From 2Pac to Juice WRLD, delve into hip-hop's greatest funeral tribute songs as we uncover the art of honouring legacies through powerful musical memorials.
"I don't know of any rapper that has ever made a song in honour of a dead friend or relative and the song was bad"
All Musicians and rappers especially have this Midas touch embedded in their abilities when it comes to making funeral tribute love songs.
All Musicians and rappers especially have this Midas touch embedded in their abilities when it comes to making funeral tribute love songs.
Hip-hop essentially has this way with the artist, the culture, and the whole sound has a way of having the tribute come out as it really should. A similar effect we see in rappers rapping for their mothers, they don't miss. Take 2 Pac with Dear Mama, Kanye with Hey Mama, Nas With Last Dance just to mention a few, The culture has its way with tribute songs as a branch.
Even the rappers that are not labelled as a top tier to say, have been seen making perfect tribute songs. In my opinion, I don't hold the black and yellow rapper Wiz Khalifa as high so as the late Juice WRLD but these two stood out with tribute songs for their dead homies. Khalifa made a song in tribute to the late Fast and Furious star Paul Walker and we witnessed greatness at the time and made waves with it. The 2018 song "Legends" by Juice WRLD which was a tribute to the late XXXTentacion caught me off guard on my first listen, I expected it to be pure mid but the detail, the way it was crafted is just perfect.
Even the rappers that are not labelled as a top tier to say, have been seen making perfect tribute songs. In my opinion, I don't hold the black and yellow rapper Wiz Khalifa as high so as the late Juice WRLD but these two stood out with tribute songs for their dead homies. Khalifa made a song in tribute to the late Fast and Furious star Paul Walker and we witnessed greatness at the time and made waves with it. The 2018 song "Legends" by Juice WRLD which was a tribute to the late XXXTentacion caught me off guard on my first listen, I expected it to be pure mid but the detail, the way it was crafted is just perfect.
Best Hip-Hop tribute songs of all time
| Artist | Song |
|---|---|
| 2 Pac | Life Goes On |
| DMX | Goodbye |
| Resilience GZE | Vavhurirei Mukova |
| Kendrick Lamar | Heart Part 5 |
| TI | Dead And Gone |
| Joey Badass | Survivor's Guilt |
| Notorious BIG | Miss you |
| Joey Badass | Survivor's Guilt |
| Nas | Dance |
| Cuban Link | Flowers for the Dead |
| Wiz Khalifa | See You Again ft Charlie Puth |
| Diddy, Faith Evans | I'll Be Missing You ft 112 |
| Juice WRLD | Legends |
| The Lox | We'll Always Love Big Poppa |
| Tha Crossroads | Bone Thugz-N-Harmony |
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