Yuddh - The Coastal War cover art

Yuddh - The Coastal War

Yuddh - The Coastal War

Listen for free

View show details

About this listen

 Yuddh unpacks the most tragic chapter in Hip Hop history — when brotherhood turned into rivalry, and competition escalated into a cultural war. This episode traces the heartbreaking shift from mutual respect to deadly division between Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G., two artists whose voices defined a generation.
The story pivots on the 1994 Quad Studios shooting, where Tupac was shot five times and robbed — an incident that shattered trust and ignited suspicion toward the Bad Boy camp led by Sean Combs. What followed wasn’t just lyrical sparring; it was a media-fueled, industry-amplified conflict that hardened lines between the East and the West.
The tension explodes at the 1995 Source Awards, when Suge Knight publicly dissed Bad Boy from the stage, and Snoop Dogg challenged a hostile New York crowd — moments that symbolized a culture on the brink.
Yuddh concludes with the 1997 Peace Summit, led by Louis Farrakhan, an attempt to heal a wounded community after the unsolved murders of its two brightest stars. The episode reflects on how ego, misinformation, and industry pressure transformed competition into catastrophe — and what Hip Hop must remember to ensure history never repeats itself.
No reviews yet
In the spirit of reconciliation, Audible acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.