2Pac has beaten out JAY-Z, Nas, and more, achieving a unique milestone with his classic All Eyez On Me album.
It was revealed on Tuesday (January 30) that the seminal 1996 album has become the first LP from that year to reach three billion streams on Spotify.
Remarkably, other notable rap albums from that excellent year in Hip Hop have far fewer plays.
JAY’s album from that year, Reasonable Doubt, has accrued just over 200 million streams on Spotify, though the album wasn’t available on the platform until 2019.
Nas’ 1996 sophomore effort It Was Written has just over 550 million streams on Spotify. Fugees released The Score in 1996, and that album has over one billion streams — a big number, but far short of 2Pac territory.
In other news related to Tupac, L.A.-based Nate D. Sanders Auctions auctioned off a concert ticket signed by the late Hip Hop icon in January 1992, a mere two months after the release of his debut album 2Pacalypse Now.
The autographed ticket, which is from a 1992 Digital Underground performance at The Warfield in San Francisco, features a personalized message that reads: “PEACE 2U 2PAC.”
The piece of memorabilia received nine bids and was eventually sold for $9,583.
Last year, a personalized crown ring owned by the rapper was sold for $1 million, making it the most valuable Hip Hop artifact ever.
Pac famously wore the gold, ruby and diamond ring during his last public appearance at the 1996 MTV Video Music Awards, shortly before he was fatally shot at the age of 25.
It bears an inscription that reads: “Pac & Dada 1996,” referencing his engagement to sweetheart Kidada Jones.
It was later revealed that none other Drake was the winning bidder. The 6 God previously spent a similarly eye-watering amount on a pair of matching chains modeled after 2Pac.
Also last year, Pac and Snoop Dogg‘s Death Row pendants from the 1990s went up for auction.
They glittering neckpieces — both of which came from former head of Death Row’s security team Reggie Wright Jr.’s collection — were expected to fetch between $500,000 to $1,000,000 each, TMZ reported at the time.
Sources relayed that former Death Row boss Suge Knight owned the chains and would commission them for his artists, with the best being reserved for the likes of Pac and Snoop.
King Tekashi beat Jay, 2-Pac, Biggie and Nas to 1 billion streams for a single record on YouTube.
Great album but I like Me Against The World and Makaveli better
Jay don’t look too happy about this
Think about his age and everything he accomplished and was talking about. PAC is the Goat and it ain’t even close. Makaveli is the greatest album I’ve ever heard. No big name producers. Recorded the album in 3 days. 4 days to mix it. In LA PAC music gets played more than just about any other artist to this day. We got artist we claim to be the Goat spending 2 years, with a 10 million dollar budget turning in mid albums. PAC didn’t need all that. PAC didn’t need that
No shit. They never would be what they are if Pac was here. They never was on his level especially alive. Stop praising them ninjas my God smh
Nas was who he was before pac shut the fuck up, Nas changed the game before 2Pac even came into his own, because his first couple of albums were trash. People were calling Nas the best rapper in 1994 this was before Tupac really ascended.
2pacs music is timeless I’m a 90s baby and I still jam his music til this day probably on a everyday basis. It is what it is. A lot of these new artists don’t have substance in their music. I’m glad to see this.
That’s because you rather praise dead rappers than actually acknowledge. The ones that are still doing their thing 2Pac wasn’t half the rapper Nas was but keep telling yourselves that. Fake streams mean nothing. Nas did more for the culture and influenced everyone including pac