Let's talk about the fact that 2Pac was 25 when he died

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It's wild breh only new school rappers who was doing it big in their early 20's was Drizzy. Now all these new school dudes is mid to late 20's.
 

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These nikkaz PAC n BIG considered the best for a reason... They lived life too fast... Can't leave BIG outta this... He modeled most of these nikkaz styles, same as Pac... Everybody wanna be a thug like Pac but also wanna be a lavish lifestyle livin boss like Big was...

Personally, I relate more to Pac and thats just cause of my personality....But both died young and at the top, which is what makes them legends... Don't get me wrong, Nas and Scarface also in my top 3 with Pac, but him dyin' so young is what makes him larger than life to the new generations... May his soul rest in peace, you'll be a playa for life...

Im bout to start watchin' pac videos on youtube :to:
 

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tbh I've always noticed that ppl grow up slow in the US...it's just a result of growing up in a first world country I think...

Pac was one of the exceptions...he was more lucid than most guys his age

Growing up around black militants helped

people grew up fast back in the 80s and 90s when situations were dire. Back then, you had to deal wit crack, crack fiends, super corrupt cops without video cameras, broke ass parents,and all kinds of shyt. That made you grow up faster and forced to mature quicker.
 

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It's wild breh only new school rappers who was doing it big in their early 20's was Drizzy. Now all these new school dudes is mid to late 20's.

Society for kids is getting easier and easier. back then, no one had a cell phone that can go on the internet. hell, the internet itself was in its infancy stages.
 

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It wasn't just Pac, that's how it was back then and earlier, people were making astonishing music at young, and it stills go on today. Just that the level of greatness at mainstream level has just dropped off so much.
 

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My nikka Pac should be resting with his pawg, with his Oscar for Training Day on the mantle piece
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I know everyone knows this, but it really sunk into me earlier when I was talking to some cats at work about Hall of Fame. One dude was talking about how it had no buzz but that's OK cause Sean is still young and barely tipping the ceiling of his "potential."

So I go online later and I think...got damn, that nikka 25...sure, he's young, but he's the same age Pac was when he died. You hear a bullshyt record like Hall of Fame and then realize that dude is the same age Pac was when he recorded The 7 Day Theory. That shyt don't even make any got damn sense.

Look at these ages:

Drake - 26
Kendrick - 26
Big Sean - 25
J. Cole - 26
A$AP Rocky - 24
Big KRIT - 27
Meek Millz - 26
French Montana - 28
Wale - 28
Action Bronson - 29
Future - 29
Danny Brown - 32
Pusha T - 36

When you really sit back and compare the music those cats are making, where they are in their careers and what their content touches on and you compare it to what Pac did before the age of 26 -- the records he made, the lyrics he wrote, the issues he touched on. :banderas:


:mindblown:

Tupac is a different stratosphere of artist
He really was a gift from God :blessed:
 
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