Artist Quote by Ja Rule

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

— Angie Thomas

I wrote and produced millions and millions of selling records, so my publishing company alone was worth millions of dollars. I didn't have to…

— Rick James

When you do rap albums, you got to train yourself. You got to constantly be in character.

— Tupac Shakur

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

— Demetrius Shipp, Jr

I feel like I have re-created myself on every album. I try to do that. It's like playing a game with yourself, trying to…

— Raphael Saadiq

You know, Tupac would go into the studio and make like six or seven songs in one day. That's how he operated. He was…

— E-40

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

— Michael K. Williams

I was a super-duper Tupac fan, and I realized later, when I became a huge Nas fan and a huge Eminem fan, I was…

— J. Cole

I didn't get into Tupac [Shakur] until a little later, once I started understanding rap and people's stories. Eminem was the first rapper that…

— Tyga

Most rappers try to put themselves in a box to try to be the image of what Tupac and Biggie were. Mostly Pac, because…

— B-Real

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

— Brian Fallon

You've got a lot of Tupac clones, but I don't think I'm one of them. I just think I give people a little piece…

— Freddie Gibbs