The East Coast–West Coast hip hop rivalry was a feud from 1991 to 1997 between artists and fans of the East Coast hip hop and West Coast hip hop scenes in the United States, especially from 1994-1997. Focal points of the feud were East Coast-based rapper The Notorious B.I.G. (and his New York-based label, Bad Boy Records) and West Coast-based rapper 2Pac (and his Los Angeles-based label, Death Row Records), who were both fatally shot following drive by shootings by unknown assailants in 1996 and 1997