The Game believes NBA YoungBoy will be the 2Pac of the current generation when all is said and done.
The Compton rapper broke down his reasoning during a recent interview with Montreality, using the Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant and Lebron James debate to support his comparison.
“NBA YoungBoy will be 2Pac of this generation,” he said. “Sometimes when you see an 18-year-old say, ‘NBA YoungBoy is better than 2Pac,’ it’s not because he actually is or 2Pac is better than NBA YoungBoy. It’s just the Michael Jordan/Kobe Bryant/LeBron thing, it’s just different eras of greatness.
“You should just appreciate them now, because an 18-year-old cannot appreciate or relate to 2Pac because they weren’t even alive. 2Pac has been dead for 26 years, so an 18-year-old kid wasn’t even born for another six years after he died.”
He added: “So why would you expect him to relate to 2Pac over NBA YoungBoy? Somebody who is just a few years older than him who he listens to every day who’s probably living the same type of lifestyle that he’s living.”
The Game went on to show love to rappers that came before him and paved the way for the music of today.
“I just appreciate every single genre of music at every single time,” he said. “When Public Enemy was doing ‘Fight the Power’ or N.W.A was saying ‘Fuck the Police,’ I appreciated that. When Sugarhill Gang put out their first record and then Hip Hop was made in those moments, and the Melle Mels and all the way up to the Erick Sermons and the Method Mans and the Redmans and the Wu-Tangs and the Bone Thugs and everybody.”
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He continued: “The LOX, fucking Biggie and Pac, and just Nas and Hov, and everybody. Why can’t we just appreciate everybody and everything in music and be a collective of fucking just dope shit?”
NBA YoungBoy appeared on a song called “OPP” on The Game’s new album Drillmatic: Heart vs. Mind, but it was reportedly removed due to his feature price. Game’s manager, Wack 100, claimed YoungBoy was charging them $150,000 instead of $300,000 but it wasn’t low enough for the album budget.
I wouldn’t rule out ab-soul imo.
Lol #lol
Game’s opinion holds no weight in hip hop no more. Also NBA YoungBoy sucks donkey ass.
LOL YES. JUDGING BY THAT 30 TRACK KARAOKE ALBUM HE DROPPED THIS MONTH, I’M COMPELLED TO AGREE.
your goofy if u think yb is trash yb better than your whole life kid
NBA straight garbage all that yelling and tough talk from that no talent dent head
What are you going to do? His father in law is floyd mayweather.
You cant be Pac unless you get killed like Puc in a hail of gunfire. As great of a lyricist as Pac was, it was the circumstances of his death that lifted him to legendary status. Didnt XXX already take that status among gen Z rappers ?
But he didnt get killed in a hail of gunfire. He died days later in the hospital.
HE’LL BE THIS ERA’S JUVENILE IF ANYTHING
Naw,NBA YoungBoy is the modern day Silkk The Shocker but worse.
WELL I WAS TRYING TO BE POSITIVE. EVEN THOUGH I LOOK LIKE SOMEONE’S GRANDFATHER, I’M STILL IN TOUCH WITH THE STREETS AND NZ ARE REALLY CHECKING FOR THIS CAT. I’M NOT A FAN BUT I’M JUST SAYING.
Lol, Game hated on Ja Rule for being similar to Pac or emulating his style to a degree… but at least at that time, Ja dropped heat like Venni Vetti Vecci. NBA yoingboy? Garbage.
Because jarule was literally tryin to be pac. The way he dressed, the tattoos, everything. Nba youngboy isnt.
Old rappers just need to stop simping and have standards. You are not 21 and even when you were 21 you didn’t have a deal. You didn’t listen to kiddie music when you were 21 and you didn’t listen to Disney music. Social media feminized dudes. Scared to say anything real – “unbothered” by clear lack of standards and cultural devolution yet gossiping like bitches every chance they get. Game need to keep every rapper name out of his mouth. Concentrate on your art not on simping for clicks. Don’t big up the next man trash hoping for clicks from that audience because someone who might have listened won’t now that you want to simp for young boy
Yet game wouldn’t pay to have the next generations 2pac on his album???! 150K… for a “priceless” verse!!!!!??
He’ll say anything to suck up and get that feature back so he can try to get some more get more streams.
yadayada!!people opinions dont matter …just garbage and how they feels within its the bullish**t goin on in life and we live to ignore fools thats all.
When freedom of speech goes wrong…
Yeah, too bas you couldn’t afford his verse then.
NBA young who? GTFOH
someone please get Einstein there a fuckin calculator!!! If Tupac has been dead for 26years and a 18yr old isn’t even born for another 6 years that equals….. this mofo is dumber than is butterfly suggests!!!!!PMSL
Nah this generations 2pac is jack harlow. Skin color don’t mean anything. Dont laugh, think about it!
Game needs to stop.sucking NBA’s dick.and pay that man his 150k for the verse. Otherwise, I’ll see it as Game using NBA’s name to promote his game. And people only noticed the single and album because of NBA alone.
Cant remember the last time i heard game over say something intelligent. Dude lost his marbles.