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Tupac and I were just close friends because we had such an insatiable drive and passion for acting and entertainment.

I loved B.I.G., but not like I liked Tupac, because he was an actor, so I related to him.

I speak my mind. That's what we loved Tupac for.

I was a super-duper Tupac fan, and I realized later, when I became a huge Nas fan and a huge Eminem fan, I was drawn to the storytellers. They all told stories in different ways, but they were all like the best storytellers.

I think Tupac was more someone who was trying to inform us about what was going on, and he did it through entertainment.

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

A lot of people say I tried to emulate Tupac, but when I look back at my career, we're very different artists. I took pages out of Pac's book, of course, and lots of other rappers - Biggie, Nas - of course you take pages out of those books, but you eventually make it your own thing. And I think I did a good job of that.

When I was young, 'Scarface' was my favorite film. Al Pacino is my hero. I want to work with him.

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'.

There's a great documentary on Tupac called 'Resurrection' about the last few years of Tupac's life and how he transformed. And, ironically, how this East Coast rapper became this West Coast icon, back when all that Death Row/Sean Combs stuff was going on.