RaySwift;5363750 said:
Pac once again telling the truth. Cube did use the East vs West hype as a crutch to get money. I cant knock his hustle but I understand where Pac is coming from. Its like how these new rappers wanna become bloods because its the cool thing to do.
Dont give me that "Well Cube is from the West and he has every right to defend his territory."
Well why did he re-locate to New York to record his album? Exactly, because it was a good business move. Cube is about gettin money. Keepin it real dont mean shit to that man.
Every album Cube dropped before he dropped Bow Down was platinum. Cube was also smart enough to never sell his publishing. Cube was a millionaire when he dropped Bow Down.
Tupac's finances at this time where a much different story. After his death, it was found out that his jewelry was rented, and he was behind on his payments. And his house and cars were on loan from Death Row, because he could not afford to buy them. He lied to his Mom. He told her that he bought a house for her, and it turns out the house was owned by Suge Knight.
If you want to talk about somebody using the East vs West beef for hype and cash, the person you should be talking about is Tupac.
Suge Knight, and Snoop Dogg, are the originators of the East vs West beef. Not Tupac. Tupac use to ride around the East Coast with Biggie, and a bunch of other people from the east. And the people that shot him, were from Jimmy Henchman's crew, and Jimmy did not have him shot because of the East vs West beef. Pac was supposed to do a track for him, and did not do it. Also, last but not least,Tupac was hanging with Faith Evans before he got shot. So him hanging out with her had nothing to do with East vs West either. This is a fact many people seem to forget.
Tupac used the East vs West beef for cash and hype more than anybody else on the planet. He attacked people that had problems with Death Row long before he got to Death Row. Snoop and the Dogg Pound were in videos crushing buildings in New York way before Pac ever said anything about New York.
The East vs West beef was pure hype, that would of died out if Pac had stopped using it to sell albums. All of the participates inside of it did not even want to engage in it anymore. Snoop himself said this. Snoop, Biggie, Nas, Jay-z, Puff, Mobb Deep, and everybody in between was no longer promoting this beef. The only one still talking about it was Tupac.