In 1993, Tupac Shakur was still a rising star, fresh off the set with Janet Jackson in Poetic Justice, the first Black road trip romance film.

While promoting the film in Atlanta with the director, John Singleton, Tupac came across Notorious B.I.G.'s song, "Party and BS" and immediately fell in love with the song playing it everyday for weeks—that’s part of their story that never made it in any version of the script, Notorious, a biopic written by Cheo Hodari Coker—and here’s the other part.

Back in LA, working on his new album 2Pac got a call to connect with the hungry Brooklyn MC, Notorious B.I.G. who had flown to L.A. Following the call, 2Pac didn’t just meet him—he welcomed him like family. They bonded over beats, shared dreams, and freestyled in a cypher with other rappers—high on life, music blasting—and then 2Pac slid into the kitchen, no one knew for what, but something good was cooking.

Next thing they hear, "Yo, come get it." When they walked into the kitchen, 2Pac had plated juicy beef steaks with fries, garlic bread, and red Kool-Aid. The food made the vibe, created a space where everyone felt at home and solidified the bond between the two artists.