Tupac is a top 10 pop culture icon
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Jone2three45
Superstar
Pac didn't have statues when he was alive either. What dude said about Em being Hip Hop's Bob Marley is right.
Rarely does anyone has statues built of them while their alive.
ThaRealness
Superstar
Yeah thats kind of what Im saying. Mainstream America sees eminem as the face of hip hop.To who?? 15 year cacs?
yeah, me and you know who the Beatles are... but they do not resonate around the world... lil nyggas in Argentina and Botwsana dont know who they are.
DaveyDave
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bruh, people in Africa, South America, Australia, Asia etc dont know who the Beatles are
People in Australia def know who the Beatles are right up to my generation and I'm sure the kids younger than me know them even if it's only cos Ringo Starr narrated Thomas The Tank Engine for so long. You're a fool to think they were only big in "parts" of Europe andUSA.
As for this shyt about Em as Marley, when people these days don't listen to Hip Hop they probably still own some Eminem albums or at least some songs just like people who don't trip on Reggae still play I Shot The Sherif or No Woman No Cry. BUT Em isn't the embodiment of Hip Hop in the way that Marley was/is to Reggae
DaveyDave
Superstar
No shyt, so saying Em isn't an icon because he doesn't have states is a stupid argument
Jone2three45
Superstar
"I would disagree" *James Harden voice*... In hip hop, yes, no denying the folks u mentioned are icons.... Outside the urban world, no.... People till this day still think of Jay as "that guy with Beyonce".... Snoop is huge, but he's just not the icon Pac is.
Put it like this, what classics does Jay have outside of hip hop (not "Empire State of Mind", arguably his biggest stuff was with Beyonce as a feat. artist. And I love jay, but nothing he has can compete with "California Love", "Changes", "Dear Mama"... I'm not just talking about hip hop classics, but classics in the pop world. I'll say it once and I'll say it again, outside of hip hop, all the dude you mentioned are just artist of the moment. The second they stop making music will be the second people stop caring about them.
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Long Live The Kane
Tyrant Titan
Not gonna seriously ponder if he's top 10...but he's definitely an icon, bonified part of Americana...I'd say he's rap's Marley...Em's rap's Elvis
Diunx
Probably drunk
Breh I assure you people fukking know The Beatles in argentina.
not anyone born after 1980
I can't name 1 beatles song besides yellow submarinePac's my favourite artist of all time bar none, Beatles are HUGE too though.
