Every artist has their distinct inspirations, their source material that made them want to create. Sometimes, it comes about in extremely obvious ways. The end product ends up making you want to listen to the original inspiration instead. Then, there are the good artists who utilize their inspirations to help hone their own expression. For Freddie Gibbs, he wears his inspirations on his sleeve. His gruff delivery and grizzled exterior certainly recalls Tupac. However, he names two artists in particular that made Gibbs pick up the pen and start rapping.

Recently, he spoke on The Ryen Russillo Podcast around the 40 minute mark. There, the conversationalist for The Ringer prompts Gibbs on what makes up his roots in hip-hop. Coming from Gary, Indiana, there wasn’t a massive local act for him

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