2Pac - Throwback Interview [1992]

2Pac became the unlikely martyr of gangsta rap, and a tragic symbol of the toll its lifestyle exacted on urban black America. At the outset of his career, it didn't appear that he would emerge as one of the definitive rappers of the '90s - he started out as a second-string rapper and dancer for Digital Underground, joining only after they had already landed their biggest hit. But in 1991, he delivered an acclaimed debut album, 2Pacalypse Now, and quickly followed with a star-making performance in the urban drama Juice. Over the course of one year, his profile rose substantially, based as much on his run-ins with the law as his music. By 1994, 2Pac rivaled Snoop Dogg as the most controversial figure in rap, spending as much time in prison as he did in the recording studio. His burgeoning outlaw mythology helped his 1995 album Me Against the World enter the charts at number one, and it also opened him up to charges of exploitation. Yet, as the single "Dear Mama" illustrated, he was capable of sensitivity as well as violence. Signing with Death Row Records in late 1995, 2Pac released the double-album All Eyez on Me in the spring of 1996, and the record, as well as its hit single "California Love," confirmed his superstar status. Unfortunately, the gangsta lifestyle he captured in his music soon overtook his own life. While his celebrity was at its peak, he publicly fought with his rival, the Notorious B.I.G., and there were tensions brewing at Death Row. Even with such conflicts, however, 2Pac's drive-by shooting in September 1996 came as an unexpected shock. On September 13, six days after the shooting, 2Pac passed away, leaving behind a legacy that was based as much on his lifestyle as it was his music.

[@renzelkamuro2944]

"I wanna be a real model instead of a role model" dude legends dont get better than that

[@telismane745]

Yeah good statement, but the thing is that role models are meant to be real as well, because nobody in their right healthy mind, would follow a "real" and evil person. With all that said, then I prefer in 100 percent to follow a role model. rather than a "real" gangster or criminal person. Tupac was a role model, until he decided to choose the dark life, devil's/satan's life.

[@g4tinz706]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@g4tinz706]

❌❌AKIL THE MC IS TUPAC❌❌

[@user-zn2uc7it7f]

And he was just 20 years old

[@iganzeharera4804]

@@telismane745 pac was the voice of the voiceless and if you wanna talk about those who gave their soul to the "devil" you must start right there in now days so called " prohets of miracles "....

[@AllDayCelebrities]

"Who knows where i'ma be at in 5 years." I caught chills.

[@notleftbehind]

Maybe if he would of stayed as a back up dancer and not played this thug role he would still be alive.

[@tripodjohnson699]

DEEP..i felt the same way when i just heard it. shit is crazy

[@Oxygen97]

Dead.

[@mizzannie001]

notleftbehind or not

[@ChrisM07]

notleftbehind Yeah but I don't blame Death Row or Suge, he almost got killed before he joined them. If anything the way he was acting was the reason Suge wanted him to join.

[@solomade3]

Proof there is a God, only he can create a person like this. To inspire.

[@thabokhambule1710]

That's powerful what u said...

[@Mythix2]

that's a bullshit conclusion right here.

[@nathanhicks2000]

They knew his name wasn't a (pseudonym) even before they stopped him pac was bravado! enough to say what other mainstream rapper's couldn't and that's what started the punitive! antic's.

[@cyyrious]

Love the picture... BOSS! LMAO

[@evaroberts8674]

This word you spoke carried a lot of power brother

[@RawDawg903]

This dude was REAL.... he was true to himself.

[@notleftbehind]

lol this guy was the biggest actor of life.. He was a backup dancer for digital underground. This thug persona is just him acting and people just fell for it.

[@2Gage2]

notleftbehind it's his real persona, everybody around pac said he was wild, he was a backup dancer just so he could make it big and then when he made it big he knew he could be himself and just not give a damn.

[@Andre-eo4xe]

notleftbehind what the fuck do you know Lol You’re probably a white boy from a white neighbor hood shut the fuck up

[@runelarsen8521]

Im white and all my love is for Pac, the truest human ever, stupid will always be stupid, its not about color. Fuck the blame game, just say it like it is, he is an ignorant stupid tool.

[@shawnsmith2540]

@@runelarsen8521 Well Said YOUNG man.

[@mickyarams]

He was only 21 here, my God, he was a real genius!!

[@DMVLeGenD96]

Actually 20

[@idrisozovehe4400]

I wonder how 21 year old person can be so smart he is just ahead of his time.

[@klakklak9835]

people were smarter

[@litzyrea9925]

@@klakklak9835 that is certainly true im here obese and I just wish Id rather not have internet because I wouldn't be feeling pity for myself If a wolf bit me and I wasn't weak I would brush it off and I mean I would get treatment I may cry but It wont insist fear into me because of that interaction just caution. Now were not as strong as humans now that we have "Tech"

[@kOround1]

​@@klakklak9835hating people are so called* smarter.

[@boykahamurabi7823]

Not a word wasted. More than 20 years later Tupac is still one of the hottest topics in any hip/hop conversation. He was barely 25 when he got killed, they silenced him bc they saw the impact he was having on minorities could have started a revolution. RIP the goat.

[@junjungatbos3548]

Power of the throat chakra mayn...He definitely still got followers til this day

[@TruthSeeker30_]

Gang bangers killed Tupac

[@jessicamalave2308]

Pac did alot before he past away no one silence him.

[@deakskinfunk6820]

@@TruthSeeker30_ Lapd killed him,those stupid crips know they lying.

[@TruthSeeker30_]

Maga Supporters Are Bigots that would make sense

[@realeyesentertainment9970]

9:00 tupac " who knows where ima be at in 5 years" This sent chills down my spine. God rest his soul. RIP King of hiphop

[@ericunderwood2523]

Same Over Here The GOAT FOREVER

[@dodobreezy3077]

and he died after 5 years!

[@anysiashante7789]

Dodo Breezy 4 years hun

[@cloudrainstorm8045]

stfu comment stealer

[@ludaswifey101]

Who knew we’d be RIPing him five years later? Apparently 2Pac may have known..He lived his truth and you can’t fault him for that.

[@thefollowing8127]

Can u imagine calling in speaking to Pac🌆

[@jessicamalave2308]

Expired 1996

[@angelolivares7493]

Dream come true Pac's been my real model for 25 year's. He'll be my real model till the day I die and I'll make sure my son's know who Tupac Shakur is

[@smilemoore9998]

Tupac 1992: Harriet Tubman is one of my role models Kanye 2020: Harriet Tubman didn't help free the slaves

[@slip-n-rollboxing1826]

Wow,deep comment.

[@ivy8645]

Kanye is crazy

[@amanloul1301]

"but if I be Me, I can never let anybody down" Pac one of the realest.

[@monikp92]

N I G G A = Never Ignorant Getting Goals Accomplishment RIP 2PAC

[@dusanmatic6259]

🤣🤣🤣

[@soulfood8748]

Charleston white jacked PAC’s slogan lol

[@SENSEISUAVE]

@@soulfood8748 Really Did 🤦🏾‍♂️✨

[@VeegovonDOOM]

😄😄😄😄

[@ivy8645]

💯

[@phineaskiriinya1445]

Real model not role model.... Genius.

[@jessicamalave2308]

Something I did and he never done. 🤔

[@kayoklutch817]

Jessica Malave ur on every comment and Tupac had more of an impact than u

[@SUNNYDAZE89]

He has so much personality

[@dailydoseofliv7691]

It’s so cool to me how the interviewer went in being so serious and then got so genuine, just shows how Tupac can make anyone smile

[@her5366]

Tupac had a old soul....smart man🙏

[@MrJacksonvill]

Tupac had a strong sense of himself..and he was focused..so nobody shouldn't get it twisted. With all the incendiary serenedipitous acts of despair..this man prevailed a King..Tupac Forever!

[@jessiemiller4048]

i love he says he wants to be a real model

[@IayahYisrael]

jessie miller 💯

[@sooperman1991]

u know 2pac wouldve talked to her after the show.

[@TECH-DECK-NATION]

In my mind, pac reading these comments right now laughing and watching over us.. Embracing the legacy and impact he left behind.

[@Kafkaesque3]

this girl is fine goddamn

[@ninobrown3394]

Props to his mom for installing and educating him to how the real world is at an early age. Staying in ear all that time

[@josephnguyen851]

The interviewer is gorgeous.

[@deakskinfunk6820]

Nobody vares

[@meanieeheart4236]

@@deakskinfunk6820 I dont know about if ppl vare but maybe they care lol

[@zaidot3323]

Ugh, why did Pac leave this damn earth. He would'a changed the world fo sho.

[@notleftbehind]

this guy was biggest actor of life. He was a back up dancer and this whole thug character is just acting.

[@liljuve13]

notleftbehind shut the fuck up bitch

[@nahbro9735]

ZAI DOT he wudve tried. But no one can change this world. Evil has over taken the land

[@Msboochie2]

notleftbehind Facts! All these children who weren’t even born yet, have some kind of weird obsession with him. The man was just human, he had strengths and weaknesses like everyone else. In their minds these kids have deified him. I don’t know why, they imagine him in such a way where the children think he’s perfect and can do no wrong. That’s a dangerous situation for a kid to end up in. Parents must stay vigilant in keeping their children safe from potential harm; while still giving her room to grow and learn from his own mistakes.

[@trin1775]

Msboochie2 i don’t think he’s perfect ain’t nobody perfect every makes mistakes it’s just what he stands for and he’s a big influence on kids today y’all just hating cause if you really listened to his music , listened to all his interviews you would know that he was a good person and he would have a big affect and he was still alive

[@Vcb619]

Tupac was a very intelligent man...He is truly missed

[@bxofficial5413]

2pac was very intelligent 💯💪🏾

[@jordansalaam24]

Tupac was for the black community and he luved his community but he had a lot of enemies..

[@getwithype]

In 1992 I was 12 and Pac was my favorite rapper. I witnessed his brilliance in real time as a pre-teen and it totally shaped my life🕊️What a blessing❤️🙏🏾

[@rosesflowers5361]

Tupac looked so damn good on this interview he just had nice face features period 😘

[@tatriceshipp9139]

Yes 😍😍

[@missyr797]

Still in

[@missyr797]

Still in love with this man!

[@mariahonez2379]

You can tell tupac is lucci rolemodel when it comes to looks

[@SUNNYDAZE89]

Yessss

[@TATERxTOT]

That fit Pac got on is fire

[@cyyrious]

PAC RECOGNIZED STRONG BLACK WOMEN AS ROLE MODELS!!!!! REAL TALK WE LOVE & MISS YOU BRUH!!!!

[@mexia23]

Brenda got a baby a real story man smh...

[@jessicamalave2308]

Theres alot more to brenda having a baby 🤔

[@tonifairbanks8879]

Just took me out so sad

[@JustWatching.4521]

Compare this real raw interview to these interviews today with these artist being high, drunk, & altered on lean!!! This is as real as it gets!!!

[@slip-n-rollboxing1826]

So true

[@velocemente1]

So true!

[@davidgiron2533]

still the best rapper out here.

[@aaprii333]

Its 2020 & he still got the crown TO THIS DAY!

[@tupacamarushakur755]

@@aaprii333 December 18th 2020 still the best

[@aaprii333]

@@tupacamarushakur755 Yaassssss! I agree wholeheartedly. No one can outshine him bc in the midst of his party anthems & gangsta music, he spread more knowledges & wisdoms in his lyrics than anybody! Past OR present!

[@tupacamarushakur755]

@@aaprii333 just his name is better than every single rapper out today combined

[@tupacamarushakur755]

@@aaprii333 nobody will be on his level he was higher than his level

[@cynthiapetty8569]

I'm glad he always kept it real he never tryed to be someone he wasn't he told the truth even if it hurt someone feeling that's why he had so many haters in his life when you can't control a strong man's mind he had a good mom who made sure he didn't walk around blind to this world and the haters in it.

[@martint9977]

Tupac 4 life

[@ivanastorga4502]

the lady interviewing him is pretty cute

[@tanishaf8892]

JC Morning bruh

[@miraajmuhammad666]

Now she must be old or in Middle Ages etc Anyways she was cute aye

[@dontenbeydailey2129]

Tupac is the Greatest!

[@sotheavyyean5475]

Tupac a legend, If 2pac was still alive music ain't gonna sounds stupid like today, Anyway can wait to see All eye on me movies, some how tupac always remind me of Martin lawrence

[@quavariussmith4706]

Frr bruh

[@radekitevski113]

they portrayed tupac into someone that he wasn't

[@tkotheanomaly]

What is your description of him?

[@jessicamalave2308]

🤔

[@deakskinfunk6820]

@@tkotheanomaly he was a Intellectual prodigy,he was taking PhD level exsams in prison.i wish he had stayed away from the thug life with death row and dissing other rappers,he was to brilliant of a man to be tookin away from the communities that needed him the most.

[@ramelhagins6698]

real model= role model good point.

[@gizzajobla]

You could tell at several times through this that the interviewer was thirsty for Pac 🤣 Joking aside, amazing how easily he went from being the most relaxed and coolest person in the room to getting to more serious topics and captivating you even more. Anyone who met or knew Tupac personally is truly blessed, can't think of anyone in history I'd rather have known more than him.

[@jackjill8129]

Fun fact this is also the interview that made Left eye fall for 2pac. They met over the phone shortly after and she made a painting for him titled "nothing but love" (from what he said in this interview lol). That's when they signed the contract that had a list of 10 goals for the next 10 years. One goal was that in 10 years they'd be together. They signed it March 7th 1992. Left eye passed away April 25th 2002. Do with that what you will.

[@_RobBanks]

He was always so very engaged. And engaging. A legend in his own right. We need another soul with this light to be out here for the kids.

[@outlaw4life800]

The only OUTLAW IMMORTAL long live TUPAC!!!💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼

[@jujufrm5311]

Real eyes realize real lies- Tupac

[@khalfangovindaofficial]

I swear to God 2 PAC was gift God gave us am from Rwanda

[@ladyakademix]

92 Represent!!!! RIP Tupac.

[@lunakmbitou4198]

*Yeah, 'Brenda's Got a Baby' WAS bigger than "Juice".* *"Brenda's Got A Baby" would have been a great Movie.*

[@Lemondoor]

Everybody, this is Sherry Carter. She was the host of the BET show Video LP!

[@mrhiphophead9077]

Crimson Cream That’s Sherry Carter? I was thinking that’s Rachel.

[@acescafe7713]

Thank you i was wondering what her name was she's gorgeous. She's so cute she got that beautiful hair, that pretty white teeth smile and she dressed nice She got that Melanin beauty.

[@evaroberts8674]

Any great mind watching Tupac in August 2020..gather here let's celebrate a legend

[@umurazajoelle2397]

All his interview he always said her mother he was so thankful Soo cute

[@miamiad957]

This man was wise ahead of his years

[@ironfist9613]

That nose ring be shining bright in low light, thats how you know the jewel is real!

[@jonboy8575]

The G.O.A.T

[@junjungatbos3548]

I'm grateful of Pac being recorded. During these times of fake ass people all around more than ever, i can still watch this and it can bring me back to dem real ass times during the 90s when i was a teen and was soaking it all up. Reminding me to stay true to my self

[@balowskibally1797]

2 beautiful people. The lady is beautiful. I miss Pac.

[@2MALIKK]

That host is fine as hellllllll!!!!!!!!

[@305dagoat4]

lol she probably don't look like that now

[@davidfox286]

Who knows lol

[@renzopeterson153]

Rachell

[@carolinemakunike1566]

She's a great interviewer❤️

[@dotd7763]

Makaveli the don, the greatest of all time

[@miraajmuhammad666]

The year I was born 1992 😌 Miss you bro 2pac Rip 🪦 You’re a legend who has left a mark in the hip hop world 🌎😉

[@tarotbyamber7233]

Definitely

[@yaboijack67]

R.I.P to yo brother

[@garrseeya]

Tupac Amaru Shakur aka "Shining Serpent" only the real who have eyes to see know who 2pac was. He was able to live life at such a fast pace because he embodied thug life. It's survival, & thuglife is a lifestyle still lived by most survivors. That's how you reach people you have to understand that. These other cornball rappers dont give a fuck about you or their own communities & he said all of this before he died. You gotta be a genius to take all the fucked up shit in your environment & produce positive concepts even through negativity because at the time many people that followed corporate america did not understand 2pacs message & would rather rule it as insane or negative because it is something different from the "normal" 2pac was a melanin rich man. He had more power than the president at the time because as we know the so called blacks in america are the so called oppressed & His music was about the oppressed rising up against their oppressors. I really believe that 2pac was a true Israelite. That's why his last album makaveli has him on the cross like jesus christ & we should all know jesus christ was a melanin rich man just like 2pac. But I guess that just flew by people heads & they never caught on to 2pacs message.

[@smhatnation11]

After the Peru revolution guy

[@erinhand]

Were you around when tupac was? This was not the case. He was popular the way he was because so many people identified with his message. He wasn't more powerful than the President. He even sat in jail. They showed him they could take him down in an instant whenever they wanted. But we still talking about him 25 years later because so many people related to his message.

[@dannyfitzpatrick4802]

The eyes are useless if the mind is blind.....shining serpent,thuglife, Killumanati,reading and learning from niccolo machiavelli dude if you don't know the original niccolo machiavelli then you'll never understand what 2pac's agenda Actually was.

[@jessicamalave2308]

Yeah maybe because I was 9 years old mhmm.

[@goddessofthesun9006]

@@erinhand god is black!!!!! and Tupac was sent to empower us from our lord ♥️ they may have locked him up time after time to mess him up mentally but he knew what they was trying to do so he prevaild every time coming back stronger and smarter... Btw i honestly feel like you don't really care for pac so why are you here? To be enlightened!!??

[@marismind8588]

His angry is a good angry. Angry bcz of the system, bcz he love his people he’s really a true and loving person

[@ventwilliams3352]

Exactlyyyy. I been saying this for years now

[@twolfeizfly]

Rip .. Damn .. We lost him too soon

[@yayarearaidernation510]

Damn a real individual full of life. Thank you pac.l ☝️

[@rickrolled792]

Tupac is raised by a motherwith knowledge and realnes and speak it out

[@christopheredmonds2526]

Man Sherry Carter was Fine as Hell!

[@Ridzo24]

My mother is a roll model now, After im growing up, i told her yeh yeh you was right.

[@kkeshonn1495]

“Who knows where imma be at in 5 years” 😪😪😪

[@dojcdo9788]

Rip tupac ❤️👑 the greatest rapper ever, also one of the best activists in the history

[@tezlaflare]

he be sayin sum deep stuff

[@michaelcreed6569]

I love Tupac and he was real he said what every one elsh would be thinking

[@godwinonukak5160]

This dude is more than a legend he is more real then the shit world💯

[@oncsimusshakur4807]

THUG IN PEACE, SOLDIER.

[@Shan-mw3bg]

Oncsimus Shakur For Sure. 🙏🏽

[@randallraines]

My man!!!

[@tamikawright8696]

He was speaking truth to power then. This is why I love him so much.

[@creativeminds5405]

Truth to power..I cannot read or hear it since Amber used this term in her failed interview xD

[@irenthajones6294]

Hit em wit a little💯 ghetto gossip💯 rest up young pac

[@FaithOlusegun]

It's Ghetto Gospel Irentha!

[@cornell833]

It's gone be things in life that's gone try to keep you from smiling 😁 you smile any way 👀2020 #Rip pac the Truth

[@mrsmolina9939]

i beleive hes still alive .

[@2PacShakur2596]

8:58 "Who knows were imma be in 5 years" that shi hit me hard bro. r.i.p king of hip hop, king of rap, i miss and love you tupac.

[@guyrufus2097]

Year 2020: we miss u pac!!

[@DreaChristen]

❤️ 4 Pac, Unconditional

[@OG_kibray]

Him being 21 at that time and him being 25 he remained the same and the realest in the game all respect to Pac

[@JesseTaylorTraxxx]

Amazing Thank You for Uploading!

[@edub9930]

Pac was 2 real. RIP loved one ❤

[@larryyoung7234]

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[@cixxnetworkcinemas2359]

The GREATEST ova a 106 n half millons records sold #FYM

[@karenbaker3186]

Miss you ❤

[@jayu9642]

so young and so mature

[@Mister-Reno]

the interviewer is 🔥 R.I.P Pac salute

[@AndrewsOpinion15]

2PAC TOTAL COOL !!!!

[@shameanthomas2019]

"We All Should Be More Involved In Our Own Process." - Tupac. ❤

[@happy91769]

Happy birthday King👑🐐 we love you forever

[@kaylahopper9351]

My teachers in middle school and high school would always use his lyrics from his songs in our lessons.

[@velocemente1]

You'll NEVER see another person like Pac again. Real shit! The G.O.A.T PERIOD!!

[@dimemomm7863]

I love him 😢

[@afd1363]

I am beyonnnnddddd ready for this Pac biopic..love Pac man

[@larryyoung7234]

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[@mastabah6861]

So Powerful interview ! Very instructiv!

[@ashish_sunny]

Imagine the ppl who really called that day.

[@jonsmith7504]

This chick is fiiine u know 2pac smashed that

[@trishiarygg8323]

Wish he still here but he lives on thru his music and his siblings

[@fakdelak]

this is rare !

[@actor_267]

The greatest to ever do it! 💪🏽💯🙌🏼

[@bathroomdiaries5393]

he is so beautiful and charming