TuPac Shakur Quotes

I like Biggie. Like 'Pac, he was one of the best rappers in the business. Why would I try to do something to him?

Tupac Shakur always wanted me to smoke weed with him, and I never did it, and I wish I did...That's my biggest regret.

'Going Back to Cali' is one of my favorite songs because of all the East Coast - West Coast rivalry.

People don't know how deep, loving, and caring 'Pac was. He was more than a rapper or an actor: he was a real friend.

Tupac, Biggie, Jay. Your usual suspects. These were the people that was played in my household.

As I got older, I really got into Tupac's poetry, his books and just learning about his life and what he was into.

Believe or not, love me or hate me, YoungBoy is Tupac, man.

I met Tupac through Queen Latifah in New York at this party that we were at, at a place downtown called Big City Diner.

I was a super-duper Tupac fan, and I realized later, when I became a huge Nas fan and a huge Eminem fan, I was drawn to the storytellers. They all told stories in different ways, but they were all like the best storytellers.

He's been my number one influence. If you say Tupac didn't influence you, then you don't really need to be rapping because nobody evokes that kind of emotion on a track like Tupac does.

Everybody say I give them Pac vibes. I ain't gonna lie: I ain't really grow up on Pac, but I kinda see it - just off everything I do, though.

My dad's Nigerian, and I remember going to Nigeria, and all of these kids and adults and everyone in-between knew who TuPac was. They had TuPac t-shirts, TuPac posters, TuPac cassettes... everyone knew TuPac, and sometimes that was the only English that they spoke, was TuPac lyrics.

I love playing Rick Ross' 'Port of Miami' album. Jeezy's 'Thug Motivation 101' is a classic in my opinion, and I still listen to that album to this day. I'm a big fan of OutKast, so pretty much any album they put out is great in my opinion, but I find myself listening to 'Aquemini' a lot. Anything Kendrick Lamar does is great.

For those from my era, my age, that 2Pac vs. Biggie war will go on forever about who is the greatest. But I was more of a Biggie dude.

Tupac was real and honest about every question I asked.

I had nothing but respect for Pac.

When Tupac came out, my writing changed for sure. I learned from it. It was a cultural thing.

Tupac is huge; he's an inspiration. Arguably, he's probably the biggest, most analyzed and loved artist of all time.

I would say Tupac influenced me the most to start rapping, but as far as a female icon that I've looked up to since I was six or seven is definitely Gwen Stefani.

The West ain't been the same without 'Pac.

I love 2Pac, the cadences of 2Pac.

Oh, my dad listens to a lot of 2Pac, Ice Cube and WC. That's what he was listening to a lot when we were growing up. He's always been a fan of hip-hop.

You've got a lot of Tupac clones, but I don't think I'm one of them. I just think I give people a little piece of the feeling he gave them.

Fifteen is around the time when my parents broke up, and all I was listening to was 2Pac.

But then again in the East Coast, I think, Tupac, inspired everybody on the East Coast, everybody down south, everybody in the West Coast you know what sayin'.