Eminem Pens Heartfelt Tribute Letter To Tupac

As a part of their October nostalgia issue, PAPER Mag had three artists pen essays on of their idols.

The first being Kendrick he write one about Eazy-E, then Swizz Beatz who is penning one on The Notorious B.I.G., and now Eminem is focusing on one of his biggest influences in hip hop history, Tupac Shakur. I think the idea is amazing because we don’t often see artist express how they feel about other artists who influence them.

Em wrote about Pac stating that “He was taking things further than a lot of rappers at the time — pushing it to the next level as far as giving feeling to his words and his music.”

A teenage Eminem first discovered Tupac through his memorable verses on “I Get Around.” Those were days where if something impressed you enough to want to hear more, you had to cop the album. That’s what Em did with 2Pacalypse Now, becoming a true fan that followed all of his musical moves. He cites Me Against The World as Tupac’s pinnacle point. He even goes as far to bet the house on that album: “I would probably put that up against anything as far as a classic hip-hop album goes.”

You can read more of Eminem’s letter to Tupac here: Paper Mag