soft picks, proxabrush cleaners, flossers. gum brand. rap star tupac shakur died last night after a brief life in a rough business. he was 25. >> shakur has been at the center of a battle between east and west coast rappers. >> for the second time in six months, a star in the often brutal world of gangsta rap has been gunned down. >> music industry sources on the west coast suspect that small's death may in some way be payback for the september killing of rap star tupac shakur. >> when tupac and biggie were assassinated, a watershed moment i think in hip-hop culture. kind of the death of a revolution. >> these two men two of the most successful rap artists in the industry. phenomenally wealthiy. why are we seeing this happen? >> they talked of trying to break out of the violence but