Mavado VS Tupac

In the world of music, regardless of the genre, everyday there are new songs and new beats are released. A staple question in any artist interview is: Where do you find your inspiration? Do muses really exist and whisper lyrics and melodies in the artists ear? This could be a hypothesis among others. Some artists write tunes related to the current events in society and some artists sing about their lifes struggles, pain, and joy. It is certain that there are artists who are considered The Trendsetters and who have an incredible amount of influence on the artists of our generation. For instance, James Brown, Michael Jackson, Bob Marley, Tupac & many more. The artists of the past set the example for the future.

Artists from all generations often pay tribute to the trendsetters by covering their biggest hits like Woman No Cry by Bob Marley and covered by the Fugees in 1996 or Human Nature by Michael Jackson and covered by Taurus Riley in 2008.

However, some artists who seem to be very influenced by the trendsetters do not really pay tribute to them. I am sure that it already happened to you to listen to a track and you would hear a sentence that reminds you of another track your heard before but you cannot remember who sings it nor what is the title. Nowadays there are artists who copy old songs lyrics, rearrange them and add their own flavor then take all the credit. After some researches, we found out that Mavado is one of this kind of artist.

Today, Mavado is quite popular with his unique voice and outstanding vocal style but unfortunately he is not that genuine. You all remember his single Even If They Kill Me released a few years ago. There is a particular sentence he says in the chorus, Mama even if they kill me, dont cry they could never take the G from me.  Now lets turn back the hand of time to the early 90s when Tupac was still in the game, do you remember the Tupacs song entitled Life of a G? Well, Tupacs chorus goes like this, Tell mama dont cry, cause even if they kill me, they can never take the life of a real G. Dont these two tracks -Even If They Kill Me and Life of a G- lyrics look similar? You could say it is just a coincidence but, I wont stop here to prove you that I am not wrong.

Now lets compare the lyrics of Mavados song named Dying and Tupacs track named So Many Tears. I added a snippet of the verse of each track so that you could hear how similar the lyrics of these two tracks are. And for those who cannot play the samples, I wrote the lyrics.

Tupac So Many Tears

Mavado Dying

Like many other artists out there, it seems like Mavado borrowed some lyrics from someone else. Still, I want you to know that the intention of this article is not to belittle or discredit Mavado as an artist in any way, but to show you that Tupac served as a role model to Mavado, and I bet that Tupac is not the only artist who influences him. Biggie, being a huge icon of rap music too, has probably inspired Mavado as well.

Written by Krazy Gyal, with the help of Stacie P. & Eminozzz
Credits to Eminozzz for the researches