I wanted to be like Tupac.

Tupac is definitely a legend.

Me and Tupac were long-time friends.

I enjoy Tupac's music. I enjoy Tupac.

My Mom and my Pops liked Tupac a lot.

I listened to Tupac and a lot of Biggie Smalls.

I speak my mind. That's what we loved Tupac for.

Tupac is my favorite artist, and he had mad style.

Tupac was the first artist that I really related to.

Tupac was real and honest about every question I asked.

Guru's like Tupac. He just records and records and records.

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

Tupac loved to read! Books were a constant part of his life.

In 2011, a lot of people didn't even know I did 'Tupac Back.'

My dad did not play Biggie or Tupac, so I had never heard it.

Tupac was a glorious person, and he had all the right intentions.

Allen Iverson was the Tupac of basketball; he was a true revolutionary.

Even after his death, Tupac is as powerful as he was when he was living.

All we ever wanted was for Tupac to have the opportunity to tell his story.

I'm better than Tupac and Biggie. I say that so now you know where my head at.

When I was 10 years old my mom used to play Tupac while she cleaned the house.

He's a layered person, so you have to tackle all the aspects of Tupac individually.

You know, Tupac is very near and dear to my heart. He started my career as an actor.

Biggie Smalls, Jay-Z, Nas, Eminem, Big L, Tupac. That was, like, my top five, generally.

I loved B.I.G., but not like I liked Tupac, because he was an actor, so I related to him.

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

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

Who doesn't love Tupac? Those records have such swagger to them. The groove is just incredible.

I've always been a huge Tupac fan, and I often listen to him for inspiration or when I'm stuck.

No rapper in the world from Jay-Z to Tupac to Biggie has 100 percent love on everything they do.

Tupac was a person who was all about love. I feel like that's me, too; that's who I've always been.

I'm not Tupac or this prophetic dude or anything like that. I just want to make music and have fun.

Revolution is Tupac showing a young artist that he can scribble in a notebook and it's worth a lot.

I went to Baltimore School of the Arts, which is known for discovering Tupac and Jada Pinkett-Smith.

Before I got signed to Bad Boy, I grew up listening to Snoop and Tupac and my hood was all Tupac driven.

I think people have gotten to know Tupac much better since he's been gone than they did when he was here.

Tupac Back' was the first single I had, but prior to that I already had 20-something songs in the street.

Growing up, you hear Tupac's music, it's kind of like... it goes without saying that everyone likes Tupac.

My biggest influence is Tupac. He was a poet, and listening to Tupac is what inspired me to start rapping.

Tupac was actually pro-choice, which is fantastic. Of course, those moments in rap are few and far between.

My fondest memory of Tupac is my father producing 'Toss It Up' for him when I was 7 years old and hearing that.

If you want it, and you want to get it, then you've got to work hard for it, like Tupac was working hard for it.

I believe it is our responsibility to make sure that Tupac's entire body of work is made available for his fans.

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

I listened to a lot of Jamaican vibes growing up. A lot of Bob Marley, Shabba Ranks, but also, Lil Wayne and Tupac.

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

Tupac and I were just close friends because we had such an insatiable drive and passion for acting and entertainment.

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 wanna thank Biggie Smalls, Redman, Jadakiss, Tupac and Michael Jackson for being my theme music throughout my career.

I think Tupac was more someone who was trying to inform us about what was going on, and he did it through entertainment.

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