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Eyewitness: The First Shooting of Tupac Shakur

Johnny Black, Q, November 1997

Halfway through his New York trial for rape and amidst growing tension between East and West Coast rappers, Tupac Shakur attended a recording session. He walked into Quad Studio and left with some bother "downstairs". Johnny Black investigates.

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