Snoop Dogg paid a heartfelt tribute to Tupac Shakur as he inducted his late friend into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Friday (04.07.17). Snoop Dogg and YG performed "Gangsta Party", Treach from Naughty by Nature did "Hail Mary", and T.I. - decked out in Tupac's signature bowtie bandanna AND a leather corset - gave an affecting cover of "Keep Ya Head Up" that was clearly very meaningful for him. It's the fact that he never shied away from it.
"Just to be associated with the greatest, he was only a part of my industry move as far as creatively for two or three years, but his music lasts forever", Snoop added. "He's American history", Snoop said. You got to remember I had just beat my case and Pac had just got out of prison.
We've compiled a few of the standout moments below.
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Snoop reminisced about Tupac introducing him to blunts - "I was a zig-zag man before that s**t", he joked - and about how 'Pac would always try to match him by buying the same Rolls Royce, but in a different color, and the same luxury penthouse, across the hall from him. I want y'all to go see the movie too, All Eyez On Me. He saw more potential in me than I saw in myself and it's amusing because after he passed away I started getting a lot of movie roles and all this stuff. Whether that was him loving Black people, him loving his homies, him loving his record label, and of course, him loving his attractive and incredibly strong mother, the late Afeni Shakur. "It was incredible that his mom was so strong and loved so hard". "Hip hop needs our own Hall of Fame".
Later on, the rapper revealed that despite Pac's "thugged out" brand, he was a lover. You will live on forever.
The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony took place on the evening of April 7 in Brooklyn, NY.
Letterman wasn't the only fan in the room: As Vedder thanked his wife during his speech, one male fan from a seat up high screamed, "I love you, Eddie!" Inductees will eventually be enshrined in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame museum in Cleveland.
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