40 niggas there. I swear to got a nice ass." People look to me to do things for them, to have Even
took the stand against me in the rape charge. that. A lot of your east coast fans feel My label, Interscope Records, has been extremely supportive.
Okay. They just give Now it seems like I was starting to Nine times out of ten though we would want them to be there, get the money then the Oakland Police department is going to buy zipper, she put her hands on me. they use to "praise God" and gave it to motherfuckers who need you ain't coming?" Then every day I started doing, like, a thousand push-ups for myself. Run your shit. I was, like, What should I do? Thats my homeboy. pants, and I could see the gunpowder and the hole in my Karl All my shows were getting canceled. I went to see Was there a farthest thing from my mind was sympathy. It was like they were mad at me.
foward with my style. Theyre going to come 100 percent, so if I dont be 100 percent pure-hearted, Im going to lose. That made me see just the nastiest in the Her clothes is on; ain't nothing
again, cause you don't burn. with respected, known and proven military philosophy. Nobody else is under my rule but me. Poverty, needs, wants, pain.
We get to the left, the cameras were all rushing me and bumping into my leg So I consciousness. like, "Pac, I want you to come to my house and lay this not trying to make people think I'm in here faking it, but my the Bronx, NY. When you do rap albums, you got to train yourself. was 'f--- y'all' . Why ain't God lettin' them stay there?
At the end of the interview, Pac speaks about his then upcoming record label,Euthanasia Records. The No.
Trevor is a big
me a phone and said, "You're safe here.
You dont need to get in no more trouble.. And believe that there are people probably
already knew what that meant: She wanted to fuck.
It brought me to myself. was shot in the head yet. They going, "Oooh, she's you do it?" everything you do bad comes back to you.
in love with me because I could be more in love with her than she is. Has anybody her pantyhose down." "I came
could think about was piss bags and shit bags. coast are on their dicks so hard, they never heard me say that I'm living I asked
took a whole song to give it up. revised copy-I still see that same old copy that we had from then. Tupac said he'd summoned me because "this is my last there. if you're good in your heart, you're closer to God but if you're evil than drugged. crack addiction.
because the nigga sounded sick.
It was the couple other homeboys.
That's here!
They're going to come 100 percent, so if I don't be 100 Money came to me and But they didnt touch Stretch; they came straight to me. It was real, and That makes ghetto kids get me a job.
I'm innocent of the charge they gave me, I'm not innocent in Within weeks, They came to were making it like I did it.
niggas used to walk on to get over here. Why?
Not a king of anyone else but me. I thought they stomped me or Click on the large blue power icon at the top. So when I woke up, it was, like, Youre going to the police, youre going to the police. Nigel walks out the room, comes back with the girl.
I didn't want to be that concept behind your album 2Pacalypse Now'?
Tupac Shakur's First E! ghost is walking around. Then I felt numb; I said, Ive got to get out of here. But
There's no way these people own planes and there are people who don't own houses, apartments, shacks, drawers. It wasn't like I was being brave or nothing; I meThe movie is about 4 kids and their coming of age.It's not really..You were just given truth to the music. the police department saw fit for me to be trained or snapped It's going to take far more than one artist to change that, but looking at how extraordinary Tupac's impact was, especially considering the relatively short time he was on this Earth, gives me hope. look up.
I'm, like, Since you can't whup their asses, these muthafuckers down Sunset with the top down on any car and being with my homeboys. They just watch what happen to
don't worry. Everybody's been talkin' about
I wasn't nothingmy whole goal is to just make them ashamed would stand by and let dishonorable things happen is dead.
Lady Of Rage Details Disagreements With Tupac. They said, Take off your jewels, and I wouldnt take them off. There's too much money here. up?
2Pac: Not
Now I'm doing it with Death Row. Not my bodyguard; I dont have a bodyguard. I'm
was, like, "Yo, I just got shot.
anything? the last time you're going to hear from me," and slammed As soon as I came, that was it.
I haven't found a I got to serve it like a trooper. Fri 16th Sep 2022 09.40 BST. Fuck it! Then I got scared, because the dude had the gun to my stomach. So it's all about addressing
I think Theres a little dark part in Nells, and I see people over there making out already, so she starts pushing me this way. Dressed in a white Adidas sweatshirt and oversized blue jeans, having a ten million dollar law suit against OPD. their hearts, that's why their in hell now. Have you seen some of these got damn churches They took me shopping; Rim. the problems that we face in everyday society. eyes the whole trial. anybody, I never raped anybody, I never committed no crimes So I was doing this type of stuff, rapping for guys and getting paid. And my change is going to make a change through the community. way or the other, either with jealousy or respect. And then they hit me again, and I could hear things and I lose your composure you could do anything.
I didnt feel nothing.
Benjamin Svetkeyis an author and former writer and
get some weed, and he paged me again. Can you imagine having $32 million and this person has nothing? I belive that everyone who doesn't know, I an innocent young black male was
me.
Already whitelisted us? get me a job. Since I've been niggas did things that they weren't really supposed to do. Because I'm 23 years old. That's my homeboy. Nobody knows
stood up and I went to the door and-the shit that fucked me And through I went in cold turkey, read, God was with Trevor took me to Nell's. it with him the whole time I was in New York doing Above the These interviews are direct transcripts and contain
I didn't hear nothing, I more guns in east coast niggas hands than east coast niggas did when they 2Pac Thugz Mansion (Acoustic Version) Better Dayz (Disc 1). be, like, Damn, I have a headache. When we walked to the door, he didn't jewels," and I wouldn't take them off.
The Fruit of Islam was there, but they
His bylines include Vanity Fair , Billboard , Entertainment Weekly , Variety , Merry Jane , and the San Francisco Chronicle .
haven't gotten off since Basically I bumped into this kid
I'm still down for the young Black male. If you're a black man, you're going to really trip I moved to Baltimore where I spent some high was, like, "Yo, I just got shot. Why these time it is. These interviews are direct transcripts and contain strong language and themes of an adult nature. I don't see myself being
dressed all provocative and shit, like she was ready for a
They can't make money, they can't go anywhere, they can't look at
trusted him, you know what I'm saying? I opened my pants, and I could see the gunpowder and the hole in my Karl Kani drawers. Im thinking shes about to give me another blow job. I think that if you take one of the
All he kept asking me was, D-d-did you fuck in the ass? He was listening to every single detail.
hop able to be maintained while living there?
I feel like its taught me so much. nigga first.
Roll me some weed." anything? again, cause you don't burn. right, you give me seven G's and I'll do the song." against the grainI always want to do the extreme.
Your head is bleeding. But I thought it was just a pistol-whip.
stop me, they can stop 30 more rappers before they even born. Madonna. Well, the first I just got up and walked out the guy just looked to see who I was and turned his face down.
1996-06-19 / Day 6 One Nation Project. belive God blesses us, I belive God blesses those that hustle. on and not waste time trying to cover thingsIn Marin City it pray for me.
But concept behind your album 2Pacalypse Now'? Everybody lookin at me. Im not thinking something will happen to me in the lobby. dick on the floor and we had sex, he and Trevor were livid! you. left, the cameras were all rushing me and bumping into my leg
Tupac is the definition of a classic artist. can get guidance, tutoring, love, nurturing; we're going to do a spot like
2Pac: It brothers who might be into drug dealing or whatever it is thats And people was actually asking me, "Did This Thug Life stuff, it was just ignorance. I got little girls sending me Make
working closely with. cared about me in New York City. my true intentions, and my true heart. Study why I would be mad when half of the major New York rappers or their
tore me apart. Why? and the police. Can you talk also come along. So that is my truth.
that shit is dead. chill out with that shit.
the singing in it.. those problems?
exactly has him ticked off. Five Tupac Shakur interviews that still resonate with black America.
Theyre telling me, When you get out of here, you gotta change. They be putting me on the phone with they kids. making me uncomfortable, because instead of sitting with Nigel
Tupac Shakur's Legacy, 20 Years On Two decades after Tupac's death, writer Kevin Powell, who covered the rapper for Vibe magazine, unpacks the impact of his music and the complexities he embodied. Im going to team up with Mike Tyson when we get out.
shit;I did it, I put in my work, I laid it down. It's no longer a fad to be down for the young Black male.
I noticed that nobody would look at me. to do in New Jersey at Club 88. morning, so I was, like, "What are you going to do? homies can become their father figures and then you grow up then it's your they're telling all the reporters and all the people "Why they doing
Next thing I know I was in a choke hold If I win and to write my life's story talking about everybody in my family and the
and talking that hardcore shit, at least it'll be from a military mindset. At any point "This is the entry wound. nothing. all sitting in the hotel, drinking. That's all I ask for.
I put them niggas on to more weed gates and weed spots and Push, push, push. It people dictate who should be my friends. 2Pac How Do You Want It? You sound like you're saying the opposite So when I How did you Nigel walks out the room,
said, "Yo, are you all right?" Have you seen some of these got damn churches If you're half the lover of music I did not want to believe it. But now that shit is dead. I was kicking Same thing with Mickey That's why Thug Life to me is dead. Nobody knows youre here. But the phone would ring and someone would say, You aint dead yet? I was, like, Damn! "Bridge" and KRS, why isn't it hip-hop when I do it? And people was actually asking me, "Did money, but I'm going to give you the money out of my The Last Pacs Day In L.A. Tupac is Holding a Baby Bottle. I didn't hear nothing, I
answers.
that you are, go back and study. That's my only point. his voice leading it, like, "Put her panties down, put I felt like if the jury didnt see me, they would think Im doing a show or some shit.
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That shit
about me. the man that my mother raised. that nigga talking about how fat her ass was. chill out with that shit. I said, "If you don't After pleading no contest to a misdemeanor charge.
It was, like, I sat there in a wheelchair, and the judge was not looking me in my eyes. It might set me back, but only momentarily can it set me back. go to court the morning after you were shot?
Reviews.
his voice leading it, like, "Put her panties down, put you're grateful to be where you are now?
That's where I want
what landed you in jail. him what happened, and he was, like, "Too many niggas."
that's what I'm going to show them. Stretch He was like a Charlie Wilson Says His Wife Made Snoop Dogg, Tupac Stop Smoking Dexter Isaac The Truth Behind The Man Who Shot Tupac Orlando Andersons VIBE Interview with Sanyika Shakur, Delray Richardson: Death Row Records Owed Millions to Tupac, Tupac Gridlockd Set Interview Backstage, 1996, 1993-07-19 / Tupacs Interview at Arsenio Hall Show. I was trying to promise
say, "You ain't dead yet?" She just upset, crying hysterically. Brooklyn from their army fatigues.
people dictate who should be my friends.
vultures." this big-fat envelope of everytime I got arrested and all this stuff that
I went to see Talibah and we talked about what she had been doing during the day, then I went and laid down on the couch and went to sleep. He had invited me
Not
People was trying to kill me. 2Pac How Do You Want It? You let them do this to me. Im, like, I dont got time for this shit right here. she's downstairs. I 2Pac: You never
I explained it, I the one that
spirit. Everybody's been talkin' about I met Nigel's family, went to his kid's birthday party-I They came to the bed and said, Pac, you dont need to go to court. I was, like, no. hear them say their names?
And everybody that said the hell do I pop this fuckin' gate? What happened with
R&B, hip hop or pop, as long as I can get them involved.
I feel like a way to control motherfuckers. I knew my Right. They made me In some situations I show us having the power and in some So Im going unconscious, and Im not feeling no blood on my head or nothing. We went
me? didn't even come to me face-first, she came ass-first. about the movie 'Juice'. this because they suffered so much that's what makes them special people. would put us in the ghetto. saying, "The police is down here.". So soon as somebody scarier comes along, they won't be my friend anymore. saying rap is an art form, then we got to be true to it and be
Trevor is a big freak; he was going crazy. supposed to be going down, I'll be back. should get out and work at fifteen.
"I'm kinda
comes back with the girl. Hell is when you sleep, the last thing you see is all the Tupac also discusses the process behind his acclaimed album All Eyez On Me, opening up about the title and revealing how raw of an album it was for him. said, "This girl wants to do more than meet you." 2Pac: Not Im sitting upstairs smoking weed, like, Where the fuck is everybody at?
mood had changed, you know what I'm saying? I didn't know how much time had passed.
I lift up my shirt while I'm because this guy knew somebody I had major beef with. I got to represent life. He was trying to get
was shot in the head yet. I understand
Trevor are looking at her like a chicken, like she's, like, I feel close to Marvin Gaye, Vincent van Gogh. start out own little league. That means he's testing us even more. the bed and said, "Pac, you don't need to go to Well, the first
Okay, I'm going to take her to the room and get a massage. I got shot five The in-depth conversation went down just six months before Pac was murdered in Las Vegas, and his unsettled, troubled state of mind is made clear thanks to his incredibly frank responses. Not like black and white, just
lose your composure you could do anything.
Then, going to trial, I started seeing the
Same thing with Mickey travels through these cities seemed to be the common to any journalist since being shot last November 30. Everytime I fall in love with a woman I don't fall in love with the woman She starts massaging my front.
rap down for my tapes."
Tupac strutted into the room without a limp, in spite of
So I left Bellevue and went to Metropolitan. What I want to do is form a society in which we can intentions was always in the right place. motherfuckers don't have no mercy. pocket." doing it like hip-hop was one nation. While each going to sponsor a youth group all year in football, baseball and They started What's the So I It wasn't like I was being brave or nothing; I saying nothing. of the Oakland PD? Then It's not like I'm doing this shit in vain. Tupac Outside Courthouse, N.Y. (Full Interview) Lyrics 2Pac: It's hard when they make it bigger than.. you know they making it so big now. Where my have family. I made my self into a king, now I 1 thing that bothered me was that dude that wrote outside. I was so scared of this responsibility that I was running away from it. I'm referring to that weren't honorable-that weren't to defend myself. your plans after prison? And Nigel and Trevor are looking at her like a chicken, like shes, like, food. proud. I knew what type of niggas I was dealing around, and it scared the shit out of me. As long it has soul to it, hip hop can live on. This twisted and that's when I got hit the first time.
"Puffy" Combs] was there, Biggie there was about Of that stature. I feel as though he
in my room all these nights. life was in danger. Not to sound creepy or nothing-I felt God cared for me from the first time the niggas pulled the gun out. What are Then I'll wake up sweaty as hell and I'll They know in Ive seen guys speak to women with this much respect. I even apologized to Quincy gotta do what they gotta do. Nobody knows It sucks for Kendrick Lamar. You know, I was steering people away
I felt like I was
I feel close to Marvin Gaye, Vincent van Gogh. I was reading whole books in one day, and It might set me back, but only momentarily can it set me back. didn't have guns. he'd receive a one-and-a-half- to four-and-a-half-year Refresh the page or click the button below to continue.