I can't believe this wasn't even mentioned on here today.

R.I.P.

June 16, 1971 - September 13, 1996

fuckin seriously.

thanks breezy

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R.I.P. Angelina Ballerina .... nah, seriously though R.I.P. to one of the greatest men involved in hip-hop

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Eleven years ago today, hip-hop was forever changed. That was the day Tupac Shakur tragically passed away at the University of Nevada Medical Center after succumbing to four gunshot wounds received during a drive-by shooting six days earlier on Flamingo Rd. in Las Vegas. Since then, the hip-hop community has mourned in unison, celebrating ’Pac’s music through an extensive catalogue of posthumous projects. XXL has also done its share to keep 2Pac’s legacy alive. Over the course of the past 10 years, the magazine offered the best commentary, insight and coverage into ’Pac’s life, both personally and professionally. ’Pac has appeared on three top-selling XXL covers, while his mother, Afeni Shakur, graced the front of our landmark October 2003 issue.

One of the greatest MCs of all time, ’Pac has captured the hearts and influenced most rappers in the game. In honor of the 11th anniversary of Tupac’s death XXLMag.com spoke to 11 rappers and DJs about their favorite 2Pac moment, memory or song. Some of the artists knew ’Pac well. Others only knew him from afar or grew up listening to him. Regardless, all of the artists have been influenced by the man in some shape, form or fashion. And you can bet many more will be in the future.


Jim Jones:
“[My favorite 2Pac memory] was that whole era when he was in Harlem doing Above the Rim. Just to see the way he was thuggin’ in Harlem, that was the first time I really got to see him. I remember I was in high school walking up 125th [street] and he was hanging out of a burgundy MPV [minivan]. Shit just blew my mind to see a live nigga like that run through the streets of Harlem, ’cause Harlem is a live place. You just ain’t runnin’ through there without no pass. Plus, everything else that he came with gave us that adrenaline rush—spitting on cameras, getting shot up, leaving the next day with the middle finger up. He embodied what we do out here as far as struggling and coming up hustlin’ with nothing to live for. He’s one of the niggas that kept me alive. And even today, I still gotta reflect and listen to his music. So, rest in peace 2Pac. I guess I’ll see you when I get to thugs’ mansion.”


Young Buck:
“[My favorite 2Pac memory was] when he was running through my city. He came to Cashville years ago and performed at Club Malibu. He was one of those rappers that when he came to my city, he was all through the hood [and] streets. He was hands on with the community. I was just blessed to have a chance to run into him and get that love, being able to see him and shake his hand. If you ever get a chance to visit his gravesite, make sure you leave a cold Sunkist there—that was his favorite drink. I happened to have my whole refrigerator filled up with Sunkist cold drinks and my man Edi and Noble [of The Outlawz] were flippin’ out, like, ‘Yo, this is a fuckin’ repeat. This is the same shit ’Pac used to do.’ So there’s a Sunkist can sitting on top of his [gravesite], ’cause that’s how much he loved it.”


Too $hort:
“My favorite memory was at the E-40 video [shoot for] ‘Rappers’ Ball.’ Ice-T was there, Mack 10, Ant Banks and some other West Coast rappers. Plus, a lot of females, liquor, weed and the usual clowning. We were on a camper smoking and listening to his new album that was about to drop, Makaveli. He was so passionate about every song. He was rapping the lyrics out loud and talking shit about the songs. I only saw him once after that, the night he got shot in [Las] Vegas. We were arriving at the Luxor Casino and the Death Row crew was leaving. [’Pac] shook all our hands and told us to come to Club 662 because everybody was gonna be rockin’ the mic and I should come spit some shit, too. Of all the times we talked and kicked it, that day on the camper has always been the most memorable because of how intense he was about his new album. [i] wish he would’ve lived and made more movies and music.”


Lil Scrappy:
“2Pac was and is [the] realest. He changed the game from fakin’ to sayin’ what’s real and what you go through everyday. He made it to where niggas was comfortable in their [own] skin. He also showed compassion for the game. He made it to where being gutter means something and you can talk about more things in life instead of dope, because the real dope boys don’t talk. My favorite [2Pac] song is ‘Ambitionz Az A Ridah’ and ‘How Do U Want It.’”


Ras Kass:
“I have quite a few favorite memories [of ’Pac] but one that really stood out happened back when I was just getting into the rap game around ’96. I think it was at the How Can I Be Down? convention in Atlanta. The entire lobby was packed with people networking when, all of a sudden, every chick started pointing up at the top of the escalator screaming, “It’s him!” That’s when ’Pac came down the escalator, shaking a bottle of Moet in each hand, then poppin’ the corks with the shit spraying everywhere. Everybody [was] excited. This nigga made a grand entrance like ghetto royalty and that was the highlight of the day. Everybody was talking about it. I think it personified how much charisma and swagger 2Pac had. He’s often imitated but never duplicated because that was a gift that God gave dude, which is why he always came off as compelling and naturally believable.”


Paul Wall:
“One of my favorite 2Pac songs was ‘Pain’ from the Above the Rim soundtrack. It was really a song that touched a lot of people in the hood with what he was talking about. ’Cause at the time, you had the streets going with dope and ’Pac played Bird, who was the drug dealer in the movie. So the way he wrote ‘Pain’ was from the standpoint of Bird and that’s how a lot of my boys were feeling at the time. I’ll never forget the line when he said, ‘Smoking weed helps me take away the pain.’ And I could relate ’cause people were actually getting high in the hood as a form of coping with the troubles they faced.”


E-40:
“My favorite 2Pac moment was when he came to my patna’s studio in Vallejo, Calif. We got twisted off that good old liquor and broccoli [weed], chopped game and did music. ’Pac kicked it with us all day from like noon to like 11 p.m. How many people can say that? Paint a picture and visualize. Imagine that!”


Talib Kweli:
“My favorite 2pac memories are watching Biggie and Puff introduce him to the crowds at various N.Y. nightclubs. I used to work for a party promoter that Puff was close with, and he and Big took a real liking to ’Pac’s energy as we all know. I loved 2Pacalypse Now, and Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z. was on the way, but N.Y. wasn’t hip to ’Pac in general at that time. I used to try to convince my friends to check out that 2Pacalypse Now, but when I saw B.I.G. bring him out, I knew I wasn’t alone.”


Huey:
“One of the most memorable ’Pac [moments for me] was in Juice when he said, ‘You got to let niggas know you’re willing to take them out any time you feel like it. You gotta put the ground beneath your feet, patna!’ Also, we had a show in Minnesota and we was kickin’ it with Naughty by Nature and they played some of ’Pac’s songs and the club went crazy. That was the hypest club night ever for me… he is still alive [through the music].”


Clinton Sparks:
“My favorite 2Pac memory was probably seeing him go from being a rapper to an actor. Films like Juice, Above the Rim and Poetic Justice showed he was poised to be in the game for a long time if he hadn’t passed so soon. As a musician, his music is so timeless. ‘Dear Mama’ is the song of all songs for mothers.”


DJ Skee:
“My personal favorite 2Pac memory was just being a fan around the time All Eyez on Me came out, looking in on the outside before I even got in this business. There was such a crazy buzz between all the legal stuff ’Pac went through, the move to Death Row and then the beef with Biggie. I remember rushing to the store the day [All Eyez on Me] came out, poppin’ in the first disc and just hearing those intro notes on ‘Ambitionz Az A Ridah.’ Then I remember he dropped the CD single of ‘How Do U Want It’ with ‘Hit ’Em Up’ on the B-side. Even though I was a B.I.G., Bad Boy and Mobb Deep fan, you couldn’t help but sing along with that shit. The crazy part, too, is that entire album is still relevant. It still has the biggest club bangers of all time and, at the same time, [you can] ride all the way through the city in your car [and] bang it proudly. One of the truly timeless albums in all of music, not just hip-hop.”

RIP and fuck the people who believe he's still alive.

I would say R.I.P. but nobody is really certain

I would say R.I.P. but nobody is really certain


he's dead. i'm really certain

he's dead. i'm really certain
Where you at the funeral Mrs.Head?

Where you at the funeral Mrs.Head?

excuse you. but no anyone who knows shit, knows that he's dead

and don't believe the conspiracy theories like he will return. he won't

R.I.P. to the greatest voice in hip hop history

I don't know how many times I've posted this pic, but here is your proof, doubters.


Note: Not for the squeamish












http://www.2pac-online.20m.com/images/autopsy.jpg



But seriously, RIP to an icon, the most loved and missed person in hiphop history.

I don't know how many times I've posted this pic, but here is your proof, doubters.


Note: Not for the squeamish












http://www.2pac-online.20m.com/images/autopsy.jpg



But seriously, RIP to an icon, the most loved and missed person in hiphop history.

The "Tupac iz alive dawg, he livin in Cuba, everythin point to da numba 7!" crew say that it's a "stunt double". Heard it before.

The "Tupac iz alive dawg, he livin in Cuba, everythin point to da numba 7!" crew say that it's a "stunt double". Heard it before.

Haha yeah and his stunt double was so dedicated that he got all the same tattoos and let them kill him, cut him open and take fake autopsy pics

Haha yeah and his stunt double was so dedicated that he got all the same tattoos and let them kill him, cut him open and take fake autopsy pics

The spokesperson for this idiot group is 12 years old and yet to hit puberty.

I don't know how many times I've posted this pic, but here is your proof, doubters.


Note: Not for the squeamish

http://www.2pac-online.20m.com/images/autopsy.jpg



But seriously, RIP to an icon, the most loved and missed person in hiphop history.

sorry, but that is a fake ... i know because i got this info from when i was shagging Suge's wife ...

he isn't dead ... Suge Knight has him locked in a basement studio and is forcing him to do tracks 24/7 with only a one hour break per day and on that break he must only drink a bottle of Volvic water and only eat 3 slices of dry Warburton's bread and if he does not record as many as an albums worth of songs a day he'll get furiously whipped by Suge Knight's skinhead white slave beaters Bjorn & Boris that he bought and had shipped in on the autumn of 1996 ... the year we where supposed to beleive that Tupac Amaru Shakur had died of gun shots wounds in Las Vegas ...

I would've sell my soul to meet this dude:@

That is a fake, thanks to rotten.com

But Tupac is dead.

R.I.P To This Hip Hop Legend.

RIP to one of the GOAT's. Always makes me wonder what would have came.

yeah man u beat me 2 it, i was gone make a thread about this earlier but i was shopping at tha mall 4 Graduation and Curtis, and think dat people have been so fucking hyped up on that shit that they 4got about Pac's anniversary, i don't think rap city or 106 had anytype of memorial videos did they? man seriously tho' r.i.p 2 my nigga and one of my favortite rappers....

Tupac Amaru Shakur
1971-1996

oh and by tha way i used 2 believe in dat 7 day theorie shit which is very instrusting but maybe it was just a bigg ass coincidence, i think Shakur is dead, so just let him rest, peace god...

Were you at the funeral

There was no funeral, and he was cremated

(Bold= grammar correction :) )

R.I.P.

He is not, I repeat not, in Cuba chillin with Elvis.

lol/\

i believe he could be in cuba... if he wasnt in the basement of suge knite...

hes dead ....but if hes not big ups to that mother fucker

he is dead and any one saying otherwise needs to get a grip. and evan if he isnt dead he clearly does not want to be found so stop going on about him being alive

he is dead and any one saying otherwise needs to get a grip. and evan if he isnt dead he clearly does not want to be found so stop going on about him being alive

are we supposed to take someone seriously, doesn't know how to spell "EVEN"

whats a tupac?

are we supposed to take someone seriously, doesn't know how to spell "EVEN"
lol u cant diss him in any other way so u attack his spelling, who cares? every1 knows wat he means. damn. but yea R.I.P

lol u cant diss him in any other way so u attack his spelling, who cares? every1 knows wat he means. damn. but yea R.I.P

this is not a disrespect thread, i posted my opinion, and then posted my opinion after his...

I see no reason for Pac faking his death. He might but there's no way he comes back which makes no sence for someone to do such a thing like this at an early age when there's other alternatives.. The original makavelli spl faked his death because he had no choice. His upper classmens were after his ass for enlighting people about government and such so he had to escape. Well you can say the Gov were looking at Pac but not like they did to MLK,X or Makavelli spl.There's alot of other ways to escape the media. He could've just quit rapping and fly to Africa. Do some political shit,build his name up even more then come back to the states a more mature man. Anyways governemt would've killed him anyways because of what he would've become.

but seriously, you could debate whether or not 2pac is "the best rapper," because thats such a subjective term, but IMO he unquestionably made the best USE of rap of anyone in history. social images, gangster images, songs to his mother, the most legendary beef ever, and he's probably inspired more listeners and influenced more current rappers than anyone else. the most dominant personality hip hop has ever seen 4 sure.