The Notorious B.I.G. visited the late rapper in the hospital after he was shot at Quad Studios in 1994, according to 2Pac’s biological father.
‘Pac’s father Billy Garland made an effort to refute the rumor that Biggie was responsible for the hit in a sit-down interview with The Art of Dialogue.
Garland said, “I’m waiting in the waiting room. “Biggie entered on his own. on his own. I’ve been around and have done these things, okay? So that garbage I heard about them being involved in that, okay? I’ve been around drama a lot. And I am aware that no one who commits a hit ever visits the hospital on their own.
“Now, they might enter the hospital in a mob manner, but they are bringing two or three muthafuckas.” He was the only person there. You can be as innocent as you like. Just as amiable as you choose to be. And I was aware—and I believe Pac was aware—that he was unrelated to it. I believe they were feeding him such garbage.
Garland continued to talk about their interactions while he was injured before restating that Biggie and 2Pac weren’t rivals and that their beef had helped record sales.
In November 1994, 2Pac was repeatedly shot in the Quad Studios foyer in New York City. At Bellevue Hospital, he had emergency surgery, but he departed three hours later against the doctor’s advice.
Recently, Bill Garland has spoken out frequently about the life and career of his late son. He stated his disgust for the Dear Mama: The Saga of Afeni & Tupac Shakur documentary, which debuted on Hulu back in April and was directed by Allen Hughes, in the same interview.
Even though he was unaware that the exact film would be utilized for Dear Mama, 2Pac’s father admitted that Hughes eventually persuaded him to sit down and chat with him.
He stated, “We conducted an interview for almost two hours. “Let’s just say that I was a little let down after watching the interview in the documentary. I did not enjoy it. If you get what I mean, it was more about something else than it was about 2Pac. I might not have done it if I had known it was about “Dear Mama,” but I doubt I would have. Not without purpose.
After that, Garland defended 2Pac from Allen Hughes’ earlier claim that he was a “delusional mythmaker” before the documentary was even made. ‘Pac wasn’t “bi-polar,” according to Garland, who also claimed that he was acting out because “people were betraying him” during the course of his musical triumph.