He is in no-way a rolemodel but he is the best example of "If you go out on top you'll become a legend."
I always kind of wondered what would have happened to guys like Kurt Cobain and Tupac had they not died. They went out at the top of their game, so I think a lot of people just assume they would have kept making several more classic records and continued along maintaining same level of popularity (though in reality that’s rarely the case).
Maybe Kurt Cobain would have turned into more of an Axel Rose, disappearing from the mainstream and leaving people waiting for another album for 15 years, which underwhelms. Maybe Nirvana turns into Limp Bizkit, had a couple of big albums that a niche of a generation embraced, but then the fad passes and they kind of fade into an afterthought. Maybe he’d be like Kid Rock and able to change and grow his sound?
Does Tupac turn into Ice Cube, no longer known for music and instead starts doing a bunch of family friendly Hollywood movies? Or maybe he pretty much leaves music altogether, and turns into Andre 3000 doing more legit Hollywood movies, or maybe he becomes Ice T or LL starring in popular cop dramas? Or does he turn into DMX going from the top of the game to a crack head dropping albums and single that don’t even chart?
I always wonder how their careers would have played out over the following 10,15,20 years. Going out when they did though definitely cemented them as legends.