Mopreme Shakur Recalls 2Pac's Return To L.A. After Jail Stint

www.vladtv.com - Fans will never forget the moment the late Tupac Shakur made his infamous return to California. Calling it “the best moment of their lives," Mopreme Shakur speaks to VladTV exclusively on the many changes that happened after his stepbrother was released from prison.
Mopreme reflects on the police brutality the rapper endured at a New York Prison in 1995 and referencing N.W.A.'s classic hit, "F*** The Police." While Tupac was in jail, Mopreme and the rest of the Thug Life-turned-Outlawz crew kept the wheels turning by consistently releasing music from the rapper. Tupac’s celebrity and notoriety continued to rise beyond his dreams, including the moment he signed to Death Row.
Mopreme says after Tupac’s jail stint, he returned to Los Angeles and pushed out singles like “California Love.” From there, things were looking up for the rapper, including the chance to be in films like “Poetic Justice.” While everything seemed to be peachy, his deal with Death Row didn’t it well with Mopreme. With Tupac signing his deal from jail, Mopreme believes Death Row’s move was very calculated, but not surprising.

[@revolutie]

man i love these pac stories

[@BekaShakur]

so do i, cant wait 4 #AllEyezOnMe

[@deebee8844]

Beka Shakur Me too!!!!

[@rezgangrecords7512]

Beka Shakur ayyyye June 16 2017

[@brandonb1947]

Me too Fam!!! 🔥🔥🔥

[@O.G.BFrmDaWstSd]

He was locked up with the #1 album in the Country! PAC never really seen ALOT of $$$, When he was shot in Vegas he only had like 7k in the bank. Suge was a SNAKE ..

[@marlonblake954]

Hate pac all u want, but he was the first & 1 of the few rappers who reached everybody. Women children older people people from the hood to the suburbs of all races

[@5150cl]

tupac always will be the realest. keep the mopreme segments comin!

[@thatguyfrom313]

Mopreme was accurate in this interview especially on the way I felt. I believe (in my opinion while he was locked up) the songs that was out then made his legend get bigger because that spring and summer you heard Pac on E 40 "Dusted on Disgusted" My Block on The Show Soundtrack ,And a few other guest appearances. PaC was one of the first artists that they had his material to play heavy and he was locked up. Rick James didn't even get that kind of coverage. It shows you how much material he had. I remember when MTV announced That may get out on bail and signed on Death Row.. I was at Radio Shack and will never forget how heeled my homie an I was.. We both was like Pac &Snoop????We said they bout to take over.. When California Love drop I bumped it on TV until the double cassette came out. I was 19 then was some fun times for ago!

[@grimreeper7225]

the 90's was the best era with hip-hop and rap

[@inezshephard4159]

Sorry but the 80s was the best. When it was fresh and new and FUN. 90s hip hop was awesome. But too many died which makes it hard for me to say it was the best time

[@decil2156]

Inez Shephard it was in its infancy in the 80s but I can see how that could be unique

[@quanbrooklynkid7776]

@@inezshephard4159 damn

[@verahargrove8416]

Love I mopreme, I believe your heart was pure with pac

[@DWORLD-do6sy]

"It was his therapy as well!" Spoken like a true soldier Mo! 💪🏿👌🏽💜

[@weworldwide1348]

if that really was his therapy, well, then, it sure asl didn't work.

[@ricardoricki4296]

Tupac 4ever

[@Santana-xo1vj]

He looks like he has had a lot of sleepless nights , Iknow he feel for pac and wish he was here still

[@tawanna_denise8875]

Damn is this an interview or interrogation?

[@opiumsick]

This man looks like his soul is 1,000 years old....

[@BekaShakur]

& You're a stupid bitch. next.

[@joeymungoi9290]

HAHAHAHAH! am dead!!

[@hafizulfaizal638]

opiumsick lmao

[@quanbrooklynkid7776]

opiumsick lol

[@abreyoncejeffery2736]

LMFAO 😂

[@2Pkb25]

Pac still went Diamond fool lol,Double cds are like $30 so when he sold 5 million copies in 2 months off of All eyez on me it was really like buying one cd twice .....But nobody has his real numbers because Makaveli was said to have sold 28 million worldwide.....

[@squireboi318]

Deathrow Legacy naw fam Makaveli hasn't sold that many. Pac to date has sold around 75mil world wide.

[@2Pkb25]

squireboi318​ Pac been at 75 mil since 2005,His sales haven't been updated in almost a decade. There's court documents i saw that clocked Makaveli at 28 mil worldwide/All eyez on me at 40 mil worldwide and 120 mil sold total around the world.

[@dandreclay9177]

+Deathrow Legacy those are facts

[@quanbrooklynkid7776]

Deathrow Legacy wow

[@jacobbutler6049]

it sold 2 1/2 million since it was a double album they counted it as 5 million should check facts before you speak on something

[@jplatt83]

"All these things can happen at the studio" haha classic

[@TheKingtsmith]

It goes down at studio 😂

[@smerk_11]

These Mopreme interviews are dope! Keep em coming Vlad

[@tombreezy308]

Out of bail, fresh out of jail, California dreamin' soon as i step on the scene, I'm hearin' hoochies screamin' Dat Part

[@irunthestreets]

i get the feeling preme aint fuckin with vlad

[@QuadrantBottomHalf]

Tupac and Jay are some of the fastest workers Ive seen. Tupac made albums in 2 weeks mixed and everything. Jay recorded half the blueprint in 2 days and it was a classic album being my favorite hip hop album of all time.

[@Just.S]

***** yup, if this was 1996 he would be in the studio right now lol

[@raymarr9590]

But pac wrote.. I was a jay fan around blueprint also but no more.. too occult for me..

[@ajewul2]

QuadrantBottomHalf But the difference is Jay wrote AMAZINGLY witty, smart, lyrically advanced and creative rhymes in that short of a time.....Tupac's raps were pretty simplistic and his topics were always the same regurgitated shit.....its not like Pac was quickly writing super lyrical raps, he wrote the first shit that came to his head....anybody could do what Tupac did to be honest

[@kevinx9225]

Supreme5panel Except people are still making videos about him. Jay is a marketing genius. But his raps aren't important, they're just cool beats. He's likable and non threatening. Public Enemy, with lines against American icons, Ice T cop killer or even Colors, while simple in lyrics, actually make a statement. As far as Pac goes, To Live and Die in LA, especially if you lived in LA was real. It's as true today as it was 15 years ago. Also people forget how much Pac had done in 25 years. Most people would be over the moon just accomplishing one of those.

[@adamq87]

Supreme5panel you're a clown for saying anybody could do what pac did. The reason it came out so easily was because he was speaking on real life situations that he lived thru. Nobody has impacted the WORLD the same way Pac did since he was killed. FACTS

[@babyjay1992]

damn yall . i never noticed how many haters pac still has that just dont even want to accept him as legend at all. na man u cant call pac just a rapper lil yahty just a rapper lol s/0 lil yahty

[@age-ben4910]

Mopreme the man tho.....

[@seanmartin8121]

Pac has the most love in the bay

[@weworldwide1348]

he left the bay because of hating ass nigguhs. "I had to leave due to some funk!" -2Pac 93 Doesn't sound like the bay really had that much love for him.

[@bobekryant8323]

@@weworldwide1348 hell yea he’s a popular rapper living in the hoods of Oakland 😂😂😂 they would break into his apartment lol even chief keef left Chicago after blowing up

[@CloudyShinobi]

Lmao when he said "the young thug's" 💯 😂😂😂

[@dupevision7937]

Vlad should have questioned him on Thug Life attempting to sign with Ruthless.

[@stretchbk131]

Looking like DMX in 10 years

[@phuckthepolice1336]

he look like dmx 10 years ago

[@AbstractDivinity1]

He don't look like DMX at all

[@HoopsAndHeadspace]

Rest In Peace DMX

[@ogbobbyj34]

Ask him if he has dreams about PAC

[@johneithadunklin8835]

Right😂

[@Internal_versace]

Deyshawn- Lesane Parish (Ode to 2pac)

[@gardengrove3054]

This nigga was blessed 2 have worked with 1 Of Greatest

[@denloc81]

I like to get some of the music that they was handing out to people when he was in prison

[@M3yeR969]

That’s a clean Tee....

[@knightmaremystery1553]

Realest Shit: Vlads interviewed Lord Jamar so much that he's starting to speak like him the way that he emphasizes the last words at the end of his sentences. It's Circa Jama'LOL

[@dollaphat7338]

Hi, Vlad

[@jamesglover7472]

It's the same thing that R . KELLY WISHING THAT HE COULD NOW RAP FROM PRISON WITH A HIT SONG THEN GO TO THE STUDIO AND PUT ON WAX WHATS GREATER THAN THAT HIT COVER

[@matthiashorne9606]

Legend

[@jmicreyes]

Pac was a prophet

[@chuckcheckman1814]

+Supreme5panel EXACTLY! There was no so-called legacy of him back then. B.I.G said it best, 'You're nobody til somebody ---ls you.' Album sales rose resultingly. Media can make anyone a martyr. Sad thing is, he was no thug nor street guy. He admitted himself, he was a actor who just so happened to be shot/robbed, then ran w/ the popularity gained from the film Juice as Bishop. He found that playing Bishop was his way to fame, pretending to be a 'crazy' outlaw. Smart people knew he was a joke!

[@jainicole85]

Chuck Checkman Who cares though? That's my thing. Lmao, the both of you are being salty, crying over spilled milk. He is a "martyr", regardless of who made him one. Secondly, no one is born an actor. He was a human first, who experienced poverty before he picked up any mic or script. "Just so happened to be shot", that robbery at Quad Studios was a setup. A lot of the shit that he got caught up in that helped create the "tough guy image" was more of a result of him being careless with his new found fame. He acted like any other youngin that goes from being poor to being rich and having money. Never mind the fact that he only between 20-23 years old when majority of this stuff happened to him. You're calling him a joke, but did you have it all figured out at that age? I would probably agree with you if he was in his late 20s or early 30s, by then you should have experienced enough to have it all together.

[@conduitofthegospeldarrellb9154]

Chuck Checkman I don't use this goofy as term much because it is usually an in accurate description but you sir are definitely a hater

[@antp1900]

Mopreme know Vlad talking like a cop lol.

[@mikelutfi4618]

Hennessy 🥃

[@picoreyes6922]

Pac bro seems annoyed by vlad lol can't u tell

[@michaelkay8914]

What was tupac charges? Guns? Dope? Assault?

[@datboycotvdotcom9593]

3:12 - 8:47

[@KW-ch1bh]

I can't believe you don't bring up that pac beat his ass and disowned him

[@tonyhackins7445]

LMAO KZbin "OUT ON BAIL" TUPAC SOURCE AWARDS LIVE. HIM AND PAC THROWS THE MICS DOWN AT THE END

[@ogbobbyj34]

If he ever comes to him and tells him what he was trying to say on his death bed?

[@oneway706]

Vlad ask all these questions about pac. But don’t ask what happened to that euphanasia chain

[@weworldwide1348]

his sister got it. Every real Pac fan knows that.

[@bobekryant8323]

@@weworldwide1348 his mom got that chain REAL PAC FANS KNOW ABOUT THAT it even had his blood on it

[@JacquesLeach]

Preme be acting like he don't even want to be there lol

[@Tripplecrossa]

You would look the same way if you been gettin more money from telling old 2pac stories for the last 19 yrs than your music.......

[@JacquesLeach]

LOL good fuckin point

[@whateva.man.1993]

stop showin me these 30 second ass Mickey Ds adds

[@decil2156]

“So your were an outlaw as well?” Yea who ain’t a rapper

[@popup323]

Vlad are you a blue boy ?

[@feliciaboles4382]

you look so cute when he was younger

[@SKMGPromo]

Vlad couch. With BIRDMAN coming soon

[@outlawstarOSTT]

vlad = hip hop police

[@angelocarson1882]

It's funny how people say Eminem fans are the worst. Nooooooope you 2pac fans are the worst. I see y'all on every music video talking about *if 2pac was alive this and that wouldn't happen* Eminem fans rarely ever do that. That nigga biggie was always better anyways.

[@Shawny3051]

Angelo Carson i agree with biggie being better than 2pac but nope eminem fans are THE WORST.

[@angelocarson1882]

Lol this is not my account though so you sound stoooooopid

[@naaimsharif749]

Angelo Carson Yes I can admit being a mega huge 2pac fan who love pac so much that I can see why in some areas why some people say biggie is a greater mc than pac, but pac recorded not just hard core songs, party songs & sex songs, but pac recorded positive songs like Brenda's got a baby, when my homies call, dear momma, keep ya head up, white man'z world, hold ya head, etc, no disrespect to the brother biggie, but the majority of the songs he made was just demonic gangstas shit, as much as I love pac I didn't agree with everything he did & said, and pac at times would act foolishly, but I could see pac trying to better himself as a black man, the majority of the time biggie would just act like a nigga who didn't care.

[@angelocarson1882]

2pac fans.. Lol you sir just proved my point

[@naaimsharif749]

Angelo Carson

[@thedrop679]

#Dislikesquad

[@KingNanbra]

firstttt

[@angelocarson1882]

2pac

[@robpowell5493]

2pac>>>>>>>most east coast artist

[@ilso123]

Angelo Carson

[@sintherebel5756]

I could listen to Mopreme tell PAC stories all day long... 🌀👌💯

[@AKAFUNNIEMAN]

Sin The Rebel amen

[@vibeselectionpodcast]

Morpreme seems a lil agitated in this interview. He seems like he holding back slightly when being asked certain questions.

[@jennaejones5285]

Kyra Mahoney because he choosing his words wisely. Not another beat down..plus he knows pac alive. JSaying

[@puncho33]

Kyra Mahoney real talk Tupac fell out with this brother...

[@RaJr-oy8ky]

He knows Vlad is a vulture.. I'm sure that all the people who were legit in Pacs crew/family thag did these had a reason. They're very intelligent people.

[@big2327]

Pac is dead. If he was alive we’d know by now.

[@quanbrooklynkid7776]

That's you in your profile picture

[@mrlwiseman2900]

It's a damn shame, Pac was taken from us, way too young. Real talk, Miss you Pac, but your spirt will live till the end of time

[@marcellgadson8432]

Pac and Eazy-e Legends

[@TheKingtsmith]

Hell yea

[@Los-2212]

vladtv is the hip hop police! 💯😂

[@bigreese9259]

carlos cruz. Man u hit that shit on the head,niggas better stop talking to this cat,nigga i been interviewed by law enforcement,that cat is the police.

[@iceberg1560]

He still hurt I can tell

[@conduitofthegospeldarrellb9154]

IF a Tupac Biopic is ever made I think it needs to be a 2 part film. Pac only lived to age 25 but he lived such a dangerous, troubling, fantastical life with tons of turmoil and success. It would just be difficult to capture the scope of this mans life in one movie.

[@mr.montana1384]

It needs to be an epic film at least 3-4 hours long.

[@dabshow8989]

netflix series

[@GLA45Amg716]

Literally

[@DaRealSavage99]

the teaser released 4 days ago

[@conduitofthegospeldarrellb9154]

Savage Nation Entertainment I know. It was dope

[@melonfox6807]

If theres a movie that does Tupac justice Mopreme needs to be the narrator

[@hustlemarsalis6063]

Most definitely

[@yuljones3229]

🎧 I'm Still Banging 2Pac Music In 2020 🎧 👊💯

[@conduitofthegospeldarrellb9154]

WTF are all these Pac haters doing watching a video that concerns him??? People really are detractors for the sake of being detractors.

[@EndozhaFaith]

DAMN I WISH PAC WAS STILL HERE DAMN DAMN DAMN!

[@juventus1056]

Why for what? Do u know how many young blacks kids in the world are doing live in prison cause of Tupac songs

[@quanbrooklynkid7776]

@@juventus1056 damn

[@quanbrooklynkid7776]

That's you in your profile picture

[@EndozhaFaith]

@@juventus1056 Hes the definition of a Strong Black Man and whoever in jail is their parents fault not his you imbisile! FOH! Put some respect on a REAL LEGEND NAME MF! You sound Dumb AS! We need real negaZ like him in this world and less fruits and snitch9z! TF!

[@tinaw.7493]

Love hearing the stories from someone that Love Pac for REAL much Respect Mo wish we could hear more from Pac's sister 💯💙

[@jainicole85]

I'm all for opinion and freedom of expression, but I've seen Supreme5panel on multiple of Vlad's videos about Pac trying to discredit his legacy. This is not the 1990s, this is 2015. Today, Tupac gets mentioned alongside Bob Marley, Michael Jackson, and Elvis. The reason why he is put on a high pedestal is b/c of the continuing out pour of love and appreciation that the general public and even his peers during that time (Jay Z, Scarface, Treach, E-40, Nas etc.). have for his contributions to the game. His legacy becomes bigger (and will continue to become bigger) with each year that passes. At the end of the day, ppl are going to continue to be fascinated by that man and are going to want to hear more stories about him whether you like it or not. Chill old man, there is no reason to be that salty over ppl's perception of a dead rapper.

[@dracosirccpent]

VLAD THE POLICE

[@2b634]

Pac is a legend 90s hip hop

[@tremelscyobl563]

marcus Sosa ok what's your point bro

[@El_Diego86]

Exactly wat he said Stupid 😐

[@pariahcrooks4259]

Kevin Lezo You have the right to like whatever you want, but how could you only like hit em up but not keep your head up, dear mama, I ain't mad at ya and countless others lol. Hey I guess everyone has different tatses.

[@WinslowWins]

Kevin Lezo go check out So many tears.... Against all odds...Run the streets with yo thugs....uhh the Whole Don Killuminati album. then let me know if hit em up is still the only song you like.

[@HBC423]

+Kevin Lezo go listen to hellraiser, or death around the corner

[@oloruntoladeed]

all eyez onn me.. my favrite 2pac album

[@kimodawson6817]

Mopreme straight loc don’t get it twisted

[@MrBudice32]

Thug life will never die

[@WarriorDecision]

Random. I don't understand why they're putting Tupac in the NWA movie. He was still a teenager when they were doing their thing lol. It doesn't make sense.

[@hollowaz134]

WarriorDescision tupac was never a teenager

[@juggalofred1533]

yeah he went from age 12 to 20

[@atarbuck3452]

😅😅

[@melemelstl]

I love mopreme talking about his brother , but I know for sure he’s tired of the lies and false stories

[@2Pkb25]

Now to tha Eastcoasters saying Pac wasn't big before Deathrow is hater talk, Anything in tha early 90z was Nwa & Deathrow smashing tha game, N.y didn't come back till Biggie dropped ready to die & admitted he studied & sampled the chronic album to make a hot album,Nas ,Jayz debut album's didn't even go gold till years later,Out West it was Cube & Snooo who were the biggest but Pac was already a Major star before Deathrow....Juice, Above the rim, Poetic justice with Michael Jackson sister Janet come on hater lol...Than he had platinum & gold albums & singles before he joined Deathrow....But no doubt All eyez on me changed tha game 4ever....GOAT

[@2Pkb25]

Facts

[@TrueJaguarPaw]

Man has a black angel halo with the symbol in the back. Plus a green light on his head

[@troubleman3837]

The mexican mafia put a green light on him

[@anjishmahat6431]

I was born in 2002 and I love listening to pac stories

[@wmurray003]

"you were part of the outlaw immortalz?" ...buahahaah.. really VLAD?

[@big973e]

I'll also say this, I wish Pac had more time to work with more Bay Area artists. Listen to We Do This, Million Dollar Spot, Niggaz Done Changed, Jealous Got Me Strapped, and Gotta Get Mine and you see that used to take it new levels when he worked in Oakland

[@jacobbutler6049]

big973e gotta survive off young lay black n dangerious the gov never got baffled like that ant banks song can't think of the name of it too short can't think of the name off cocktails song 9 bunch of others he did with bay cats

[@johnwalker4329]

He blew up so fast, after releasing that first studio album, started filming movies, doing a lot of traveling to the east coast after moving to LA, that he sort of left the bay area (oakland) behind. Yes he claimed oakland, because that's where he got his game but he didn't live there that long

[@maxwellndlovu4461]

Good interview but we also need to know about 2Pac's life in LA before Death Row so we can get a clear picture of his LA Foundation. Vlad also said he doesn't know it, just so happened he didn't ask about it. But all in all a good interview and may God bless Mopreme Shakur and the rest of his family, Bless Thug Life, Outlaws and VladTV. This Max the Mixer from South Africa.

[@TheDubtapehybridtherapper]

Thug Life was classic material

[@bobbysmith35962]

California love was supposed to be on Dre album he gave it to pac

[@amitrai8563]

I can see a Halo 😇

[@Nothing-qq4hd]

Seems like an interrogation

[@ΔημητρηςΑλεξανδροπουλος-δ5ψ]

wait that doesn't make any sense, if he could bail him self out, why he let death row bail him out? he want the power that death row had? maybe.

[@frugalstoner5834]

Dr. Dre gave pac California love.

[@eternalhusband2268]

talk too much Vlad.. shut up and listen.. Officer Vlad

[@johhnyred5g]

mopreme a real dude

[@dariusjones2593]

Never seen so much hate towards a dead man, my opinion, people jealousy is real, the way people look at him, some people don't like it.

[@211da1]

at 3:58 you hear vlad EXPLAIN THAT NIGGA....lol....not can you explain just EXPLAIN NIGGA ;58

[@GK12676]

All make sense of what the man says that what other guys are saying...

[@luvmenow33]

California Love was played every 15 minutes on the radio and the video was on constantly as well. I mean it was HUGE!!

[@jamesglover7472]

If I pop wouldn't have went back to federal prison Dr Dre wouldn't of been on this song California love

[@Unexpected-changes79]

Love all that happens at the studio love it baby

[@peterhockens219]

He had to claim his spot plus wanted to get out of the DR obligations asap.

[@djairalert422]

I love the guest that Vlad has on here, but am I the only one that hates Vlads voice, and vibe.. He seems so uninformed about the culture,feels the need to interrupt, and always trying to get somebody to incriminate themselves, foh with that shit! I wouldn’t be surprised if this mofo is hip hop police 👮🏻‍♀️ on the low. 🤔

[@jamiesparrow8570]

🔥Sup Mopreme!

[@EspyEyeSeeE]

Listened to every pac song. "Mopreme" was never acknowledged or mentioned. Did he go under a different name?

[@jonathanlewis3067]

Morpheme was always behind the scenes but always with PAC in sight

[@TheDestiny8ball]

Mike Jones umm...you need to listen again...He most definitely is mentioned. 😉

[@weworldwide1348]

"Hey PEEEME, tell em why the heauxs dream, getting high off of a nigga like a dope fiend

[@Lilcoolfran]

Supreme5Panel sounds like a pac hater, why come and watch this video when you are just going to talk shit? No one said tupac was a god, but most people know him to be the greatest rapper of all time, how can you say he wasn't important? Vlad was just interviewing Mopreme like any other interviewer would - I don't know where you got "mystical figure" from.. you probably don't even like tupac - so get off this video. KEYBOARD WARRIOR.

[@gyenyame9356]

THE QUESTION I WANN KNOW FROM MOPREME IS :- DID PAC THINK OF HIMSELF AS A MARIN CITY, OAKLAND, LA, BALTIMORE OR NEW YORK DUDE ? Could never quite place Pac's accent back then to even now, and when and where did he start claiming westcoast ?

[@justicewillrise1471]

My ? Is y did pac an suge jump mopreme? Thats a ? Rite? If thats your brother why do u beat the dogg chitt outta your flesh n blood? Ask that ?

[@gyenyame9356]

Justice Will Rise ain't flesh an blood. Step brothers

[@justicewillrise1471]

Well still same father!!

[@MrWARBUCKS24]

Justice Will Rise nope Mo Father married Pac's mother at the end of the Pac was just a follower first he wanted to be like Haitian Jack then Suge

[@justicewillrise1471]

Step bros no blood rite?