The day Tupac died

[Prince Luchini]

I had to be like 4 or 5 when it happened and in my mind I thought people on tv can't die. Especially since he was shot before and survived it further supported my theory. Boy was I wrong

 

[big bun]

San Diego city college? Mesa?
What high school did you go to? Lincoln? Morse? Crawford?

Southwestern...did end up going to Mesa the next year though.

I lived right around the way from Morse, but went to a HS in a more affluent neighborhood LOL

 

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Backstory: METW & AEOM were the best-selling albums of all times!. Tupac was played in every hood, church & liquor store parking lot, basketball courts, KMart intercoms played Pac!

I was 6. Just like any other girl, I was more into my easy bake oven, my Imani dolls,and singers like Brandy and SWV. Pac was dope but I wasn't into him until later. That Friday, it was "normal", depending where you lived . People were out and and about, handling business because it was payday weekend but the mood was somber. Mother picked me up from school like she normally would. For some reason, she didn't play the car radio like she typically would but as we pulled out the parking lot she turned it on



After, there was a 2 minute silence. The DJ in a dejected tone said Tupac, the greatest of all time has passed away.



Mother was then she went off about Suge, C. Tucker and the east coast I couldn't grasp his impact , "internal" issues in D.R. and politics like C. D. Tucker because I was only 6 like I knew but had no idea till later.

I played outside with my friends and across the street later that evening. OGs fresh out of PBSP, COR, ISP & SQ were meanwhile their baby mommas and wives were like fukk that and turned to #7 from AEOM




Faces went from to . I won't get into detail about what happened after that but lets just say that evening was epic

Now when B.I.G. got killed, I'll tell that story for another day

great idea

dap +rep and 5 stars

i dont remember much from that day tbh just being a little 11 year old sitting in the park and my friend saying 2pac died. i remember california love remix being on the box all the time

 

[Blade]

I was about 10-11 and I first saw it on the news. I couldn't accept it at first as I just remembered seeing Pac at the Tyson-Seldon fight. I thought for the longest time that he faked his death.

 

[Rell84shots]

 

[Techniec]

I was just shy of my 13th bday

When he got shot I hoped...kinda expected actually...he would make it

that Friday I came home, turned on Much Music...and they announced Tupac died

Dude was a Rap God to me at the time, AEOM was still bangin,

I called my cousin up and told him the news

had to have been 2 mins of silence on the phone then we hung up

couldn't stop the tears rollin down my face

that shyt hurt, and Im 33 years old today, married, finishing up my law degree....and maaan....that shyt still hurts me to this day

I will never get over it

 

[m0rninggl0ry]

I was just shy of my 13th bday

When he got shot I hoped...kinda expected actually...he would make it

that Friday I came home, turned on Much Music...and they announced Tupac died

Dude was a Rap God to me at the time, AEOM was still bangin,

I called my cousin up and told him the news

had to have been 2 mins of silence on the phone then we hung up

couldn't stop the tears rollin down my face

that shyt hurt, and Im 33 years old today, married, finishing up my law degree....and maaan....that shyt still hurts me to this day

I will never get over it

None of us will

 

[Techniec]

None of us will

 

[feelosofer]

I was 23, and I just started working for MTV full time, what a shytstorm that was, I mean on my way back from work (on the PATH) back to Newark, I mean dudes were literally breaking down crying in the streets, it was surreal. Even though 2Pac was a nut and you kinda thought he would die young, but when it really happens, it hits you differently.

 

[BigL187]

i was born 3 years later

 

[Techniec]

older immigrant cats.,.thoro motherfukkers....were tearing up man

we';ll never see soemthng like that again

 

[hayesc0]

i was 10...didn't know who Pac was....older kids in the school was

still remember til this day, this kid named Bobby told me " Big Poppa killed 2pac"

fast foward, im sitting here typing this with Starin At The World Through My Rearview blasting

I was the same age surprised you didnt know who pac was.

 

[datnigDASTARDLY]

I was a 15 year old military brat living in Fayetteville, really just moving back stateside.

found out on the school bus and I thought homie would pull through, I didn't think it was a big deal Pac been shot before, after all but as the day went on and all my friends kept stressing that shyt it finally hit me.

up until that point damn near every track, record i listened to and loved at the time, was influenced by this man. West coast was poppin and where we were stationed before had a lot of folk from Texas. NY and biggie didn't get nearly as much play since folk wasnt from there.

but yeah that was a weird day. I wanna say it rained like a bytch too

 

[WheatThins]

i was 6 and remember coming home and seeing it on the news but not thinking much of it cause i didnt really know what rap was. i remember seeing biggie's death on the news and feeling the same way.

i think i heard "hail mary" not too long after from my brother and was creeped tf out so i didnt really wanna hear too much about/from him

and then i saw the "changes" video on mtv in the morning before school some time later and became a full on rap head thank you pac

 

[keon]

I was posted on the block selling crack when somebody ran up on me like " aye you heard tupac just died??!!" And i was just looking like cuz i really didnt expect him to die, i just figured he was gonna pull through..but almost as soon after i was told, i heard cars riding by blasting nuthin but pac songs & thats when i knew it was real..shyt was crazy