Foxx: 'Tupac's death sparked rap careers'

Jamie Foxx has opened up on the legacy of late rappers Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G.

The actor and singer has claimed that the deaths of Tupac and Biggie Smalls sparked various rap careers and recalled how he learned of Tupac's fatal shooting in 1996.

Speaking to Radio Planet TV, the 42-year-old said: "The Tupac legacy is so incredible. I was watching VH1 when unfortunately, we lost Tupac and unfortunately we lost Biggie also. It still leaves a whole in my heart when I think about those guys and what they could have done and could be doing right now.

"And a lot of these guys wouldn't even have had careers if Biggie and Pac wouldn't have passed. And I say that not naming anybody's names because I believe everyone is still talented but I wish we could have had a little bit more of that, man. A little bit more of what [they] could have taught us and tell us."