L.A Authorities Re-Open Notorious B.I.G Murder Case

It’s been 13 years since Notorious B.I.G. was murdered in Los Angeles but the investigation into his slaying was “reinvigorated” just a few months ago as a result of new information…
A task force made up of local and federal law enforcement agencies is actively pursuing leads into the 1997 slaying of hip hop artist Christopher Wallace, better known as Biggie Smalls or Notorious B.I.G.
According to one law enforcement source, the investigation into the 13-year-old unsolved case  was "reinvigorated" months ago as a result of new information, but the source would not elaborate further because of the ongoing investigation that includes the Los Angeles Police Department, L.A. County District Attorney's office and the FBI. The main theory behind shooting was payback in a so-called rap war between East and West Coast hip hop artist and their record companies - Bad Boy Entertainment in New York, which represented  Wallace and Death Row Records, headed by Marion "Suge" Knight, in Los Angeles. Six months earlier in Las Vegas, a gunman opened fire on a car driven by Knight, Killing one of his top artists Tupac Shakur. That murder remains unsolved also.


sources: SFTA, and wikipedia