2Pac and Biggie Documentaries Are Headed to A&E Next Month

A&E announces TV documentaries based on the Notorious B.I.G. and 2Pac.

Biggie holds a bottle of St. Ides
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Biggie Smalls (also known as the Notorious B.I.G., born Christopher Wallace, 1972 - 1997) holds a bottle of St. Ides

Biggie holds a bottle of St. Ides

A&E has announced an upcoming documentary series that will explore the lives and deaths of two of music’s biggest legends: 2Pac and The Notorious B.I.G.

The news comes shortly after the 20th anniversaries of their fatal shootings, as well as the announcements of several film projects based on the late rappers. There is the All Eyez On Me film, set to hit theaters next month, as well as the upcoming 2Pac documentary directed by Steve McQueen, and a Biggie documentary titled Notorious B.I.G: One More Chance.

A&E announces TV documentaries based on the Notorious B.I.G. and 2Pac.

A&E’s projects will be under the newly revived “Biography” series, which will kick off with the two-part Biggie: The Life of Notorious B.I.G. According to the network’s press release, Biggie will include exclusive archival footage and audio recordings, as well as interviews with those closest to him, including Jay Z, Diddy, Lil Cease, his widow Faith Evans, and his mother, Voletta Wallace. The two-part series will be narrated by the late rapper—a format similar to the 2003 documentary Tupac: Resurrection. Biggie is also the first biography to be authorized by the rapper’s estate.

Who Killed Tupac? will begin airing the same week, and will delve into the investigation surrounding the MC’s 1996 murder. The six-hour limited series will focus on civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump, who also represented Trayvon Martin’s family. Crump will look at all aspects of Pac’s life as he investigates the theories surrounding the rapper’s unsolved death and how it could mirror the injustices taking place today.

The press release states:

When Tupac's mother, Afeni Shakur, who went to high school with Crump's mother, saw that he was fighting for truth and justice for THE FAMILY of Trayvon Martin, she expressed to him how important that was and that this fight is not just for Tupac and Trayvon, but for all our young black men who didn't get justice. In exploring how Tupac didn't get his due process, Crump seeks to show how it is relevant to what is happening in the social justice movement in America today.

Biggie will kick off at 9 p.m. EST June 28, with the second part airing at 8 p.m. EST on June 29. Who Killed Tupac? will premiere at 9 p.m. EST on June 29. 

A&E announces TV documentaries based on the Notorious B.I.G. and 2Pac.

 

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