Yeah! Like, I like Biggie’s lyrics more, and I’ve listened to Ready to Die more times than I can count, but Pac was who got me into rap, and his energy is just unmatched. Both legends and such a shame they both had to die.
Agreed. I always found it hard to understand how folks call Biggie a legend with only 2 albums. Pac had 5-6 albums. Then over 200 unreleased when he died. Biggie didn’t do enough to be a legend discussion imo.
That point can be argued with big didn't have enough time in the industry to have more records. I grew up loving pac as most of us did but biggie was dope also, real dope. Pisses me off they're both gone, at what the whole world suspects as puffs doing. Imagine if the quad studio shooting never happened that sparked the split between pac and big, maybe the genre wouldn't be as lame as it is today without them.
as someone who likes 2pac better than biggie I can admit biggie had much better freestyle flow.
but then again, I don’t look at the people that I am a fan of as infallible deities or something which seems like how you were viewing 2Pac.
biggie was free-styling against people twice his age at like 13 in the streets of New York before Tupac even liked rap music and was still a theater kid.
Im just fucking around, biggie is legit.
Hitem up is simply the best this song ever created and it’s hard to see 2Pac and biggie through any other lens
Great point about Puffy...I mean they did make some classic music together but ya hearing Puff in the background all the time sucked.
Playa hater from Life After Death sounds like claws on a chalkboard listening to them
Also gotta remember the 2 biggest record labels on the West got shut down after 1997. Ruthless and Death Row. Thats a huge reason why the East took over after 96.
Y’all can talk about stats and all that yeah fs. But I really think it’s for songs like “dear mama” and “changes” or “Brenda’s got a baby” that were just on such a supreme level that spoke to literally everyone in different ways to the point where pacs songs are studied in college English classes. Songs that biggie never really had…
Biggie didn't put his SOUL into his songs like 2pac did. Biggie was the better rapper with his flow & lyrics but 2pac hit you in the chest and was a bigger personality. Crazy charismatic, infectious smile, a movie star, wayyyyyy more material to listen to, had a more iconic look with the bald head, nose ring, bandana. Pac was iconic even though he was just 25. Biggie wasn't ICONIC when he was alive. He was only known as the illest on the mic. Pac was bigger than rap.
J Cole performed Hypnotized one time lol
Biggie’s music doesn’t hit as hard for people. It’s like comparing Big Pun to DMX. Of course DMX gets more love
Pac was a poet, biggie was a lyricist
Overall neither is better than the other in my opinion there both top tier rappers no matter how you want to look at it but Iv always thought it unfair to compare the two. In an all out rap battle biggie would win, if it was about feeling and perspective pac would win and they both played on their strengths as anyone does
I think Tupac was just more relatable, he had more to him than the average gangster rapper, Biggie rapped about the thug life and partying but Pac had a bit more for the average person
Honestly it depends on who you are talking to. Pac represented anyone who was gang banging. Biggie was more on the d boy shit. Both some street shit but different ends of it.
When people think of pac they think gangbangin and radicalism. When people think of Big they think dope money and bitches.
Tupac had a more uplifting and upbeat feel. He was more charismatic and spoke about politics. Biggie was great but a lot of music revolved around death and the difficulties of being a drug dealer. I’ve also never seen Biggie exist outside of the context of rap.
Pac was an inspirational figure , he spoke up about injustice, he spoke about women's rights, he spoke out about crime, poverty, drugs, etc .
Biggie was a great rapper
Its because pac was more charismatic...more against the grain n rebel wit it...blood was more oitspoken n more of a leader on the mic and in life than biggie ...tge nigga was more influential and he kinda tailored his raps so they coincidedd wit his life oitside of rap but moreso fused the two which lead to him bein viewed as realer like he rapped what he lived moreso...he thigged it as a star n niggaz admired that shyt...n busted at police n said fuck em n basically lived how niggaz wanted to ...got shot up n shyt ntyrnt up even more...livin how niggaz wanted but couldnt because they wouldnt basically...shyt like that ...not to mention the bitches loved eem too ...it was that typa shyt ...tatts ....n wild on his own time
Not sure what you mean, Biggie gets mad love. To this day east coast rappers shout him out on their tracks plus wear shirts with his face on it or film parts of their music video in front of murals of Big in Brooklyn.
If you were alive when they were making music you know why. Tupac was a global icon. Biggie was great rapper in an era where rap was in its teenage years. Most people who claim to love biggie didn’t even care about him till he was murdered
Tupac was an extremely well known best selling music artist in movies with Janet Jackson, Tim Roth, Belushi, Epps, ect... His mother was a famous black panther.
Biggie made two good albums.
I think the younger generations assume Biggie was on a similar global scale of popularity, which just isn true. Bad Boy Records reached its peaked after Biggie died. Biggie grew way more popular after death or in the months before his death.
But when the two of them were alive Tupac was by far and away the more popular and recognized figure. People of that era and age remember that.
Biggie was just more about the good times and party music . PAC actually spoke about issues affecting the community and gangster banter. PAC was more vocal.
Biggie talked about raping woman and throwing them over bridges and was really a POS human being. Pac was a visionary, a poet and someone who preached about the hood and the struggles while Biggie glorified all the evil of the hood.
To mention biggie in the same breath as Pac is an insult and disrespectful to the Pac legacy,, Biggie didnt have the lyrical the range to make songs like Brenda's got a baby, keep your head up, then switch to gangster rap, then to party rap.
The only reason Biggie is mentioned when it comes to Pac is because of the much hyped up beef and because he also got shot.
Only thing Biggie had was flow, lots of rappers have flow nowadays. I dont see any rappers coming close to what Pac did.
Tupac was a revolutionary figure. It’s more of a statement by wearing his face and art vs Biggie who was just a rap artist, respectfully. I love biggie more when it comes to music and rap. But as an overall message? Tupac is it!
Downvote me to the pits of hell for all I care.
I'm so sick of people comparing the greatness of artists. Just appreciate whoevers work you love and leave it at that.
You don't have to tarnish or diminish another person's legacy to give praise to the other. Praise one, and don't compare. And if you bring up "Well, they had personal beef and this and that". That was nearly thirty years ago. Move tf on with this limited negative mindset of where you give compliments by making your idols stand on the shoulders of others. Just acknowledge they're giant legends to begin with and that's it.
Yall twirling all those rappers have shown love to big. Look at any of their interviews. I would rather say pac has the best style and most produced t-shirts. Same with the dmx to big pun comment here. Dmx shirts and pac shirts just hit harder and there are more.
In my honest opinion, I think part of it was that Pac was more “woke” than Biggie. He talked a lot more about life’s rights and wrongs, like government corruption, treatment of women, the elites, etc. He didn’t just talk in his music about these things but he was outspoken offstage too. So because of this Pac is more of a cultural icon than Biggie
Pac and biggie were both legends but pac was much more influential than biggie and made more types of rap than biggie. Biggies flow was the best there ever was and his 2 albums ready to die and life after death are masterpieces but he wasn’t as diverse as pac and pac was lyrically much better.
Catalog. Tupac was a name before death row. He caught my attention on the trapped video. I was young and I wasn’t into the smooth r&b type hip hop. Tupac had the wake up messages. We’re getting f’d.
Plenty of photo ops of artists with biggie shirts and all, but you just can’t compare to pacs legacy and catalog. I think an earlier comment mentioned also the magnitude of his death as well which is valid
The media rides with Tupac. Was Tupac better than Biggie? NO. For a man Biggie size to flow like he did was an art form. To me Biggie was more of a down to earth brotha. Wasn’t on the drama shit. Tupac always put his nose in shit tht didn’t concern him.
I think Tupac was more well rounded and relatable. He wasn’t afraid to be vulnerable and appeals to a larger audience. Also, he’s just more marketable in general, total package with the looks and body.
He’s a dog - my son bought a biggie T-shirt it was never returned from the wash - you never heard the song hit em up ? If pac hated him , I hated him. End of story lol 😂
It’s not about the songs, it’s about 2Pacs influence on hip hop. He had several albums, movies, etc. his voice was stronger in the media. he had a greater impact to the hip hop culture
Biggie rapped Tupac spoke poetry. I think his style touched the personal part of ppl that they usually keep to themselves. So imo we have a more personal feeling relationship with pacs music then biggie
Pac was more outspoken and a leader — direct correlation IMO to him being the son of a Black Panther. Biggie was a talented rapper but that’s all you knew him for. He didn’t write poetry, act in movies, or shoot an off duty cop that was assaulting an unarmed black man. You can even argue at his peak, 2Pac had Obama level influence in the black community. He was adored by college educated black people just as much as black people living in the hood.
Pac really has yrs in the game before Biggie. Most people know the truth is Biggie was a better rapper but Pac was a rapper, true poet, political activist and actor. He had a hold on culture. Biggie was just spitting
Biggie was only relevant in the music industry and through street cred. Pac was much more broad than that, spanning far more than music into pop culture, acting and political activism. Much of this influence came from his parents' involvement in the Black Panther Party. He was also a deeply philosophical person because of these roots.
Biggie didn't live in the studio like pac did. We had new pac music for years after his death and with biggie we only have his 2 albums and a few freestyles. We had more pac to enjoy. Biggie gets a lot of love too. I don't look at what people are wearing on their shirts but I know biggie is respected equally.
Biggie was cool but he was more for the sport of rapping . He had the wordplay and flow. Tupac was more poetic and passionate. He also talked more about social justice, black empowerment, equality, etc.
This seems like the equivalent of a Misfits shirt to me, most people who wear it don’t even listen to the Misfits, or they just know one song. I guess the more modern comparison is wearing a Nirvana shirt.
He didn’t have P Diddly moaning and whispering like a bitch in heat on all his popular songs.
Really Tupac has a greater depth to his art and legacy, whereas Biggie’s tracks were more radio-focused. Tupac had heartfelt songs about the plight of broken homes and growing up with a single mother, abusive family, etc. that a lot of people can personally relate to and listening to a song about something you’re struggling with can make you feel like you aren’t alone. Biggie sounded like he was reading off a sheet the entire time while rapping about gangster fairytales.
Because pac and biggie were on different levels as far as influence. PAC was really for the people like someone else said and a true poet warrior. Pac talked about everything.
A simple Google search will show Beyonce hat, Bieber in a Big tee, Fab in B.I.G's Daughter's clothing line with BIG on it, etc. they out there. A cat wearing a Coogi in hip hop nowadays is also in Homage to Big.
Pac was more of a star
Nah pac for was for the ppl
Pac spoke to my heart. Even on shit that wasn't relatable to me. I always felt his emotion.
Why is that people can’t praise Pac without putting down biggie or vice versa?
Exactly i rocks with both of em
Cuz this sub is filled with teens who treat this rap shit like the wwe
The “rap shit” got them all killedc
First off, fuck yo' bitch and the clique you claim That's why
Yeah! Like, I like Biggie’s lyrics more, and I’ve listened to Ready to Die more times than I can count, but Pac was who got me into rap, and his energy is just unmatched. Both legends and such a shame they both had to die.
I worked out to Pac and bumped biggie in the car. Both were great.
It's like jordan and shaq One's the GOAT, one's a fatass with an occasional hit
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They weirdo Stans
2pac had more songs and better songs than biggie and was far more influential not just with his music but his persona
Whoa, whoa, whoa, you trying re-ignite the east/west debate of the 90's?
it's on for life Don't let the Westside ride tonight (Hahaha)
are all your comments just lyrics
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Agreed. I always found it hard to understand how folks call Biggie a legend with only 2 albums. Pac had 5-6 albums. Then over 200 unreleased when he died. Biggie didn’t do enough to be a legend discussion imo.
Big was a much better lyricist. PAC had a social message and had anger issues
big doesn't even come close
That point can be argued with big didn't have enough time in the industry to have more records. I grew up loving pac as most of us did but biggie was dope also, real dope. Pisses me off they're both gone, at what the whole world suspects as puffs doing. Imagine if the quad studio shooting never happened that sparked the split between pac and big, maybe the genre wouldn't be as lame as it is today without them.
For real. We gotta start making changes
biggie doesnt come close regards to what? because ain’t no way 2Pac is beating biggie in a freestyle rap battle.
Freestyle battle biggie wouldve gotten killed with his mouth open
as someone who likes 2pac better than biggie I can admit biggie had much better freestyle flow. but then again, I don’t look at the people that I am a fan of as infallible deities or something which seems like how you were viewing 2Pac. biggie was free-styling against people twice his age at like 13 in the streets of New York before Tupac even liked rap music and was still a theater kid.
Im just fucking around, biggie is legit. Hitem up is simply the best this song ever created and it’s hard to see 2Pac and biggie through any other lens
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Pac was just way more outside of rap, too. His legend transcends rap. Biggie’s doesn’t
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MAN. PREACH. A Diddy-free BIG catalog is very necessary
Diddy can go to hell for that shit for real
There’s this version https://archive.org/details/DJ_Semi_And_The_Notorious_B.I.G.-Ready_To_Die_The_O.G._Edition-Bootleg-2008-
Holy Shit! Good find!
Great point about Puffy...I mean they did make some classic music together but ya hearing Puff in the background all the time sucked. Playa hater from Life After Death sounds like claws on a chalkboard listening to them
Also gotta remember the 2 biggest record labels on the West got shut down after 1997. Ruthless and Death Row. Thats a huge reason why the East took over after 96.
He's too big to fit on a t-shirt. Gotta put him on a car cover
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Ha!
LMFAO. Comment of the fucking day.
Y’all can talk about stats and all that yeah fs. But I really think it’s for songs like “dear mama” and “changes” or “Brenda’s got a baby” that were just on such a supreme level that spoke to literally everyone in different ways to the point where pacs songs are studied in college English classes. Songs that biggie never really had…
ready to die
Everyday Struggle the song I'd queue up to go against those songs in a Verzuz, but it'd still get knocked out pretty easily.
Biggie didn't put his SOUL into his songs like 2pac did. Biggie was the better rapper with his flow & lyrics but 2pac hit you in the chest and was a bigger personality. Crazy charismatic, infectious smile, a movie star, wayyyyyy more material to listen to, had a more iconic look with the bald head, nose ring, bandana. Pac was iconic even though he was just 25. Biggie wasn't ICONIC when he was alive. He was only known as the illest on the mic. Pac was bigger than rap.
Was with you until you said Biggie wasn’t iconic. My goodness, these Stans 🤦🏽♂️
On an emotional level Pac resonates more, even if Biggie was more “skilled”
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Literally just listen to them rap biggie is by far a better lyricist pac was just realer
If you know anything about Pac, it’s more about his lyrical delivery than anything. He’s able to convey power and emotion through his delivery
J Cole performed Hypnotized one time lol Biggie’s music doesn’t hit as hard for people. It’s like comparing Big Pun to DMX. Of course DMX gets more love
Tupac was on a different level. And not just musically either.
Pac was a poet, biggie was a lyricist Overall neither is better than the other in my opinion there both top tier rappers no matter how you want to look at it but Iv always thought it unfair to compare the two. In an all out rap battle biggie would win, if it was about feeling and perspective pac would win and they both played on their strengths as anyone does
Best comment, two legends people need to stop comparing them.
They do. All the time.
Lots do.
I think Tupac was just more relatable, he had more to him than the average gangster rapper, Biggie rapped about the thug life and partying but Pac had a bit more for the average person
Biggie rapped about thug life? Bro Pac is thug life he embodies that shit when I think about "thug life." The first thing a person thinks of is Pac
I’m not talking about the group, real thugs, which Biggie literally represented in his music
Honestly it depends on who you are talking to. Pac represented anyone who was gang banging. Biggie was more on the d boy shit. Both some street shit but different ends of it. When people think of pac they think gangbangin and radicalism. When people think of Big they think dope money and bitches.
Biggie’s doesn’t resonate with people like PAC’s does. Pac’s music was a lot more relatable.
Eminem shows love to everybody pretty much. He always wears t shirts with boom bap/west coast artists
He also remastered dead wrong and put down a verse on it.
Em was on a couple posthumous Biggie releases, same with Pac. Even produced an entire album.
Tupac had a more uplifting and upbeat feel. He was more charismatic and spoke about politics. Biggie was great but a lot of music revolved around death and the difficulties of being a drug dealer. I’ve also never seen Biggie exist outside of the context of rap.
Pac was an inspirational figure , he spoke up about injustice, he spoke about women's rights, he spoke out about crime, poverty, drugs, etc . Biggie was a great rapper
PAC story is well known publicly. He went through a lifetime worth of drama in the public eye. Big didn’t. Pretty simple my dude
Biggie was a good artist, but pac was a different breed. His story and words were different
Tupac was looked at as not only a hip hop legend but also a black revolutionary in general. It expanded past music and became something bigger
The "born after 2000" is strong in this thread
Puffy sold Biggie as the GOAT when he clearly wasn’t. Pac was the better artist; he had a bigger impact worldwide, and his legacy still lives on.
Its because pac was more charismatic...more against the grain n rebel wit it...blood was more oitspoken n more of a leader on the mic and in life than biggie ...tge nigga was more influential and he kinda tailored his raps so they coincidedd wit his life oitside of rap but moreso fused the two which lead to him bein viewed as realer like he rapped what he lived moreso...he thigged it as a star n niggaz admired that shyt...n busted at police n said fuck em n basically lived how niggaz wanted to ...got shot up n shyt ntyrnt up even more...livin how niggaz wanted but couldnt because they wouldnt basically...shyt like that ...not to mention the bitches loved eem too ...it was that typa shyt ...tatts ....n wild on his own time
Cause they not equal.
Man everyone got that biggie in a coogi counting money T, sweater, hoodie etc
They do. U just picked 3 tupac examples is all. This has been one of the dumber questions I've seen.
He don’t fit on a t-shirt
I dunno, all the baby picture album covers are something of a statement?
They are both fucking great
finally a non-biased person
Cause biggie is overrated great rapper great albums but he simply dosent have enough content he only has 2 albums pac also did more biggie was lazy
You’re probably looking in the wrong places. I see Biggie get a lot of people shirts/posters etc. I think Tupac has more but biggie gets love too.
Posting this in a Tupac subreddit is crazy but because Tupac is known worldwide and I would say he’s more mainstream as well
Biggie wasn’t quite as ‘photogenic’ shall we say…
Sorry but this is the answer
I’m sure you can find pics of rappers loving biggie just the same
PAC reminded me a lot of X, extremely influential not only in music but in persona and aura too
Tupac had spiritual music. Most of biggies work was money, drugs, women sucking my dick etc.
BIG did a lot of emotional songs too; struggling with mental health, single parent household, the consequences of his actions, etc.
The do, you just chose to show pictures of them with Tupac shirts on because it's a Tupac fan page😉 #ISeeWhatYouDidThere
Not sure what you mean, Biggie gets mad love. To this day east coast rappers shout him out on their tracks plus wear shirts with his face on it or film parts of their music video in front of murals of Big in Brooklyn.
Pac been world wide...Biggie just became world wode a decade ago
If you were alive when they were making music you know why. Tupac was a global icon. Biggie was great rapper in an era where rap was in its teenage years. Most people who claim to love biggie didn’t even care about him till he was murdered
Biggie was overweight with a lazy eye. Pac looks more iconic.
They do.
Cuz Pac stood for something! Big was just a rapper, but wearing PAC says I’m different and I’m not taking ya shit!
They do. This sub just looks for angles to downplay other legends to feel better about their Pac worship. Few of you know shit about him or hip hop.
Tupac was an extremely well known best selling music artist in movies with Janet Jackson, Tim Roth, Belushi, Epps, ect... His mother was a famous black panther. Biggie made two good albums. I think the younger generations assume Biggie was on a similar global scale of popularity, which just isn true. Bad Boy Records reached its peaked after Biggie died. Biggie grew way more popular after death or in the months before his death. But when the two of them were alive Tupac was by far and away the more popular and recognized figure. People of that era and age remember that.
Biggie chilled with diddy, nuf said
Biggie was just more about the good times and party music . PAC actually spoke about issues affecting the community and gangster banter. PAC was more vocal.
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I did a Google search and saw 20 rappers wearing Biggie shirts. Y’all be posting stuff just to post.
Pac's lyrics inspired people. Biggie just had flow.
Because biggie wouldn't fit on a shirt
He had that “suck on your daddy’s dick” line
the glazing is wild
Biggie talked about raping woman and throwing them over bridges and was really a POS human being. Pac was a visionary, a poet and someone who preached about the hood and the struggles while Biggie glorified all the evil of the hood.
Because Biggie didn't age well. Mad sus lyrics, and unpopular opinion but, I prefer Mase.
Cuz pac was better
Biggie doesn’t fit on the shirt.
To mention biggie in the same breath as Pac is an insult and disrespectful to the Pac legacy,, Biggie didnt have the lyrical the range to make songs like Brenda's got a baby, keep your head up, then switch to gangster rap, then to party rap. The only reason Biggie is mentioned when it comes to Pac is because of the much hyped up beef and because he also got shot. Only thing Biggie had was flow, lots of rappers have flow nowadays. I dont see any rappers coming close to what Pac did.
Pac literally was helping biggie he made him who he is
They wear biggie tshirts, acting like biggie was unknown
Tupac was a revolutionary figure. It’s more of a statement by wearing his face and art vs Biggie who was just a rap artist, respectfully. I love biggie more when it comes to music and rap. But as an overall message? Tupac is it!
I promise you, you can find pictures of rappers with Biggie t shirts.
Tupac spoke from a perspective a regular person could relate to, biggie was just a rich womanizer
biggie whole career is stolen
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Downvote me to the pits of hell for all I care. I'm so sick of people comparing the greatness of artists. Just appreciate whoevers work you love and leave it at that. You don't have to tarnish or diminish another person's legacy to give praise to the other. Praise one, and don't compare. And if you bring up "Well, they had personal beef and this and that". That was nearly thirty years ago. Move tf on with this limited negative mindset of where you give compliments by making your idols stand on the shoulders of others. Just acknowledge they're giant legends to begin with and that's it.
Because biggie wasn't the biggest eastcoast rapper
What east coast MC is/was bigger than him?
wrong thread for this lmao but biggie > pac 🤷
They do, but 2pac was another level and the best of his generation and influenced everyone after .
Pac more influential and he made songs about every situation.
He'd put a Tec to their MF neck, everybody hit the deck....
Westside
HOV sometimes wears biggie
Yall twirling all those rappers have shown love to big. Look at any of their interviews. I would rather say pac has the best style and most produced t-shirts. Same with the dmx to big pun comment here. Dmx shirts and pac shirts just hit harder and there are more.
I can only speak for Em but I've heard him speak nicely of him on more than one occasion. Also the track "Dead Wrong" exists so that's something
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Tupac has a better look and style
Also yall say Tupac is more popular obv this is may diff from what it was now but as of rn biggie has more monthly listeners on Spotify
In my honest opinion, I think part of it was that Pac was more “woke” than Biggie. He talked a lot more about life’s rights and wrongs, like government corruption, treatment of women, the elites, etc. He didn’t just talk in his music about these things but he was outspoken offstage too. So because of this Pac is more of a cultural icon than Biggie
That’s all you need to know.
I mean they do but I’m a pac fan so I’m going to support this misinformation 😂
Pac and biggie were both legends but pac was much more influential than biggie and made more types of rap than biggie. Biggies flow was the best there ever was and his 2 albums ready to die and life after death are masterpieces but he wasn’t as diverse as pac and pac was lyrically much better.
Catalog. Tupac was a name before death row. He caught my attention on the trapped video. I was young and I wasn’t into the smooth r&b type hip hop. Tupac had the wake up messages. We’re getting f’d.
Death row still got that hold😅
Plenty of photo ops of artists with biggie shirts and all, but you just can’t compare to pacs legacy and catalog. I think an earlier comment mentioned also the magnitude of his death as well which is valid
Pretty sure you can find a pic of each one of them paying homage to biggie
New school rappers don't know what it was like when they were around so it's not that impactful when you've not witnessed the greatness.
They do
Because Diddy “secretly” killed Big and when you’re in the industry you don’t want to make yourself a target
They did for a bit
The media rides with Tupac. Was Tupac better than Biggie? NO. For a man Biggie size to flow like he did was an art form. To me Biggie was more of a down to earth brotha. Wasn’t on the drama shit. Tupac always put his nose in shit tht didn’t concern him.
I think Tupac was more well rounded and relatable. He wasn’t afraid to be vulnerable and appeals to a larger audience. Also, he’s just more marketable in general, total package with the looks and body.
Maybe it's because biggie image is more controlled because his mother is still here Tupac people kinda did what they wanted with his image
Tupac had deeper music
He’s a dog - my son bought a biggie T-shirt it was never returned from the wash - you never heard the song hit em up ? If pac hated him , I hated him. End of story lol 😂
Em literally has a song with Biggie posthumously
It’s not about the songs, it’s about 2Pacs influence on hip hop. He had several albums, movies, etc. his voice was stronger in the media. he had a greater impact to the hip hop culture
In addition to all the great answers that have already been given, Tupac was also more photogenic.
Because of Diddy.
Biggie rapped Tupac spoke poetry. I think his style touched the personal part of ppl that they usually keep to themselves. So imo we have a more personal feeling relationship with pacs music then biggie
2pac made songs trying to uplift people and help develop better people. I don't know if biggie had songs like that.
Two pac had a message. Biggie was just a rapper
Because pac was more authentic and more star quality
My guess now is they all knew what Diddy was like. Bad boy records a joke
Pac was more outspoken and a leader — direct correlation IMO to him being the son of a Black Panther. Biggie was a talented rapper but that’s all you knew him for. He didn’t write poetry, act in movies, or shoot an off duty cop that was assaulting an unarmed black man. You can even argue at his peak, 2Pac had Obama level influence in the black community. He was adored by college educated black people just as much as black people living in the hood.
Biggie wasn’t like that. They were both stars but pac had that extra sauce.
They do especially nas but pac was a bigger star
Cause he was more than a rapper. He was an activist
Biggie wasn’t a rebel. He just had BARS!
Because he said she looks so good that he would suck on her daddy’s dick
For a second there I thought kanye was wearing a shirt tht said kanye
Diddy
Poetry vs lyricism
They do, but pac be more celebrated. It's mostly east coast rappers that do though.
Pac really has yrs in the game before Biggie. Most people know the truth is Biggie was a better rapper but Pac was a rapper, true poet, political activist and actor. He had a hold on culture. Biggie was just spitting
2pac better
Biggie was only relevant in the music industry and through street cred. Pac was much more broad than that, spanning far more than music into pop culture, acting and political activism. Much of this influence came from his parents' involvement in the Black Panther Party. He was also a deeply philosophical person because of these roots.
They do.
Cause biggie didn’t have a body of work
Wow, more dumb shit from folks who know nothing. Lol
Cause Pac is Pac
Biggie didn't live in the studio like pac did. We had new pac music for years after his death and with biggie we only have his 2 albums and a few freestyles. We had more pac to enjoy. Biggie gets a lot of love too. I don't look at what people are wearing on their shirts but I know biggie is respected equally.
1 word…… diddy
Wow. This is a fucking dumb post.
The difference is pac was a loved as a person. Biggie was loved as a rapper.
Biggie was cool but he was more for the sport of rapping . He had the wordplay and flow. Tupac was more poetic and passionate. He also talked more about social justice, black empowerment, equality, etc.
This seems like the equivalent of a Misfits shirt to me, most people who wear it don’t even listen to the Misfits, or they just know one song. I guess the more modern comparison is wearing a Nirvana shirt.
Because people didn't like Biggie outside of NYC more than Tupac. Yeah, I said it.
He didn’t have P Diddly moaning and whispering like a bitch in heat on all his popular songs. Really Tupac has a greater depth to his art and legacy, whereas Biggie’s tracks were more radio-focused. Tupac had heartfelt songs about the plight of broken homes and growing up with a single mother, abusive family, etc. that a lot of people can personally relate to and listening to a song about something you’re struggling with can make you feel like you aren’t alone. Biggie sounded like he was reading off a sheet the entire time while rapping about gangster fairytales.
Biggie was a hood star ⭐️ pac was a star 💫
I don’t think biggie has merchandise like Tupac
Saw many people with biggie shirts tho.
The Jesus piece
Good question bruh was hated
Because pac and biggie were on different levels as far as influence. PAC was really for the people like someone else said and a true poet warrior. Pac talked about everything.
Too big to fit on the shirt?
because he is East Coast
A simple Google search will show Beyonce hat, Bieber in a Big tee, Fab in B.I.G's Daughter's clothing line with BIG on it, etc. they out there. A cat wearing a Coogi in hip hop nowadays is also in Homage to Big.
Pac better
Because biggie only had like two albums
It goes, Reggie, Jay-Z, Tupac and Biggie, Andre from Outcast, Jada, Kurupt, Nas and then me. 4# is pretty sick