But Tupac and Biggie weren't always rivals: in fact, at one point, they were close friends. Tupac and Biggie first met on the set of Poetic Justice in 1993. Biggie, who was just getting started in the music industry, was clearly flattered and later met up with Tupac at his LA home.
West Coast Hip-Hop's position in the mainstream dwindled greatly in the late 1990s and 2000s, with a few notable exceptions such as Dr. Dre's 2001, Xzibit's Restless, Snoop Dogg's No Limit Top Dogg and Tha Last Meal albums.
Despite Detroit being over 85% African American, many of the most famous white rappers, including Eminem, Insane Clown Posse, Kid Rock and Twiztid are from the Detroit area.
Snoop Dogg is a West Coast rapper who evolved under the tutelage of Dr. Dre, and has received fame for albums such as 'Doggystyle,' 'Tha Doggfather' and 'Reincarnated. '
West's early sound was largely influenced by 1990s hip hop music, particularly that of the East Coast. Despite hailing from Chicago, West expressed a preference for New York artists, tailoring both his lyricism and fashion sense after rappers such as Raekwon and Nas.
His commercial success helped pave the way for the success of other East Coast rappers such as Jay-Z, DMX, Busta Rhymes, The Lox, Fat Joe, Big Pun and many upcoming rappers.
To public knowledge, Tupac didn't have any children. Not long before his death, Tupac married his girlfriend Keisha Morris in April 1995. At the time, he was in prison for a sexual abuse conviction. The pair had always planned to have kids, but they split shortly before Tupac died.
Pac and Biggie were pitted against each other as their fame, and the genre's popularity, grew across the country. The producers behind West Coast's Death Row Records (Dr. Dre, Suge Knight) and East Coast's Bad Boy Entertainment (Sean “Diddy†Combs) helped fuel the competition as years passed.
Tupac was born in Harlem, New York in 1971 as Lesane Parish Crooks, but he moved to Marin City, California (just north of San Francisco) in 1988. Although he was already 17 by this move, Tupac almost immediately began to adapt to West Coast culture, and he soon became the image of West Coast rap.
Tupac was born on Wednesday, June 16, 1971 in Brooklyn, NY. Tupac was named after an Inca chief named Tupac Amaru, which means "shining serpent" and Shakur is arabic for "thankful to God". Born in jail and raised in Oakland, Calif.
From there, the two became close friends and had mutual respect for one another's talent. B.I.G. would crash on Shakur's couch when he visited LA and Shakur would visit B.I.G. when he was working in New York.
I want y'all to be very clear. When all that bulls— and everything was going on, these two brothas was callin' me and I was callin them and we always been friends. That's always been my hero as a producer (pointing to Dre) and this has been one of my best friends (pointing to Snoop).
East Coast hip hop or East Coast rap is a type of hip hop music that comes from the East Coast of the United States It originated in New York. A notable East Coast rapper is 50 Cent.
In addition to launching his own record label, Bad Boy Records in 1993, scoring himself a debut album No. 1 on Billboard's Hot 100, he later expanded into his very own clothing line, vodka company and television network, all of which have contributed to P Diddy's whopping net worth.
Kanye West is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer, fashion designer, and entrepreneur. He is now the richest rapper in the world, with a net worth of $6.6 billion.
While Diddy hasn't reached billionaire status yet, he's certainly approaching the mark, and has been speaking about joining the billionaires' club for years. His net worth in 2020 was estimated to be between $855 and $885 million.
