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Both Em & Pac rapped about having moms with drug abuse issues, but Fif believes this shows differing perspectives of white & Black America

Link Copied to Clipboard! Share this page Both Em & Pac rapped about having moms with drug abuse issues, but Fif believes this shows differing perspectives of white & Black America Insight from 50 Cent has sparked a conversation about Tupac Shakur and Eminem. The two latter artists have catalogs that detail their struggles, including the strife endured during their upbringings. However, the Art of Dialogue recently shared a clip of 50 Cent revisiting two classics from Pac and Em while dissecting what made perspectives so interesting. Fif noted that these two prolific rappers went through a similar experience but expressed themselves differently. Eminems mom , the drug usage was part of it. He did, Sorry mama, I never meant to hurt you, I never meant to make you cry. But tonight, Im cleaning out my closet. This, of course, was in reference to Ems smash hit, Cleanin Out My Closet, from 2002s The Eminem Show. Read More: Eminem Visits Tupac Exhibit In L.A. Following Incredible Super Bowl Halftime Show 50 Cent added: Then, Tupacs mom also had some drug usage involved in her experience. And he said, Even though you was a crack fiend, mama, you always was a Black queen, mama. These bars are pulled from Pacs iconic Dear Mama from Me Against the World. Ems anger is coming from things were supposed to be right. And Tupacs statement is almost like a term of endearment cause its like, its always still what I had. I think the expectations of things going right from a white American perspective versus accepting the idea of things not going right from an African American perspective are what makes the difference in the tones of those records. Its not the same scenario but different ways of expressing the experiences because of the difference in the two artists. Read more