Daz Dillinger Claims Biggie Incident Sparked Tupac’s New York Disses As Reggie Wright Pushes Back

Death Row History Reopens Another East Coast-West Coast Debate

Daz Dillinger’s latest comments about the Dogg Pound’s “New York, New York” era have reopened one of the most explosive chapters in Death Row history.

In a new interview clip, Daz reflected on the infamous moment when the Dogg Pound’s trailer was shot at while filming the “New York, New York” video in Brooklyn. According to Daz, the incident helped fuel a wave of anger back on the West Coast — including Tupac Shakur’s reaction once he heard what happened.

The story quickly turned into a wider debate involving Biggie, Funkmaster Flex, Snoop Dogg, “NY 87,” and the question of who was actually involved in the records that followed.

Daz Says Tupac Went “Ballistic” After Hearing About The Trailer Shooting

Daz described the Dogg Pound being in Red Hook, Brooklyn, filming scenes for “New York, New York” when shots allegedly hit the trailer they were in.

He said the crew initially thought something had shattered before street instincts kicked in and people hit the floor. After security entered and the situation became clear, the video shoot was over.

According to Daz, once the group returned to Los Angeles, the tension escalated. He claimed that Biggie and Funkmaster Flex had gotten on the radio and revealed where the Dogg Pound was during the video shoot. That claim has long been part of West Coast/East Coast folklore, but it remains one of those stories where different sides remember the moment differently.

Daz also said Tupac did not attend the New York video shoot, but once he heard about what happened, he became furious. That, according to Daz, helped spark records like “NY 87” and other diss material aimed at New York.

The Snoop Dogg Question

One of the most important parts of Daz’s comments involved Snoop Dogg.

Daz suggested Snoop threw shots at Biggie on “NY 87” as a reaction to the trailer shooting. That detail immediately became controversial because Reggie Wright pushed back on the claim.

On Bomb First, Reggie Wright said Snoop was not on “NY 87” at all. Reggie argued that the song featured DJ Quik on the intro, followed by Daz, Kurupt, Deadly Threat, and Tupac at the end. He made it clear that he was not defending Snoop personally, but said the record itself does not support the claim that Snoop appeared on the song.

That dispute changes the conversation. If Reggie is correct, then the issue is not whether Snoop dissed Biggie on “NY 87,” but whether Daz was blending memories from different Death Row records and moments during a chaotic era.

Death Row Memories Are Still Being Contested

The deeper story is that Death Row history is still being argued in real time.

Daz lived through the era. Reggie Wright was also close to the Death Row machinery. Both men have access to pieces of the story, but their versions do not always line up.

That is why these interviews continue to generate debate among Tupac, Snoop Dogg, Biggie, and Death Row fans. The music has been replayed for decades, but the behind-the-scenes timeline is still being challenged.

Who said what?
Who was in the studio?
Who was actually on which record?
Who remembers the details correctly?
And who is rewriting the story after the fact?

Those questions keep the East Coast-West Coast era alive as more than nostalgia. It is still a contested archive.

Daz Also Says He Stayed Cool With Biggie’s Circle

Another interesting layer is that Daz did not present the story as simple hatred toward Biggie.

He claimed that even after Tupac died and the tensions remained high, he was still cool with people around Biggie. Daz said Mase, Lil’ Cease, and Biggie called him to the studio before Biggie’s death, and he remembered giving them weed rather than charging them.

That detail complicates the usual East versus West narrative. The public saw a war. Behind the scenes, some artists still had relationships, business, music, and street connections that did not always match the headlines.

Biggie Going To Los Angeles After Tupac’s Death

Daz also reflected on Biggie traveling to Los Angeles after Tupac was killed.

He said he personally would not have gone to New York under similar circumstances, pointing to gang culture and street culture as part of the danger. Daz said he did not know what Puffy was thinking at the time, while also saying “rest in peace” to Biggie and acknowledging that the situation was larger than one person.

That moment is important because it shows how deeply emotion, street politics, celebrity movement, and music industry decisions were intertwined during that period.

WWETV Take

The Daz Dillinger and Reggie Wright exchange is exactly why Death Row history remains one of hip-hop’s most debated archives.

Daz’s version brings the emotion of the moment: the trailer shooting, Tupac’s anger, and the retaliatory music that followed. Reggie’s response brings the correction: if Snoop was not on “NY 87,” then fans have to separate the mythology from the actual record.

The bigger story is not simply whether Daz is lying or Reggie is right. The bigger story is that the East Coast-West Coast era was chaotic, emotional, and dangerous — and even the people who lived it are still disputing the details decades later.

For WWETV, this is a Culture Court question:

Did Daz just reveal another piece of Death Row history, or did Reggie Wright expose a major mistake in the way the story is being told?