Never said anything about them not being radicals, I was referring to militants. socialists are even categorized as radicals in the US.You sure you're not talking about Rick Ross?
And his mom was considered a radical.She admits it herself.
Read up on The Panther 21 Trial.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Briar-Patch-Trial-Panther/dp/0306807998
"On April 2, 1969, New York policemen, armed with shotguns and wearing bulletproof vests, rounded up members of the Black Panther party. Thirteen of 21 suspects were then charged and tried for attempted arson, attempted murder, and conspiracies to blow up various police stations, school buildings, a railroad yard, and the Bronx Botanical Gardens. But the forces of "law and order" behaved in a decidedly less lawful manner than the defendants. This text examines the proceedings, illuminating not only the story of the Panther 21 but the quality of justice in America."
And all those external forces in Pac's life don't really matter.Some times you see the world the way you see it and there ain't nothing or nobody changing that.There's a internal pain there that nobody can touch.Coming from the family he came from, I'm quite sure he had a different perspective on the "American Dream" than most.People who're trying to submit to the system in order to "survive" probably won't understand you're unwillingness to conform.People don't understand your anger.
Pac was artistic, so I think he appreciated the arts for giving him a place to express himself.I don't feel like Pac was the most capitalistic rapper...he was no Jay Z..... probably less than 1% of his catalog was about some materialistic/money money money shyt.He always came off more bohemian to me.
I'm not talking about Pac's music, I'm talking about his life outside the booth.
The sudden change, the unexplainable admiration of the ultra flashy criminal lifestyle, from being super against black on black violence to being a promoter of it, how he could go from winning the game with a bad hand to losing with 2 aces etc..