Mike D of Beastie Boys: 2Pacs Quest for Authenticity Killed Him

[FiveShoTz]

That's what you say, I did make any such remark

I'm saying people talking about tupac was soft etc, he wasn't real and all this

where was all this at when he was alive, I'm saying what did Tupac do that was fake, what did he lie about

the man never lied about his past or upbringing, I'm trying to figure out what the issue is

You don't know what lead to his demise youre not basing shyt on fact, who knows why he was killed

Pac wasn't even with Death Row that long, so who was putting the battery in the back the majority of his career

in this interview marlon says "oh he was soft, but he would shoot in the face?" He kind of clarifies what he meant by his comments



But the man was 25 years old when he dead

if Malcolm X died at 25 he would've only been known as Detroit Red

If wayne died at 25 he wouldv died the biggest rap star in the world , like pac

U sayn wayne is a greater person then pac n malcom x

 

[Master Teacher]

If wayne died at 25 he wouldv died the biggest rap star in the world , like pac

U sayn wayne is a greater person then pac n malcom x

Are you fukking retarded

I'm saying the man was 25, he hadn't reached his full potential yet, that's what I meant, what are you even talked about

Wayne has never been on pac level, shyt he ain't never been as big as DMX who's the third biggest rap star of all time

 

[FiveShoTz]

A whole lot of studio gangstering is forgiveable when you're willing to do that for a stranger. Can you imagine any other artist doing that today?

Game would

 

[FiveShoTz]

Are you fukking retarded

I'm saying the man was 25, he hadn't reached his full potential yet, that's what I meant, what are you even talked about

Wayne has never been on pac level, shyt he ain't never been as big as DMX who's the third biggest rap star of all time

U gotta be out yo mind

Wayne in his prime is legendary status everyone was comparing him to pac

And people even sed he was better. Go listen to waynes ambitions az a ridah freestyle he killed pac shyt

And dmx coulda been a top 5 goat but drugs fukked em up

 

[Frida Giezman]

U gotta be out yo mind

Wayne in his prime is legendary status everyone was comparing him to pac

And people even sed he was better. Go listen to waynes ambitions az a ridah freestyle he killed pac shyt

And dmx coulda been a top 5 goat but drugs fukked em up

 

[Bay Area]

Only on the internet do I see black folks not show Pac love. Of course ive never hung around east coast nikkas in real life though

 

[hex]

To the people saying "Mike D didn't lie"....he didn't speak on anything he knew about, either.

To say "well, Pac was like this, he went to art school, he was a dancer for DU and then he changed into that"....breh he was wilding out while touring with DU. Pulling out guns, getting into fights, etc. Everyone from E-40 to Saafir to Tim Dogg has spoke on this. DU kicked him off tours damn near nonstop because he was so wild.

And for the record I'm not arguing Pac was super thug gangsta #1, or anything like that. All I'm saying is the idea that he was this nice dancer guy that turned into some kind of thug is wildly inaccurate.

Fred.

 

[Frida Giezman]

pac was smoking tooka packs long before his deathrow days

 

[ucanthandlethetruth]

lol at all the angry responses... pac stans mad at mike D for that truth

 

[intilectual recipricol]

looks like a thread full of fakkets

 

[I love Latina women]

There are fools who still think the government killed him, or that he was destined to die early. He said himself he was going to die early...Well of course you will if you're living reckless. Pac got a second chance after surviving getting shot and getting out of jail. But instead of building positively he wanted to start wars and get into gangbangin. There were traces of the old Pac in his Deathrow days, but he honestly brought a whole lot of negative energy to himself and hip-hop. Even his homegirl Jada wasn't on speaking terms with him at the time he got shot in Vegas because of how he was acting

this sums it all up perfectly. powerful post

 

[SleezyBigSlim]

fukk Mike D that fakkit don't know shyt because he not a gangster and never had a thug mentality. A nikka like myself who come from the hood and used to gangbang can tell you those niccas really think differently, Lord knows I used to. I used to literally become upset if someone had on the color of the gang I didn't like regardless if they were affiliated or not. It's so stupid. I understand how Pac got caught up on that gang shyt. He was really upset stomping Orlando he wasn't doing that for show. That's how it really is.

Edit: also to these nikkaz saying Pac was wreckless that's why he was sent to an early grave I say this: Who else in the modern era had as much of a impact on the world by age 25? Who mufucas? Pac did what the good Lord sent him here to do and that's that. He motivated people some good came out of his life.

 

[George's Dilemma]

Mike d gospel...pac spoke about the black nation.,.in a leader stand point...

But the was a follower who couldnt stand on his own 2feet.,

This. Still, to be fair, he had also been taken advantage of by an opportunist masquerading equally as a tough guy and a music mogul who in the long run turned out to be neither. Pac was in jail, broke, paranoid, pretty much friendless, had enemies, and here comes somebody who appears to be able to solve all of those problems. Getting involved with Suge Knight, or more appropriately signing his life away for what he thought was simply a record deal, and some allies, ended up with him really signing his life away. The irony was him being signed to a label entitled, Death Row. Pac was a dead man walking as soon as he got involved with them and he didn't even know it being so desperate and immature. They took advantage of him just like so many other naive people get got in the music industry. At times when I think of the old Eiht/CMW video for Straight Thuggin It Up with the devil pulling strings, I almost wonder if the director had Pac and Suge in mind.

Pac was starting to figure it out for himself too, as rumors had it that he was planning on leaving Death Row, but it was too late.

 

[Greenhornet]

this video is the reason pac died, people saying shyt about art school and starting off as a dancer

ALOT of people started off as dancers, You would also be able to go to a private school if you had a strong family. That doesnt discredit anyone's mood towards what's right and wrong.
Especially growing up in B-more, Oakland, NYC ... you think private school is gonna save you? From a dopefiend mother? Surrounded by black panthers? Moving from ghetto to ghetto?

Pac was trying to prove statements like THIS untrue and he did, but people stay ignorant

 

[blackzeus]

http://www.vanityfair.com/vf-hollywood/mike-d-tupac-death-hip-hop

Easy for a whiteboy douchebag who never was in the streets to say something like this. Nikkaz was tryin' to extort Pac from day one, not because he was trying to be authentic, but because he WAS authentic, people latched onto him because of that, so the criminals in the game tried to get their piece and got at him when he refused to lay down.