I was 7 when Pac died, and Death Row essentially died with him. Death Row and Suge only really had a 4-5 year run, you could say they were pretty much finished by '97 at the latest. I started following music cognitively, probably around the same time I started watching sports cognitively, so it would be around 10 years old, '99 or so. Definitely no later than 2000...
By the time I was really, really into music, Death Row was already an afterthought. I'm setting this backdrop up, because I'm too young to recall Death Row and these nikkas in real time, and being they are a little before my time, I wasn't that into following them when I started listening to music. I'm a light Pac fan, never nothing crazy and still not today, at almost 36 years old, and never really liked anyone else on Death Row...
That time period seems to resonate with guys 5+ years older than me, who were more aware of current events in real time. But I'll say this:
It's been popular for people to shyt on Suge for years now. For going broke, for getting shot, for getting knocked out, for allegedly getting Pac killed, for alleged homo shyt, etc...
But all these old mf's weren't shytting on him or pushing these issues with him back then. We can say alot of things about Suge, but during that 1992-96/97 window, he was powerful, successful, and feared. nikkas was scared of him. And for years mf's have had everything to say about him, but weren't pressing no lines back then...
I haven't followed every interview he's ever done but I'm tuning into this Art interview. He probably does need the money, but good for him for clearing shyt up, if he feels it's necessary. I'm going thru each one and so far the most damning information he's said, that I didn't yet know of, is in two different segments he insinuated that Snoop had some level of involvement with Pac's death...
I've never been a Snoop fan musically, I think Doggystyle may be the most overrated "classic" of all time, and besides that, I think he's near the top the list for guys from his era that embody the phrase "studio gangsta". So I've never liked him, but I never heard that he had anything to do with Pac's murder. Is that something yall have heard before?
Everything else I've heard Suge say so far, I knew of. Knew Quincy Jones was a homo. Knew Ray J is probably a homo. Knew Pac was a hothead crashout. Knew Will and Jada are swingers, knew Will is probably a homo (though I guess I didn't really know Jada was into women). Knew Jada and Pac had a real love for each other that was probably more than just friendship. Knew Danny Boy was openly gay...
But the Snoop shyt is the one unknown I've heard so far and the most interesting part of this interview...