about a cold case.
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He was rushed to the hospital, where he later died, according to the. Rapper Busta Rhymes dedicated a post to Poole upon hearing the news, calling his passing '.' With Poole's death, the Smalls case lost one of the most visible investigators and advocates looking to solve it. Kading also alleged that Sean 'Diddy' Comgs had hired a hitman to kill Shakur, according to the Guardian. Diddy called the claims 'nonsense' in a 2016 interview with Power 105.1's. Kading was part of a task force that began investigating Smalls' death in 2006, the reported, which included the LAPD, the Drug Enforcement Agency and the FBI — though Kading said he was pulled off the force in 2009. Presently, Biggie's case remains unsolved.
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