"To Live & Die in L.A." is a song by rapper Tupac Shakur from his fifth studio album, The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory (1996).
Released in Europe and parts of Oceania under the Makaveli stage name as the album's second single, it featured vocals from Val Young.
QDIII produced numerous tracks for the album, but only "To Live & Die in L.A." made the final cut.
QDIII told XXL Magazine: I was in the studio with 'Pac, I had some records with me, and there was this old song that I played for him to see if he liked the vibe.
I went home and hooked it up as fast as I could, and I think I came back the same night and he listened to the track three times, and in like 15 minutes he was already done with his lyrics.