If Tupac Never Died… Would We Still Call Him the GOAT?

What if Tupac Shakur were still alive today? At 55 years old, would Pac still be making classic albums?

Would he have become one of Hollywood’s biggest actors? A businessman?

A father? A label executive?

Or would hip-hop eventually have said the words we’ve said about countless legends: “He fell off.” On this solo episode of the Ern and Iso Podcast, Ern explores the difference between Tupac the man and Tupac the myth and asks whether Pac’s death at only 25 years old permanently froze him at the height of his cultural power. The conversation also moves into the courtroom, retaliation and hip-hop’s complicated relationship with justice as Ern discusses the Tupac and Lil Durk cases and how differently the culture reacts depending on who it considers the victim and the villain.

Nobody can take away Tupac’s greatness. The question is something different: Did dying young make Tupac bigger than he ever could have become if he lived?

And if Tupac were still here in 2026… would we still call him the GOAT? Tap play and join the conversation. #Tupac #2Pac #HipHop #ErnAndIso #HipHopPodcast #HipHopCulture #fyp #ernandiso4president