Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and the Notorious B.I.G. (2018) s01e02 Episode Script
Nobody Talks
1 Previously on "Unsolved" Biggie was 24 when he was killed.
- Tupac was 25.
- Kids man.
It's been almost ten years.
RHD investigated it, led by Russell Poole.
You know anything about him? I know that he thought the cops - might have been involved.
- Who is he? Kevin Gaines, and he's one of ours too.
If Gaines is as shady as you think, then it's up to IA to do something about it.
So we're just back in the rotation? No, you're back up.
Christopher Wallace.
That's our reward? We get Biggie? - Biggie? - Mm-hmm.
I want you to join me.
Got the green light to go outside the LAPD for the task force.
Feds, Compton, whoever we need.
We at least need to consult Vegas PD.
- Vegas? - There is a very real possibility that the murder of Biggie Smalls is directly related to the murder of Tupac.
Latest tip we've got actually points to a Crip.
Keefe D.
Keefe's got a nephew, guy named Orlando Anderson.
Might be the guy that killed Tupac.
Maybe we should take that trip up to Vegas after all, huh? [DJ QUIK'S "DOLLAZ & SENSE".]
Uh, now let's get down to business, bitches 'Cause it just seems like y'all just keep on tryin' To diss this, so when we cross paths And I hope that's soon I'ma boot yo' motherfuckin' ass To the moon Death Row is a way of life.
It's an all-the-time 24/7 thing.
Ain't nobody gonna change that.
Blood in, blood out.
- Su-Woo! - High rulers.
- High niggas.
- On Blood.
- Man, fuck yeah.
- It's important, right? - Su-Woo.
- Just like that.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER.]
- Learned from the best.
- [LAUGHING.]
Learned from the best now? I know you were talking about me.
That chain will look real good on my dog.
[DJ QUIK'S "BORN AND RAISED IN COMPTON".]
I come from the school of the sly, wicked And the slick, a lotta people already know What you say, you little mark ass bitch? Of the jackers and the crack, Compton Yeah, that's the name Of my hometown Born and raised in Compton Born and raised [GRUNTING.]
Born and raised in Compton Come on, Blood.
Get out the way.
Come on.
Come on, Blood.
- You little punk ass nigga.
- Shit.
- Do shit, man.
- What's wrong? What's wrong? Yeah! [SIREN WAILING.]
[DISTANT YELLING.]
[DOG BARKING.]
[SIGHS DEEPLY.]
[LINE CLICKS.]
Hey.
Oh, God damn it.
No, no, no, no, I understand.
I just wish there was, uh I wish there was something.
Mm-hmm.
No, I know that.
I know that no news is good news.
Okay.
Well, just keep me updated.
All right.
Thank you.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC.]
[PHONES RINGING.]
- [INDISTINCT CHATTER.]
- LAPD tip line, how may I help you? This is chaos.
Grace, is this a fallout from "America's Most Wanted"? Biggie was a smash last night.
And we get all the tips? That is so wonderful.
Plenty of people for you guys to call back.
Take your pick.
- I like your tie, Russ.
- Hm? Thanks.
- Russ? - What? Lieutenant, uh, can we get a word? Yeah.
Hey, thank you.
Come on.
We need to get to Vegas.
No, you need to help answer all the calls that are coming in.
You're the lead detectives on this case.
Which means we should not be the ones chasing the bullshit tips.
Sir, if we could get to Vegas Jesus Christ.
How many times do I have to tell you guys? You're working the Biggie case.
Not the Tupack case.
It's, uh it's Tupac, sir.
- Pac.
- What about Keefe D? We're still trying to verify his alibi.
- He says he was in the garage - Keefe D is not our guy.
You keep telling me that, but you don't have anyone better.
Until you do, I suggest you weigh your options.
We don't have a case against Keefe.
If we did, we'd charge him, sir.
- He's right, Lieutenant.
- The most interesting thing - about Keefe is that - Yeah, I know.
Is that he's related to a guy that may have shot Tupack - Tupac.
- Says you.
I know, so what? I think Biggie's murder is related to Tupac's murder.
And if I'm right, maybe Vegas can tell us more.
Anything they can tell us will help us.
Unless LAPD wants "America's Most Wanted" to solve all their cases from now on.
[CHUCKLES.]
Well, at least he's not talking about Kevin Gaines anymore, right? Okay.
I'll get Vegas signed off on.
And for now you help man on the phones.
Thank you, sir.
[PHONES RINGING.]
Miller, Miller, Miller, come here, come here, come here.
- I think I got something.
- No shit? "America's Most Wanted" caller came through - with something rock solid.
- What is it? Get this.
The shooter was Oprah.
- You're a dick.
- It says ri Oprah.
Ms Ms.
Winfrey if you're nasty.
- Did you get her number? - [LAUGHS.]
[HIP-HOP MUSIC.]
[DISTANT SIRENS WAILING.]
- Morning, Brian.
- Here you are.
Back on Federal property just like you wanted.
Yeah, well, commute still sucks.
- Dupers! - My man.
This is a nice car, Officer.
Somebody on this task force has to look good.
- [LAUGHS.]
- Hey, I thought that was me.
Come on, let's go meet my all-stars.
[LAUGHING.]
Here we go.
Day one, boys.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC.]
Welcome everybody to the Christopher Wallace Task Force.
Biggie Smalls, Notorious B.
I.
G.
, call him whatever the hell you want, but this task force will solve his murder.
Now, each of you is gonna get a key to this office.
We are our own independent unit.
Nobody else gets past that door.
This man right here, this is Brian Tyndall, - retired LAPD.
- I'm not retired.
Oh, yeah.
[SNAPS FINGERS.]
Sorry, I keep forgetting that.
Brian is gonna get us whatever we need.
He's gonna coordinate with the brass, okay? - Brennan.
- Call me Blondie.
- Blondie, what's up? - How are we supposed to solve this thing when no one has? Maybe it was solved, and the LAPD just doesn't want to admit it because the department was involved.
Don't bring that Russell Poole nonsense in here.
It's conspiracy theory bullshit.
Says the cops.
Look, did you ever work LAPD? - 'Cause I didn't.
- Sorry, Compton PD.
So corrupt they shut the entire department down.
- Hm? - [CHUCKLES.]
- Come on.
- I heard the FBI did it.
- Say what now? - Come on.
Feds been going after powerful black man since Hoover.
Then you went and took their paychecks, sister.
- Ooh.
- I heard he's not even dead.
- What? - You didn't know? Biggie and Tupac, chilling in Cuba.
Looks like you've been chilling in Cuba with those flip-flops.
[LIGHT LAUGHTER.]
Look, it's been ten years.
That is a mountain of police work, but when you start to dig into it, it boils down to three workable theories.
- Dupers.
- Theory number one: Biggie was killed by Suge Knight and the Bloods.
Retaliation for Tupac.
Theory number two: Suge again, only this time he worked with the LAPD - to get his revenge.
- Come on, cops didn't do this.
Not the LAPD, not the Compton PD, - not the sheriff's department.
- Every theory's true until we prove otherwise, Tucker.
Go ahead.
Last but not least, theory number three: Biggie was killed by Southside Crips over an unpaid debt.
Fine, you boiled it down.
Where the hell do we start? The beginning.
1997.
Day one.
First person that the LAPD looked into.
Southside Crip by the name of Duane Keith Davis.
AKA Keefe D.
[TENSE MUSIC.]
He's where we start.
- [INDISTINCT CHATTER.]
- [HIP-HOP MUSIC.]
That's Suge Knight.
That's Suge Knight.
[LAUGHS.]
Ho yo, yo, yo.
- That's Tupac, bro.
- What? Yo, Tupac is here, bro.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER.]
No, no, no, Big Frank! You're not standing there telling me Mike is afraid of any man.
I'm not saying Mike is afraid of anything.
He should be fighting Lewis not Seldon.
- Mike will whup Lewis.
- How you gonna Never underestimate a man wrongfully imprisoned.
It only makes him stronger, baby.
- Hey, Pac! - Yo.
[GUNS COCK.]
Yo, what's wrong with you, man? You can't be walking up on me, nigga.
You don't know me.
Pac, chill.
They just kids.
It's all right.
I'll talk to him.
- You okay? - Look, it's cool, a'ight? Y'all just can't be walking up on me.
Where you little niggas from? - Long Beach.
- So you know my homie Snoop? - We know Snoop, yeah.
- Yeah, we know Snoop.
What y'all doing out here? We had a football game.
- Who had a football game? - We did.
- You win? - No.
Aw, that's too bad.
I was all-conference in UNLV.
Aw sh Suge 'bout to go back to the glory days.
[MOCKING.]
"I played all-conference at UNLV.
" You damn right, hey, and then after that I tore up the NFL.
Nigga, you played in two games.
Y'all see a jersey with his name on it? - Hell no.
- No, right? Hey, that's your coach? - Uh, yeah.
- Let's go.
[WHISTLES.]
Time to go.
Hey, if you need any pointers.
Hey! Don't tell him about them guns.
- Shit, I ain't no snitch, man.
- Me either.
Yeah, a'ight.
Yo, Pac.
Westside.
Fuck Biggie.
Hell yeah.
[TENSE MUSIC.]
Viva Las Vegas Come on, you telling me you don't like Elvis? I love Elvis, when he's the one who's singing.
Eh.
It's not too late, you know.
For what? You could ask little Miss America's Most Wanted to go on our trip with us.
Your tie was not that nice.
Oh, what do you mean? Grace? You are some detective.
Yeah.
Grace.
It's not against the rules to date a department secretary.
- I think.
- I'm not even divorced.
Yet.
Oh, come on.
I'm sorry.
I crossed a line.
I know, I'm just trying to look out for you.
- Fine.
- We good? We are so good.
[CLEARS THROAT.]
On a road trip.
Okay.
As long as you do me one favor.
- Yeah.
- Just try not to sing.
[SINGING LOUDLY.]
Viva Las Vegas Tyson with the left hook and Seldon is down.
[ALL SPEAKING AT ONCE.]
Whoo! 50 blows, baby.
I counted it.
Whoo! Yeah! [INDISTINCT CHATTER.]
Who you see? That's that nigga Lando, Blood.
Oh, Crab from the mall? Oh, we got to make this shit right.
- What's up? - Remember the nigga jump me in the mall? - Right there.
- From the mall.
- Pac.
- Oh, shit.
[ECHOING.]
Pac.
[HIP-HOP MUSIC.]
Oh, Pac.
Pac! Come on! Blood! Come on.
We got to go.
[SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY.]
Death Row! [INDISTINCT SHOUTING.]
All right, Tupac punches him then Knight and his guys do the rest.
That one there goes by Buntry.
And there's Neckbone.
You see that kick right there by Suge? Got him nine years.
Oh, that's right.
The probation violation.
Actually kind of funny, you think all the shit that Knight has done over the years and a kick finally puts him away.
What the hell was the fight all about? Something about a chain.
Only thing we know for sure is there was some kind of prior beef.
You guys think, uh, Orlando or some other Crip shot Tupac that night? That's what Compton PD thinks.
Compton PD thought they were better than us.
Is that what you think? We're just looking for more information.
One department to another.
Hm.
Well here's a little tidbit for ya.
Reggie Wright Senior heads up the Compton Gang Unit, while his son Reggie Junior works for Suge.
Runs his security.
In other words, how can anybody trust what Compton PD says? But you still looked into Orlando, yeah? Of course we did.
Problem is nobody would tell us anything.
Not Suge who was sitting right next to Tupac when he got shot.
Not Tupac's bodyguard who was driving right behind him.
No one.
Live by the sword, die by the sword.
People crying over Tupac.
Come on, he was just a gangster with a microphone.
Duane "Keefe D" Davis.
Came up in Biggie's investigation.
Southside Crip.
He's also Orlando's uncle.
- Ring a bell? - Not off the top of my head.
- You say this Keefe's a Crip? - Yeah.
Well, do us all a favor, would ya? Tell them all to stay in LA from now on, huh? Why? You worried they're gonna scare away all the hookers? Could you guys get us a list of everybody that you interviewed? Or tried to interview, at least.
Crips, Bloods, just anyone that was with Death Row that night.
- Yeah, I can get you that.
- Great.
Oh, hey.
One more thing.
Where are you guys with your investigation? Tupac? Same place you guys are gonna be six months from now.
Frustrated, aware the public doesn't think we're doing our job.
But how are we supposed to solve this thing when no one will talk? Hey, what do you think? Was it worth the trip? Um, it doesn't look like it.
We should hit the tables.
Maybe get something out of this.
Do you think the Crips shot Tupac? Uh, I think it's as likely as anything else.
Maybe Tupac just punched the wrong guy.
Baby Lane.
We should have names like that for each other.
Hm? Yeah, these guys had these great nicknames like - Neckbone and Heron.
- Mm.
You and me, what are we? We're Russ and Fred.
Richard McCauley doesn't have a nickname.
- Who's Richard McCauley? - I have no idea.
He's lucky they didn't nickname him Baby Dick though, huh? Partner, you made a joke.
I am so proud of you.
Just remember we are working the Biggie murder.
Okay? We are not working the Tupac murder.
You want to talk about that, - I'll be down at the tables.
- Mm-hmm.
Winning.
[DOOR OPENS, CLOSES.]
McCauley.
I drove a '95 Cutlass, a rental.
Was waiting on it when Biggie got shot.
Were you waiting on the street? I was in the garage.
You can check the surveillance camera.
Had on a blue shirt, blue Jordans.
Shit, I was waiting with my homies.
Okay, so we know what Keefe D's alibi was in '97.
He claimed that he was in the garage at the Petersen when Biggie got shot.
What we don't know was if that alibi was ever proved.
- In fact - So, in this theory the Crips killed Biggie and Tupac? We're we're just talking.
Southside definitely killed Tupac though.
I mean it was revenge for the beatdown at the MGM.
We don't know that.
I wasn't just the only one who thought so.
The whole Compton Gang Unit did.
We told Vegas PD, but they didn't listen.
Word was that they didn't trust us, but if you ask me they They don't even understand the culture.
That don't mean Southside didn't kill Biggie too.
- Come on.
- Or do I not understand "the culture" either? Look, Dupree, I worked the streets a long time, okay? I was raised in those streets.
Let me see if I got this.
LAPD gets a tip that Keefe killed Biggie.
They learn he has an Impala.
They bring him in.
He says, "I didn't do this shit.
" Yeah, and then he goes to prison a few months later - on Federal drug charges.
- Yeah, but he's out now.
- So? - So why don't we go - after him then? - We need more.
We need to work on his alibi, see if he was telling the truth.
What we need is surveillance footage - from that garage.
- What about the white SUV? Oh, look who came to visit us.
I'm talking about the so-called diversion car.
Came South on Fairfax and cut off some of Biggie's security.
[TIRES SCREECHING.]
Was it intentional? No, those guys were all interviewed in '97.
They were all part of Biggie's entourage.
They had nothing to hide.
I say we stay on Keefe.
Yeah, Scott Shephard and Ernest Anderson.
Found their phone records in the case files, all the way to 2001.
So? So, Anderson called Suge Knight.
- A lot.
- What? What? [SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC.]
Why would members of Biggie's entourage be calling Suge? - We should find that out.
- Anderson's local.
But Shephard lives in Philly.
Okay, we should split up, interview these guys in teams.
Wait, we can just do that? Fly to Philly, no questions asked? Yeah.
We're a Federal task force.
We can do whatever we want.
Hey, Scott.
I'm Daryn and this is Detective Lee Tucker.
Yeah, uh, nice to meet you.
We just want to ask you a couple of questions.
Any idea why? I mean I ain't do nothing.
Then again when has that ever stopped the police? I hear you.
Look, we're from LA.
- What? - Yeah, flew all the way to Philly to talk to you about Biggie's murder.
We don't want to hear any of that bullshit.
You know I talked to the cops back in '97.
We know.
Have your statement.
Just want you to clear up some things.
Yeah, you said that you were part of Biggie's entourage the night that he was shot, right? - Yeah.
- How did you know Biggie? I I didn't.
Um, uh, Scott did.
I knew Big for years.
Back from my party promotin' days.
Bet that shit was on point.
Yeah, yeah, it was It was wild.
Hey! We didn't fly across the country so we could stroll down memory lane with your ass.
Now get to the Petersen.
A'ight.
Ernest had heard that Biggie was gonna be in LA.
And he wanted to meet him.
To pitch him a movie I was developing.
You know, I'm I'm a screenwriter.
Oh, really? That's cool.
- How'd that go? - Oh, fine.
You know, Biggie Biggie took the time to hang with me.
So, you know, he was He was mad cool, so Let's back up.
The party.
You drove to it in a white SUV, right? Uh, y-yeah.
A Land Cruiser.
[SIGHS.]
Man, we already told the cops all this.
You think we give a shit? Tell us again.
Just refresh our memory, Scott.
Where were you when Biggie was shot? I was still in the garage.
Ernest had gone around to get his car.
By the time he came up, people were screaming and and yelling "Biggie got shot, Biggie got shot!" Shit was crazy.
So I jumped - in the car with Ernest.
- You're lying.
You and your boy were long gone out of that garage.
You cut off Biggie's security, that's accessory to murder.
- Man, what you talking about? - [THUD.]
Don't you interrupt me! Everybody knows that Suge had it in for Biggie and Bad Boy.
Maybe he asked you to do him some kind of favor that night.
Block his security.
You didn't know why.
I mean, if that's what happened, it's okay we can help you.
All right, look.
I ain't do Suge no favors.
All right? And the only plan I ever heard about was that that Suge cop shit.
- From a book.
- If you're lying, Ernest No, no, I'm not lying.
I'm not lying.
Then why have you been calling Suge Knight over the years? Yo, that's what all this is about? Shit, man, that's all Ernest.
- Yeah, that's his thing.
- Nah.
You two were in this together.
The only question is which one of you is Bonnie and which one of you is Clyde.
It ain't like that.
So why don't you bang on the table some more.
- Brother.
- [MUTTERING ANGRILY.]
What do you mean it's his thing? I called Suge for the same reason I wanted to meet Biggie.
To develop movies with them, okay? I mean, you can check my IMDb page.
I ain't no gangster.
- I got credits.
- Yeah, yeah.
I I'm sorry we even brought you in here, Ernest.
It was obviously a different group of guys in a different white SUV, right? Wait There is one thing You should know about though.
[FLUSHING.]
[CELL PHONE BUZZING.]
What's up? Hey, there may have been a spotter.
- What? - At the Petersen.
There was a girl hanging around Biggie's table.
Black, long hair, pretty.
Biggie always had ladies around.
Yeah, well, this was different.
Our guy Ernest said that he made eye contact with her and then she acted all rude to him.
Okay, so maybe Ernest wasn't famous enough for her.
- She wanted Big Poppa.
- Yeah, but the thing is later that same girl in the parking garage walks up to Ernest, now she's all nice to him.
And then she asked what car Biggie's in.
Maybe she was still trying to get at Biggie.
[MUTTERING.]
Yeah.
The question is why.
You learn anything on your end? Only that Tucker doesn't play.
Felt like I was working with the Hulk.
Well, maybe he was playing bad cop to your good cop.
I would have liked to be in on it.
Well, all I can say is have a nice flight back to LA, buddy.
Yeah.
Why did I have to come to Philly? Because I'm in charge, Dupers.
That's why.
See you soon.
Ain't that a bitch.
Let me guess: One of you married a showgirl and the other lost all his money playing slots.
Not exactly.
- It was blackjack.
- [CHUCKLES.]
What do you need? The list of people you gave us.
There was a name on it that we wanted to ask you about, Richard McCauley.
McCauley.
Yeah, he doesn't have a nickname or a mugshot like pretty much everybody else - on this list.
- McCauley, McCauley.
That's the cop that was with Death Row.
[TENSE MUSIC.]
- Did you say cop? - Yeah.
It was one of yours, LAPD.
You didn't know? I talked to somebody from Internal Affairs not long after Tupac died.
No, we didn't know.
Can we use your phone? [TENSE MUSIC.]
McCauley's under active investigation by IA.
I know.
He was moonlighting at Death Row after being specifically told not to.
Come on.
I know, Russ.
I was on the call.
We have to find out more.
We need to find out what he was doing and why he wouldn't stop doing it.
We can't, okay? Hey, I mean I'm intrigued too.
IA literally can't talk to us.
They're not allowed to.
I'm surprised they told us as much as they did.
First, Kevin Gaines, now McCauley.
That is two LAPD officers working for Death Row.
- Cops moonlight.
- [SIGHS.]
This is this is something bigger.
All right, Gaines is dead, right? McCauley, IA can't talk to us about McCauley, Russ.
I'm sorry, that's just the way it is.
[ELEVATOR DINGS.]
What if there's someone else who can tell us about McCauley? Who? You were a marine, huh? I've been lots of things.
Including Tupac's bodyguard, huh? We here to talk about my job history or you gonna tell me what this is about? We're working the Christopher Wallace murder.
Well, I don't know anything about that.
I'm not saying that you do, but some things have come up about Death Row we just wanted to ask you about.
Oh, you can ask.
- Doesn't mean I'm gonna answer.
- Okay.
Do you know who, uh, Richard McCauley is? - No.
- "No" like no or like you don't want to tell us? Like, no, I don't know the guy.
Why? Who is he? LAPD officer who worked for Death Row.
That's no surprise.
I worked the Orange County Jails.
Yeah, that's not really the same thing.
What about Kevin Gaines? No.
Not him either.
But that doesn't matter.
'Cause I had one job and one job only.
That was to protect Pac.
We all know how that turned out.
No offense.
Okay, first of all, sir, you don't know what you talking about.
- No? - No, you don't.
Pac's death was not my fault.
I was always asking for more security for him.
Always.
- Okay.
- Then Pac gets killed.
Then all the sudden they want me to lie for them? - They? What? - Who's "they"? Wait.
Lie about what? Who's "they"? Look, we think Tupac's murder may be connected to Biggie's, so if there's anything you could tell us about that night.
Look, I don't know who killed Tupac, man.
I swear to God, I don't, but if I did, I'd tell you.
I would do anything.
'Cause he was your friend.
That's right.
Pac was special.
Okay, okay.
You tried to protect him.
You're good at your job.
What happened? Whose fault was it? Anything you know, please.
[FOREBODING MUSIC.]
Still the heavyweight champion of the world, Mike Tyson! We went to Vegas for the Mike Tyson fight.
You see, Pac, he loved himself some Tyson.
He could relate to him.
Why? 'Cause they both spent time in prison? Uh, that's part of it.
But, uh, I didn't know Pac before he went away, but I know that prison can change people.
Fight was quick.
Y'all remember how Tyson does.
Well, Pac was still amped up after we left the arena.
And that's when that Orlando Anderson thing happened.
[SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY.]
- Pac! - Come on, Blood.
ALL: Death Row! Blood! - Did Tupac know Orlando? - No.
But later we found out that he and a few other Crips tried to jump one of Suge's guys a few weeks earlier, take his Death Row chain.
So Tupac was just getting some payback for his friends.
Pac was loyal.
And he had a temper.
You wouldn't want to cross him.
Hm.
Is that what happened with him and Biggie? I mean they started out as friends, right? He never really talked to me about Biggie.
I'm gonna tell you that East Coast West Coast shit got out of control.
You say they they wanted you to lie.
Yeah, Suge's people.
They wanted me to To tell the cops, to tell a judge that Suge didn't kick anyone, that he was trying to stop the fight.
- [LAUGHS.]
- Yeah.
Guess Orlando was easier to convince.
Wait.
Orlando Anderson testified on Suge's behalf? - Willingly? - Yeah, well, all I know is that shit didn't work.
Okay, so the fight with Orlando happens and then what? I didn't want Pac to get arrested so we bounced.
Back to his room at the Luxor.
He wanted to change before going to the 662.
That was Suge's club.
- Was he staying with anybody? - Mm-hmm.
His girlfriend Kidada.
That's Quincy Jones' daughter.
Really? [HIP-HOP MUSIC.]
Whoo! You shoulda seen it! Just ran up and boom! - Did a Tyson on his ass.
- [GIGGLING.]
Babe.
- You okay? - Yeah.
You see this face? Look like it's been hit? - No.
- Right.
So where are we going? I'm going to the club.
You stay here till I get back.
Tupac.
There's too much going on right now.
Might not be safe for you.
Well, your hands will be full.
Come on, that ain't me no more, you know that.
I'm about my legacy now.
My company.
My music.
Okay? Only thing else that matters is you.
And fighting.
Everybody love the bad guy, right? Mm-hmm.
I'd take a bullet for you.
Come on, Frank, let's roll.
- Got everything? - Yeah.
Okay.
[DOOR CLOSES.]
Should have just stayed in the room.
I should have told him.
Say, "Pac, stay in the room tonight.
" Not like it would have mattered.
I mean, I loved that boy, but But God, he didn't listen.
Take Kidada's car.
I'm gonna ride with Suge.
No, no, Pac.
I don't recommend that.
It's okay.
[ELEVATOR DINGS.]
- You all right? - Yeah, yeah.
Listen, you cannot be getting into fights.
- They my home boys, Frank.
- I don't care.
My job is to protect you.
You understand? Don't worry, Frankie.
Tupac's not gonna get in any more trouble.
[CHUCKLING.]
Run quick see In an elevator with Frankie [LAUGHS.]
Yeah, finish it.
Finish it.
BOTH: La da da da - Okay.
- Come on, man.
Yeah, what am I gonna do with you? Pac, I'm serious.
Okay? You gotta watch yourself.
I know.
We, uh we drove to Suge's house first.
I took the Outlawz Tupac's group.
You know, everybody, they was partying, having a good time.
I can deal with that.
But when we headed back to the strip I had two problems.
Kidada's car was almost out of gas and I didn't have my gun.
Why didn't you have your gun? 'Cause Reggie said no guns at the club.
The risk of it getting shut down.
Reggie Reggie Wright Junior? - The head of Death Row Security? - Yeah.
[HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING.]
There was a few different ways to get to the club.
[CHEERING.]
But Suge, he took Flamingo.
He wanted to make his presence known.
Tupac! Tupac, is that you? [SHOUTING, CHEERING.]
[CAR HORNS BEEPING.]
Pac! What's up, Tupac? [SHUTTER CLICKS.]
See, all eyes was on Tupac.
They always were.
Everybody was just drawn to him.
They loved him.
And that's when we pulled up to the light at Koval.
[OMINOUS MUSIC.]
[INDISTINCT SHOUTING.]
[SHOUTING CONTINUES.]
[GUNFIRE.]
Pac! Pac! Pac! [TIRES SCREECHING.]
[WOMAN SCREAMING.]
I replay it in my mind.
Over and over again.
I can't block it out.
[VOICE BREAKING.]
It was just another white Cadillac.
Just another red light.
[SOLEMN MUSIC.]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER.]
Get back! Get back! Pac! Pac! [BREATHING HEAVILY.]
- Who shot you? - Pac! Oh, no, man! [TIRES SQUEALING.]
- [STRAINING.]
- What happened? - Who shot you? - Suge! Suge! - No, no, no, no, no.
- They shot him! - They shot - No, no, no, no, no, no.
- Come on, get the door open.
- [BOTH GRUNTING.]
God damn it! Someone help! Get back! Get back! Can't you see he's the victim? - [SIRENS WAILING.]
- Fucking door! [GRUNTING.]
Pac! Pac, you'll be all right.
Keep breathing.
My home boy been shot, man.
Why you on me? Get some fucking help.
- Call the ambulance.
- No, no.
They shot him! They shot him! [SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY.]
They shot my home boy! They shot my home boy! - They shot him! - Who shot you? [BREATHING RAGGEDLY.]
Who shot you? Fuck you.
[HEART BEAT THUMPING.]
[DISTANT SIREN WAILING.]
Nobody talks.
Not even when they're dying.
Nobody talks.
Great.
You're not talking.
Hey.
Why would Orlando Anderson testify on Suge's behalf? Probably, he didn't want to go to prison.
Maybe he paid him, I don't know.
Do you think do you think Suge paid the guy that Compton PD thinks killed Tupac? He was his all-star.
He was his money maker.
Why did he have one bodyguard that wasn't armed? - What are you saying? - What I've been saying.
I think we need to stop looking at these cases as simple gang murders, and stop looking at Suge Knight - as a simple gangster.
- It's not these murders.
Okay? Tupac is not our case.
- Richard McCauley's - McCauley we can't do anything about, Russ.
Okay? I mean, even if we ask about him, that just puts us in the shit.
That's just the rules of IA.
Okay? So you need to let it go, Russ.
We need to focus on what we are allowed to focus on.
Period.
Okay? [ENGINE STARTS.]
[BOTH LAUGHING.]
- Is this a Wayans brother? - Let me see.
Yeah, I think it is.
How many Wayans brothers are there? Four.
And then there's the sister Kim.
How the hell do you even know that? [LAUGHING.]
Oh, look who's back.
- How was Philly? - Cold.
And gray.
What we got? We got surveillance footage from the Petersen.
Tracked it down, had some stills blown up, - but it doesn't help much.
- 1997 technology.
- Any sign of Keefe D? - Nope.
Not yet.
So his story could be bullshit.
Maybe.
Maybe not.
The cameras inside the garage were facing towards the valet.
Keefe didn't valet.
Plus, we haven't found stills of people we know for a fact did valet.
That's why we should go straight at this mope.
Come on, Keefe's not some kind of gangbanging genius.
- He's a thug.
- Come on, we already I told you we're not gonna do that kind of stuff.
Why are you the one in charge? What? You heard me.
Now, this case isn't complicated.
The way I see it the LAPD and Russell Poole just screwed it up, and I'm not interested in - watching you do the same thing.
- Oh, okay, - so you want control? - Yeah.
You want to kick in some doors, show Keefe's what's up? - I want to do what's necessary.
- Like you did in Philly? What did I do in Philly? Oh, you didn't shoot the guy we interviewed, I'll give you that.
Brother, who's side are you on? I'm on the side of getting this thing solved.
Now, I hear where you come from.
But this task force here requires a different type of work.
The kind that Greg has the most experience doing.
He'll get the job done.
You're the boss.
[DISTANT DOG BARKING.]
[SOLEMN MUSIC.]
[CLEARS THROAT.]
Officer Perkins? Yes? Russell Poole, RHD.
I'm working the Christopher Wallace murder.
Biggie.
Okay.
Can I buy you a beer? [ROCK MUSIC PLAYING.]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER.]
So, April of last year, you start investigating several complaints about Can Am Studios in Tarzana, aka Death Row Records.
Yeah, you don't have to remind me.
The complaints were nonstop.
Seems loud music and gang members don't go over too well in the Valley.
- Gang members? - Some for sure.
There were several incidents, arrests.
What about, uh, Death Row Security? - What about it? - Well, the guys working it.
Did they seem professional? [CLEARS THROAT.]
What you getting at? Were any of them cops? I can't talk about that.
Richard McCauley.
Look, if you know that name, you know I can't talk about that.
And you can't ask me about it either.
Okay.
Then I'll limit it to this.
Were there any other LAPD Officers working at Death Row? I don't know any names.
But That place was crawling with cops.
[EXHALES SHARPLY.]
Here you go.
Put a little hair on your head.
Don't hate on my clean look.
Keefe's not in any of these stills.
Went over again and again.
Yeah, I know.
Doesn't mean anything though.
I guess I was just hoping we could clear him, move on from the Crips.
And now? And now we figure out who to target next.
Thank you for having my back earlier today.
No problem.
I mean last thing we need is you and - Biggie and Tupac on each other.
- Yeah.
Yeah, well, tucker and I were never friends.
[HIP-HOP MUSIC.]
Yeah, now that's what I'm talking about, dude.
Not no Solid Gold shit.
Yeah, yeah, just give me a sec to get this one part right.
Then we can keep working.
Oh, my God.
This is like Mo.
Always holding a nigga up.
[CHUCKLES.]
You gonna thank me later.
- [SCOFFS.]
- [LAUGHS.]
[DIAL BUTTONS BEEPING.]
Yo.
How's Cali, Duke? - What up, Big? - Aw, ain't nothin', baby.
Trying to see what's new with you.
Me? Nigga, ain't you finishing your album? Yeah, shit coming together, man.
Nah, you ain't feeling it.
Nah, it's tight.
Except damn, how you know? 'Cause I know.
Yo, Puff got me on some sucka shit.
I'm talking crazy soft R&B singers.
Look, I got you.
I'm coming out.
[SCOFFS.]
Yeah, a'ight.
Might have some of that good la waiting to the Southies, baby.
You gonna be at the crib or the studio? What? Nigga, I just told you I'm coming out.
What you mean you coming out? Tomorrow.
My black ass is on a plane to New York.
[STAMMERING.]
Say word? I'll see you tomorrow.
Wait [PHONE BEEPS.]
[HIP-HOP BEATS CONTINUES.]
- Tupac was 25.
- Kids man.
It's been almost ten years.
RHD investigated it, led by Russell Poole.
You know anything about him? I know that he thought the cops - might have been involved.
- Who is he? Kevin Gaines, and he's one of ours too.
If Gaines is as shady as you think, then it's up to IA to do something about it.
So we're just back in the rotation? No, you're back up.
Christopher Wallace.
That's our reward? We get Biggie? - Biggie? - Mm-hmm.
I want you to join me.
Got the green light to go outside the LAPD for the task force.
Feds, Compton, whoever we need.
We at least need to consult Vegas PD.
- Vegas? - There is a very real possibility that the murder of Biggie Smalls is directly related to the murder of Tupac.
Latest tip we've got actually points to a Crip.
Keefe D.
Keefe's got a nephew, guy named Orlando Anderson.
Might be the guy that killed Tupac.
Maybe we should take that trip up to Vegas after all, huh? [DJ QUIK'S "DOLLAZ & SENSE".]
Uh, now let's get down to business, bitches 'Cause it just seems like y'all just keep on tryin' To diss this, so when we cross paths And I hope that's soon I'ma boot yo' motherfuckin' ass To the moon Death Row is a way of life.
It's an all-the-time 24/7 thing.
Ain't nobody gonna change that.
Blood in, blood out.
- Su-Woo! - High rulers.
- High niggas.
- On Blood.
- Man, fuck yeah.
- It's important, right? - Su-Woo.
- Just like that.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER.]
- Learned from the best.
- [LAUGHING.]
Learned from the best now? I know you were talking about me.
That chain will look real good on my dog.
[DJ QUIK'S "BORN AND RAISED IN COMPTON".]
I come from the school of the sly, wicked And the slick, a lotta people already know What you say, you little mark ass bitch? Of the jackers and the crack, Compton Yeah, that's the name Of my hometown Born and raised in Compton Born and raised [GRUNTING.]
Born and raised in Compton Come on, Blood.
Get out the way.
Come on.
Come on, Blood.
- You little punk ass nigga.
- Shit.
- Do shit, man.
- What's wrong? What's wrong? Yeah! [SIREN WAILING.]
[DISTANT YELLING.]
[DOG BARKING.]
[SIGHS DEEPLY.]
[LINE CLICKS.]
Hey.
Oh, God damn it.
No, no, no, no, I understand.
I just wish there was, uh I wish there was something.
Mm-hmm.
No, I know that.
I know that no news is good news.
Okay.
Well, just keep me updated.
All right.
Thank you.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC.]
[PHONES RINGING.]
- [INDISTINCT CHATTER.]
- LAPD tip line, how may I help you? This is chaos.
Grace, is this a fallout from "America's Most Wanted"? Biggie was a smash last night.
And we get all the tips? That is so wonderful.
Plenty of people for you guys to call back.
Take your pick.
- I like your tie, Russ.
- Hm? Thanks.
- Russ? - What? Lieutenant, uh, can we get a word? Yeah.
Hey, thank you.
Come on.
We need to get to Vegas.
No, you need to help answer all the calls that are coming in.
You're the lead detectives on this case.
Which means we should not be the ones chasing the bullshit tips.
Sir, if we could get to Vegas Jesus Christ.
How many times do I have to tell you guys? You're working the Biggie case.
Not the Tupack case.
It's, uh it's Tupac, sir.
- Pac.
- What about Keefe D? We're still trying to verify his alibi.
- He says he was in the garage - Keefe D is not our guy.
You keep telling me that, but you don't have anyone better.
Until you do, I suggest you weigh your options.
We don't have a case against Keefe.
If we did, we'd charge him, sir.
- He's right, Lieutenant.
- The most interesting thing - about Keefe is that - Yeah, I know.
Is that he's related to a guy that may have shot Tupack - Tupac.
- Says you.
I know, so what? I think Biggie's murder is related to Tupac's murder.
And if I'm right, maybe Vegas can tell us more.
Anything they can tell us will help us.
Unless LAPD wants "America's Most Wanted" to solve all their cases from now on.
[CHUCKLES.]
Well, at least he's not talking about Kevin Gaines anymore, right? Okay.
I'll get Vegas signed off on.
And for now you help man on the phones.
Thank you, sir.
[PHONES RINGING.]
Miller, Miller, Miller, come here, come here, come here.
- I think I got something.
- No shit? "America's Most Wanted" caller came through - with something rock solid.
- What is it? Get this.
The shooter was Oprah.
- You're a dick.
- It says ri Oprah.
Ms Ms.
Winfrey if you're nasty.
- Did you get her number? - [LAUGHS.]
[HIP-HOP MUSIC.]
[DISTANT SIRENS WAILING.]
- Morning, Brian.
- Here you are.
Back on Federal property just like you wanted.
Yeah, well, commute still sucks.
- Dupers! - My man.
This is a nice car, Officer.
Somebody on this task force has to look good.
- [LAUGHS.]
- Hey, I thought that was me.
Come on, let's go meet my all-stars.
[LAUGHING.]
Here we go.
Day one, boys.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC.]
Welcome everybody to the Christopher Wallace Task Force.
Biggie Smalls, Notorious B.
I.
G.
, call him whatever the hell you want, but this task force will solve his murder.
Now, each of you is gonna get a key to this office.
We are our own independent unit.
Nobody else gets past that door.
This man right here, this is Brian Tyndall, - retired LAPD.
- I'm not retired.
Oh, yeah.
[SNAPS FINGERS.]
Sorry, I keep forgetting that.
Brian is gonna get us whatever we need.
He's gonna coordinate with the brass, okay? - Brennan.
- Call me Blondie.
- Blondie, what's up? - How are we supposed to solve this thing when no one has? Maybe it was solved, and the LAPD just doesn't want to admit it because the department was involved.
Don't bring that Russell Poole nonsense in here.
It's conspiracy theory bullshit.
Says the cops.
Look, did you ever work LAPD? - 'Cause I didn't.
- Sorry, Compton PD.
So corrupt they shut the entire department down.
- Hm? - [CHUCKLES.]
- Come on.
- I heard the FBI did it.
- Say what now? - Come on.
Feds been going after powerful black man since Hoover.
Then you went and took their paychecks, sister.
- Ooh.
- I heard he's not even dead.
- What? - You didn't know? Biggie and Tupac, chilling in Cuba.
Looks like you've been chilling in Cuba with those flip-flops.
[LIGHT LAUGHTER.]
Look, it's been ten years.
That is a mountain of police work, but when you start to dig into it, it boils down to three workable theories.
- Dupers.
- Theory number one: Biggie was killed by Suge Knight and the Bloods.
Retaliation for Tupac.
Theory number two: Suge again, only this time he worked with the LAPD - to get his revenge.
- Come on, cops didn't do this.
Not the LAPD, not the Compton PD, - not the sheriff's department.
- Every theory's true until we prove otherwise, Tucker.
Go ahead.
Last but not least, theory number three: Biggie was killed by Southside Crips over an unpaid debt.
Fine, you boiled it down.
Where the hell do we start? The beginning.
1997.
Day one.
First person that the LAPD looked into.
Southside Crip by the name of Duane Keith Davis.
AKA Keefe D.
[TENSE MUSIC.]
He's where we start.
- [INDISTINCT CHATTER.]
- [HIP-HOP MUSIC.]
That's Suge Knight.
That's Suge Knight.
[LAUGHS.]
Ho yo, yo, yo.
- That's Tupac, bro.
- What? Yo, Tupac is here, bro.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER.]
No, no, no, Big Frank! You're not standing there telling me Mike is afraid of any man.
I'm not saying Mike is afraid of anything.
He should be fighting Lewis not Seldon.
- Mike will whup Lewis.
- How you gonna Never underestimate a man wrongfully imprisoned.
It only makes him stronger, baby.
- Hey, Pac! - Yo.
[GUNS COCK.]
Yo, what's wrong with you, man? You can't be walking up on me, nigga.
You don't know me.
Pac, chill.
They just kids.
It's all right.
I'll talk to him.
- You okay? - Look, it's cool, a'ight? Y'all just can't be walking up on me.
Where you little niggas from? - Long Beach.
- So you know my homie Snoop? - We know Snoop, yeah.
- Yeah, we know Snoop.
What y'all doing out here? We had a football game.
- Who had a football game? - We did.
- You win? - No.
Aw, that's too bad.
I was all-conference in UNLV.
Aw sh Suge 'bout to go back to the glory days.
[MOCKING.]
"I played all-conference at UNLV.
" You damn right, hey, and then after that I tore up the NFL.
Nigga, you played in two games.
Y'all see a jersey with his name on it? - Hell no.
- No, right? Hey, that's your coach? - Uh, yeah.
- Let's go.
[WHISTLES.]
Time to go.
Hey, if you need any pointers.
Hey! Don't tell him about them guns.
- Shit, I ain't no snitch, man.
- Me either.
Yeah, a'ight.
Yo, Pac.
Westside.
Fuck Biggie.
Hell yeah.
[TENSE MUSIC.]
Viva Las Vegas Come on, you telling me you don't like Elvis? I love Elvis, when he's the one who's singing.
Eh.
It's not too late, you know.
For what? You could ask little Miss America's Most Wanted to go on our trip with us.
Your tie was not that nice.
Oh, what do you mean? Grace? You are some detective.
Yeah.
Grace.
It's not against the rules to date a department secretary.
- I think.
- I'm not even divorced.
Yet.
Oh, come on.
I'm sorry.
I crossed a line.
I know, I'm just trying to look out for you.
- Fine.
- We good? We are so good.
[CLEARS THROAT.]
On a road trip.
Okay.
As long as you do me one favor.
- Yeah.
- Just try not to sing.
[SINGING LOUDLY.]
Viva Las Vegas Tyson with the left hook and Seldon is down.
[ALL SPEAKING AT ONCE.]
Whoo! 50 blows, baby.
I counted it.
Whoo! Yeah! [INDISTINCT CHATTER.]
Who you see? That's that nigga Lando, Blood.
Oh, Crab from the mall? Oh, we got to make this shit right.
- What's up? - Remember the nigga jump me in the mall? - Right there.
- From the mall.
- Pac.
- Oh, shit.
[ECHOING.]
Pac.
[HIP-HOP MUSIC.]
Oh, Pac.
Pac! Come on! Blood! Come on.
We got to go.
[SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY.]
Death Row! [INDISTINCT SHOUTING.]
All right, Tupac punches him then Knight and his guys do the rest.
That one there goes by Buntry.
And there's Neckbone.
You see that kick right there by Suge? Got him nine years.
Oh, that's right.
The probation violation.
Actually kind of funny, you think all the shit that Knight has done over the years and a kick finally puts him away.
What the hell was the fight all about? Something about a chain.
Only thing we know for sure is there was some kind of prior beef.
You guys think, uh, Orlando or some other Crip shot Tupac that night? That's what Compton PD thinks.
Compton PD thought they were better than us.
Is that what you think? We're just looking for more information.
One department to another.
Hm.
Well here's a little tidbit for ya.
Reggie Wright Senior heads up the Compton Gang Unit, while his son Reggie Junior works for Suge.
Runs his security.
In other words, how can anybody trust what Compton PD says? But you still looked into Orlando, yeah? Of course we did.
Problem is nobody would tell us anything.
Not Suge who was sitting right next to Tupac when he got shot.
Not Tupac's bodyguard who was driving right behind him.
No one.
Live by the sword, die by the sword.
People crying over Tupac.
Come on, he was just a gangster with a microphone.
Duane "Keefe D" Davis.
Came up in Biggie's investigation.
Southside Crip.
He's also Orlando's uncle.
- Ring a bell? - Not off the top of my head.
- You say this Keefe's a Crip? - Yeah.
Well, do us all a favor, would ya? Tell them all to stay in LA from now on, huh? Why? You worried they're gonna scare away all the hookers? Could you guys get us a list of everybody that you interviewed? Or tried to interview, at least.
Crips, Bloods, just anyone that was with Death Row that night.
- Yeah, I can get you that.
- Great.
Oh, hey.
One more thing.
Where are you guys with your investigation? Tupac? Same place you guys are gonna be six months from now.
Frustrated, aware the public doesn't think we're doing our job.
But how are we supposed to solve this thing when no one will talk? Hey, what do you think? Was it worth the trip? Um, it doesn't look like it.
We should hit the tables.
Maybe get something out of this.
Do you think the Crips shot Tupac? Uh, I think it's as likely as anything else.
Maybe Tupac just punched the wrong guy.
Baby Lane.
We should have names like that for each other.
Hm? Yeah, these guys had these great nicknames like - Neckbone and Heron.
- Mm.
You and me, what are we? We're Russ and Fred.
Richard McCauley doesn't have a nickname.
- Who's Richard McCauley? - I have no idea.
He's lucky they didn't nickname him Baby Dick though, huh? Partner, you made a joke.
I am so proud of you.
Just remember we are working the Biggie murder.
Okay? We are not working the Tupac murder.
You want to talk about that, - I'll be down at the tables.
- Mm-hmm.
Winning.
[DOOR OPENS, CLOSES.]
McCauley.
I drove a '95 Cutlass, a rental.
Was waiting on it when Biggie got shot.
Were you waiting on the street? I was in the garage.
You can check the surveillance camera.
Had on a blue shirt, blue Jordans.
Shit, I was waiting with my homies.
Okay, so we know what Keefe D's alibi was in '97.
He claimed that he was in the garage at the Petersen when Biggie got shot.
What we don't know was if that alibi was ever proved.
- In fact - So, in this theory the Crips killed Biggie and Tupac? We're we're just talking.
Southside definitely killed Tupac though.
I mean it was revenge for the beatdown at the MGM.
We don't know that.
I wasn't just the only one who thought so.
The whole Compton Gang Unit did.
We told Vegas PD, but they didn't listen.
Word was that they didn't trust us, but if you ask me they They don't even understand the culture.
That don't mean Southside didn't kill Biggie too.
- Come on.
- Or do I not understand "the culture" either? Look, Dupree, I worked the streets a long time, okay? I was raised in those streets.
Let me see if I got this.
LAPD gets a tip that Keefe killed Biggie.
They learn he has an Impala.
They bring him in.
He says, "I didn't do this shit.
" Yeah, and then he goes to prison a few months later - on Federal drug charges.
- Yeah, but he's out now.
- So? - So why don't we go - after him then? - We need more.
We need to work on his alibi, see if he was telling the truth.
What we need is surveillance footage - from that garage.
- What about the white SUV? Oh, look who came to visit us.
I'm talking about the so-called diversion car.
Came South on Fairfax and cut off some of Biggie's security.
[TIRES SCREECHING.]
Was it intentional? No, those guys were all interviewed in '97.
They were all part of Biggie's entourage.
They had nothing to hide.
I say we stay on Keefe.
Yeah, Scott Shephard and Ernest Anderson.
Found their phone records in the case files, all the way to 2001.
So? So, Anderson called Suge Knight.
- A lot.
- What? What? [SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC.]
Why would members of Biggie's entourage be calling Suge? - We should find that out.
- Anderson's local.
But Shephard lives in Philly.
Okay, we should split up, interview these guys in teams.
Wait, we can just do that? Fly to Philly, no questions asked? Yeah.
We're a Federal task force.
We can do whatever we want.
Hey, Scott.
I'm Daryn and this is Detective Lee Tucker.
Yeah, uh, nice to meet you.
We just want to ask you a couple of questions.
Any idea why? I mean I ain't do nothing.
Then again when has that ever stopped the police? I hear you.
Look, we're from LA.
- What? - Yeah, flew all the way to Philly to talk to you about Biggie's murder.
We don't want to hear any of that bullshit.
You know I talked to the cops back in '97.
We know.
Have your statement.
Just want you to clear up some things.
Yeah, you said that you were part of Biggie's entourage the night that he was shot, right? - Yeah.
- How did you know Biggie? I I didn't.
Um, uh, Scott did.
I knew Big for years.
Back from my party promotin' days.
Bet that shit was on point.
Yeah, yeah, it was It was wild.
Hey! We didn't fly across the country so we could stroll down memory lane with your ass.
Now get to the Petersen.
A'ight.
Ernest had heard that Biggie was gonna be in LA.
And he wanted to meet him.
To pitch him a movie I was developing.
You know, I'm I'm a screenwriter.
Oh, really? That's cool.
- How'd that go? - Oh, fine.
You know, Biggie Biggie took the time to hang with me.
So, you know, he was He was mad cool, so Let's back up.
The party.
You drove to it in a white SUV, right? Uh, y-yeah.
A Land Cruiser.
[SIGHS.]
Man, we already told the cops all this.
You think we give a shit? Tell us again.
Just refresh our memory, Scott.
Where were you when Biggie was shot? I was still in the garage.
Ernest had gone around to get his car.
By the time he came up, people were screaming and and yelling "Biggie got shot, Biggie got shot!" Shit was crazy.
So I jumped - in the car with Ernest.
- You're lying.
You and your boy were long gone out of that garage.
You cut off Biggie's security, that's accessory to murder.
- Man, what you talking about? - [THUD.]
Don't you interrupt me! Everybody knows that Suge had it in for Biggie and Bad Boy.
Maybe he asked you to do him some kind of favor that night.
Block his security.
You didn't know why.
I mean, if that's what happened, it's okay we can help you.
All right, look.
I ain't do Suge no favors.
All right? And the only plan I ever heard about was that that Suge cop shit.
- From a book.
- If you're lying, Ernest No, no, I'm not lying.
I'm not lying.
Then why have you been calling Suge Knight over the years? Yo, that's what all this is about? Shit, man, that's all Ernest.
- Yeah, that's his thing.
- Nah.
You two were in this together.
The only question is which one of you is Bonnie and which one of you is Clyde.
It ain't like that.
So why don't you bang on the table some more.
- Brother.
- [MUTTERING ANGRILY.]
What do you mean it's his thing? I called Suge for the same reason I wanted to meet Biggie.
To develop movies with them, okay? I mean, you can check my IMDb page.
I ain't no gangster.
- I got credits.
- Yeah, yeah.
I I'm sorry we even brought you in here, Ernest.
It was obviously a different group of guys in a different white SUV, right? Wait There is one thing You should know about though.
[FLUSHING.]
[CELL PHONE BUZZING.]
What's up? Hey, there may have been a spotter.
- What? - At the Petersen.
There was a girl hanging around Biggie's table.
Black, long hair, pretty.
Biggie always had ladies around.
Yeah, well, this was different.
Our guy Ernest said that he made eye contact with her and then she acted all rude to him.
Okay, so maybe Ernest wasn't famous enough for her.
- She wanted Big Poppa.
- Yeah, but the thing is later that same girl in the parking garage walks up to Ernest, now she's all nice to him.
And then she asked what car Biggie's in.
Maybe she was still trying to get at Biggie.
[MUTTERING.]
Yeah.
The question is why.
You learn anything on your end? Only that Tucker doesn't play.
Felt like I was working with the Hulk.
Well, maybe he was playing bad cop to your good cop.
I would have liked to be in on it.
Well, all I can say is have a nice flight back to LA, buddy.
Yeah.
Why did I have to come to Philly? Because I'm in charge, Dupers.
That's why.
See you soon.
Ain't that a bitch.
Let me guess: One of you married a showgirl and the other lost all his money playing slots.
Not exactly.
- It was blackjack.
- [CHUCKLES.]
What do you need? The list of people you gave us.
There was a name on it that we wanted to ask you about, Richard McCauley.
McCauley.
Yeah, he doesn't have a nickname or a mugshot like pretty much everybody else - on this list.
- McCauley, McCauley.
That's the cop that was with Death Row.
[TENSE MUSIC.]
- Did you say cop? - Yeah.
It was one of yours, LAPD.
You didn't know? I talked to somebody from Internal Affairs not long after Tupac died.
No, we didn't know.
Can we use your phone? [TENSE MUSIC.]
McCauley's under active investigation by IA.
I know.
He was moonlighting at Death Row after being specifically told not to.
Come on.
I know, Russ.
I was on the call.
We have to find out more.
We need to find out what he was doing and why he wouldn't stop doing it.
We can't, okay? Hey, I mean I'm intrigued too.
IA literally can't talk to us.
They're not allowed to.
I'm surprised they told us as much as they did.
First, Kevin Gaines, now McCauley.
That is two LAPD officers working for Death Row.
- Cops moonlight.
- [SIGHS.]
This is this is something bigger.
All right, Gaines is dead, right? McCauley, IA can't talk to us about McCauley, Russ.
I'm sorry, that's just the way it is.
[ELEVATOR DINGS.]
What if there's someone else who can tell us about McCauley? Who? You were a marine, huh? I've been lots of things.
Including Tupac's bodyguard, huh? We here to talk about my job history or you gonna tell me what this is about? We're working the Christopher Wallace murder.
Well, I don't know anything about that.
I'm not saying that you do, but some things have come up about Death Row we just wanted to ask you about.
Oh, you can ask.
- Doesn't mean I'm gonna answer.
- Okay.
Do you know who, uh, Richard McCauley is? - No.
- "No" like no or like you don't want to tell us? Like, no, I don't know the guy.
Why? Who is he? LAPD officer who worked for Death Row.
That's no surprise.
I worked the Orange County Jails.
Yeah, that's not really the same thing.
What about Kevin Gaines? No.
Not him either.
But that doesn't matter.
'Cause I had one job and one job only.
That was to protect Pac.
We all know how that turned out.
No offense.
Okay, first of all, sir, you don't know what you talking about.
- No? - No, you don't.
Pac's death was not my fault.
I was always asking for more security for him.
Always.
- Okay.
- Then Pac gets killed.
Then all the sudden they want me to lie for them? - They? What? - Who's "they"? Wait.
Lie about what? Who's "they"? Look, we think Tupac's murder may be connected to Biggie's, so if there's anything you could tell us about that night.
Look, I don't know who killed Tupac, man.
I swear to God, I don't, but if I did, I'd tell you.
I would do anything.
'Cause he was your friend.
That's right.
Pac was special.
Okay, okay.
You tried to protect him.
You're good at your job.
What happened? Whose fault was it? Anything you know, please.
[FOREBODING MUSIC.]
Still the heavyweight champion of the world, Mike Tyson! We went to Vegas for the Mike Tyson fight.
You see, Pac, he loved himself some Tyson.
He could relate to him.
Why? 'Cause they both spent time in prison? Uh, that's part of it.
But, uh, I didn't know Pac before he went away, but I know that prison can change people.
Fight was quick.
Y'all remember how Tyson does.
Well, Pac was still amped up after we left the arena.
And that's when that Orlando Anderson thing happened.
[SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY.]
- Pac! - Come on, Blood.
ALL: Death Row! Blood! - Did Tupac know Orlando? - No.
But later we found out that he and a few other Crips tried to jump one of Suge's guys a few weeks earlier, take his Death Row chain.
So Tupac was just getting some payback for his friends.
Pac was loyal.
And he had a temper.
You wouldn't want to cross him.
Hm.
Is that what happened with him and Biggie? I mean they started out as friends, right? He never really talked to me about Biggie.
I'm gonna tell you that East Coast West Coast shit got out of control.
You say they they wanted you to lie.
Yeah, Suge's people.
They wanted me to To tell the cops, to tell a judge that Suge didn't kick anyone, that he was trying to stop the fight.
- [LAUGHS.]
- Yeah.
Guess Orlando was easier to convince.
Wait.
Orlando Anderson testified on Suge's behalf? - Willingly? - Yeah, well, all I know is that shit didn't work.
Okay, so the fight with Orlando happens and then what? I didn't want Pac to get arrested so we bounced.
Back to his room at the Luxor.
He wanted to change before going to the 662.
That was Suge's club.
- Was he staying with anybody? - Mm-hmm.
His girlfriend Kidada.
That's Quincy Jones' daughter.
Really? [HIP-HOP MUSIC.]
Whoo! You shoulda seen it! Just ran up and boom! - Did a Tyson on his ass.
- [GIGGLING.]
Babe.
- You okay? - Yeah.
You see this face? Look like it's been hit? - No.
- Right.
So where are we going? I'm going to the club.
You stay here till I get back.
Tupac.
There's too much going on right now.
Might not be safe for you.
Well, your hands will be full.
Come on, that ain't me no more, you know that.
I'm about my legacy now.
My company.
My music.
Okay? Only thing else that matters is you.
And fighting.
Everybody love the bad guy, right? Mm-hmm.
I'd take a bullet for you.
Come on, Frank, let's roll.
- Got everything? - Yeah.
Okay.
[DOOR CLOSES.]
Should have just stayed in the room.
I should have told him.
Say, "Pac, stay in the room tonight.
" Not like it would have mattered.
I mean, I loved that boy, but But God, he didn't listen.
Take Kidada's car.
I'm gonna ride with Suge.
No, no, Pac.
I don't recommend that.
It's okay.
[ELEVATOR DINGS.]
- You all right? - Yeah, yeah.
Listen, you cannot be getting into fights.
- They my home boys, Frank.
- I don't care.
My job is to protect you.
You understand? Don't worry, Frankie.
Tupac's not gonna get in any more trouble.
[CHUCKLING.]
Run quick see In an elevator with Frankie [LAUGHS.]
Yeah, finish it.
Finish it.
BOTH: La da da da - Okay.
- Come on, man.
Yeah, what am I gonna do with you? Pac, I'm serious.
Okay? You gotta watch yourself.
I know.
We, uh we drove to Suge's house first.
I took the Outlawz Tupac's group.
You know, everybody, they was partying, having a good time.
I can deal with that.
But when we headed back to the strip I had two problems.
Kidada's car was almost out of gas and I didn't have my gun.
Why didn't you have your gun? 'Cause Reggie said no guns at the club.
The risk of it getting shut down.
Reggie Reggie Wright Junior? - The head of Death Row Security? - Yeah.
[HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING.]
There was a few different ways to get to the club.
[CHEERING.]
But Suge, he took Flamingo.
He wanted to make his presence known.
Tupac! Tupac, is that you? [SHOUTING, CHEERING.]
[CAR HORNS BEEPING.]
Pac! What's up, Tupac? [SHUTTER CLICKS.]
See, all eyes was on Tupac.
They always were.
Everybody was just drawn to him.
They loved him.
And that's when we pulled up to the light at Koval.
[OMINOUS MUSIC.]
[INDISTINCT SHOUTING.]
[SHOUTING CONTINUES.]
[GUNFIRE.]
Pac! Pac! Pac! [TIRES SCREECHING.]
[WOMAN SCREAMING.]
I replay it in my mind.
Over and over again.
I can't block it out.
[VOICE BREAKING.]
It was just another white Cadillac.
Just another red light.
[SOLEMN MUSIC.]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER.]
Get back! Get back! Pac! Pac! [BREATHING HEAVILY.]
- Who shot you? - Pac! Oh, no, man! [TIRES SQUEALING.]
- [STRAINING.]
- What happened? - Who shot you? - Suge! Suge! - No, no, no, no, no.
- They shot him! - They shot - No, no, no, no, no, no.
- Come on, get the door open.
- [BOTH GRUNTING.]
God damn it! Someone help! Get back! Get back! Can't you see he's the victim? - [SIRENS WAILING.]
- Fucking door! [GRUNTING.]
Pac! Pac, you'll be all right.
Keep breathing.
My home boy been shot, man.
Why you on me? Get some fucking help.
- Call the ambulance.
- No, no.
They shot him! They shot him! [SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY.]
They shot my home boy! They shot my home boy! - They shot him! - Who shot you? [BREATHING RAGGEDLY.]
Who shot you? Fuck you.
[HEART BEAT THUMPING.]
[DISTANT SIREN WAILING.]
Nobody talks.
Not even when they're dying.
Nobody talks.
Great.
You're not talking.
Hey.
Why would Orlando Anderson testify on Suge's behalf? Probably, he didn't want to go to prison.
Maybe he paid him, I don't know.
Do you think do you think Suge paid the guy that Compton PD thinks killed Tupac? He was his all-star.
He was his money maker.
Why did he have one bodyguard that wasn't armed? - What are you saying? - What I've been saying.
I think we need to stop looking at these cases as simple gang murders, and stop looking at Suge Knight - as a simple gangster.
- It's not these murders.
Okay? Tupac is not our case.
- Richard McCauley's - McCauley we can't do anything about, Russ.
Okay? I mean, even if we ask about him, that just puts us in the shit.
That's just the rules of IA.
Okay? So you need to let it go, Russ.
We need to focus on what we are allowed to focus on.
Period.
Okay? [ENGINE STARTS.]
[BOTH LAUGHING.]
- Is this a Wayans brother? - Let me see.
Yeah, I think it is.
How many Wayans brothers are there? Four.
And then there's the sister Kim.
How the hell do you even know that? [LAUGHING.]
Oh, look who's back.
- How was Philly? - Cold.
And gray.
What we got? We got surveillance footage from the Petersen.
Tracked it down, had some stills blown up, - but it doesn't help much.
- 1997 technology.
- Any sign of Keefe D? - Nope.
Not yet.
So his story could be bullshit.
Maybe.
Maybe not.
The cameras inside the garage were facing towards the valet.
Keefe didn't valet.
Plus, we haven't found stills of people we know for a fact did valet.
That's why we should go straight at this mope.
Come on, Keefe's not some kind of gangbanging genius.
- He's a thug.
- Come on, we already I told you we're not gonna do that kind of stuff.
Why are you the one in charge? What? You heard me.
Now, this case isn't complicated.
The way I see it the LAPD and Russell Poole just screwed it up, and I'm not interested in - watching you do the same thing.
- Oh, okay, - so you want control? - Yeah.
You want to kick in some doors, show Keefe's what's up? - I want to do what's necessary.
- Like you did in Philly? What did I do in Philly? Oh, you didn't shoot the guy we interviewed, I'll give you that.
Brother, who's side are you on? I'm on the side of getting this thing solved.
Now, I hear where you come from.
But this task force here requires a different type of work.
The kind that Greg has the most experience doing.
He'll get the job done.
You're the boss.
[DISTANT DOG BARKING.]
[SOLEMN MUSIC.]
[CLEARS THROAT.]
Officer Perkins? Yes? Russell Poole, RHD.
I'm working the Christopher Wallace murder.
Biggie.
Okay.
Can I buy you a beer? [ROCK MUSIC PLAYING.]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER.]
So, April of last year, you start investigating several complaints about Can Am Studios in Tarzana, aka Death Row Records.
Yeah, you don't have to remind me.
The complaints were nonstop.
Seems loud music and gang members don't go over too well in the Valley.
- Gang members? - Some for sure.
There were several incidents, arrests.
What about, uh, Death Row Security? - What about it? - Well, the guys working it.
Did they seem professional? [CLEARS THROAT.]
What you getting at? Were any of them cops? I can't talk about that.
Richard McCauley.
Look, if you know that name, you know I can't talk about that.
And you can't ask me about it either.
Okay.
Then I'll limit it to this.
Were there any other LAPD Officers working at Death Row? I don't know any names.
But That place was crawling with cops.
[EXHALES SHARPLY.]
Here you go.
Put a little hair on your head.
Don't hate on my clean look.
Keefe's not in any of these stills.
Went over again and again.
Yeah, I know.
Doesn't mean anything though.
I guess I was just hoping we could clear him, move on from the Crips.
And now? And now we figure out who to target next.
Thank you for having my back earlier today.
No problem.
I mean last thing we need is you and - Biggie and Tupac on each other.
- Yeah.
Yeah, well, tucker and I were never friends.
[HIP-HOP MUSIC.]
Yeah, now that's what I'm talking about, dude.
Not no Solid Gold shit.
Yeah, yeah, just give me a sec to get this one part right.
Then we can keep working.
Oh, my God.
This is like Mo.
Always holding a nigga up.
[CHUCKLES.]
You gonna thank me later.
- [SCOFFS.]
- [LAUGHS.]
[DIAL BUTTONS BEEPING.]
Yo.
How's Cali, Duke? - What up, Big? - Aw, ain't nothin', baby.
Trying to see what's new with you.
Me? Nigga, ain't you finishing your album? Yeah, shit coming together, man.
Nah, you ain't feeling it.
Nah, it's tight.
Except damn, how you know? 'Cause I know.
Yo, Puff got me on some sucka shit.
I'm talking crazy soft R&B singers.
Look, I got you.
I'm coming out.
[SCOFFS.]
Yeah, a'ight.
Might have some of that good la waiting to the Southies, baby.
You gonna be at the crib or the studio? What? Nigga, I just told you I'm coming out.
What you mean you coming out? Tomorrow.
My black ass is on a plane to New York.
[STAMMERING.]
Say word? I'll see you tomorrow.
Wait [PHONE BEEPS.]
[HIP-HOP BEATS CONTINUES.]