Tupac Shakur died ten years ago today...I grew up Cali and i had just started middle school when it happened....i remember coming home from a class camping trip right before he passed, and getting a call from my homegirl down the block....tupac got shot! for real though! turn on channel 7!...i remember that he was in the hospital, and everybody was like "he's gonna be okay, he's gonna make it...talkin to other people it seems like that was the sentiment they expressed as well...as if he was a fallen superhero...makaveli came out and it was mad spooky....the image of the crucifix, the track "hail mary"....then the "he ain't dead" rumors...ain't that him in the "sweetest thing" video! peep it again!
the vendors down on slauson and crenshaw in LA are still pushin pac t-shirts....but around that time you could cop them literally anywhere...
nikki giovanni's "thug life" tattoo....
countless tributes...bet playin and replayin all the tupac videos...
then, about 6 years later, 50 hopin we love him like we love pac...right.
people can say what they about 2pac's skills as a rapper...but i think it's pretty hard to "swagger jack" somebody like Pac...
but that's just me.
rest in peace, brother.
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