改编自真实悬案，美国东西岸两大嘻哈教主声名狼藉先生及图帕克在音乐上引发东西岸的斗争，两人接连被枪杀身亡，一直没有成功破案，让他们更成为传奇人物。追踪此案 20 年的警察（约翰尼·德普饰）遇上了一个想挽救事业危机的记者（福里斯特·惠特克 饰），二人决定联手找出命案真相，调查的过程中揭发了执法机官的谎言和贪污行为.........

This is a story of a young man named Kenny Stanford who had dreams of being an Successful artist in the music industry, but these dreams were cut short....