Remembering 2 Pac
By Mitch /
on Rap

Today would have been Tupac Shakur’s 42nd birthday. To call this man a legend would be an insult rather than an understatement. Many people have misconceptions about 2pac and what he stood for. Some thought he was a Thug, some thought he was a rapper trying to be a revolutionary. In fact he was a man that re-defined the meaning of “THUG” and was a revolutionary who happened to rap. With his mother being a Black Panther, from the minute he was born, his destiny to be a revolutionary was written out and ‘Pac used hip-hop as a way of getting the peoples attention and gaining a following.
Those that knew 2pac well, described him as a genius (most artists are) and someone who worked very, very hard. Hollywood movies, classic albums, beefs, prison and marriage were just a tiny part of this 25 year old’s life before he was gunned down in Las Vegas in 1996.
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