The stories he told in his lyrics weren't repackaged to get the listener to believe he did these things. He was letting the people in the black communities know that he felt their pain and shared their anger. Most of the time he was rapping about how those things would lead to death or prison. In my opinion his ultimate goal was to empower and educate the black youth. That's what I get from his lyrics.

The stories he told in his lyrics weren't repackaged to get the listener to believe he did these things. He was letting the people in the black communities know that he felt their pain and shared their anger. Most of the time he was rapping about how those things would lead to death or prison. In my opinion his ultimate goal was to empower and educate the black youth. That's what I get from his

if you listen to the song "bomb first" he is talking about how he has money hoes sex and weed. In hit em up he is lying about having sex with Biggie Smalls wife . You called it simply a diss track. A lot of people believed that stuff to be true. He had Thug Life tattooed on his chest. And you think he wasn't trying to get people to believed that stuff?



From his lyrics, generally yes. From much of the rest of his life (& public promotion), you got an entirely different perception. In the beginning, he was always talking about a more noble goal & to an extent it seemed genuine. Once his appetites, the Bishop Magic Don Juan, the Playas Ball & Suge were his whole world, it seemed a bit more contrived.

The stories he told in his lyrics weren't repackaged to get the listener to believe he did these things. He was letting the people in the black communities know that he felt their pain and shared their anger. Most of the time he was rapping about how those things would lead to death or prison. In my opinion his ultimate goal was to empower and educate the black youth. That's what I get from his lyrics.

I hate to play the cultural card but it is obvious that you aren't familiar with Rap genre. The term studio gangster was created as a way of ridiculing guys that pretended to be gangsters while they made rap music. When you ask who cares about authenticity? Obviously a number of Rappers and rap magazines because that became a running joke during the 90's

From his lyrics, generally yes. From much of the rest of his life (& public promotion), you got an entirely different perception. In the beginning, he was always talking about a more noble goal & to an extent it seemed genuine. Once his appetites, the Bishop Magic Don Juan, the Playas Ball & Suge were his whole world, it seemed a bit more contrived.

For the final time I said he never said he sold drugs or shot people. He didn't. The image people want to portray to improve record sales has nothing to do with the actual words they use.

I think Scarface actually did or would do many of the things that he rapped about. He had a similar message to the one 2pac had but Pac was able to sell it better.

The whole Thug Life persona began after he got with Death Row. He had a rap career before death row. He couldn't get any real traction. He had fame but he didn't really have any money they were essentially using each other. My problem with him as I'd stated previously was that with him it didn't seem real to me. Gangster Rap was hot at the time. Dre was the top producer at the time. He was that well before 2Pac. He was talking about being a Thug and it just never seemed that it was real.

So 2pac wasn't popular until he made All Eyez on Me? That's news to me.

He wanted to make people believe that he was a street guy. He wasn't. You keep saying that he didn't attempt to do this. Then why was Thug Life tattooed on his chest? I notice that you keep evading that. There is more to Thug Life than selling drugs. If you look at the tape of he Suge and the other guys stomping the guy in the Vegas Casino that is an example of what "Thug Life" is. Drugs were not involved in that. I never believed him to be street. His persona changed over time and did attempt to glorify that lifestyle. Look at some of his interviews and you will understand what I am talking about.

Are you serious? Are you actually reading my posts? Are you actually reading my responses to your posts?

The term studio gangster was invented for people like Tupac.

IIRC, Eazy E first put that one on Dr. Dre.

Why was Thug Life tattooed to his chest if he wasn't trying to glorify the life? It still hasn't been answered. Why would he have that tattoo if he didn't want people to believe he lived the lifestyle?

And Easy E. would know. There were a number of them around that time. Most of them hailed from the West Coast. It wasn't created for Tupac but he definitely benefitted from being one.

IIRC Suge hung Eazy over a balcony to get him to sign some contract. Suge was the guy with juice.

And Easy E. would know. There were a number of them around that time. Most of them hailed from the West Coast. It wasn't created for Tupac but he definitely benefitted from being one.