When Tupac came along, I thought he was quite the poet...
Pozno leta 1993 je Tupac ustanovil skupino Thug Life v kateri so bili Big Syke, Macadoshis, njegov polbrat Mopreme Shakur in Rated R. Skupina je izdala njihov prvi in edini album Thug Life: Volume 1 26. septembra 1994, album pa je postal zlat (500,000 izvodov).