It’s been more than 20 years since Biggie and Tupac were murdered in drive-by shootings, but the slain rap rivals still take up more headlines than most living artists. There’s currently a 10-part drama series called “Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and the Notorious B.I.G.” airing on USA, BET has launched a six-part documentary looking at the rise and fall of Death Row Records, and conspiracy theories devoted to Tupac chilling on an island in Cuba or Biggie having Nostradamus-like continue to dominate Twitter searches and alike. Whether you believe the pair’s continued relevance is due to the timelessness of their music or evidence of our collective lust for all things morbid, the reality is millions of people are not quite ready to let Biggie and Tupac go. This is something 64-year-old Gary Zimet, the founder of, a seller of “original historical materials,” banks on. He is currently selling the GMC Suburban SUV in which Biggie was shot to death, 21 years ago tomorrow (March 9, 1997), for a cool $750,000. Who shot Biggie Smalls on March 9th, 1997? Makeup, style, and body positivity. One Of The Most Infamous Unsolved Murders Of Our Time. He’s also looking for a buyer for the BMW 7 Series in which Tupac was fatally wounded on September 7, 1996, for a bargain $1.5 million. The vehicles are just two curios in Zimet’s large collection of bizarre and unbelievably morbid memorabilia. He’s also selling the only copy of the real Schindler’s List (acquired from the family of Itzhak Stern), the hearse that carried Dr. Picture Of Biggie Smalls Body When He DiedMartin Luther King’s body, and the copy of Double Fantasy that John Lennon unknowingly signed for his murderer Mark David Chapman just hours before his death. Depending on your perspective, Zimet is either someone interested in preserving history or a purveyor of spectacularly bad taste. Pitchfork caught up with Zimet to ask how he came in possession of the Biggie and Tupac cars, who’s interested in buying them, and whether selling them is morally wrong. Pitchfork: How does one come into contact with the car Biggie Smalls was murdered in? Gary Zimet: Weirdly enough, a family purchased the SUV purely by chance and had no idea of its importance until several years later when they got a postcard from a detective in L.A. Saying he needed the car returned for evidence. Pics Of Biggie Smalls In The CasketThey had to give it up momentarily but later got it back. Now, in the case of the Tupac murder car, it’s been fully restored and, unfortunately, all the bullet holes were done over and you can hardly tell it was a car used in a murder. However, with the Biggie car, although the doors were replaced [the LAPD cut off the original doors for evidence], there is a bullet hole still visible in the seatbelt! The car Biggie was shot in. Photo courtesy of Gary Zimet. And you actually believe this is an item that will sell? Tagalog tongue twisters filipino. Here's a few that I know.
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