It’s been 15 years since his murder, but Tupac’s legacy continues on. Just weeks after his 40th birthday anniversary, which featured a performance of Meek Mill and Rick Ross’s “Tupac Back,” the late Shakur gets another victory, with his Greatest Hits album reaching Diamond status on the Billboard charts.
Earlier this June, the RIAA announced that the two-disc collection sold another million copies, pushing its total sales since its 1998 release to 10 million. The album has ultimately edged-out ’96s All Eyez on Me to become Shakur’s biggest selling album and marks his first time reaching Diamond status in his career.
Greatest Hits is noted for featuring four previously unreleased tracks from the legendary rapper and a number of re-edited versions of previously released songs. The album’s single “Changes” also helped earn Pac the first and only posthumous Grammy Award nomination since for Best Rap Solo Performance.
The song “God Bless the Dead” is particularly well known for a lyric in Pac says, “Rest in peace to my motherfucker Biggy Smallz.” While many misinterpreted to be a reference to former foe Notorious B.I.G., who passed after Pac’s death, the lyric was actually a reference to an assoicate of Stretch of the Live Squad, who was featured on the very song.
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I don’t believe that line about Biggy Smallz from this article.
It’s true, listen to the song for yourself.
it definitely is true. This guy was the reason that Biggie couldnt officially use the name Biggie Smalls.
pac also introduced the original biggie in an old interview from like 1993 as biggie smalls. he was sitting on a couch
Why wouldn’t it go diamond..
It’s about time it wend diamond. It’s been 9X platinum for like a whole decade now. It’s about time Pac got a diamond plaque, if Eminem and Biggie got one. I wonder if a another rapper or anyone else for that matter will ever go diamond again.
Outkast did.
Biggie is also a double album so that shit is cheating. Only real diamond status is Eminem and MC Hammer
Double album, therefore only 5 mill sold
WTF this was reported like 2-3 weeks ago this site is late as hell.
I sucked Tupac’s cock when he was alive… nigga small!
I only got fully swoll for Rashida. Never a groupie.
shut up nigga
Truth is..We don’t love them hoes.
correction, you hoes.
lol that was funny, but from what i’ve heard, it’s true. Pac wasn’t that big downstairs! Not that it matters, but just had to say.
oh, u aint heard? “skinny niggas throw the dick well”
Shut the f*ck up tranny
Good job Pac… miss ya
maaaan god bless the dead was/still is my shit. that track is a banger. two classic pac verses. i bought that double album for that one song pretty much.
Yea God Bless The Dead is ill, Unconditional Love is prolly one of Pac’s best joints to!
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He Deserved This!
your profile pic is kinda gay brah!
@Anonymous
That’s not gay, that’s Hopsin.
you must be ,yourself like mr c and flank who ha ha
@saint – for the fact that nigga aint hopsin, his profile pic is gay!
lol…just gone diamond. Eminems already done that!
i like how you arrogantly lol as if eminem’s accomplishments are also your accompliments like youve done something with your life.
u remind me of a lil bitch right now. em only gained diamond status this year.
Exactly. That’s a common thing for these guys, always seen from Eminem and Jay-Z fans.
hey dipshit, eminem is great and has sold millions but hes alive and has had his whole career to build up his accomplishments. 2pac did it all by the age of 25 so imagine if he was alive and doing it still hed kill it.
u idiot! go make pizza delivery instead of commenting this, shame on u!
If you don’t like Pac, Em doesn’t want you as a fan.
lol @ everyone who replied to me…to the guy who first replied, i’ve done lots with my life and am very successful bitch!!!
@amp – em only gained diamond status this year, so did pac? Pac was around long before eminem so stfu!!!
@ignorant. I highly doubt Pac wouldve still been in the game if he was alive. That man wouldve been Governor of Cali or Vice president or something, theres noway hed still be a rapper.
@Realtalk…did emine tell u that, i highly doubt it. I bet my life, eminem doesnt give a fuck who you like, as long as you buy his albums.
@mehdi – judging by your name, you should be doing pizza deliveries!
Congrats to him and his family, Pac is one of the all time greats.
I doubt we’ll ever see rappers who reach these heights again, after Jay-Z, Nas & Eminem retire that’ll be the end of the glory days and we’ll be left with a generation that thinks Lil Wayne is the best rapper ever
puffy you there ,silent these better dayze
who cares
HELL MUTHAPHUKKIN YEAH!!! bout time!!!!!
Actually it has sold 5 million copies. Its a double album so its times 2. So I guess it finally reached 5 million shipped after 15 years. Remember Eminem was 8x on release year. Thats soundscanned too not double counted by the RIAA.
No, it’s 10 million. This is a Double Disc album, not a Double album.
Nice. Tupac legacy lives on.
@ Vergard
a double disc album IS a double album. 2Pac’s “Greatest Hits” contains two discs, thus it counts as a double album. bcuz of RIAA shit, a double album will get double the sales. so it went diamond, despite selling only 5 million units.
y is it dat most of these niggaz that talk shit remain Anonymous?????!!! Pussys, Big up to 1 of the greatest rappers,Tupac, its a great accomplishment…
its because its only hip hop dx, and most, like myself cant be fucked writing anythin in the name box. So shut the fuck up u fag
I had this album but somebody stole it. I’ll get that motherfucker
keep it up “2pac”..all time greats…
Rakim is the best ever. Tupac is the second best ever!
FAIL FAIL FAIL
ITS A DOUBLE ALBUM AND ITS SOLD 5 MILLION COPIES NOT 10! DOUBLE ALBUMS GET DIAMOND STATUS FOR SELLING 5 MILLION. THIS ARTICLE IS FAIL
People still making money off Pac to this day. He’s almost more successful dead than he was alive.
2Pac Rest In Peace.
God bless him.
2Pac is my favorite Emcee of all time.
in my book he cant be touched not on technicalities but cuz of how the nigga made you feel when u heard his songs and envisioned wat he was saying. some of these young niggas dont even know who pac is but they think wayne is the goat. shit is disgusting
if you feelin that air it out on my video in the comments
jus say some real shit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0e42iKGVcPQ
everyone has the right to like who they want, and if these young people ain’t heard of Pac, and think lil wayne is the goat, thats theire decision. Stop being a fuckin stuck in the past fagget!
THE GREATEST EVER
This has only sold 5 mill cause its a double album. Not 10 mill.
Pac was the fakest nigga out!!! Preaching love and peace one minute, then the next, spitting the most violent lyrics??? This nigga was more bi-polar than game. And as for being the G.o.a.t. Maybe his presence on a track, but as far as lyrics, nigga was wack!
u still a nigga
@smh, i totally agree, but you cant tell that to a 2Pac fan, they’re such stans.lol.
Seriously. Is that all you got. He saw things from to many perspectives for you.
Short yellow bus with the red helmet dummies.
smh u are an asshole, 2pac was the realest person in history, u fuckin queer
It’s called being versatile, was he not allowed to be happy, hopeful and pissed. Humans have different emotions and real artist can convey their emotions through their music.
Man fuck you
One of the greatest, this mixtape is my tribute to him: http://www.mixtapefactory.com/2Pac-Komrades.html
he wast a badassssss fucken singer 2pac was the bomb