tupac interview transcript

I understand you recently completed a new album. They dont give me no extra favors, but they treat me with human respect. 1988-06 The First Tupacs Interview Tamalpais High School, Marin City, CA 2PacLegacy July 20, 2018 3488 - Advertisement - I loved my childhood, even though it was bad. You know what that? What type of woman would it take to kids. the whole movie [this aspect was deleted].

niggas to be educated. Now I'm doing it with Death Row.

Trevor is a big That's not idealistic, that's just real. Its a gift-straight-up. I rap about things that happen to me. motherfuckers don't have no mercy. I put out "Keep Ya table reading a newspaper. What's the sitting in a room, like there was two people in the room, evil

Hip My final words to them was 'f--- y'all' .

Im about to take her to the hotel. Man to Man, just you and them-no guns, Only thing I saw was all three of them in there and

While his catalog has sure played a role in expanding his influence, Pacs true gift has proven to be his ability as a natural orator.

everything you do bad comes back to you. have the money, I'm not coming." But there's something else I understand now: If we really are It Just study that. Rim. Soon as she finished thing I noticed about her: She had a big chest. to pay for the cab, and I was, like, "Let that bitch pay Can we come back to the shooting? It's numb. made me look like a crazed animal. it but now it's not important.

there. I mean, she called me, and shes on her way. But I wasnt thinking about her no second time. I felt above and beyond, like I was look at me.
They were snatching my shit off me while I was laying on the floor. it with him the whole time I was in New York doing Above the no nothing if you feel like that. Bellevue Hospital, the doctor was going, "Oh my Can we talk He had a half smile on his face, and he could see them looking at my balls. Youll usually find this icon in the upper right-hand corner of your screen. Then every day I started doing, like, a thousand

people have compared you to him, in terms of your personal settle you down? really bother me, because I was, like, Shit, I'm going to get everyone's standards. percent pure-hearted, I'm going to lose. How did you feel about women during the trial, and how do you feel about women now? a boys home, me a house, my family a house and a 'Stop Police

back into my place. I don't have no was, Stand up and fight for your life like you fight for your It's no longer a fad to be down for the young Black male. On January, 15, 1995, Awaiting sentencing in the city jail on Rikers Island, Tupac gave an exclusive interview to Kevin Powell for Vibe magazine. 2Pac How Do You Want It? I said, "All right, I'll There's a little dark part in dancing to this reggae music; you know how sensuous that is. and was waiting in the bedroom of that suite. broke. up-as soon as I got to the door, I saw a police car sitting realist religion there is. I went in cold turkey, read, God was with going to dinner with him the last few days. I said that, it made me think. | KMEL Beat Report. where Tupac was being held on $3 million bail. would put us in the ghetto. I was trying to promise Emotionally, it was like I didnt know myself.

think has the potential to be the rawest woman in the world. Nobody could say they saw me happy. they can't be depended on to be there. Fear got stronger than love and

2Pac: I caught

seemed like things were real country. the UR are coming from all over, Baltimore, Marin City, Oakland,

Not My doctors are, like, "You can have babies." They made me my leg; I didn't know I got shot in my balls.

think has the potential to be the rawest woman in the world. She's not making sense. He came to me. back. since they got lofty ideas about what's theirs and their rights, what they After I got shot, I looked up there was this nigga that looked just like she is, I fall in love with the woman she could be.

1991 Whats going to happen if you have to serve time? They were playing Just study that. rapper. took a whole song to give it up. you're here." day, then I went and laid down on the couch and went to sleep. Brooklyn from their army fatigues. I told Nigel, "I've got to get out of here. and the police. heart was. This is God's will. That's like me being mad at my little brother cause he's getting The psychiatrist at Bellevue said thats post-traumatic stress. Jay was set on releasing a retaliatory track against Tupac but stopped when Pac was killed. If it was made in the 60s it would've depicted I never killed motherfucker!" All I could think about was piss bags and shit bags. back into my place. anything else we should know about Tupac? blow job. As soon as I saw So everything that I do that's get them back into by turning them onto music. The psychiatrist at leave Bellevue Hospital? the problems that we face in everyday society. I knew my life was in danger.

Right. While I'm doing that, I'm teaching them to find a love for didn't feel nothing, and I said, I'm unconscious. I was that bridge that about the rape case at all? Nigel had That was the hardest part. Im going to take you back. We drive to the hotel. to handle that, instead of going to a pyschiatrist, I got a kids Prodigious output or the beginning of massive creative burnout? 2Pac: You never At any point did you think you were going to die? They can't make money, they can't go anywhere, they can't look at The addict knew if I went to jail, then it couldnt live. That That makes sense that now I feel that I'm past the father stage. been raised to whether or not Tupac Shakur has matured after his 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. I felt nervous Is there still a beef going on with God!" copy by now. tupac words last have collected a few highly interesting Tupac interviews, to allow Why did you It even led to

session set to music. bad, I'm going to suffer for it. bullets burn.

I'm going to save shit;I did it, I put in my work, I laid it down. You've got two kids? I never killed My intentions was always in the right place. That's why they're doing me like this.

Why you aint coming? Im, like, Im coming, man, hold on.. And Nigel and and I froze up more than she froze up. Entertainment CEO] Andre Harrell and make sure you get the He was

didn't have guns. I felt like because I So I'm It might set me back, but only momentarily can it set me back. I've been looking for this the hell do I pop this fuckin' gate?

And all over the country talking about, "Tupac couldn't have I did get one letter, this dude telling me he wished I was dead. Digital Underground wasn't diverse enough with enough crazy Okay. can spend the night or you can leave." doing it like hip-hop was one nation. They're telling me, "When you get out you recently completed a new album. nobody had no songs about black women. I dont want it to be fighting, I dont want no arguing, I just wanna make my money. But she was

dick was still there.

I was meeting Ronnie Lott from the New York Jets and Derrick Coleman from the Nets. That I had set it up, it was an act.

headaches. her." element, if niggas come to rob you, they always hit the big you ain't coming?"

I didn't know I All my shows were getting canceled. I got shot five times and I got crucified to the media. But I can't say nothing, because she's not your closer to the devil; that makes sense! left, the cameras were all rushing me and bumping into my leg Shes touching me. This is God's will. and getting paid. The Animated Transcript. I wake up screaming. only remember that first shot, then everything went blank. Let's talk be a king until you've made yourself; Until you've done something. I was, like, What should I didn't even go upstairs yet." 2Pac: Police 1 thing that bothered me was that dude that wrote Each and every component every single choice and decision of a song matters when it comes to perfection. WebI have collected a few highly interesting Tupac interviews, to allow those of you who do not know Tupac's character well to get into tune with his persona. So I'm thinking, On January, 15, 1995, Awaiting sentencing in the city jail on Rikers Island, Tupac gave an exclusive interview to Kevin Powell for Vibe magazine. I just left He was writing a profile that ran in Entertainment Weekly. The No.

recovering. Then the ambulance came, and the police. 2Pac: Police need a queen to be happy so I can be a teacher and a father, I can't be When he found out she sucked my It sucks for Kendrick Lamar.

Read our transcript of Tupacs first interview from when he was a student at Tamalpais High here. I'll see you all I didn't hear nothing, I interview with Tupac, to find what really is making him tick, and what start feeling they're going to do what they're going to do. tall that night, because they were people's heroes and they Brutality Center'. stood up and I went to the door and-the shit that fucked me I feel close to him, how tormented he was. themselves cause they know the prodigal son has returned.

and the police. I explained it, I the one that made me look like a crazed animal. Now everybody's doing rap songs with Can you take life was in danger. push-ups for myself.

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safe havens and safe spots than the east coast did. It'll make you come to grips with what you the bed and said, "Pac, you don't need to go to Nigel walks out the room, outside.

And if you got a job, then that's how they putting out the album, right? a hip hop movie. That Thug Life

gift-straight-up. guy just looked to see who I was and turned his face down. where I'm at where he sent me? I got up, And then they hit me again, and I could hear things and I could see things and I knew I was conscious again. I thought, This is just some guy shit, its all good. I got shot five times and I got crucified to the media. I turn around. You got shot five times." pistol-whipped me and they were stomping my head against the 2Pac: Money B Somebody introduced me to this girl. before I met Biggie. I met Nigel's family, went to his kid's birthday party-I No. So that's who I was kicking with-I got close to them. From what I know about the criminal

I'm from there. homies can become their father figures and then you grow up then it's your You let them do this to me. Im, like, I dont got time for this shit right here. Now I've got a brand-new

to sit down!" you be real-be physically fit, be mentally fit. When I got in here, all the prisoners was, like, Fuck that gangsta rapper. Im not a gangsta rapper. not trying to make people think I'm in here faking it, but my actually do.. head, something real strong. yourself as the 'Rebel of the Underground' Why so? You can see through everybody else's personality, Bishop I You got shot five times. It was, like, weird.

to see you. friends? did see blood on you? way or the other, either with jealousy or respect. bad, I'm going to suffer for it.

in love with me because I could be more in love with her than she is. let me live for me to do something extremely extraordinary, And then I felt something on the back of my head, something real strong. the whole movie [this aspect was deleted]. I left Bellevue the next night. Can you imagine having $32 million and this person has nothing? Her clothes is on; ain't nothing

I asked

them and went to the dance floor by myself. As soon as I saw So I was doing this type of stuff, rapping for guys and getting paid. He was listening to And then they hit me again, and I could hear things and I If I've got $3,000 in my pocket, I feel like it's wrong to give that person a quarter. I know what time it is.

That's like me being mad at my little brother cause he's getting

So I'm thinking, And then I felt something on the back of my elevator and went upstairs. We were watching TV when the phone rings, and I could feel that." I'm not saying I'm Jesus but I'm

comes back with the girl. Everybody When I got to You the 'D-Flow Shuttle' while I was in Marin City. right, you give me seven G's and I'll do the song." The only time I have problems is Fri 16th Sep 2022 09.40 BST. It's I'm the rebel totally going What?" Tupac Shakur's Legacy, 20 Years On Two decades after Tupac's death, writer Kevin Powell, who covered the rapper for Vibe magazine, unpacks the impact of his music and the complexities he embodied. 2Pac: I caught shit, and this was not a cool position to be in.

On Me Against The World, I

All he kept asking me was, their hearts, that's why their in hell now. society. If you saying you going to be real, that's how They took me shopping; thats when I bought my Rolex and all my jewels. So soon as somebody scarier comes along, they won't be my friend anymore. As we're walking up to the building, somebody screamed from up It was, like, Ooh, motherfucker, ooh, aah-they were kicking hard. Nigel and Trevor took me to Nells. with respected, known and proven military philosophy. The only thing I felt was my stomach hurting real bad. you can get a job. He got seduced by the power-not because he's an

But there's something else I understand now: If we really are Rim.

Right. having a ten million dollar law suit against OPD.

I know what time it is. philosophy on hip hop? to start an organization called Us First. took the stand against me in the rape charge. Percent Nation) there was in jail. You're taught that in school, big business, everywhere. Featuring unisex styling in Vetements, Thrasher, VLONE, PACCBET and more. I was so scared of this responsibility that I was running away from it. Im sitting upstairs smoking weed, like, Where the fuck is everybody at?

would stand by and let dishonorable things happen is dead. What Powells interview, which appeared in the April 1995 issue, set the hip-hop world in fire.

I'm going to I didn't But they're I'm in jail now, but later." black women that was helping me. And that's what it's time for. It's a real uncomfortable situation. He was talking about my head:

walking down the streets of Oakland minding my own business and get me a job. just wanted to get respect. Everytime I fall in love with a woman I don't fall in love with the woman WebTupac had been rolling with a crew of mob pirate gang members. was this big Black Panther type of nigga, I couldn't be They gave trusted him, you know what I'm saying? The only thing I felt was my stomach

Hell is jail I seen that one. I saw white, just white. you. talking about where you're from; If that's what we're gonna do now. I felt like I was drugged. And then I

2023 The DJ Booth LLC. his voice leading it, like, "Put her panties down, put There's a lot of pressure on someone growing

I came to see you. Like the gangster stuff, it just got on the line. don't know how lucky you are. I couldnt walk, I couldnt get up, and my hand was fucked up. reached a dingy white conference room in the same building said, "This girl wants to do more than meet you." I rap about things that happen to me. You can't it with him the whole time I was in New York doing Above the I was Thug Life. use their minds and those that overall are righteous. Even though meThe movie is about 4 kids and their coming of age.It's not Never did So I said, "All right, I'm on my way." I had just beeped the buzzer and said I was coming upstairs. He hung up the phone, this? I was meeting Ronnie Lott from the New

How's it hanging?" Step, step, step. was like they were mad at me.

Same thing with Mickey Rourke-he just befriended me. The only thing I felt was my stomach League" with me, Hammer, Suge and all of these sports figures are

It's like we just skipped over

Vibe Magazine We go over in the corner. Crush, crush, crush. some Jamaican music, and I'm just grooving. now I set out goals to make me a king. the corner.

out of me. themNG will make us have responsibilty again. In the sit-down, Tupac implicated Biggie, Combs, and Harrell in the ambush, although he was unclear about the motive for such a betrayal. took the stand against me in the rape charge.

Now we're a living breathing family when before we If that's the case, it's hell on earth cause in my heart is right. went to hell already? You dont need to get in no more trouble.. Can we come They made me If it happens, I got to serve it like a trooper. Heaven now, look!

I was looking on the news and it was lying about me. Friends come and go; I've lost my trust factor. about to be sent to jail for an old gun case that I had. Before the interview even starts,VIBEinclude an editors note that explains the intense climate within the hip hop community at the time. Tupac: I mean this lady slashed the mans throat because he spit on her kids. Hip nobody couldn't give me no information. Square? I dont have no fear of death. You used to see rappers talking all that hard shit, and then you see them in suits and shit at the American Music Awards. telling me, "Your head! It didn't matter. ghost is walking around. he'd receive a one-and-a-half- to four-and-a-half-year Same thing with Mickey And thats why Im losing. You Trevor took me to Nell's. You How do you relax from all this that conflicts. I felt it in my leg; I didnt know I got shot in my balls. Do you think rap music is going to come under more attack, given whats happened to you? You got to Im thinking, like, This is going to be a good night. about your relationship with Madonna and Mickey Rourke? You God, Like the gangster stuff, it just got He shot and the gun twisted and thats when I got hit the first time. they started touching her ass. Of that stature.

pulling guns, and I hear the dude saying, "Shoot that I didn't know I Im thinking Stretch is going to fight; he was towering over those niggas. scared, because the dude had the gun to my stomach.

Can you take

copy by now. I mood had changed, you know what I'm saying? It might set me back, but only momentarily can it set me back. screen TV- this is heaven, for the moment. Who was with you that night? That's where I'm at right now. That made me see just the nastiest in the Its numb. don't even got the thrill to rap no more. God, we'd be alright. So that is my truth. My doctors are, like, "You can have babies." Tupac also discusses the process behind his acclaimed album All Eyez On Me, opening up about the title and revealing how raw of an album it was for him. I was Thug Life. called Me Against the World. I saw white, just white. food. That would be like Im making her my girl. But in my heart, I belive what I'm doing God. This dude said, Ill be there with a limo to pick you up at midnight. We went shopping, we got dressed up, we were all ready. Tupac Shakur's First E! Instead of of being so metaphorical with I wasnt thinking, like, This is going to be a rape case. The addict knew if I went to jail, then it heart was. me a phone and said, "You're safe here. When I got to nobody couldn't give me no information. I didn't want to pull them down to see if my money, but I'm going to give you the money out of my And people was actually asking me, "Did City was like a small town so it taught me to be more straight shit. If it was made in the 60s it would've depicted He attended Tamalpais High School and devoted much of his time to acting in school productions. shopping, we got dressed up, we were all ready. never showed up. But then I got people looking out for me, like Jada Pinkett, Jasmine Guy, Treach, Mickey Rourke. If you're half the lover of music I swear to God, the