Line #74 Music/Threepac


1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/3pac_tvtropes_798.jpg]]
2	[[caption-width-right:350:Gettin' the chedda, son.]]
3	->''I'm a big boss, self-made''
4	->''Getting chedda, bitch I'm self-paid''
5	->'' 'Till the grave, keep it flossin' ''
6	->''[[Music/RickRoss Rick Rossin']], big bossin'''
7	--> 3PAC, "Do It Big Like Kony"
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9	3PAC (1991-2015), formerly a benign rapper and producer going by the handles ''Silvaback'' and ''Ryan James'' was an Oakland, CA based satirical rapper, focusing on making music [[StylisticSuck bad enough]] [[HollywoodToneDeaf to make your ears bleed]], primarily in the [[SarcasmMode venerable]] SwagRap genre. Outside Website/YouTube, he was a student at San Jose State University and a member of his school's water polo team.
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11	Starting in mid-2012 as the white homage to Music/LilB, he went on to create his own style and terminology, primarily referring to ''not giving a hoot'' (what did these poor owls ever do?) or ending every sentence with "son".
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13	His early videos were widely disliked, with many people taking him at face value and assuming that he really was just a terrible rapper making outrageous boasts. As more people began to see his videos and understand his humor, however, he ended up developing an extremely loyal and dedicated underground fan base. His fans are usually referred to as the 3PAC Army or the Zero Hoots Gang.
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15	In October of 2015, his career was abruptly and tragically cut short when he drowned during a water polo accident. He was taken to the hospital, but was eventually taken off life support when it became clear that he would never regain consciousness. He was 24 years old.
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17	His fans continue to keep his memory alive on the internet. Much of his music and merchandise can be found [[http://zerohoots.com/ here]].
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19	3PAC's most notable tracks include:
20	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaqcNEeIUu8 PUSSY ASS HOES]] (also referred to as "THE REAL RAP GOD", "EMINEM DISS" or simply "RAP GOD")
21	* [[https://youtu.be/LbiqsTvQ8Gc I DON'T GIVE A HOOT (ZERO HOOTS FREESTYLE)]]
22	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxTsXUMmrN0 RICH WHITE MAN MARK CUBAN (WE BOOZIN)]]
23	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_McmUZ926XE SWAG LIKE OSAMA]]
24	* [[http://www.worldstarhiphop.com/videos/video.php?v=wshhH7e1x7ee393Uymi6 PEWDIEPIE IS A CHILD RAPIST]]
25	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2L5RexS0Kw I LOVE MCCHICKENS]]
26	* [[https://youtu.be/ITphBCtRP4c EBOLA IS HOOT(EBOLA AWARENESS VIDEO SON) ANCIENT SILVERBACK ]]
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29	!!!3PAC provides examples of:
30	* AnimalMotifs: He often compared himself to a Silverback, and sometimes got down on all fours and/or beat his chest like one.
31	* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--nijA78ACA 3PAC STYLE]] (a parody of [[Music/{{PSY}} Gangnam Style]]) features faux Korean, while the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-_-ZCMcTVU Nelson Mandela memorial song]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55coX9CEUW8 "Galapagos Islands"]] feature lyrics sounding as if written in exotic languages.
32	* BoastfulRap: If it's a 3PAC song that isn't a [[TakeThat DissTrack]], it'll be this.
33	* CapsLock: Almost all of 3PAC's video titles are written in ALL CAPS.
34	* CelebritySong: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDzMdQ7vEmg ROSIE O'DONNEL]] ''(sic)'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBCMX8AGBHA BARRY BONDS]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxTsXUMmrN0 RICH WHITE MAN MARK CUBAN]].
35	* DepravedBisexual: He usually rapped about hoes and chedda mamas, but he also [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNrsYfnSG8c expressed sexual interest in Chief Keef]], and claimed to suck his own dick.
36	* DownerEnding: At the time of his sudden death, he had built up a very loyal and supportive fan base, and his Website/YouTube popularity was steadily increasing.
37	* DrunkenSong: Supposedly [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0ehI8wJ358 this one]].
38	* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: 3PAC begun with singing deliberately horrible freestyles such as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxFECq5K3WY this one]] and did not bother to flaunt his "chedda", even if purely staged - instead producing all of his videos in his unremarkable green-walled sleeping room.
39	* EvilLaugh: Occasionally did this on songs that parodied the horrorcore subgenre (see [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L54XR7WyG30 I F*CKED THE BASED GODS BITCH]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsxqzMN4IPM 2 CHAINZ SUCKS DICK (LEGENDARY DISS)]]).
40	* LargeAndInCharge: In charge of the whole rap game.
41	* LargeHam: [[InvokedTrope He frequently mentioned "going ham".]]
42	* LikesOlderWomen: If his RICH WHITE MAN MARK CUBAN and RICH WHITE MAN CHEVY CHASE videos are any indication.
43	* LimitedLyricsSong: Be prepared to hear any combination of "son", "chedda", and "hoot" in any given song.
44	** Frequent overuse of certain phrases and rhymes, such as "cheddar/better/wetter", "rich white man/I got the plan", or even "boss/Music/RickRoss".
45	* LoudnessWar: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaqcNEeIUu8 RAP GOD]].
46	* LyricalTic: "Yeah", "boy", "son", etc.
47	* MessianicArchetype: Once called himself the rebirth of Jesus. He also compared himself to Buddha, MLK, and the like.
48	* MightyWhitey: How he sarcastically portrays himself in the EBOLA IS HOOT video.
49	--> 3PAC is a hero
50	--> 3PAC is Jesus
51	--> Here to save Africa
52	--> With all of my chedda!
53	* NWordPrivileges: He comically assumed he had this, and made full use of it.
54	* PatrioticFervor: On a few tracks, but most noticeably on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MEVfdPHBKo F*CK NORTH KOREA (LEGENDARY NATIONAL WAR ANTHEM)]].
55	* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: In addition to his N-Word Privileges, he also took an irreverent approach to sensitive topics like Ebola, the Jerry Sandusky trial, and recently deceased celebrities.
56	* [[RaisedByWolves Raised By Silverbacks]]: Or so he claimed.
57	* RefugeInAudacity: "Swag Like Osama", as well as his "tributes" to Nelson Mandela and Paul Walker.
58	* SirSwearsALot / GoshDarnItToHeck: For maximum WTF effect, he often made liberal use of both "real" and "substitute" swear words in the same song.
59	* SmallNameBigEgo: Part of his shtick. He regularly claimed to "run the whole game", and called himself the Martin Luther King of this era.
60	* TheStoner: He was very fond of dope, and could sometimes be seen smoking it in his videos.
61	* StylisticSuck: Prevalent through almost all of his creative output.
62	* TakeThat:
63	** [[http://www.worldstarhiphop.com/videos/video.php?v=wshhH7e1x7ee393Uymi6 PEWDIEPIE IS A CHILD RAPIST SONG]] can be seen as that, considering WebVideo/PewDiePie frequently pulled off rape jokes in his videos.
64	** He also called Donald Sterling a glorified slave owner. "Just 'cause they gettin' paid a lot doesn't mean they ain't slaves, son, straight up!"
65	** More generally, a good deal of his songs consist of diss tracks directed at well-known rappers and public figures. He's even dissed Spider-Man.
66	* TitleOnlyChorus: Most of his songs, with small changes/additions to the chorus, as in:
67	** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_McmUZ926XE SWAG LIKE OSAMA]]:
68	-->Swag like Osama, swag like Osama
69	-->Swag like Osama, I don't want no drama
70	-->Swag like Osama, swag like Osama
71	-->Swag like Osama, hotter than a sauna!
72	** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxTsXUMmrN0 Rich white man Mark Cuban! Rich white man Mark Cuban! Rich white man Mark Cuban!]] Now we boozin'!
73	* TookALevelInBadass: Throughout most of his "career", he was noticeably overweight. After joining his college's water polo team in mid-2015, however, he began to get in drastically better shape, and in some of his last videos he looked close to being ripped.
74	* UnusualEuphemism: "Beat the cheeks" for having sex, presumably doggy-style.

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