Freddie Gibbs Quotes

My biggest influence is Tupac. He was a poet, and listening to Tupac is what inspired me to start rapping.

As I got older, I really got into Tupac's poetry, his books and just learning about his life and what he was into.

Growing up, you hear Tupac's music, it's kind of like... it goes without saying that everyone likes Tupac.

My biggest influence is rap. It spoke to me, probably because of my upbringing in Christiania. You listen to 'The Chronic' and you can hear that anger and frustration.

I've always been a fan of music. I would say I'm a fan of late '90s to early 2000s rap. That's where I get all my inspiration from.

But then again in the East Coast, I think, Tupac, inspired everybody on the East Coast, everybody down south, everybody in the West Coast you know what sayin'.

You know, Tupac is very near and dear to my heart. He started my career as an actor.

Tupac, Biggie, Jay. Your usual suspects. These were the people that was played in my household.

I was the biggest Public Enemy fan - I think it's what inspired the aggression of N.W.A. We just took a different route lyrically.

Tupac is my favorite artist, and he had mad style.

I would say I'm a fan of late '90s to early 2000s rap. That's where I get all my inspiration from.

When Tupac came out, my writing changed for sure. I learned from it. It was a cultural thing.

I would say Tupac influenced me the most to start rapping, but as far as a female icon that I've looked up to since I was six or seven is definitely Gwen Stefani.

When I was a kid, my favorite rapper was 50 Cent. He was definitely a big influence on why I wanted to do music.

We didn't have any problem with 2Pac. We liked his music.

I just loved listening to hip-hop, I love the words. The angry words resonated with me.

I had nothing but respect for Pac.

Nate Dogg is my favorite artist. I cried more when he passed than when Michael Jackson did.

I wanted to write a book like a rapper would write it - I didn't want to hold back. Rappers catch a lot of slack; I'm not going to be cursing up a storm, but when I look at Nas... his first album is one of my favorites. I want to tell stories like that.

Pac was real, and he put everything into that music with the passion, creativity, and the drive, and I feel like it's all one in the same with myself.

Believe or not, love me or hate me, YoungBoy is Tupac, man.

Lil Wayne is somebody who I used to ride to school listening to in my car. You know from Tha Carter to Tha Carter II, to Dedication 1 & 2, to Da Drought, his mixtapes. You know you got that for him as him being a rap legend, somebody who you look up to.

The first rap album I bought was Eminem's The Slim Shady LP so I wasn't even based on West Coast rap like that.

When I started getting into West Coast rap - The Game, then I started studying a lot of Tupac Shakur and watching his interviews.

Tupac was a glorious person, and he had all the right intentions.