After 2Pac interpreted lines directed to the Notorious B.I.G. on Nas's 1996 album "It Was Written" to be aimed towards him, he attacked Nas on the track "Against All Odds" from "". Nas himself later admitted he was brought to tears when he heard the diss because he idolized 2Pac. The two later met in Central Park before the 1996 MTV Video Music Awards and ended their feud, with 2Pac promising to remove any disses aimed at Nas from the official album release; however, 2Pac was shot four times in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas, Nevada three days later on September 7, dying of his wounds on September 13, before any edits to could be made.