The Leadership Greatness of Biggie Smalls and Tupac Shakur

Jeff Davis
3 min readJul 25, 2020
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Biggie Smalls and Tupac Shakur are two of my favorite heroes and huge inspirations to me. The leadership they showed in their lives to break free from other people’s opinions and beat the odds is legendary, to say the least.

Their Success Lives On

In Biggie’s song Mo Money Mo Problems, one of the lyrics is 10 years from now we’ll still be on top. He wasn’t kidding around. Many years after their deaths in the nineties, Biggie and Tupac’s music still sells and does incredibly well. Their music simply won’t die, listened to by people around the world to this day.

They Didn’t Care What People Thought of Them

Do you really think that Biggie Smalls and Tupac Shakur cared what other people thought of them? They had people who treated them poorly and thought they’d fail. But they pushed through anyway, putting themselves out there and impacting people worldwide.

I’ve, at times, struggled with what people think of me. It can be a cruel, judgmental world, filled with all sorts of fake people. But at the end of the day, these jerks can’t stop you from living your purpose.

I’m a contrarian, and I’ve shared some pretty bold and personal things about my past with the purpose of helping

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Jeff Davis

Award-Winning author, blogger, world traveler, TEDx speaker — a.k.a. Mr. Mountaintop: https://jeffdspeaks.com/authentic-leadership-blog/