Aries Spears: White People Say "2 Pack" Instead of "2 Pac" (Part 22)

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In this clip, Vlad and Aries discuss the documentary "Dear Mama" about Tupac Shakur. Aries mentions a moment where Jay Z corrected someone about pronouncing Tupac's name as "2 Pack." Vlad and Aries then discuss the documentary and its use of Tupac's acapella with sparse instrumentals and words on screen. They also talk about Tupac's constant themes of death in his music and how he may have foreseen his own death. Aries shares his thoughts on the strength of black women and their portrayal in film, emphasizing the historical hardships they faced and comparing them to the portrayal of white women. Finally, they mention other films with strong black women characters.

[@KeizeShow]

"Every move is a calculated step. To bring me closer to embrace an early death." - Tupac - Shed So Many Tears

[@3rdGenerationCancer]

You don't have to calculate anything to kill yourself

[@3rdGenerationCancer]

@@CantTellYou OK so what's the ratio of failed suicide attempts to successful ones???

[@bOmBAsTiK]

@@3rdGenerationCancer You do if you don't have the courage to kill yourself and would rather die in a shootout, a la Tupac. That way, you become a legend and not a tortured artist and troubled soul.

[@willpleasants1601]

​@@3rdGenerationCancerNo but you do need to calculate a way to leave a legacy and be immortal

[@3rdGenerationCancer]

@@willpleasants1601 Stop it. Pac legacy has more to do with his controversy than his music.

[@mlobimkhize5444]

Hahaha! Thank you, Aries for calling Vlad out on 'em uncomfortable pauses. I know why Vlad was doing them, but I'm glad he called him out for it 😂😂😂

[@reginaldbstewart395]

He did not want to laugh after the word

[@kimg.b.215]

It wasn't even that funny

[@jxshram]

It's so he can clip the videos easier

[@hurricaneharvey9053]

@@rondoughhowell6442Because he doesn’t have a criminal record and knew his father?

[@rondoughhowell6442]

@@hurricaneharvey9053 go to Hell

[@wavoe368]

The dead silence at the 2 pack joke is nuts😂😂😂

[@brandonbriggs5814]

“Black women have always been the batteries in our backs” you better preach Aries!!!

[@maxx420420]

Vlad you gotta give Aries a Xmas gift for this interview. He blew this one out of the interview park.

[@stevehorton7524]

You can say that every rapper for seen their death after they die .

[@daddylonglegs4444]

Yea he blew it out of the park once he started talking about racism lmaoo

[@202fly2]

Yo Aries Spears broke it all the way down ! Damn I teared up

[@Ubermensch201]

Aries Spears: tells joke Vlad: "Okay.. I've probably had more Tupac related interviews than anyone else" 😂😂

[@TheTruth-mv7hm]

Vlad only cares about himself

[@averagesavage8367]

"I smoke a blunt to take the pain out/ And if I wasn't high I'd prolly try to blow my brains out, Lord knows" -2Pac

[@FRANKIBABI__]

Lord knowz them crips lit tht same blunt they took out of hiz mouth too😂

[@bigm2385]

@@FRANKIBABI__😂😂😂😂😂

[@bigm2385]

@@FRANKIBABI__I kept shootin til him and dat blunt both caught on fire

[@ZYaKnoe248]

Them crips made pac literally go high to the sky 😂

[@tayokang2413]

They tried to kill me as a baby. But, now they got me trapped in tha storm, i'm goin crazy.

[@DemiGodX]

“So much pressure in this life of mines, I cried times I once contemplated suicide, I would have tried but when I held that nine all I could see was my mamas eyes. No one sees my struggle, they only see the trouble. Not knowing it’s hard to carry on when no one loves you” No other rapper was willing to be vulnerable like Pac back then

[@tremonking254]

“Picture me inside the misery of poverty No man alive has ever witnessed struggles I survived”🐐🐐🐐 that man music hit different

[@morrishawkins9659]

Thugz Mansion

[@JamesWilliams-vo8ld]

He wasn’t afraid to show his soul

[@moballardful]

It really is crazy when you see a lot of his music was filled with suicidal ideations and without a doubt influenced the greatest artists since his passing from the DMXs to the Xxxtentacions.

[@DemiGodX]

@@themack74 Scarface music sounded more conceptual. Pac felt like he was bearing his heart and soul. Which song was Scarface discussing contemplating suicide? I’m not aware of any though I’m not the biggest geto boys fan

[@honchodamenace1179]

Aries Spears almost blowed Vlads cover in the beginning.

[@rustyshackleford706]

*blew

[@aljigga]

💀

[@honchodamenace1179]

@@rustyshackleford706 same shit 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@espectrodelayautja6320]

@@T-verseTrevoryou understood it enough to disagree with it. Same shit like he said

[@thexannyphantom5532]

@@T-verseTrevorjust because the wording was incorrect doesn’t mean it wasn’t understood.

[@1051_fam]

Aries kills the Paul Mooney every time

[@poppaveli8553]

I Swear😂🤞🏾

[@KapkanisBae]

So Many Tears By Pac is by far his best song on so many levels!

[@primeminister66]

Agreed

[@samsneadd]

One of the greatest songs damn rap , SONGS ever made. And shock G's beat and bassline is unmatched him, shock adding the seasoning to the hook with pac just always takes me to another place. They had such great chemistry together whether it was same song, or I get around. But so many tears I relate to tht song so much story of my life. Literaly played it last night windows down driving.

[@Eltown33]

Warren sapp and aries spears are my favorite guest always come with energy and real life talk.

[@joeybakes4004]

I think you mean faizon love

[@NobodyImportant-ef3de]

Uncle and nephew

[@michaelhinton2738]

Art of dialog is coming behind you vlad with the pac interviews

[@GzWorld]

“2 like the number and PAC like Pocket, you’ll never go wrong.” -2Pac

[@silewis9396]

where is that quote from

[@GzWorld]

@@silewis9396 it was an early interview 2pac did where someone asked him how to say his name.

[@space_dogg]

I'm from Europe and i said it one time I was born in 89, and in about 97 i saw 2pac scribbled on backpacks, walls, the bus, bus stop, everywhere. So i approached a dude and said "what's 2 Pack" he said. "It's 2pac fool, the greatest musician that has ever lived bla bla" after about a week i borrowed all eyez on me from some dude and 2pac became my favourite rapper. Same thing with wu tang clan. The wu logo was everywhere and i had no clue what it was supposed to mean. Then i found out, heard the music, and they became my favourite artists too

[@jalenh4866]

Tupac Shakur Global Fame and Impact is beyond insane never seen no Shii like that before

[@ZYaKnoe248]

U must had wore tutus and enrolled in ballet arts class like 2packalicious too huh? 😂

[@righteouslioncomedian1069]

No particular country, just "Europe"? You sure you're not secretly an American? Lol.

[@righteouslioncomedian1069]

​​@@ZYaKnoe248 It's a little weird to still be this obsessed with what a 17 year old kid once did in 1988.

[@ZYaKnoe248]

@@righteouslioncomedian1069 u just enrolled back to school as tht same 17 year old yaself lol

[@AnthonyColomboAppliedMath]

Vlad should interview himself more often

[@rodolfobeans3531]

No he shouldn't

[@Ubermensch201]

He does.. Every interview

[@newagain9964]

Lol. He would probably write himself in for an Emmy. Or whatever those trinkets are. 😂

[@rodolfobeans3531]

Why does Aries look like he didn't brush his teeth and he's been wearing the same shirt for a week and has that stank sweaty smell😂

[@ballin565]

The Paul Mooney bit 😂

[@newagain9964]

Spears and Godfrey do the best. But Godfrey has a DEEP bag of impressions. Brilliant sht🤌🏾

[@angelicjames]

He gets it every time 😂😂

[@alykar27]

“Most white people I’ve met have been genuine fans” - 2Pac His music, energy, charisma, upbringing, underdog mentality resonated with all races…..white ,black, it didn’t matter…….that is why he is still and always will be loved, respected and missed by all……

[@sharoncurtis5820]

I think he's brilliant! His music was awesome.

[@alykar27]

@@sharoncurtis5820 agreed!!! Still a huge fan til this day

[@TheSteezyEazyMMAHour]

Maaaaaan I wrote my favorite artist for an assignment in 7th grade and my teacher read it and said “2 Pack?? I’ve heard of a 6 Pack not 2 Pack!” 😂

[@ixmooves2261]

Shed so many tears - that's the song Aries was tryna recall

[@mikhelBrown]

7:43 Vlad: *"Set it off?"* Aries: *"They were criminals".* 😂🤣💯

[@mnasty201]

Interviewed everyone except his mother (R.I.P), his sister, his daughter, and his father!!

[@angelicjames]

His father was just interviewed on Art of Dialogue

[@toohot2trott322]

Daughter? Who is that supposed to be? And he haven’t interviewed Jada, can you imagine that interview 😂😂😂

[@asapcherry4260]

I just interviewed allen hughes who directed it Aries: RIGHT ON😂

[@RicoSoprano_]

Right lol

[@pjmendoza8871]

“U can be touched “ is a great song from 2 PAC and Outlaws . Kind of references What he’s talking about In death.

[@theophilusjones6024]

So many Tears was the hearse verse and that’s one of the greatest songs I’ve ever heard.. period. Super super deep

[@ske13ok]

Aries spitting spears of game and truth in this interview!

[@TheRealDeal1438]

His comments on Black women...❤

[@TheShadow84]

"I once contemplated suicide, & woulda tried// but when I held that 9, all I could see was my Mama's eyes//

[@mikeyy425]

Facts about the black women, but lets be clear... those women are long gone! Women today would love to take that credit but are the exact opposite of the ancestors

[@miami-dade3058]

The black men have fell off, so naturally. , black wines as well. Black men aren’t hard working anymore

[@jinthehouse3210]

Paul Mooney reference is hilarious.

[@Rell1388]

0:50 That pause is everything, I miss Paul Mooney so bad. I truly wish I could have seen him live and watch white folks walk out the show 😂

[@jarredgardin4204]

...Aries is a real one, regardless of the other noise, he supports his people.

[@kjo2130]

I remember my white roommate from the UK kept saying 2Pack. I was like wtf

[@righteouslioncomedian1069]

Oh yeah, that's how we say it. It's the accent.

[@Martin19138]

DJ "I am the biggest Tupac clout sucker" Vlad

[@blackice3395]

Well said! Black women are super heroes 💪🏿

[@drphot6050]

Some Black People*

[@nfntnightmare]

I really enjoy to hear Aries prespective .Great content

[@AutistikManiac]

I'm white and I promise you I don't pronounce it like that

[@ctnative203]

lmao Your Cousins Do.

[@ODK321]

A lot of white people say 2Pack. I heard multiple say it in the past couple of weeks.

[@prlysis]

I've never heard any white person say "2Pack" before. No one of any color, honestly.

[@RicoSoprano_]

@@prlysisI have multiple times. Watch old news clips.

[@j04370859]

Those who aren't familiar with him or his music, who are mostly white people, pronounce his name like that.

[@busymom9997]

Love Aries always speaks his mind

[@dgstudi0s159]

"Picture me dying in a blaze of gunfire" - 2pac "And I never get to lay back 'Cause I always got to worry 'bout the payback. Some punk that I roughed up way back. Comin' back after all these years. Rat'a tat tat tat tat." - 2pac

[@MaxCadillacPriest]

Damn, this was a Deep part of the interview. Talk to em Aries!

[@KwameMoreiradosSantos]

His song Fuck The World and Death Around The Corner are the main songs Pac talk about dying and So Many Tears

[@fairplayterrific147]

Peace To Aries👏🏾 He Broke That Down....

[@gmf357]

Granted some Wytepepo don’t say 2-PACK, but all too often I’ve heard 2-PACK just as much as I heard Wytepepo constantly say FIDDY Cent

[@Lettys_Son]

Aries 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾 preach brother

[@DaFactsNoNonsense1713]

Vlad always figures out a way to talk about himself during interviews with famous people

[@gloriempaka9474]

Ok

[@ch33zybreadtrellie4]

“Sat right in that seat you’re in” smh him feeling he had to make that small fact known is just beyond me

[@Ms.Federally.Official-Matthews]

When I saw the documentary was the 1st time I heard pac thought about his life in that way. But, I personally believe prison broke him. Prison is designed not 2 just punish but 2 break ur spirit. Once he passed away n I heard more of his music I actually felt that pain. Amazing interview especially 2 hear Afeni voice n 2 hear speak of her son.

[@FRANKIBABI__]

Pac thought he was the baddest studi0 gayster in town until biggies quad crew and them crips put him in check 😂

[@eklipz3467]

@@FRANKIBABI__and thats why has fat ass died 6 months later then Lil Kim, your sister was rolling on the floor in the funeral.

[@albertcabanillas]

Nice speech at the end Mr. Spears😊

[@WhatHappenedToHollywood]

Arie Spears is a Mimicking genius he did Paul Mooney flawlessly

[@RodSterling7273]

"I often contemplated suicide, i tried but when i held that nine all can see was mama's eyes" thugz mansion

[@mg19cal]

At some point in time, just wait for it, we're going to get a "Vlad interviews Vlad" interview

[@killerkennyas]

It will be a film..since he is a filmmaker also

[@righteouslioncomedian1069]

Don't we already get that every interview? 😂

[@masoneugeneedwintaihtaih6476]

It’s not ain’t mad at cha. It’s Shed so many tears. That line was used!

[@Juan_rivera]

"I see no changes, wake up in the morning, and I ask myself Is life worth living, should I blast myself?" -Tupac

[@wavoe368]

Saw the title and cracked tf up. Mane ain’t lyin 😂😂😂😂

[@1983jcheat]

Tupac. 2 pack is what I buy at the Supermarket. 😂

[@ericthompson4655]

@1:15… hard to say, Vlad!! Art of Dailogue channel is mostly interviews about 2-Pac

[@eddietalley534]

Afeni’s part was more interesting to me, they didn’t really give unknown information about pac

[@jaleelwavy]

Black women just know this black man loves and appreciates you. You are the queen and no other group of women are touching you ❤

[@BigDubaYa]

Sometimes i wonder why im still watching Vlad clips in my 30s. Guests like Aries remind me why.

[@marcussmith9529]

Arie started cooking at the end 🔥

[@MG-wm9kq]

I mean how hard is it to foresee your own death when you trying to be a thug

[@shawnmoney8055]

Loved pac but that’s what I was thinking

[@jaecashjc]

Vlad had to edit not laughing at “officer I’ve been chased by 2 packs of N!99@$”.

[@twizobuckley]

"Five fingers on the 45 chrome,Dead aim at my brain,infrared with no lights on,I ain't afraid to die,I want to see what's after this, living blind writing rhymes,til capture this"

[@tonycoleman21]

Shed so many tears is the song

[@AlphaO_]

That used to piss me off bacc in the day,

[@jalenaverylloydaveryiisson8862]

Cuz u were as feminine as pac

[@AlphaO_]

@@jalenaverylloydaveryiisson8862 so its cool for white folks to intentionally call someone who reps ur culture the wrong name? See that's the problem with y'all youngins y'all sit around in female jeans and just let shit go, or fast to kill their own kind but white folks y'all let do whatever huh? Cut that out youngin, I won't even feed into the whole Twitter finger shit bro

[@bigm2385]

@@AlphaO_I turned him into a 2Pack

[@ethanhuntemcee1663]

@@jalenaverylloydaveryiisson8862gayfish 😂😂

[@AlphaO_]

@@bigm2385 go play somewhere yunngin

[@jeromebass7878]

Haven't seen dear mama but Tupac resurrection is my favorite better than the movie

[@ZYaKnoe248]

But Tupac got resurrected into these new dress wearin rappers twerkin on stage lik he once did 😂

[@jeromebass7878]

@@ZYaKnoe248 iono wat u talking about u went way off topic 🌈

[@poppaveli8553]

I swear I love this nigga yo😂😂😂 he a natural comedian

[@flyguy7825]

I love how he calls Vlad out for the pauses and sudden silences after he says something. You know he only does that after he says the n word. He does that with all his guests. Most are black that love to say the n-word. I think it's hilarious because it makes the other person look incredibly stupid

[@masco2483]

BS...he just didn't like how Vlad didn't laugh at his race joke. Then he wanna call him out lol

[@flyguy7825]

@@masco2483 No, maybe you need to actually watch a lot of Vlad videos. He does that all the time after somebody says something. Hellacious are stupid. I've been watching his videos for years bro. He does that

[@flyguy7825]

@alonzoharris187 okay yeah point taken and I don't blame him for doing that I mean any black fool that says racial black jokes about black people. You already know what they about.

[@masco2483]

@flyguy7825 Nah the point was he didn't wanna laugh at the joke. Why would he if he didn't think it was funny? He did the right thing not laughing? If he woulda laughed people woulda been on his ass for that too

[@flyguy7825]

@@masco2483 No, I agree with what you're saying but he also does that to guess who says the n-word because he doesn't want to get confused or himmed up for anybody accusing him of saying that he's very self-conscious of that

[@PskoolKamwatah-be2ry]

Nobody is stronger than a black woman

[@aspirehigher7768]

Dear Mamma documentary is up there with Resurrection.

[@thinktank0218]

Aries realized it to a point

[@samsneadd]

Um " I see death around the corner" Before my grandmother passed she told me tht Big n Pc spoke their demise into existence. She was a youth pastor wnd would always say Wht we say and the energy behind it is so important. It says that in both books bible and Koran about wht we speak. Putting it in the universe ect. I think i seen an interview with Raekwon a few years ago possibly on vlad sayin after pac and big died he changed his whole verbaige and energy about talking about his own death cause it was real.

[@BadseedGarden]

To be fair Suge knight called him "Pack" and his own cousin has to correct himself from Tupack to Tupac in his own interviews and they grew up together their entire life. I think some people literally called him Tupack as a nickname or a joke.

[@j04370859]

I thought he called him "Pack" as a nickname.

[@righteouslioncomedian1069]

Huh? Is there some kind of footage you can direct me to because I've never come across that..

[@boondoggle4820]

“Will I live to see 23, in so much pain”

[@tonycoleman21]

Towards the end. . Talk that talk brother

[@Lucky-gk7ez]

The real question my Aries is why don’t we treat are dark chocolate women better? We love our yellow-bones, but we won’t give our dark chocolate women the time of day. I really wish as Black men we could appreciate our chocolate women in all colors!

[@keithrochester4671]

Yes they do

[@vinnysaccount]

So Many Tears…I’m having visions of leaving here in a hearse, God can you feel me!”

[@ellisdiego3936]

I dont get NERVOUS 🥵😰..!Great Job Aries😂

[@mrwoods22]

Pac's Temptations video. Ice-T: "So long Snack Pack, Pack Back, Tube Sock. Whateva." 😂

[@ericfreeman1303]

Art Of Dialogue got more 2Pac interviews than Vlad now.

[@unsegregatedsouls3574]

I'm glad he said this. Now I hope he apologizes for his attacks on Lizzo.

[@sylanderhopkins6665]

He got into character quick

[@jusdef07]

Aries made a good point...Vlad gets weird and awkward when Aries makes racial jokes. You would think he would be used to his humor after 3-4 interviews.

[@righteouslioncomedian1069]

For real. It's like he still somehow don't expect them. 😂 Vlad strikes me as the kind of guy who will get sucker punched so regularly, you start to wonder if he's just a sucker getting punched.

[@odessiegrant6144]

I though I was the only one felt that way about movies

[@RichardtheHarder]

I love the Paul Mooney bit

[@bangomargit]

"I have probably done more 2 Pac interviews then anybody on earth" .....Dude, this is literally one of the 2 thing that ANY, and I mean literally ANY of your interviews boil down to... 2 Pac and Biggie, no other topic is being discussed for more then 5 minutes.

[@BMorgan13]

He tried to put "Set It Off" in that category. 😂💀

[@donaldnelson69]

So Many Tears

[@Norma1250]

You havent done more 2pac interviews than art of dialogue

[@moreno_163]

1:02 Vlad do be doing some uncomfortable pauses 😅

[@BiggFour4]

I bought that shirt from him lol 🔥🔥

[@angelogalloway]

I have a newfound respect for Aries.

[@ericharris9593]

Man, I simply love Aries Spears…..should I say pause?? Naw I’m over 30.

[@t0ky0balling57]

Pathological lying - The compulsive urge to lie about matters big and small, regardless of the situation

[@flyguy7825]

Wow! You describe Aries Spears almost to the T

[@Jon_8]

Like Chris Carroll, he always describes that shooting on Koval with Suge yelling, "Pack! Pack!" tryna to to talk to Pac

[@LilHondaCivic808]

They say it on purpose lol they know his name

[@jtcindahaus]

i listen to that Don McLean song all the time now

[@davidhoj]

Vlad mad uncomfortable when hearing the words he wish he could use

[@flyguy7825]

No, he's not. He does that literally all purpose because he wants to highlight what the person said. Have you noticed? He always does that every time someone who's black says the n word. I love it because it makes them look stupid, especially this idiot who always says it every other word he says

[@robinhood5622]

My names Greg some people used to call me Creg like a cross between Craig and Greg but I never held it against them either way Tupac is a God ❤

[@samsneadd]

Thought u looked familiar. Were u in Friday movies and hang with a dude names Smokey?

[@robinhood5622]

@@samsneadd Daaaaaaaaaammmmmmmmmmmnnnnnnn 😂😜