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"Hit 'Em Up" is a diss track by American rapper 2Pac, featuring the Outlawz. It is the B-side to the single "How Do U Want It", released on June 4, 1996.The song's lyrics contain vicious insults to several East Coast rappers, chiefly Shakur's former friend turned rival, the Notorious B.I.G. (also referred to colloquially as Biggie Smalls).
The song is a tribute to Shakur's mother, Afeni Shakur.She and her husband were active members of the Black Panther Party in New York in the late 1960s and early 1970s. . Shakur was born a month after his mother was acquitted of more than 150 charges of "Conspiracy against the United States government and New York landmarks" in the New York "Panther 21" court cas
Death Row released Shakur's diss track "Hit 'Em Up" as the non-album B-side to "How Do U Want It". In this venomous tirade, the proclaimed "Bad Boy killer" threatens violent payback on all things Bad Boy — B.I.G., Sean Combs, Junior M.A.F.I.A., the company — and on any in the East Coast rap scene, like rap duo Mobb Deep and rapper Chino XL ...
FXThere may be no hip-hop artist who’s been mythologized more than Tupac Shakur—this is an icon, after all, who had so many posthumous albums released following his 1996 death (seven, in fact ...
It was released on March 14, 1995, by Interscope Records and Out da Gutta Records and distributed by Atlantic Records. 2Pac draws lyrical inspiration from his impending prison sentence, troubles with the police, and poverty. According to 2Pac, Me Against the World was made to show the hip-hop audience his respect for the art form. Lyrically, he ...
This year’s TIFF made us particularly excited about some upcoming releases and near the top of our list is the FX Dear Mama series about Tupac Shakur and his mother, Black Panther and activist ...
"Toss It Up" (A new mix with some altered lyrics featuring uncredited vocals by K-Ci & JoJo, Danny Boy, Aaron Hall) The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory (1996) 4:42: 10. "Dear Mama" Me Against the World (1995) 4:40: 11. "All About U" (featuring Nate Dogg, Top Dogg, Dru Down and uncredited vocals by Hussein Fatal and Yaki Kadafi)
Dear Mama spends five approximately hourlong episodes exploring the parallels between the lives of Tupac and Afeni, but Hughes offers to summarize them. “Right down to their experiences,” he says.