What is the author's style in The Rose That Grew from Concrete by Tupac Shakur?

The language used throughout "The Rose That Grew from Concrete" by Tupac Shakur may be seen as typical in the world of slang and hip hop. Shakur often uses erroneous spellings, abbreviations, and replaces words with numbers as a way to stylize the writing and poetry. Many critics have dismissed work that does not follow traditional language patterns and that may be part of the reason Shakur chose to write this way.