If Pac & BIG were still alive today, where would their careers be?

[Ronnie Lott]

LOL, Biggie already had a label before his death and had 3 Executive Producer credits long before Rocafella did anything. Biggie was also managing Puffy so he was going to get more bread from that too. Not to mention a Gold Group and a Platinum Female Artist while Jay debut album barely went Gold. To say Big didn't have any Business Acumen is ridiculous. If he didn't Junior Mafia would of flopped and Lil Kim wouldn't of became one of the biggest female acts in rap history. Let's not forget what Big had planned before his death. Big also had a clothing line already in the works before Rocawear and Sean John. He was getting endorsements from Pepsi and Versace. By the time Jay would of released Bleek and Beans Big would of had over 8 Executive Producer Credits:

Conspiracy 95
Hard Core 96
No Way out 97

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The Commission 98
Cam's Debut 98
Lil Cease Debut 99
Charli-Bmore Debut 99
Lil Kim sophmore 99-00


That was was on Biggie's plate post 97. Big already had his life mapped out Post Bad Boy. All the artist mentioned were on Big and Un's Label not Bad Boy. The Commission was coming out on Big's label not Bad Boy though I'm sure he would of gave Puff a cut of the profits. As for Pac, he had the One Nation and Makaveli Records thing planned but I agree with everyone. I think Pac would of been a big time blockbuster accliamed actor by now and he would only release music lightly. I see Big as an executive but also getting into movies too. They both had really bright futures ahead of them.

 

[Teko]

Pac had too much love in the streets tho. i doubt they would have turned their back on Pac

Its so easy to take someone's relevance from a short period of time and extrapolate; On the balance of probabilities, an artist will fall off within 10 years. I bet your position would be the same for DMX if he had died in 2000, 50 Cent if he died in 2004, or Ja Rule if he died in 2002, Norah Jones after her back to back diamond albums, Usher after Confessions, Hammer after his diamond album etc When times are great and people are doing extremely well, we tend to think that the situation will last forever but the empirical evidence says otherwise.

Btw, as much as rap is sometimes treated like some competition, the Urban/ hip hop market is big enough that what one artist does will have little bearing on the other artist. In more ways than one, everyone is in their own lane, the incredible Defjam and Interscope runs from 1998 to 2003 are prime example of this - this isn't an Apple, Samsung, Nokia or Blackberry situation.

 

[Bondye Vodou]

Pac woulda been in jail givin bjs for drugs.

Biggie woulda been beyonces husband

 

[Yung Yogurt]

Pac woulda got murked at a mayweather fight

Biggie would be broke and homeless like everyone else that has a history with Puff Daddy

 

[LevelUp]

Definitely think Pac would be that voice and more into activism

 

[KingsOfKings]

Good damn question