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And because I already laid it down, I can be free. That was the addict speaking. Ill handle it. You're taught that in school, big business, everywhere. This is where I became . Half of the independence movement. After that, the weed was out of me. What is that? I was so scared of this responsibility that I was running away from it. We asked ten years ago. From what I know about the criminal element, if niggas come to rob you, they always hit the big nigga first. The bullets didnt hurt. Inspired by Daniel Gayles childhood in 90s London. An impressive range of jackets, long-sleeve tees, hoodies, hats and more. The vengeful Tupac is dead. That was the hardest part. Standout Quote: Everybodys smart enough to know that weve been slighted, and we want ours. May I have the vegetable spring roll and dungeness crab cake. But I see now that whether I show up for work or not, the evil forces are going to be at me. They just know about the machine. It just takes being revolutionary. It just don't make sense to me.". I dont know if shes with these niggas, or if shes mad at me for not protecting her. It's like we just skipped over it.. It's no longer a fad to be down for the young Black male. No one should be hitting the lotto for $36 million and we got people starving in the streets. You know what time it is. That Thug Life shit;I did it, I put in my work, I laid it down. But Im not going to use that as an excuse no more. 21, 1998 1 The. So she was dark skinned. Somebody has to do something.. I felt like I put my life on the line. But when I called him back for directions, he was, like, I dont have the money. I said, If you dont have the money, Im not coming. He hung up the phone, then called me back: Im going to call [Uptown Entertainment CEO] Andre Harrell and make sure you get the money, but Im going to give you the money out of my pocket. So I said, All right, Im on my way. As were walking up to the building, somebody screamed from up the top of the studio. Its called the Tupac Machine. And the media in this country has just fueled it and made me a monster that people just They say Im a criminal. This was just like back in the days with the movies. So Im thinking, Okay, Im going to take her to the room and get a massage. Everything in my mind said, Pac, pretend youre dead. Then every day I started doing, like, a thousand push-ups for myself. And I want niggas to be educated. They shot me in my head. They said, You dont know how lucky you are. I knew Puffy. So now what do you think were gonna do? "So people at work helped me digitize. If she would have said anything, I would have said, Hold on, let me finish. But I cant say nothing, because shes not saying nothing. The addict in Tupac is dead. Hes inspiring me to write screenplays, because I want to be his competition. And thats what they want. Combs and Biggie vehemently denied their involvement, but made a decision not to fuel the firestorm with more words. I lift up my shirt while Im dancing, showing off my tattoos and everything. The prosecution argued to the jury that these were among the shots that struck Megan Thee Stallion in the foot on July 12. So, somebody will enjoy the heat in here. They started grabbing at me to see if I was strapped. And you can sleep? When he found out she sucked my dick on the floor and we had sex, he and Trevor were livid! Worst case I mean thats the worst case. Below, we get to see Pac in a compromise position as he opens up about the pitfalls of the prison system. Jam Master Jay is shot dead at a studio in Queens. When I spoke to you a year ago, you said that if you ended up in jail, your spirit would die. We live in hell. They introduced me to all these gangsters in Brooklyn. When Suge Knight drove away from the scene Tupac told him 'You the one that got shot in the head', according to the full transcript of his police interview. The Tupac that would stand by and let dishonorable things happen is dead. Last month, Kendrick Lamar was slammed for booting a white fan off the stage after she blurted out the word nigga during his performance. You got to chill out with that shit. That's okay. Genius is the ultimate source of music knowledge, created by scholars like you who share facts and insight about the songs and artists they love. But its a matter of either we stay like this or somebody sacrifice, somebody lay a track so that we dont stay in a 360 degree deadly circle. I think there is a way. After pleading no contest to a misdemeanor charge. You know. Thats the worst case. We are hungry, please let us in. After about a week that song is gonna change to, We hungry, we need some food. After two, three weeks, its like, Give me the food or Im breaking down the door. After a year youre just like, Im picking the lock, coming through the door blasting! Its like, you hungry, you reached your level. October 26 - Christina Aguilera releases her controversial second studio album Stripped, which enters the Billboard 200 at number 2, selling 330,000 copies in its first week. I am being ripped off, because Ive never lied to the press. Little Shawn bust out crying. Nigel and Trevor took me to Nells. You dont hang with us. Get familiar with FNF Chop, skaiwater, BabyDrill, 21 Lil Harold, BigXthaPlug, Gloss Up, and more. I didnt feel nothing. Even Madonna. FOR THE RECORD: Due to an editing error in Wednesday's Q & A with Tupac Shakur, The Times incorrectly characterized the rapper's conviction stemming from a 1993 incident. Now I am kissing Janet Jackson. A few outlets erroneously offered opinions on the matter, calling for an end of the word in music, but Pac had a better response back in 1991: I wanted to make [the word nigga] something that we can live by. Months before his tragic death, Tupac Shakur was a very different, understandably paranoid artist in the thralls of a heated east coast/west coast rivalry. Quilted uppers and snakeskin-covered Swooshes are making a comeback. Straight up, there is no beef. Its a gift-straight-up. You live different than we live. When I came out to the West Coast, this is where I got laced. In between, we would stop and kiss each other. Look, I know you're rich, I know you got $40 billion, but can you keep it to one house? Then this girl came out and started dancing-and the shit that was weird, she didnt even come to me face-first, she came ass-first. They said, Take off your jewels, and I wouldnt take them off. And thats what landed you in jail. I dont have no fear of death. Ron G. is a DJ out here in New York. Im thinking, like, This is going to be a good night. Well my mother was a woman. Thats not idealistic, thats just real. My intentions was always in the right place. Due to a planned power outage on Friday, 1/14, between 8am-1pm PST, some services may be impacted. Nearly three decades since that interview, the message still resonates. 2Pac 2Pac - BET Interview With Ed Gordon (1994) Transcript [ Not yet finished, feel free to help out ] 2Pac: I have something to offer, the business that hasn't been shown before I have a whole energy that represents not just black youth. So Im dancing to this reggae music; you know how sensuous that is. They just watch what happen to you. Its numb. Lady Of Rage Details Disagreements With Tupac. She starts massaging my front. As soon as I came, that was it. Okay. Im going to pull myself up by my bootstraps, and Im going to make a change. While his catalog has sure played a role in expanding his influence, Pacs true gift has proven to be his ability as a natural orator. Money came to me and said, This girl wants to do more than meet you. I already knew what that meant: She wanted to fuck. He fired me from Higher Learning and gave my idea to the next actor. Hypebeast is a registered trademark of Hypebeast Hong Kong Ltd. Gain access to exclusive interviews with industry creatives, think pieces, trend forecasts, guides and more. I dont see that as being the best publicity you couldve gotten. Who wants the Vice President of the country that you live in. Since Ive been in here I got about 40 letters. They made me mature. I left Bellevue the next night. I have to see. He was the first detective to interview an informant offering a detailed account of Biggie Smalls's murder. Some people either walk the walk or talk the talk, Tupac did both. Niggas! In the sit-down, Tupac implicated Biggie, Combs, and Harrell in the ambush, although he was unclear about the motive for such a betrayal. I got shot five times, you know what Im saying? That I had set it up, it was an act. So I stood up and I went to the door and-the shit that fucked me up-as soon as I got to the door, I saw a police car sitting there. Theres a machine that I have nothing to do with. I was, like, Uh-oh, the police are coming, and I didnt even go upstairs yet. So we jumped in the elevator and went upstairs. I sat there in a wheelchair, and the judge was not looking me in my eyes. But I can not live in a jail cell. I met Nigels family, went to his kids birthday party-I trusted him, you know what Im saying? Well, the first two days in prison, I had to go through what life is like when youve been smoking weed for as long as I have and then you stop. por 2pac Unheard Audio 2Pac & Jim Belushi Interview On The Set Of 'Gang Related' 8 27 96 - 2Pac And then I felt it again, and I could hear things now and I could see things and they were bringing me back to consciousness. But it ain't gonna be no playing. Gimme, gimme, gimme. They never had that problem. I noticed that nobody would look at me. I understand you recently completed a new album. Somebody has to breakout and risk losing everything, being poor and getting beat down. Because five bullets had passed through your body. You got to constantly be in character. And I dont mean forty acres and a mule, because were past that. A black woman. But youre saying that you never did anything? I was sitting in a room, like there was two people in the room, evil and good. white. Because Andre Harrell was there, Puffy [Bad Boy Entertainment CEO Sean Puffy Combs] was there, Biggie there was about 40 niggas there. When we got there, I was immediately impressed, because it was different than any club Id been in. 11) Gilbert Stuart is best known for his work in what genre of painting? Somebody introduced me to this girl. You know what Im saying? sideman. 2Pac - The People Made Me (Interview by Sway) | Genius The People Made Me (Interview by Sway) 2Pac Track 2 on In His Own Words Produced by The Stealth Music Group Jul. The transcript you will read is from the very last time I ever spoke with Tupac, for VIBE's LIVE FROM DEATH ROW February 1996 cover story which featured him, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, and Suge Knight . I told Nigel, Ive got to get out of here. I got little girls sending me money. And when they say nigga, they give me strength So say it! Those people that asked are dead and in jail. Ask?. Shes touching my dick, shes touching my balls, she opened my zipper, she put her hands on me. Over two decades ago, the rap legend called out Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and his "greed" in an interview. I dropped to the floor. Received Threats On Air In Cali After Tupacs Tupacs Strange Request To The Outlawz Before His Death. This dude said, Ill be there with a limo to pick you up at midnight. We went shopping, we got dressed up, we were all ready. Thats why theyre doing me like this. According to another transcript, a witness named Gregory Johnson told police in a jail house interview that a fellow . They dont give me no extra favors, but they treat me with human respect. Eddie: Any time. To say it out loud over the air. I mean, in here I dont even remember my lyrics. And thats when I said, Oh shit. Nigel was saying, Why dont you give her a call? So we were all sitting in the hotel, drinking. So were all sitting there talking, and shes making me uncomfortable, because instead of sitting with Nigel and them, shes sitting on the arm of my chair. If you earned it that's good, you still deserve it, but even if you earned it you still owe. Say it!, And all those that say Im wrong for saying it and wanna bleep it out, they wasnt bleeping the shit out 20 years ago, so dont bleep the shit out now. There's too much money here. Received Threats On Air In Cali After Tupacs Tupacs Strange Request To The Outlawz Before His Death. My sisters boyfriend turned me over and said, Yo, are you all right? I was, like, Yes, Im hit, Im hit. And Fred is saying hes hit, but that was the bullet that went through my leg. Recently Madonna came to me. 2Pac - BET Interview With Ed Gordon (1994) Transcript - 2Pac exist so it's not like black people could tell me you a sellout or you true blue I'm not even caught up in that but I can see that you know what I'm saying the . I felt it in my leg; I didnt know I got shot in my balls. He didnt look up either. We want to do it by self-defense and by any means necessary. The excuse maker in Tupac is dead. I think America think we was just playing, it's gonna be some more playing. From welfare. Thats how I feel. I was looking on the news and it was lying about me. Im thinking about being with her that night at Nells. Thats why I dont rob people and stick up people. I never said, Dont shoot! I was quiet as hell. No. Finesse2Tymes, Luh Tyler, Antha Pantha, TS Lagga, and Xhulooo are among the artists on our radar they should be on your radar, too. Naturally, the interview verged on Tupac's alleged rape case that landed him nine months behind bars. Just like it wasnt white people [as a whole] that beat me down in Oakland. The transcript of Suge's interview with cops has been released for the first time Credit: AP:Associated Press. How do people treat you differently? How Much and What Kind of Weed Did 2Pac Smoke Every Day? 2Pac: The concept is the young Black male. This lasted for about a half an hour. It was Little Caesar, Biggies [the Notorious B.I.G.] And for the whole world to actually be entertaining the thought that you raped a woman. I can never close my eyes. When I left, the cameras were all rushing me and bumping into my leg and shit. 1988-06 The First Tupac's Interview Tamalpais High School, Marin City, CA 2PacLegacy July 20, 2018 3385 - Advertisement - "I loved my childhood, even though it was bad. Best case: in a cemetery. I did not want to believe it. People always forget, he was only 25 when he got killed, when he died; youre still figuring yourself out, says Powell. Tupac Shakur was a lyrical genius and ahead of his time. I be torn apart, but I have to serve it like a trooper. The police lookin at me, the females, my enemies, reporters, people that want me to fall, people that want me to make it. Im going to show people my true intentions, and my true heart. I saw Booker, and he had this look on his face like he was surprised to see me. 10. . Its called Me Against the World. Im a thug. Not at speed yet. Candidates who are interested in Interview Preparation with ForumIAS Academy can register at https://go.forumias.com/interview2022 or may write to igp@forumias.academy on how we can help prepare for the personality Test. No. This preview shows page 2 - 4 out of 6 pages. Dont nobody move. As generations continue to witness his power as mouthpiece for black America, here are five interviews that represent the foreverness of Tupac Shakur. Purchase To Pimp A Butterfly now. Standout Quote: If I know that in this hotel room they have food every day, and Im knocking on the door every day to eat and they open the door, let me see the party, let me see them throwing salami all over; I mean, just throwing food around [and] theyre telling me theres no food. Use section headers above different song parts like [Verse], [Chorus], etc. So thats what Im going to show them. But white youth, Mexican youth, youth! RIP 2pac. Rare Tupac Interview from 1994 Famous Names, Lost Interviews "I feel like a tragic hero in a Shakespeare play." Tupac Shakur on Life and Death "I feel like a tragic hero in a Shakespeare play." More Episodes Alfred Hitchcock on Dead Bodies Dustin Hoffman on Duplicity and Famosity Janis Joplin on Rejection Interview by Benjamin Svetkey I was trying to promise myself to keep my head up for all my people there. Speaker 2: You dressed right for it. All he kept asking me was, D-d-did you fuck in the ass? He was listening to every single detail. The Fruit of Islam was there, but they didnt have guns. We all brothers, but we dont all live the same, he explains. 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 1995-04-29 / Tupac Married Girlfriend Keisha Morris In The Prison, Tupac Gridlockd Set Interview Backstage, 1996, 1992-08-22 / Killing 6-year old Qaid Walker-Teal in Marine City, Tupacs Death in Las Vegas (Videos, Photos & Full Information), 1993-07-19 / Tupacs Interview at Arsenio Hall Show, What Does it Mean THUG LIFE (Video & Info), Tupacs Former Bodyguard Frank Alexander Reveals Who Shot 2Pac (Interview), 1993-11-18 / Tupac Was Arrested For Sexually Assaulting. What happened on the night of the alleged rape? The interview was conducted just two weeks before the infamous Quad Studios shooting when Tupac was ambushed in the lobby of the Manhattan recording studio. I met him through some rough characters I knew. Tupac continued, "It doesn't take a 20-year-old young Black man to tell the world to get off this violence at the theater thing. I wasnt happy at all on the streets. I had been going to dinner with him the last few days. That change right before you go from being 18 and unresponsible We were watching TV when the phone rings, and shes downstairs. Classic music has the power to live past the era it was created in, and classic artists speak not only to the times they livebut the times to come. An interview transcript is a written record of a job interview. "We all black and everythingbut I'm not talking about division. : 1) T.S. When I got in here, all the prisoners was, like, Fuck that gangsta rapper. Im not a gangsta rapper. It's gonna be like Nat . Transcript /a > Unheard Audio &! Nobody knows youre here. But the phone would ring and someone would say, You aint dead yet? I was, like, Damn! Nothing in this world can surprise me. Tupac smoked weed and cigarettes, drank Hennessy, and pumped out song after song. Thats what scares America so much. Blood of a slave, son of a Black Panther, and heart of a king, Pac was very much aware of his greater mission as a young black leader in America. After passing through a series of checkpoints and metal detectors, I reached a dingy white conference room in the same building where Tupac was being held on $3 million bail. We go over in the corner. Im just as guilty for not doing nothing as I am for doing things. Then the ambulance came, and the police. From poverty. They started telling me, Your head! From this level to the street level. In the interview, Powell questions Tupac on his role in the hostile nature of the hip hop community at the time. I had a job to do and I never showed up. 3) Howard Roark 4) Benny Goodman 12) Who wrote the play "Long Day's Journey Into Night"? But she was not attractive; she looked dumpy, like. They gave me that job. But then I started letting go of the pressure to be right all the time, or to have all the answers. God let me live for me to do something extremely extraordinary, and thats what I have to do. I was concerned for him. But theres something else I understand now: If we really are saying rap is an art form, then we got to be true to it and be more responsible for our lyrics. You worked and you learned teamwork, cooperation, unity and struggle and then you became independent. I couldnt walk, I couldnt get up, and my hand was fucked up. When it turns gray, click the refresh icon that has appeared next to it or click the button below to continue. You may have to select a menu option or click a button. So I checked myself out, and my family took me to a safe spot, somebody who really cared about me in New York City. Tupac was riddled with bullets which pierced his ring, his cigarette packet and the cash in his pockets. You know what Im saying? I was the only nigga out there putting my life on the line. Run your shit. I was, like, What should I do? Only thing I saw was all three of them in there and that nigga talking about how fat her ass was. 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. So I left Bellevue and went to Metropolitan. He knew how much stuff I had done for Biggie before he came out. Through my skin and out the skin. Martinez interviewed Tupac back in 1996 when she was a radio personality on Hot 97. So I knew I had to show up no matter what. He looked me in the eyes as we spoke and smoked one Newport after another. Now Ive got a brand-new vision of them, because in here, its mostly black female guards. His murder has never been solved. Can we come back to the shooting? The people that you grew up with. Its too much money here. Ill see you all later. Nigel was, like, No, no, no. Of that stature. I was Thug Life. I could not believe it. Driven by his revolutionary family roots and deep consciousness, he made it his duty to express this on every platform possible especially during interviews. Madonna, um I met Madonna. I used to dress in baggies and sneakers. 1996-06-19 / Day 6 One Nation Project. 2023 is already here and all fans of the legendary Tupac might be in for a very special surprise in the opening part of 1989-01-30 / Flavor Flav & Tupac at the American Music Awards, Prince Ital Joe (1997) Prince Ital Joe (Promo Advance) (Cassette Tape) [256] Download, The Pacific Archived Server The Source of Tupacs Unreleased Music (264 files), DL: 2Pac Vault Access Volumes One and Two [DVD], 2Pac Troublesome 21 (Unreleased Album) CD, New NFTS Of Tupac Show Rare Pieces Of His Jewelry And Final Photo Before Death, 2Pac, Ice-T & Ice Cube in Rare Exclusive Video, 1993, Soulshock Talks Producing Hits With His Partner Karlin For 2Pac, Bizzy Bone Talks About Thug Luv Recording Session With Tupac, 2Pacs Original Studio Reel-To-Reel Unreleased [August 05, 1994]. This is Gods will. He said, Im going to look after you. I turn around. It didnt click because I had just finished smoking chronic. He was 17 when his family moved to Marin City, a residential area five miles north of San Francisco. Speaker 2: A little body temp. I've pulled select quotes below, but really the entire video demands to be watched. Tupac said he'd give her the money at his hotel. I thought, This is just some guy shit, its all good. 1 thing that bothered me was that dude that wrote that shit that said I pretended to do it. I feel like its taught me so much. And so I dissed her, even though she showed me nothing but love. And you cant tell me I dont Just like when America beat Great Britain for their freedom, they had the upper hand, because they wanted their freedom by any means necessary. 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Her clothes is on; aint nothing tore. Why did you go to court the morning after you were shot? No creativity. In a recently unearthed MTV video from 1992that's simultaneouslyinspiring in its message and depressing considering how little progress we've made, a deeply passionateTupac speaks about race, class and the kind of greed that drives some to own jets while others starve. Refresh the page or click the button below to continue. This rare glimpse at the end of Tupacs story finds him erratic, introspective, and brilliantly insightful as always. Him and Marvin too. And from now on, its not going to be a strictly black thing with me. You know I want there to be a life for the street element. I have no friends. As soon as I saw him, all my concerns about the situation were relaxed. Theres a real Trevor, but Nigel took on both aliases, you understand? I opened my pants, and I could see the gunpowder and the hole in my Karl Kani drawers. 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