“Slow Burn” is taking on the murders Tupac and Biggie.
With the third season Slow Burn, the investigative podcast that’s broken down both Watergate and Bill Clinton’s impeachment is now turning to the music industry by covering the infamous murders Tupac and Biggie.
“We had a sense what generally animated the beef, but we didn’t know the stories underneath that,” season three host Joel Anderson tells NPR. “So that’s what we’re trying to do with this podcast — talking to people that were there at the time, figuring out all these lovely little relationships and incidents that led up to their deaths.”
The podcast will cover what went down, as well as, the cultural impact the murders and the state the country.
“You have two guys, two the brightest stars to emerge out the hip-hop era in that time, and they’re gone, just like that,” Anderson says. “And if those two guys can get killed and nothing can happen, then what does that say for the rest us? As you see, it’s not like we’ve been able to solve that problem.”
The first two episodes season 3 are available now on Slate. The first episode details how Biggie and Tupac’s friendship grew into one the most well-known rap feuds all time.