Dee ihe ga-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - N'afọ 1996, ka ọ na-edekọ album nke abụọ ya, Wallace dabara n'ọgba aghara hip hop nke East Coast na West Coast. Mgbe Tupac Shakur nwụsịrị n'ihe mberede ụgbọala
na Las Vegas na Septemba 1996, ịkọ nkọ banyere itinye aka na ogbugbu Shakur site na ndị omempụ na-agba gburugburu okirikiri Bad Boy gbara gburugburu n'ihi esemokwu ọha na eze nke Wallace na Shakur. Na March 9, 1997, mgbe ọ na-eleta Los Angeles, e gburu Wallace n'ọgba aghara site n'ụgbọala. A mabeghị onye wakporo ya. E wepụtara album nke abụọ nke Wallace "Life After Death", album abụọ, ka izu abụọ gasịrị. Ọ ruru nọmba otu na "Billboard" 200, ma mechaa nweta asambodo diamond na US.