Tupac Shakur was as scummy as they get (got, i should say)!!! So, why is he sooooo admired and revered?
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People believed that if you took away the music, then it was poetry.
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TUPAC WILL ALWAYS BE THE GREATEST, BUT SOMEONE WAY UNDER HIM T.I. AKA KING OF DA SOUTH
371965
At first people believed that he was not dead, that he was just in hiding. And that whole Makaveli thing made people believe that he would do as the original Makaveli did, which was to return in 7 years to take revenge against his enemies or what have you, but as we can all see the seventh year has come and gone so I believe that his time here on earth has really come to an end. All of the conspiracies that have been out regarding his death, fake autopsy pictures, garbled words at the beginning of songs, I believe just help to add that extra nudge for people to buy into him. I think he is dead but boy wouldn't it be great if he did come back after all these years. And as far as his albums are concerned I believe that many rappers have unreleased music that we have never and probably will never get to hear. Tupac probably had hundreds of raps that he had written and recorded in the studio long time ago, all they have to do is get a genius of a producer and lay Tupac's words down onto a really good track and it would sound like he just recorded it yesterday.
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To show that rap was poetry. Many people see rap negatively, but Tupac changed that. He showed that it was poetry because he wrote beautiful verses that were then changed over into songs. He made rap beautiful.
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i would think it's because of the classic story of a guy who brings himself out of poverty into the rich, bling-bling lifestyle. many can relate to tony montana's early life in america where broken promises of riches and fame are surpressed by those in power. tony's rise to power and his taking control of his own destiny might be analogous to a rapper taking themself out of being surrounded by "haters" and now their destiny is in their own hands.\n\nbeyond that, his fuck you attitude is something you always wanted to tell someone but couldn't. but when you're the man, you can get away with it!
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To be judged by the content of your character-that idea never leaves me. We all have to respect the moral high ground he took- it blew away the common (low grade) racist attitudes many of us grew up with, created in me a humility that demanded change. No other politician or national figure changed as many hearts and minds in the last century.What I wish is that the black community would do more to  reject the drug, thug, rap bunch and remember that character counts for more than money or bling.
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Yes, 2PAc was an intelligent rapper, who spoke about not only things he did, but things that haunted the minorities in America in the past and in the present. He was a great rapper only because he was a controversial rapper that went between being positive and back to negative. Rap was not his only thing. He wrote poetry, made clothing, and started acting before his life was taken.
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I think it's a travesty of justice, to say the very least (the rest I'd like to add I can't say on yahoo without them editing most of it!)  that the "rich and the famous" can get away with whatever the hell they do, unlike the rest of us "common-folk"! How are we supposed to want to respect authority when our laws only pertain to those who can't  even afford to hire a good defense attorney? It's B------t.
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Do you mean "Machiavellian"? If so, try link below.  But if you mean Tupac's web site, I don't know.
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He is truly a very generous man, but only when it comes to buying popularity by spending other peoples money.\n\nThe obese, greasy, sweaty pile of sh*t.
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Tupac, hands down... I love the other two, but Tupac was the only one that had actual political meanings and he was very educated and that made him a threat. His mother was an activist to the community, and he was a diamond in the rough. Biggie was too, but Tupac was known from coast to coast before Biggie hit Cali. Tupac was known to be a "live wire", and he was one of the first rappers to be acting and still keep his credibility. He didnt sugar coat shit for nobody, he didn't have a shoe, clothing line, or none of that. He was a man of the people, and I'm not saying Jay Z or Biggie wasn't, but Tupac built the whole Thug Life philosophy.. Everyone can feel his lyrics.. and he did a song for everybody, Dear Mama, Keep your head up, Brenda's got a baby.. so on and so on. They even got a college class about him!! He was charismatic, educated, outspoken, bold, and fine.. and thugged out. But he was down for his community like his mother was for the Black Panther party. So I would go with Tupac :).
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He doesn't deserve much respect yet. other people in the business had to beat many of the greats to get the respect they have today.....Khali shouldn't get the respect of some others just because he beat the undertaker.........he needs to work hard and beat other superstars, if he beats the Big Show, then i will respect him more......but he just started out....he needs to work up to getting respect
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Tupac Shakur, hands down.
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I'm a huge Tupac fan, but I believe and accept the fact that he's dead. \n\nR.I.P. Tupac \nR.I.P. Biggie\nR.I.P. Proof\n\nStop all the hip-hop beef...
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yea thats a tight song tupac is the best rapper ever and no 1 will eva compare to him (Rest in Peace to the King of Rap: Tupac Shakur)
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http://www.celebritymorgue.com/tupac-shakur/  I found this on a website that I would never go to but I remembered someone telling me about I looked it up for you!  Please don't go there if you don't want to see a gross dead photo of Tupac!  Who knows if it's real!  Looks real to me!  Just goes to show you how precious life is!  Live it well!  Take Care & God Bless!
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I haven't figured it out either. He's a jackass. He's overrated and his fans suck. His fans are the worst part of it, that and the extreme media bias.