A lot of people think that it was about Biggie on the East Coast and 2Pac on the West Coast. It wasn't like that. Big ran New York. 2Pac ran America.
I grew up listening to a lot of 2Pac and a lot of East Coast, West Coast rap; Bad Boy, Lil Kim, Foxy Brown, Biggie, 2Pac. Super hip-hop, super listening to that raw era of music.
I always say that I want to be like 2Pac. If I were to die tomorrow, I want to know that I have enough music to put out for my fans for years to come.
2Pac the only artist that ever made me shed a tear.
What 2Pac did to me is he touched me with his music.
I would love to say I grew up on 2Pac and The Beatles, but I didn't.
I had to tell the city that 2Pac passed, and I had to be on the radio early after Biggie passed. Those were awful, emotional.
With 2Pac you can't go wrong.
Please, all you MCs out there, all you fans out there, don't think Big gonna make a record dissing 2Pac or the West Coast because it's not going down like that. I cant even see me wasting my time or my talent to disrespect another black man.
A lot of people in my era didn't grow up on 2Pac, they grew up on me.
Jay Z wasn't great when 2pac and Biggie was alive.
We didn't have any problem with 2Pac. We liked his music.
Anytime you get tattoos, you can't go wrong with 2Pac quotes.
Fifteen is around the time when my parents broke up, and all I was listening to was 2Pac.
I don't love all hip-hop, but I do relate to stuff like early Nas, 2Pac, Biggie, and MF Doom because they're also trying to escape a scenario.