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

The one thing that I'm always gonna promote is, 'Don't look at a fellow black man as an enemy.' And it's hard. It's really hard, though, when you're coming up. It's something that you have to teach yourself and learn.

I will say this: Rapping-wise, there has never been anybody to match Tupac's energy when coming on a song, like when rappin'. It's unmatched. You can't duplicate it.

My fondest memory of Tupac is my father producing 'Toss It Up' for him when I was 7 years old and hearing that.