More specifically, on that particular song Notorious drops some lyrics which can be interpreted as him making fun of Tupac getting shot. dropped in early 1995 entitled “ Who Shot Ya?” What set 2Pac off!Īnd outside of the extensive history of the situation as summarized above, what really set Tupac off is a track B.I.G. Intended target being sprayed with bullets. The title, “Hit ‘Em Up”, is actually a colloquialism pointing to the idea of an Andįor the most part, he insinuates that he intends to murder them. Indeed Other things, he claims to have slept with Biggie’s wife and drags basicallyĮvery other Bad Boy artist (even a female, Lil Kim) into the fray. Launching one of the most-famous tirades in rap music history in which, amongst ‘Em Up”. Take for instance, that from the onset Tupac refers to heĪnd his cohorts as “Bad Boy killers”. Then the first verse is based on him Records & co. And “Hit ‘Em Up” was meant to actually hit them where itįor instance, the song utilizes a sample from a popular Badīoy Records’ tune entitled “Get Money” (1995) and modifies the chorus ofĪnother, “Player’s Anthem” (1995), to mock Biggie, Puff and theirĪssociates. In other words, Pac and the gang used famous Bad Boy songs toīut more to the point is the lyrical content of “Hit Our way of saying that this tune is specifically designed to attack Bad Boys Properly be described as a hate track as opposed to a diss song. That’s The above gave birth to the song “Hit ‘Em Up”, the ultimateĮxpression of this animosity. Tupac represented the “Westside”Īnd recruited his underlings, the Outlawz, to serve as support on what can Vociferously hate the aforementioned individuals who were from that part of theĬountry, even to the death. Giving the impression that such was so. But he did definitely and Setting him up to be robbed. And let’s just say that Shakur was not theįorgiving type. So in the end, he didn’t harbor any ill will towards theĮast Coast per se, even being allied with a few East Coast rappers, despite
Moreover as statedĮarlier, Pac believed that Puffy in addition to his top artist, the Notoriousī.I.G., were amongst other notable East Coast personalities who had a hand in Him. And this individual was also based in New York.
Homeys and fellow co-defendants – so to speak – in the assault case had ‘snitched’ on Insult to InjuryĪdditionally Tupac believed that one of his Most popular hip-hop label from the West and Bad Boys from the East. Recognized as a West Coast artist, considering that Death Row Records were theĮpitome of the California sound. In fact at the time, Death Row was the Which led to Tupac, who was actually born in Manhattan, being fully Thus like Pac, who believed Puffy was involved in his shooting, KnightĪlso had a tiff with Puffy. And these are some of the significant factors His East Coast counterpart, the CEO of Bad Boy Records, Sean “Puffy”Ĭombs. Months before he had done so, Suge had publicly sparked beef with Whopping $1.4 million and then signed him to his label. And just two
His full term was because Suge Knight, the infamous head of Los Angeles-basedĭeath Row Records (and a well-known criminal himself) bailed him out at a Shakur famously attended court the next day, right after he was shot, toĪnd the reason he was able to leave prison before serving
In actuality an assassination attempt), again while in Manhattan. In fact November 1994, Tupac was shot five times during a robbery (which he alleged was
Year sentence (ultimately he only did 9 months). Shortly before this, in In Manhattan, a crime which sent him to prison in February 1995 to serve a 2-4 those who are California-based). In 1993 he was accused of assault New York) than any rapper from the westĬoast (i.e. To help put things into context, Tupac had the worstĮxperiences on the east coast (i.e.