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. You know Im ready to be the bad guy. You know. Stripped is the first studio album in three years since Christina Aguilera (1999). Could you tell me specifically what you mean? You dont need to get in no more trouble.. My doctors are, like, You can have babies. They told me that the first night, after I got exploratory surgery: Nothings wrong. We go over in the corner. Who Was Biggie Smalls aka Big Dric from 2Pacs God Bless The Dead? That was the hardest part. People telling me they hate the dudes that shot me, theyre going to pray for me. Everybody wants to go past. It's wrong. Straight up, there is no beef. First cop I looked up to see was the cop that took the stand against me in the rape charge. You know what Im saying? I never said, Dont shoot! I was quiet as hell. So I checked myself out, and my family took me to a safe spot, somebody who really cared about me in New York City. This is Gods will. Madonna, um I met Madonna. I dont see that as being the best publicity you couldve gotten. Who wants the Vice President of the country that you live in. I was trying to promise myself to keep my head up for all my people there. He said, Whats up, Tupac? Ask?. Classroom Teaching and Learning Yesterday I came across this video interview with Tupac Shakur when he was 17 years old. Tupac Shakur was a lyrical genius and ahead of his time. You sound like youre saying the opposite now. From what I know about the criminal element, if niggas come to rob you, they always hit the big nigga first. If you earned it that's good, you still deserve it, but even if you earned it you still owe. I was reading whole books in one day, and writing, and that was putting me in a peace of mind. This lasted for about a half an hour. Like the gangster stuff, it just got exploited. Shes touching me. We asked ten years ago. Its called Me Against the World. We were watching TV when the phone rings, and shes downstairs. Use section headers above different song parts like [Verse], [Chorus], etc. I could feel that. It was the spots that I was blacking out on. I think America think we was just playing, it's gonna be some more playing. I thought they stomped me or pistol-whipped me and they were stomping my head against the concrete. I said, Oh my God. If I get killed, I want people to get every drop. Darkness Comes To Light (Interview by Sway), Type out all lyrics, even repeating song parts like the chorus, Lyrics should be broken down into individual lines. I mean Im used on every level. I am being ripped off, because Ive never lied to the press. They gave me a phone and said, Youre safe here. Nobody could say they saw me happy. I knew Puffy. "You've been shot, you can go to jailwhat actor can give . When we walked to the door, he didnt look up. I mean, she called me, and shes on her way. But I wasnt thinking about her no second time. And on how the jail stint helped his acting. That was the addict speaking. I was meeting Ronnie Lott from the New York Jets and Derrick Coleman from the Nets. Even though Im innocent of the charge they gave me, Im not innocent in terms of the way I was acting. Because Ive got bigger nuts than all these niggas. Gimme, gimme, gimme. Black men in their thirties. When I left, the cameras were all rushing me and bumping into my leg and shit. Come. I stopped off to get some weed, and he paged me again. You know. Trevor is a big freak; he was going crazy. Eddie: I'm rolling. Then I started seeing my situation and what got me here. See Page 1. I feel close to Marvin Gaye, Vincent van Gogh. The Last Pacs Day In L.A. Tupac is Holding a Baby Bottle. October 30. I pressed the elevator button, turned around, and thats when the dudes came out with the guns-two identical 9 mms. The Notorious B.I.G. I did get one letter, this dude telling me he wished I was dead. Some people either walk the walk or talk the talk, Tupac did both. I saw white, just white. Thats what scares America so much. That is a testament to Pac's enduring influence. The country that you are ready to defend to say that your music is not fit without him even having listened to your album. 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 got to represent life. My intentions was always in the right place. Yes, I have headaches. The police lookin at me, the females, my enemies, reporters, people that want me to fall, people that want me to make it. 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. The 14-track project features Rich The Kid, Quavo, Maxo Kream, Trill Sammy, Ugly God, Jose Guapo and more. But then I got people looking out for me, like Jada Pinkett, Jasmine Guy, Treach, Mickey Rourke. 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. So Im thinking, Okay, Im going to take her to the room and get a massage. And from now on, its not going to be a strictly black thing with me. In an ironic, sad twist, his final answer about the name of the label acts as a poignant, tragically prophetic precursor to his death: I fell in love with that word. Those motherfuckers dont have no mercy. Like I mean if I was the President I would have a responsibility, because people put me there. They shot me in my head. They said, You dont know how lucky you are. For him to just make that. Because Im 23 years old. But now that shit is dead. You worked and you learned teamwork, cooperation, unity and struggle and then you became independent. cops. Now its worth millions. If you saying you going to be real, thats how you be real-be physically fit, be mentally fit. Or a dollar. It went through the skin and out the skin. Same thing with my head. 11) Gilbert Stuart is best known for his work in what genre of painting? Whats going to happen if you have to serve time? I never sleep. Nigel and Trevor took me to Nells. So I have an upper hand. : 1) Eugene O'Neill 2) Dr. Seuss 3) The Adventures of Huckleberry . Handwritten and Drafts of 2Pacalypse Now Tracklist, The Story of Tupacs Godmother Assata Shakur And Why Shes On The FBIs Most Wanted List. Tupac Amaru Shakur | Clinton Correctional Facility Interview ~1995 Tupac~ The Lost Prison Tapes Shakur [June 16, 1971 - September 13, 1996] began serving his prison sentence at Clinton Correctional Facility on February 14, 1995. When I spoke to you a year ago, you said that if you ended up in jail, your spirit would die. Quilted uppers and snakeskin-covered Swooshes are making a comeback. From poverty. I left Bellevue the next night. Nobody ever came to save me. In between, we would stop and kiss each other. Within weeks, he'd receive a one-and-a-half- to four-and-a-half-year sentence for a sexual abuse conviction in his New York rape case. I've pulled select quotes below, but really the entire video demands to be watched. He was involved in the East Coast versus West Coast rap rivalry that occurred during the 1990s and had many enemies as a result. Always straddling the fence between "po-po" and NYPD outsider, Derrick threatened police tradition to try to get the cases solved. He was telling the light-skin dude, Shoot that motherfucker! Do you think rap music is going to come under more attack, given whats happened to you? "In my rhymes, it vents that anger because I can fire back at the police and I. So now what do you think were gonna do? Who was with you that night? How do people treat you differently? You got shot five times. It was, like, weird. All Rights Reserved. Follow the instructions for disabling the ad blocker on the site youre viewing. This was just like back in the days with the movies. Not with this case, but just in my life. Its not like that. I just saw a hole and went, Oh shit. Rare Photo from Baltimore, 1987, 1993-12-16 Throwback: Rare Video When Tupac Accused the Media Of Trying to Bring His Career Down. Im about to take her to the hotel. Im not trying to make people think Im in here faking it, but my whole life is going to be about saving somebody. Theres a real Trevor, but Nigel took on both aliases, you understand? Somebody has to breakout and risk losing everything, being poor and getting beat down. The excuse maker in Tupac is dead. What? And I was hearing him tell other doctors, Look at this. So I left Bellevue and went to Metropolitan. 2023 is already here and all fans of the legendary Tupac might be in for a very special surprise in the opening part of 1992-04-19 / Tupac Filming ''If My Homie Calls'' Official Music Video, 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]. Best case: in a cemetery. That bothered me. Instead of defenseless, having power. It's an American problem, perhaps America's most core problem. Nobody raised me; I was raised in this society. Without him having known you or to meet you. Summary: Scholars working within the interdisciplinary field of Youth Studies often highlight the limited ways in which youth and their unique lived experiences are portrayed in popular discourse and academic literature. We have been there and now we deserve our payback. I wasnt having them because my brain was half dead from smoking so much weed. Is bad shit Quad Recording Studios in Manhattan, he was . 2pac was born on June 16, 1971 in Harlem and he would later become a revolutionary in the short 25 years that he was on the earth. Can you talk about your relationship with Madonna and Mickey Rourke? Just as much as there are apps for many things in the universe, theres a Tupac interview that applies to a myriad of relevant social issues. But I can not live in a jail cell. The late rapper's full name, Tupac Amaru Shakur, means "Shining, Serpent, Blessed One."His mother, Afeni Shakur, was an active member of the Black Panther Party and knew before Pac was . 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. Run your shit. I was, like, What should I do? I noticed that nobody would look at me. 2Pac: The concept is the young Black male. Tell me about some of the coverage that bothered you. A black woman. Here is some transcripts from the interview she did with @2pac taken from her book "Angie Martinez: My Voice: A Memoir." About being originally from New York: "That's where I was born, but that's not where I learned how to make money. I even tried to get Nigel in the movie, but he didnt want to be on film. They were snatching my shit off me while I was laying on the floor. The addict knew if I went to jail, then it couldnt live. How Much and What Kind of Weed Did 2Pac Smoke Every Day? But now that I'm out and I'm free, that keeps me humble, keeps my feet on the ground." 4. The people that you grew up with. Martinez interviewed Tupac back in 1996 when she was a radio personality on Hot 97. While were waiting to get buzzed in, I saw a dude sitting at a table reading a newspaper. They were playing some Jamaican music, and Im just grooving. So Im going unconscious, and Im not feeling no blood on my head or nothing. Hes inspiring me to write screenplays, because I want to be his competition. It's a double standard because every movie that's out today, there . And thats why Im losing. 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 . They say I spit hateful, vicious, violent lyrics. So thats who I was kicking with-I got close to them. Tupac is the definition of a classic artist. Just as much truth I bring to my work, a journalist should bring that much truth to their work. Click on the large blue power icon at the top. But just cause we black, get along with the killers or something? He was trying to get legitimate and all that, so I thought I was doing him a favor. Where you at? I was Thug Life. But then youre leading us into more of a slaughter, because were gonna find out all whites aint evil And you cant say that all black folks is inherently lazy and evil, because thats not true either. Speaker 2: You dressed right for it. Then come out. When I got to Bellevue Hospital, the doctor was going, Oh my God! I was, like, What? Tupac began his music. I felt like because I was this big Black Panther type of nigga, I couldnt be friends with Madonna. 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]. Instead of we always getting shut out. Press play on new albums from Wizkid, GloRilla, SleazyWorld Go, Sarkodie, and SoFaygo. Click the icon of the ad-blocker extension installed on your browser. Now Ive got a brand-new vision of them, because in here, its mostly black female guards. I couldnt walk, I couldnt get up, and my hand was fucked up. After that, the weed was out of me. Tupac said he'd give her the money at his hotel. I can never close my eyes. Her clothes is on; aint nothing tore. He was writing a profile thatran in Entertainment Weekly. All them killers they letting out, they right there in that building. That's okay. Ive been having nightmares, thinking theyre still shooting me. And then they hit me again, and I could hear things and I could see things and I knew I was conscious again. 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. People was trying to kill me. This rare glimpse at the end of Tupacs story finds him erratic, introspective, and brilliantly insightful as always. Im going to save these young niggas, because nobody else want to save them. I know what time it is. They came to the bed and said, Pac, you dont need to go to court. I was, like, no. Only thing I saw was all three of them in there and that nigga talking about how fat her ass was. It's gonna be murder, you know what I'm saying. There were high tensions on both sides of the country that made it dangerous for artists and crews to maneuver freely between coasts, they explain. Im waiting for the show, and Nigels, like, I called her. I got little girls sending me money. And because I already laid it down, I can be free. Theyre going to come 100 percent, so if I dont be 100 percent pure-hearted, Im going to lose. 1996-06-19 / Day 6 One Nation Project. School is, I think that we got so caught up in school being a tradition that we stopped using it as a learning tool, which it should be. I felt like I put my life on the line. Im going to pull myself up by my bootstraps, and Im going to make a change. "negro dog" "red light" house 4-H Club 10th Cavalry Regiment 50th anniversary 60th anniversary 100th anniversary 135th Regiment 500 block 1619 A.M.E. church A.M.E. Zion A.M.E. Zion Church abandoned building abandoned cemetery abandoned child aboriginal people abortion Abraham Lincoln abuse access road accidental death accidental injury accident . In jail, the guards. 17-year-old Tupac Shakur reflects on society in this 1988 interview. Yeah. Tupac was riddled with bullets which pierced his ring, his cigarette packet and the cash in his pockets. And so I dissed her, even though she showed me nothing but love. Now we could try to get them that way and we might lose some [and] we might gain some, but we wouldnt ever had that audience if we hadnt said whats real. The vengeful Tupac is dead. Hes, like, Pac, I want you to come to my house and lay this rap down for my tapes. I said, All right, Ill come for free. So I went to his house-me, Stretch, and a couple other homeboys. There are entire albums that aren't as powerful as the five minutes you're about to watch. People always forget, he was only 25 when he got killed, when he died; youre still figuring yourself out, says Powell. Everybody wants to use me. He'd just been robbed and shot; that's serious post-traumatic. Nearly three decades since that interview, the message still resonates. So we get in the room, Im laying on my stomach, shes massaging my back. It can often be easier to read the transcript of an interview than to listen to an audio recording of one, which is why they're useful to many recruiters and employers. No one should be hitting the lotto for $36 million and we got people starving in the streets. And half of the Panther element. Then they did it again, and I couldnt hear nothing. And for the whole world to actually be entertaining the thought that you raped a woman. When Dan Quayle was suggesting that your album should be pulled off the racks and stuff like that, in a way that could have been the best publicity you could have gotten for the album. 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