History YMMV / TupacShakur

* EarWorm: ''Hail Mary''. "What do have here now? Do you wanna ride or die? Na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na-na"
** "California Loooove..."

* ExecutiveMeddling: A vast majority of the planned tracks for Thug Life were unreleased because the record company thought they were too controversial. Some of them have been released posthumously.

* TearJerker: ''Dear Mama'' , ''Life Goes On'', and especially ''Brenda's Got A Baby'' which is both soul crushing AND heartbreaking.

** '''"TUPAC ALIVE IN SERBIA, TUPAC MAKING ALBUM OF SERBIA!"'''

* InternetBackdraft: Tupac VS. Biggie.

** It wasn't impossible to see coming, he grew up surrounded by death, and he made a good deal of enemies.

** "Dear Mama" is in a league of its own. Tupac's usual lyrical mastery is used to show a deep appreciation for the sacrifices and struggles of his mother and mothers everywhere. Eminem and Music/KendrickLamar have each stated that the raw emotion in the song influenced their own work considerably.

* TearJerker: ''Dear Mama'' , and especially ''Brenda's Got A Baby'' which is both soul crushing AND heartbreaking.
** Speaking of Brenda's Got A Baby, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gekWAHKf0Z4 this reaction]]. As one commentor put it, "never thought a rapper would make a old white man cry".

* BrokenBase: Fans often argue over what album showcases the ''[[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation real]]'' Tupac. The albums in question are ''Music/MeAgainstTheWorld'' VS ''All Eyez on Me''. Proponents of the former claim that the album is better than AEOM because of its depth and dark, introspective approach, while claiming that AEOM is just a typical mainstream rap album people jumped on the bandwagon for. Conversely, fans of the latter argue that Tupac works with a much wider range of topics in AEOM than in MATW, living it up on a few songs while exploring more serious topics in others.

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: His posthumous hologram duet with Music/SnoopDogg at Coachella.
** Ladies and gentlemen, meet a 2017 UsefulNotes/RockAndRollHallOfFame inductee. He's being inducted in his first year of eligibility, and he's the first solo rapper to be inducted.
** [[spoiler: His zig-zag appearance on ''[[Music/KendrickLamar To Pimp a Butterfly]]]]''. Even if it was just [[spoiler: impressive editing]], it still fits so well for Tupac, as it'd be something he would do.
* CrowningMomentOfFunny: His duet with Music/IceT singing "You Don't Bring Me Flowers". Pac's embarrassed attempts at trying not to crack up laughing were the icing on the cake.
* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: ''Dear Mama''.
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Most of his songs.
** "Picture Me Rollin'" deserves special mention. No hook, two solid guest spots, one of the best verses Pac ever dropped.
** The guitar riffs in "Me and My Girlfriend" are simply beautiful, not to mention the dexterity with which its prime conceit (depicting guns as women) is carried in the lyrics.

* HeartwarmingInHindsight / HilariousInHindsight: "And though it seems heaven sent, we ain't ready to have a [[UsefulNotes/BarackObama black president]]. Can also count as LifeImitatesArt.

** Speaking of Brenda's Got A Baby, this reaction:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gekWAHKf0Z4. As one commentor put it, "never thought a rapper would make a old white man cry".

** ''"TUPAC ALIVE IN SERBIA, TUPAC MAKING ALBUM OF SERBIA!"''

** *"TUPAC ALIVE IN SERBIA, TUPAC MAKING ALBUM OF SERBIA!"*

** "Hit 'Em Up" contained diss to Mobb Deep (who took part in taking shots on the West Coast on Capone N Noreaga's "L.A, L.A" remix, which Pac felt dissed him), mocking Prodigy for having sickle-cell anemia. Many thought that this was [[DudeNotFunny way below the belt]], but it's even harsher as of June 20th, 2017, when Prodigy finally lost his battle with sickle-cell.

* HesJustHiding: Many Tupac fans feel that he is still alive and he is hiding somewhere outside of America.

** Music/{{Nas}} sampled this line in the chorus of his song "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69Z5AKVwCNk Black President]]".

** "Hit 'Em Up" contained diss to Mobb Deep (who had dissed 2Pac on "Drop a Gem on 'Em"), mocking Prodigy for having sickle-cell anemia. Many thought that this was [[DudeNotFunny way below the belt]], but it's even harsher as of June 20th, 2017, when Prodigy finally lost his battle with sickle-cell.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: A ''lot'' of his songs are about him dying. Case in point: [[http://ohhla.com/anonymous/2_pac/greatest/troubl96.2pc.txt Troublesome '96]].

** Can't forget about this line in "No More Pain": "When I die, I wanna be a living legend".

* MemeticMutation: "Pac ain't dead. He'll be back in" (insert date)

* FandomRivalry: Tupac fans VS. Music/NotoriousBIG fans.

* BrokenBase: Fans often argue over what album showcases the ''[[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation real]]'' Tupac. The albums in question are ''Me Against the World'' VS ''All Eyez on Me''. Proponents of the former claim that the album is better than AEOM because of its depth and dark, introspective approach, while claiming that AEOM is just a typical mainstream rap album people jumped on the bandwagon for. Conversely, fans of the latter argue that Tupac works with a much wider range of topics in AEOM than in MATW, living it up on a few songs while exploring more serious topics in others.

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: His posthumous hologram duet with Snoop Dogg at Coachella.
* CrowningMomentOfFunny: His duet with Ice-T singing "You Don't Bring Me Flowers". Pac's embarrassed attempts at trying not to crack up laughing were the icing on the cake.

* FandomRivalry: Tupac fans VS. Notorious B.I.G. fans.

* UncannyValley: Dr. Dre & Snoop Dog brought a Pac hologram with them when they headlined Coachella in 2012. It just ''barely'' looked like a projection, and that was if you were sober and watching on a computer. Naturally, something so unnerving had to [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGbrFmPBV0Y open with Pac's creepiest song]].