Was "Who shot ya?" really about 2Pac?!
Question: Pac's name is never mentioned on the song.
Answers: Pac's name is never mentioned on the song.
Wiki article on the song-
This song is known for stirring up the East Coast-West Coast hip hop rivalry, since Tupac Shakur believed it to be a subliminal diss song mocking his robbery/shooting in November of 1994 inside a recording studio in Manhattan, New York. Although Biggie and close friend Sean Combs were only one floor above Pac when this happened, they vehemently denied the rapper's accusations.
His name is never mentioned but west coast is so Pac took it personally & I believe it was meant personally. Just my opnion though. Who knows now?
excerpt from another article
"The feud continued when Biggie soon released "Who Shot Ya,?" a heated verbal assault. Although the track didn't specifically call out Tupac, it contained suspicious lines; "Who shot ya?...It's on n----, f--- all that bickering beef, I can hear sweat trickling down your cheek." People from Biggie's entourage like Lil' Cease claim the track was recorded before the shooting took place, but nevertheless, the song added fuel to the already blazing fire as everyone in the hip-hop industry, including Tupac, assumed that the song and its timely release was a referenced hint as to who was responsible for the Tupac shooting that took place on that fateful night. Pac answered with a track called "Hit 'Em Up," in which he literally claims to have slept with Biggie's wife. On that track, he also personally attacks Biggie, his record label, his crew and anyone having to do with Biggie."
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the song is just another victim of fallacious conspiracy theories
i think so.
Maybe. Biggie smart enough to diss people without actually dissin' 'em.