Tupac “2Pac” Shakur was announced today (December 20) to be one of the inductees to the 2017 class of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. The late and still influential rapper/actor will be officially inducted April 7 at the Barclays Center in New York, joining other music legends such as Journey, Niles Rogers, Pearl Jam, and Joan Baez, among others.
2Pac was nominated for the prestigious honor this past October and is just the sixth Hip-Hop artist to be named for induction. For artists to be considered for induction, they must pass a vote after a career of 25 years. By this measure, acts like A Tribe Called Quest and De La Soul could potentially see induction. So far, N.W.A, the Beastie Boys, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Run-DMC and Public Enemy have all been entered.
Chuck D had previously questioned 2Pac’s nomination, saying that LL Cool J should have been considered before the West Coast legend. But upon hearing news of Tupac’s official inclusion into the Class of 2017, the Public Enemy rapper had nothing but praise for ‘Pac.
2Pac’s storied career began as a soloist in 1991 with his debut album, 2Pacalypse Now, which celebrated its 25th anniversary this year. He went on to release three more LPs before his death in September 1996. The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory was released posthumously two months later under the name Makaveli.
Tupac also made a name for himself as a poet and actor, starring in Poetic Justice alongside Janet Jackson, playing the infamous Birdie in Above the Rim as well as Bishop in Juice withOmar Epps.
Most overrated rapper ever. All he could do is rhyme hennessey with enemy FOH, mah nigga!
Go listen to ‘Dear Mama,’ ‘Changes,’ ‘Keep Your Head Up’ . . . just to name a few.
2pac is a legend and a REAL artist who talked about everything pertaining to life in his music. Who do you consider to be great and why???
Drake is a way better choice than Pac, but will have to await till 2035 for the nomination.. OVO
Drake has just as much chance as getting inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame as MC Hammer, Vanilla Ice or Justin Bieber. In 2035 people will be laughing at what a terrible joke dude was and why did anyone listen to his lame ass sing song, mumble and repeat the title of the song over and over as the chorus songs
Drake? LOL!
You’re a fucking idiot!
2pac had an impact and is STILL relevant after 20 years. Drake doesn’t even write his own “music”. Your generation is pitiful!
ur an idiot to say that @@ drake has nothing on 2pac never did and never will
I agree, Drake’s way better than Tupac and Biggie’s overrated asses.
I totally agree but the funniest stuff is they call a New York born and raised dude the King of the West Coast ! He was a good rapper with some good songs. Dude was a cool cat but his beat selection was terrible as a whole. I wish he would have stuck with the production on same song. All that West Side G shit was corny as hell.
STFU lame you have no idea what your talking about listen to All Eyes On Me beats and tell me they corny lol nah that’s you
I agree about the beat selection. Really holds back his legacy. Nas has had the same problem after Illmatic.
If 2pac was still alive, Lil Yachty would be working at Chik Fil-A.
If Pac was alive yachty would be a lil boat. Or better, if Pac was alive yatchy would be dead. Shame he isn’t here.
Y’all mad, ain’t ya?
Not really. Just fucking around
This nigga must definitely be inducted, he on the level of John Lennon, Michael Jackson, Bob Marley, and shit. He’s one of the biggest artists ever.
AWESOME! Congratulations 2Pac…..well deserved on your musical works..
MAKAVELIIIII!!!!
Pardon the language but bout fucking time. Still waiting on Rakim though.
Aww shit.See me in that picture?
That was hilarious!
Man I remember walking to the spot in Berea Ohio on front Street, stealing the cassette & walking home bumping it in my walkmen. Much respect due “if God gives me 24 more years I see myself changing the world” unfortunately it wasn’t meant to be as “gangsta” rap begat trap which begat Dr suess which begat mumble the greatest to ever do it.
Who’s Tupac? I can’t name one song from this nigga..
Cause you dont know shit born oblivious die oblivious
i love tupac but LL should of been nominated/inducted before him, LL.
Folks who are born jealous will die jelousy and will always be the ones commenting.. Pac, Kadafi and Mousollini see you when we get there hope you chillin with Kaido
Pac still comes up in mainstream conversations, not just rap or hip hop ones. So for the people who weren’t a fan, this is why he’s the G.O.A.T. of this rap shit. Nas edged him out for me on rapping, but I can say that 50 years from now, nobody outside of hardcore hip hop fans will be discussing Nas, and that goes for all rappers, even the Eminems and Jay-Zs of the world, let alone these new dudes with the watered down talent.
The people talking about he just rhymed hennesey and enemy are case in point. If that is all you took out of his music, that’s your dumb ass. I know I can still quote a Pac song off the top of my head 20 years later, and ain’t too many rappers I can do that with if I didn’t hear the song first to jog my memory. So however uncomplicated you think his rhymes were, which is hilarious coming from halfway literate hip hop fans since Pac’s vocab was quite extensive, if a lot of people remember them, you won, especially when you weren’t spitting some Whoomp, there it is repetitive shit.