Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A lokacin 1996, yayin da yake rikodin kundi na biyu, Wallace ya shiga cikin rikice-rikicen East Coast da West Coast hip hop. Bayan mutuwar Tupac Shakur a wani harbi na drive-by
a Las Vegas a watan Satumbar 1996, jita-jitar shiga cikin kisan Shakur ta hanyar masu aikata laifuka da ke kewaye da kewayen Bad Boy ya kewaya sakamakon sakamakon Wallace na jama'a da Shakur. A ranar 9 ga Maris, 1997, yayin da yake ziyartar Los Angeles, an kashe Wallace a wani harbi na drive-by. Har yanzu ba a san wanda ya kai harin ba. An sake sakin kundin waƙoƙin Wallace na biyu "Life After Death", kundin kundi biyu, makonni biyu bayan haka. Ya kai lamba ɗaya a kan "Billboard" 200, kuma a ƙarshe ya sami takardar shaidar lu'u-lu'u a Amurka.