i don't think he's overrated but he was all the way real.nobody says he's the tightest lyricist of all time but he was the best all around.there's kids from princeton and harvard the can rhyme and use words and metaphores that u ain't never heard but that just ain't it.it's being real vs being real fake.99% of these rappers ain't never gonna shot nobody but just like possing with guns.pac did it.shot a cop fightin' livin' the life he rapped about.is he the best "rhyme sayer" with metaphores and shit,no but is he the best rapper?no doubt hands down.