Well I never thought that, if people think that that seems unrealistic, maybe putting somebody on a gangsta pedestal because they were a larger than life figure.
I don't know what the next bit is talking about, I'm talking about Pac, not "the next rapper"... I'm saying Pac was brave because he did brave shyt, he started diss gangs in their presence, had meetings with gang members, been in numerous fights with people, shot the 2 people that were off duty cops, he wasn't a p*ssy dude that would never get it in at all or be too scared to say anything when it comes down to it, in some ways he was probably too wreckless and wild to his detriment, And again I have no idea what or who else you're talking, I'm talking specifically about Pac, who factually came from that background, Afeni was pregnant with him in jail, Mutulu doing a long term bid etc, even Billy Garland was in the panthers. Agents used to harass Pac as a kid to try and get information about Panther members from him.
So yeah, not gang lord in that sense, but he did have people riding for him, and wasn't a p*ssy either... There's a lot of middle ground from being Al Capone & Lady Gaga lol...