Ka kammala wannan magana: A shekara ta 1996, sa'ad da yake yin rikodin kundi na biyu, Wallace ya shiga cikin rikici na hip hop na Gabas ta Gabas da West Coast. Bayan Tupac Shakur ta
mutuwar a cikin harbi 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.