tupac interview transcript

Instead of defenseless, having power. But they knew me, or else they would never check for my gun. All my shows were getting canceled. Its a gift-straight-up. But Im not going to use that as an excuse no more. Im going to save these young niggas, because nobody else want to save them. Theyre telling me, When you get out of here, you gotta change. They be putting me on the phone with they kids. The addict in Tupac is dead. Tupac: "They Shot Me 5 Times. Up to this day. 17-year-old Tupac Shakur reflects on society in this 1988 interview. I even apologized to Quincy Jones for all the stuff I said about him and his wives. Doesnt Nigel also go by the name of Trevor? Rare Tupac Interview from 1994 Famous Names, Lost Interviews "I feel like a tragic hero in a Shakespeare play." Tupac Shakur on Life and Death "I feel like a tragic hero in a Shakespeare play." More Episodes Alfred Hitchcock on Dead Bodies Dustin Hoffman on Duplicity and Famosity Janis Joplin on Rejection Interview by Benjamin Svetkey Tell your friends about new releases from SZA, Rot Ken, Scorey, Bree Runway, and Alkaline. And from now on, its not going to be a strictly black thing with me. Even Biggies homeboys love me, why dont they look up? In the interview, Powell questions Tupac on his role in the hostile nature of the hip hop community at the time. Theyre going to come 100 percent, so if I dont be 100 percent pure-hearted, Im going to lose. Im just as guilty for not doing nothing as I am for doing things. I said, Oh my God. My doctors are, like, You can have babies. They told me that the first night, after I got exploratory surgery: Nothings wrong. 2Pac 2Pac - BET Interview With Ed Gordon (1994) Transcript [ Not yet finished, feel free to help out ] 2Pac: I have something to offer, the business that hasn't been shown before I have a whole energy that represents not just black youth. I feel close to Marvin Gaye, Vincent van Gogh. I went, Why is Little Shawn crying, and I got shot? View full document. Sure. It was like they were mad at me. Youll usually find this icon in the upper right-hand corner of your screen. : 1) T.S. I could not believe it. Tupac Shakur was forced to reflect in 1995 when he was found guilty of sexual abuse, a crime which the rapper denied throughout his life despite the unanimous verdict. Im thinking Stretch is going to fight; he was towering over those niggas. I met Nigels family, went to his kids birthday party-I trusted him, you know what Im saying? Do you have some great respect for Dan Quayle? Nigel had introduced me to Booker. I felt above and beyond, like I was glowing. Speaker 2: You dressed right for it. My label, Interscope Records, has been extremely supportive. I feel like a tragic hero in a Shakespeare play, you know what im saying? Im limping and everything, but I dont feel nothing. We was asking with the Civil Rights Movement. The luxury EV will become the companys flagship Sedan. I swear to God. Nothing in this world can surprise me. Im a thug. Rare Photo from Baltimore, 1987, 1993-12-16 Throwback: Rare Video When Tupac Accused the Media Of Trying to Bring His Career Down. Come. I stopped off to get some weed, and he paged me again. This preview shows page 2 - 4 out of 6 pages. Tupac Amaru Shakur | Clinton Correctional Facility Interview ~1995 Tupac~ The Lost Prison Tapes Shakur [June 16, 1971 - September 13, 1996] began serving his prison sentence at Clinton Correctional Facility on February 14, 1995. Those motherfuckers dont have no mercy. I dont know any nigga that didnt want to be in the movies. Standout Quote: It wasnt no thing for Ice Cube to be talking about killing in the hood, but [as] soon as he was talking about anyone else dying, it was problems. A sensitive, precociously talented and troubled soul, Tupac was gunned down in Las Vegas on September 7, 1996 and died six days later. Ask?. Its a mixture. I didnt know how much time had passed. To say it out loud over the air. 2Pac How Do You Want It? You cant tell me Im gonna sit down and hug and kiss n*ggas to make everybody else feel good. Nigel was saying, Why dont you give her a call? So we were all sitting in the hotel, drinking. That bothered me. I used to dress in baggies and sneakers. You must watch this. So while they waiting for legislation to pass and everything, we next door to the killer. sideman. Cause niggas set me up that night." When she. Its called the Tupac Machine. And the media in this country has just fueled it and made me a monster that people just They say Im a criminal. Click on the large blue power icon at the top. And the only thing I noticed about her: She had a big chest. At the time I made Keep Ya Head Up, nobody had no songs about black women. She starts massaging my front. He protected one of the only surviving eyewitnesses Now we could try to get them that way and we might lose some [and] we might gain some, but we wouldnt ever had that audience if we hadnt said whats real. There are entire albums that aren't as powerful as the five minutes you're about to watch. Tupac first arrived in the Bay Area in June of 1988. If I get killed, I want people to get every drop. Somebody introduced me to this girl. We was asking with the [Black] Panthers. Oh, definitely. Somebody has to breakout and risk losing everything, being poor and getting beat down. So I knew I had to show up no matter what. It wasnt crowded, there was lots of space, there were beautiful women there. I had a job to do and I never showed up. Im waiting for the show, and Nigels, like, I called her. We fighting the same villains that they fighting in the street. Lets be realistic. While were waiting to get buzzed in, I saw a dude sitting at a table reading a newspaper. They just watch what happen to you. headquarters, to the first shooting of Tupac Shakur. But I see now that whether I show up for work or not, the evil forces are going to be at me. Nothing can faze me. Emotionally, it was like I didnt know myself. And my change is going to make a change through the community. I never sleep. Tupac's 1994 interview with the Swedish radio show P3 Soul, hosted by Mats Nileskr.Kendrick Lamar has sampled this interview in his song "Mortal Man", In th. Quilted uppers and snakeskin-covered Swooshes are making a comeback. I did not want to believe it. We all brothers, but we dont all live the same, he explains. Original material is licensed under a Creative Commons License permitting non-commercial sharing with attribution. Ive been having nightmares, thinking theyre still shooting me. Im finished. She just upset, crying hysterically. Look at me, I don't have that mega money, but I feel guilty walking by somebody. Even Madonna. Nobody ever came to save me. I could only remember that first shot, then everything went blank. He was the first detective to interview an informant offering a detailed account of Biggie Smalls's murder. She just tripping. I asked him what happened, and he was, like, Too many niggas. You know, I aint even tripping no more, you know? "You've been shot, you can go to jailwhat actor can give . white. She told me: they treat you like the Antichrist and Ive been through that before and I just want to be a friend.. You're taught that in school, big business, everywhere. I felt them kicking me and stomping me; they didnt hit nobody else. Its numb. Lady Of Rage Details Disagreements With Tupac. How did you feel about women during the trial, and how do you feel about women now? Why did you go to court the morning after you were shot? See Page 1. I opened my pants, and I could see the gunpowder and the hole in my Karl Kani drawers. And you cant tell me I dont Just like when America beat Great Britain for their freedom, they had the upper hand, because they wanted their freedom by any means necessary. In creating the song, Kendrick took excerpts from an interview Tupac did with Swedish music journalist Mats Nileskr on the P3 Soul radio show. I told Nigel, Ive got to get out of here. Why? You can still go to the movies? Straight up, there is no beef. So, somebody will enjoy the heat in here. He was like a Charlie Wilson Says His Wife Made Snoop Dogg, Tupac Stop Smoking Dexter Isaac The Truth Behind The Man Who Shot Tupac 1995-04-29 / Tupac Married Girlfriend Keisha Morris In The Prison, Tupac Gridlockd Set Interview Backstage, 1996, 1992-08-22 / Killing 6-year old Qaid Walker-Teal in Marine City, Tupacs Death in Las Vegas (Videos, Photos & Full Information), 1993-07-19 / Tupacs Interview at Arsenio Hall Show, What Does it Mean THUG LIFE (Video & Info), Tupacs Former Bodyguard Frank Alexander Reveals Who Shot 2Pac (Interview), 1993-11-18 / Tupac Was Arrested For Sexually Assaulting. It might set me back, but only momentarily can it set me back. Stretch was on the floor, and the dude with the newspaper was holding the gun on him. I didnt know I was shot in the head yet. Get familiar with FNF Chop, skaiwater, BabyDrill, 21 Lil Harold, BigXthaPlug, Gloss Up, and more. Standout Quote: Everybodys smart enough to know that weve been slighted, and we want ours. There's no way Michael Jackson, or whoever, should have $100 million dollars and there are people starving, there's no way. Im ready to have it. And because I already laid it down, I can be free. If you saying you going to be real, thats how you be real-be physically fit, be mentally fit. I rap about things that happen to me. I was so scared of this responsibility that I was running away from it. So I was doing this type of stuff, rapping for guys and getting paid. No creativity. Nearly three decades since that interview, the message still resonates. From welfare. After I laid the song, I got a page from this guy Booker, telling me he wanted me to rap on Little Shawns record. I even tried to get Nigel in the movie, but he didnt want to be on film. They started grabbing at me to see if I was strapped. When I spoke to you a year ago, you said that if you ended up in jail, your spirit would die. The Fruit of Islam was there, but they didnt have guns. Leaked documents show. Theres no way that [these people] should have a quadruple million dollars and then theres people starving. But then youre leading us into more of a slaughter, because were gonna find out all whites aint evil And you cant say that all black folks is inherently lazy and evil, because thats not true either. Through my skin and out the skin. And I might just be my mothers child, but in all reality, Im everybodys child. But just cause we black, get along with the killers or something? The in-depth conversation went down just six months before Pac was murdered in Las Vegas, and his unsettled, troubled state of mind is made clear thanks to his incredibly frank responses. They believe in the machine, not Tupac. May I have the vegetable spring roll and dungeness crab cake. I would die in jail. News. But I can not live in a jail cell. And Nigel goes, Dont worry about it, Pac, dont worry. The interview was conducted just two weeks before the infamous Quad Studios shooting when Tupac was ambushed in the lobby of the Manhattan recording studio. So she was dark skinned. October 26 - Christina Aguilera releases her controversial second studio album Stripped, which enters the Billboard 200 at number 2, selling 330,000 copies in its first week. Letra the true meaning of, todas las canciones con letra the true meaning of letras o con the true meaning of en el titulo canciones de the true meaning of. You can spend the night or you can leave. She left me her number, and everything was cool. First cop I looked up to see was the cop that took the stand against me in the rape charge. An interview transcript is a written record of a job interview. Not with this case, but just in my life. You sound like youre saying the opposite now. You know. Naturally, the interview verged on Tupac's alleged rape case that landed him nine months behind bars. Nigga is now mine. I didnt hear nothing, I didnt feel nothing, and I said, Im unconscious. There's no way these people own planes and there are people who don't own houses, apartments, shacks, drawers. Sprinkled in ashes, smoked up by my homies. Ill see you all later. Nigel was, like, No, no, no. Because if they can stop me, they can stop 30 more rappers before they even born. As generations continue to witness his power as mouthpiece for black America, here are five interviews that represent the foreverness of Tupac Shakur. It was, like, Ooh, motherfucker, ooh, aah-they were kicking hard. And I couldnt see nothing; it was just all white. We go upstairs and have sex, real quick. Recently Madonna came to me. No one should be hitting the lotto for $36 million and we got people starving in the streets. You may have more than one ad-blocker installed. Tupac is the definition of a classic artist. And Im not saying that Ice Cube is the messiah, because hes wrong for saying kill a jew, because a jew didnt do that shit. At this level all were trying to do [as artists and leaders] is unite. It went through the skin and out the skin. Same thing with my head. Tell me about some of the coverage that bothered you. Step, step, step. Not in a cemetery. So thats why she was a Black Panther. We have more conditioning. This lasted for about a half an hour. I was kicking it with him the whole time I was in New York doing Above the Rim. When I went to the other suite, Man-man told me that Talibah, my publicist at the time, had been there for a while and was waiting in the bedroom of that suite. They gave me that job. I didnt want to be that type of nigga. She pulled my dick out; she started sucking my dick on the dance floor. I want them to have the real story.. You got to chill out with that shit. Im going to show people my true intentions, and my true heart. But she was not attractive; she looked dumpy, like. In his 25 years of life, Tupac Amaru Shakur graced the world with an indelible impact that was far from just music. It's wrong. See Appendix 8.1 for an example of an empathy interview transcript that includes my think-aloud in the right . 2Pac - The People Made Me (Interview by Sway) | Genius The People Made Me (Interview by Sway) 2Pac Track 2 on In His Own Words Produced by The Stealth Music Group Jul. Not to sound creepy or nothing-I felt God cared for me from the first time the niggas pulled the gun out. Can you imagine having $32 million and this person has nothing? Im thinking, like, This is going to be a good night. That didnt really bother me, because I was, like, Shit, Im going to get the last laugh. You know what Im saying? Money came to me and said, This girl wants to do more than meet you. I already knew what that meant: She wanted to fuck. Him and Marvin too. Crush, crush, crush. Or the rapists? Tupac Outside Courthouse, N.Y. (Full Interview) Lyrics 2Pac: It's hard when they make it bigger than.. you know they making it so big now. Featuring unisex styling in Vetements, Thrasher, VLONE, PACCBET and more. That Thug Life shit;I did it, I put in my work, I laid it down. I love it. Ive never seen a black man not acknowledge me one way or the other, either with jealousy or respect. Everybody. Somebody who pulled himself up from their bootstraps. Because Im 23 years old. If I've got $3,000 in my pocket, I feel like it's wrong to give that person a quarter. Niggas start going downstairs, but nobody was coming back upstairs. I see myself as real. They were coming up to me, like, Pac, were proud of you. I felt so tall that night, because they were peoples heroes and they saying I was their hero. I felt like because I was this big Black Panther type of nigga, I couldnt be friends with Madonna. We live in the gutter. cops. He spent as much as 19 hours a day in the studio. 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