Tupac Amaru Shakur
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Enemies
The Notorious BIG
This all began in 1994 when Pac was shot in New York. He blamed Biggie and Bad Boy for setting him up. Before this happened 2Pac and Biggie were tight. Before Biggie was famous 2Pac used to let Biggie rap with him at concerts and gave Biggie the start that he needed in the rap game. About a week before Pac was shot Biggie said that the company he was hangin' with aren't cool. These guys were King Tut and Jacques Agnant who were members of the Black Mafia which supposedly financed Bad Boy. Even Mike Tyson phoned up Pac and said they were bad news. Biggie and Pac were meant to talk later but this never happened and the next time 2Pac saw Biggie it was when he got shot. When 2Pac was in jail people were sayin' to him how it was Biggie's home boy who got him shot and Pac also released this. By this time he was very pissed off and also why he was in jail Biggie copied came out wit' an album which was completely like Pac's so he had to change his. 2Pac never actually said Biggie was responsible for the shooting. He was also pissed off how Biggie was rapping about him money, jewelry and the parties while Biggie didn't have any of this. 2Pac said that Biggie was rapping about his life which in my opinion he was he was also pisses because Biggie was his best friend and he turned on him. 2Pac also claimed to have had sex with Biggie's wife Faith Evans.
Puff Daddy
Puffy, who owns Bad Boy Entertainment, was one of Tupac's biggest foes during Pac's time at Death Row Records. Puffy, who was already an enemy of Suge Knight has never been a real friend of Tupac. Puffy approached Tupac to sign with Bad Boy Records in 1994 but Tupac declined the offer. Since Bad Boy Records was allegedly founded by the New York based Black Mafia, some people claim that Tupac was shot because of the declination. Sean Combs was also in the studio in NY where Tupac was shot, along with Andre Harrell and others. Tupac was shot and robbed in the entrance of the building and then got himself into the elevator. He went up to the floor where everybody was hanging out. Tupac said that Puffy looked real shocked when he saw Tupac, as if he had seen a ghost. Tupac thought that Puffy also knew about the set up and was angry because Puffy denied that. While Tupac was in jail, Puffy wanted to make peace with him by sending him a letter and giving him props like "Hey Pac, keep your struggle on", while he was out with Biggie working on Biggie's career. When Tupac was released, he immediately began to diss Puffy.
Mobb Deep
Mobb Deep is a rap duo consisting of Prodigy and Havoc. Tupac first addressed them when he was in prison by sending some of his friends to a concert to confront Mobb Deep. Mobb Deep had been taking minor shots at Tupac and in a song called "Survival of the Fittest", they rapped about Tupac's notorious Thug Life: "Thug Life we still livin it..." Tupac took this as a diss because when he was in jail, he did an interview with Vibe where he claimed that Thug Life was dead and that he was giving it up. Mobb Deep felt as if they were tough enough to represent it, but when they encountered Tupac's mates yelling Thug Life, they didn't pay any attention to them. According to Tupac they were very scared and did everything they could to avoid conflict. When Tupac was bailed out, he started to take shots at them publicly, in popular songs such as "Hit Em Up" and in interviews with big radio stations. Tupac called them little kids and said that they were not on his level, yet they had the courage to retaliate on their song "Drop a Gem on Em". They were the only ones who dissed him in public, although the album, on which the song was officially released, came out after Tupac's premature death.
Dr. Dre
This all began when Snoop was on trial for murder. One of the witnesses said that Dre was in the car and if he had appeared at court he could have testified but he said that he was too busy. This pissed 2Pac off because he thought that Dre wasn't showing loyalty to his homeboy Snoop and to Death Row. He was also pissed off because Dre had never really done anything since The Chronic and was still earning a heap of cash off Death Row. Then because one minute Dre was sayin' that he was all Gangsta and that and the next he was sayin' the opposite. 2Pac also said that he got Dre kicked outta Death Row but Dre said that he wasn't happy with the violent culture that surrounded Death Row and that at one point someone was beaten up for rewinding a tape too far. In the song "Toss It Up" 2Pac calls Dre gay and he does the same in "To Live & Die In L.A.". But Dre said in "The Up In Smoke Tour" of 2000 that it was a pleasure to work with 2Pac. He also says Dre cheated on his wife "What's down in the darkness, will come to light".
Nas
Nasir Jones, a talented rapper from New York was caught up in the east/west beef due to his big mouth.
Tupac and Nas met each other at the House of Blues, where Tupac and Nas talked about the whole beef situation and how it is meant. Tupac told Nas that he was in no way involved and that he should not get caught up in it because Tupac and Death Row had nothing but love for him. But then, Tupac listened to Nas' songs and he remarked that there was a song in which Nas was talking about fake thugs and it sounded as if Nas was talking about Tupac. The song is entitled "The Message". Tupac also noticed that Nas liked to talk a lot about Thug Life after Pac introduced it to the whole world, which pissed Tupac off because he was the man to represent it and who had done it before. Tupac accused Nas of biting his style, stealing his life for his songs and so forth. Therefor, Tupac dissed Nas on songs like "Against all Odds" and in interviews, in example in the interview about Death Row East.
Chino XL
The disagreement between Tupac and New Jersey rapper Chino XL, known for clever lyrics and shocking metaphors, began when Chino rapped the following line on a track titled Riiot!: "I'm trying not to get fucked like 2Pac in jail." Chino was referring to a rumor started by Wendy Williams - that Tupac had been raped while he was in Rikers island. The fued wasn't serious, but began to elevate over time. In a radio interview Tupac addressed Chino stating, "Off the air, I'm gonna beat this ni**az a**, and also on the song Hit Em Up with the infamous "Chino XL, Fuck You Too!" Chino responded in several songs including a several minute long freestyle on New York radio. In an interview Chino later stated, "I got a chance to see him on Venice Beach one time right before he passed and I let him know that if I would have known (my lyrics) would have (upset) him like that, I would have never said it. I mean I was a fan of his like everybody else was. Everything was straight though and The Outlaws are my peeps from Jersey so it was all peace."
C. Deloris Tucker
Deloris Tucker was a black women against gangster rap trying to put all kinds of censorship's on it, basically saying it needed to be banned. Tupac saw this as "instead of trying to help a ni**a you destroy a brother". He made reference to her in "Wonda Why they Call u b*tch", a song she says ruined her sex life, and as a result she's suing the estate of Tupac. He released the song while he was alive, and she waited until he died to sue, how cowardly is that. She really is only out for the money.
LL Cool J
Ladies Love Cool James, who is acknowledged as one of the first rappers who made rap popular for the masses, was one of Tupac's foes. Although Tupac admired him and gave him a shout out on his song "Old School" which is praising all the rappers that influenced him throughout his career and who helped rap, he got into beef with LL over some still curious reasons. LL didn't seem to be pleased with the whole Tupac situation and recorded a remix of his song "I Shot Ya", which brings to mind a song by Notorious BIG which was called "Who Shot Ya." Tupac thought this song was about him being shot in New York. The song featured Keith Murray, Fat Joe, Foxy Brown and Prodigy off Mobb Deep. Tupac and LL were not much of friends anytime before and Tupac was pretty pissed. Therefore, Tupac recorded tracks with shots at LL. For example in "My little Homies", which remains unreleased until today, he says "Say what nigga, I rock your motherfucking bells", referring to LL's song "I Rock The Bell". It is still unknown whether any other occasions took place or not but LL even took shots at Tupac on his album "Phenomenon", in which he says: "She says she loves Tupac but hates LL. Do you really want a Thug or do you want love". This is an apparent diss to Tupac and pretty weak knowing that it was released after Tupac's death.
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