Tupac vs. N.W.A: Who REALLY Changed Hip Hop?

He was here to educate and spark change. Then we go I Was Wrong About Tupac. This, this, this the one I'm talking about. His second album, Strictly 4 My— continued, man, you know, blending social commentary with his, uh, signature style and his lyrical prowess, man. People, and Tupac couldn't flow, man. Dude, you name me one person who was more influential in in the rap game than Tupac besides NWA, cause NWA the ones really came out with that. Police, you know, that was like 1988, 1989. I was just going to high school then when that came. No, no, I take that back. 100 Miles and Runnin'. 100 Miles and Runnin' came out in '88 or '89 because that's what we was bumping on our way to school. Our first day of school, we was on that 100 Miles and Runnin'. But NWA, man, in the late '80s, man, you know, they, they really brought that, that, that hood, that, that, that— I mean, New York was hip-hop. Curtis Blow, all these cats, uh, Heavy D, you know, uh, Heavy D. You can listen to Heavy D in the car with your mama on the way to school. Heavy D, no cursing, no nothing. Chaba Ranks, you can listen to that in the car on the way to school with your mama and they ain't gonna cut the radio off. But some of this stuff, Tupac, you weren't playing in the car with your mama. You weren't playing NWA on your way to school with your mom and daddy in the car. That wasn't happening back then.