Special Ed on Seeing 2Pac Snatch Mic from Q-Tip at Source Awards: It Was a Mess (Part 12)

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In an interview with Vlad, rapper Special Ed discussed the challenging period of hip-hop in the mid-90s. After a five year gap following his second album, the music scene had transformed with trends and artist popularity shifting regionally. This constant shift added complexity to the industry at that time. Ed also touched upon the East Coast-West Coast rivalry that grew during that period, largely led by music and media agencies. He recalled an incident at the Source Awards that highlighted the unprofessionalism exacerbating these tensions, describing a mix up with 2Pac's stage entrance. Ed lamented over the impact of sensationalist media stoking these artist quarrels, comparing it to modern-day clickbait.
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[@darkroomcypher5388]

Please don't let the remainder of this interview be about Specil Ed's relationship with Tupac. I wanna know more about Special Ed's journey

[@urbanflavorz]

Right. Talk about Hitman Howie T, how you got on the Cosby show.

[@BrandonHaymon]

🧢

[@Bucketsthecake]

I’m always dead how Vlad interviews people and spends most of the interview talking about other people 😂😂😂

[@newclothes8165]

LOL Vlad be like "we got legendary rapper LL Cool J here. Career spans over 40 years. Glad youre here. Okay lets jump in. Tell me about Tupac." LOL

[@Igetsitin89]

@@newclothes8165 he's a clown that loves to gossip that's why

[@jayman3915]

Lol If you know pac, pac will get at least five segments out that interview.

[@Bucketsthecake]

@@newclothes8165 🗣😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 all facts

[@Bucketsthecake]

@@jayman3915 for no reason 😂😂😂 all the click bait will be about him

[@ef3602]

That 'out on bail' performance was legendary, had to throw that on my mp3 back in the day.

[@urbanflavorz]

he didn't snatch the mic from Q-tip like vlad said

[@Igetsitin89]

@@urbanflavorz vlad a known liar

[@preal9400]

@@urbanflavorzyes he did, killed the stage & threw the mic on the floor

[@urbanflavorz]

@@preal9400 he didn't snatch the mic. He had his own mic and came on the stage when the music came on.

[@qcrepresenta734]

My favorite performance by him...his energy was CRAZZYY!!

[@seankitchen5515]

For the Record, he didn't snatch the mic from q tip, he had his own mic. And the people at The Source Awards told him to go out at the wrong time then his music started.

[@newclothes8165]

No he did snatch the mic. How I know. cause TK Kirkland told me. LOL He was there and was there when Tupac turned 7 yrs old. LOL

[@MichaelVillarreal-ix5pl]

You don't know what you taking about 🤡

[@jackjill8129]

​@@MichaelVillarreal-ix5plit's the truth pac didn't snatch the mic. He had his own

[@newclothes8165]

@@MichaelVillarreal-ix5pl Yes I do

[@JrtheKing91]

Pac got shot for the first time in 1994 not 1995.

[@prettyboyoffense8043]

I'm waiting on the day when someone tells Vlad. "don't ask me nothing about 2pac" during interview 😂😂

[@echad6259]

I have heard enough Tupac stories for a lifetime

[@louiedangelo3843]

Bruh shit getting old and tiring. He's interviewing a legend and talking about 2 pac, nobody cares about 2 pac anymore.

[@PR-WAY]

Its actualy the only reason i watch vlad interviews is cause of Pac lol

[@PR-WAY]

@@louiedangelo3843no one cares bout any of these interviews unless Pac is involved lol

[@PickGodH]

Louie...that's a dumb ass statement bro. Obviously they care too much

[@KP43-08]

I love PAC but let the man rest Vlad let this interview be about special Ed & his journey but I understand the Tupac stories never get old💯

[@freestateofgrizzy1937]

I'm glad Special Ed shouted out St Louis as far as getting our run in hip hop we were hot for a good five years from 2002-07. We also gave alot of trends to Hip Hop during that time as well. Vlad's transition from Regional Hip Hop to Tupac was terrible 😂.

[@millerparks3728]

We need a Q-Tip interview..........

[@NetteJ]

My cousin used to be crazy over Special Ed when he first came out

[@largegod77]

Ed speaks on click bait & Vlad actually click baited this clip 😂😂 Ed said nothing about Pac snatching the mic 😂😂

[@dessoj01]

8:03 and the next 15 seconds is why I don’t rock with Vlad. Love how Ed didn’t respond. Now read the title of this video.

[@dessoj01]

9:24 😂😂😂 Special Ed words were perfectly timed!

[@CPTMorada]

I love the audacity. Nate Dog had a ticket for the seat and he's like 'i gave up my seat for him.' 😅

[@juggalofred1533]

Hit em up had bars for days. Fatals verse goes hard.

[@righteousshadowsdojopt.3979]

Vlad is obsessed with Tupac.

[@qcrepresenta734]

That Special Ed logo on your hoodie is 🔥

[@DENADONSPRODUCTIONS]

The other group he was talking about from Ohio was Crucial Conflict, they had a hit song smoking on hay in the middle of the barn.

[@yuhbtw]

Crucial Conflict is from the west side of Chicago

[@shaunreed9727]

Chi-Town finest!⭐️

[@torrianmcgraw9317]

HIS BEARD IS ACTUALLY UNDER HIS CHIN 😂😂😂, BIG UP TO ED THO!!!

[@BoldMusic-v9i]

It’s an Indo-Jamaican ting!🇯🇲 Big Up Ed!💥🇯🇲

[@EsauistheCaucasian]

"Ayo don't come back over here" 🤣, Ed really from the set for those that don't know. Yes, he's very humble and a great man. But we still East Flatbush. Please believe that. we gonna catch up with you xibit. Keep that same tough talk.

[@matthewbush2371]

RIP king of rap Tupac Shakur 😭😭😭🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@truthshallrise.8558]

Louisiana peeps are upset you didn’t mention No Limit! Yuh hurrd?!!

[@Bane5393]

Wait a minute ED talking about two different vibe award shows.

[@jayman3915]

Yes. Ed is talking about a source awards before Pac was signed to death row.

[@lukekylestanley4072]

Special Ed: "We was humble. We and 20 lowlifes sat on 2 rows at the Source Awards that we knew wasn't ours. We didn't care. I gave up my seat. Nate Dogg comes with an usher to say those are his seats. I wasn't gonna get up for just anybody bc we was'Nt bout to get up for nobody. But all due respect we love artists. We was humble"🤨 "I then told the Ushers don't come back over here. I don't care who sitting here."

[@BlaccIndianOG]

Vlad, Pac was shot in 1994.

[@11Suncere]

One thing about life is you can’t be friends with everyone

[@ValeriaSaltos-h1c]

I only remember one special Ed album.

[@lordgodspeed1539]

I remember Tri Faga Square 🎤

[@kvantonio2001]

I want that song Tupac was singing on stage when he snatch the mic remember that Knights Inn on red sweater and a red hat

[@JohnDoe-ej6bs]

8:20 he never snatched no mic! Vlad is a goof! There would be no hit em up unless there was a who shot ya!

[@brandoetv6884]

He’s talking about 2 diff source awards when pac took the mic from tribe 94, and come to deathrow 95

[@gettinmines125]

Nobody are bigger 2Pac knob polishers than Vlad and Art

[@pauldavis1963]

Q-Tip and Busta Rhymes explain it on Drink Champs

[@LD-ed2jv]

Yeah, I’d like to know when in this interview did Spesh say that PAC snatched the mic from Tip!?!🤔 that was Vlad who said that!!! Not Special Ed!!!

[@hectorfrausto9705]

Lol i feel bad for Ed, this whole damn interview about Pac 😂

[@catheuswilson5564]

He mixed the 94 and 95 source awards up…

[@JanieLlamas-ls9so]

Yeah, but Busta check 2 pac . Walked up on 2 pac . Kinda checked 2 pac .

[@PeterStone-hy6ir]

Wrong lol

[@yo3rdtier128]

Special Ed the wave left Ny when 2 pac got shot in the studio… Ny haven’t had a wave or been all that relevant in decades. They created Hip-hop and fell off. The south ran with it the longest. Ny been done

[@uptonogood3306]

So you saying the wave left NY in 94? 🤔🤔

[@diamondwest35]

Special Ed talkin facts bout Source and Vibe. These journo squares don't know a thing about the streets.

[@DallasMello]

How loose does his hoodie go?

[@ThisIsTwonn]

Special ed never said anything about Tupac snatching a mic from Q-tip and it being a mess which was your headline DJ Vlad which is clickbait

[@marohan]

😂😂if he looked up n saw suge, he would of gave up.

[@christopherbrownlee4587]

That was in late 1994 not 95 he was in jail

[@kevlarkash718]

Na. Gucci the truth is the best diss track

[@Binky-Stikman101]

Dayton family

[@Art-h6r]

He kind of arrogant and unprofessional to tell the usher to not come over. I don’t care who it was. 🤦🏿‍♂️

[@lexluther919]

juice ed played that part he stole homey girl and ride off with her in that small car.

[@Legendarystat00]

He jetted in the jet.

[@20trillion]

Ny niggas was acting like they the only ones who can rap being from Houston we had Scarface

[@crownman13]

Scarface have some New Jersey ties

[@toddcrenshaw2308]

NATE DIDNT GET NO USHER YOU LUCKY HE DIDNT HIT YOUR PUNKASS WITH A GOLF CLUB CUZZ ON C R I P

[@edrepresentin]

Vlad🙄

[@tenishajames666]

He still cute

[@Lenasevilla-yb4ei]

Not anymore

[@Steve-mp7by]

Hit Em Up was disgrace to hip hop. That bad karma caught up to Tupac really quick. He got shot up and died 2 months later

[@korancebland]

Niggas ain't want no problems with Nate Dogg (RIP).

[@Lenasevilla-yb4ei]

Exactly

[@suave_d]

Wrong, Vlad -- Hit Em Up is arguably the most OVERRATED diss track of all time. I've heard much better lyrical diss records.

[@AndrewGreen-m1l]

Hip hop is for everyone not just one coast. NY never said it should be thiers completely.stop the envy please.there are serious artist from all over the world.

[@pistilpete9649]

Tooplaque was reckless and disrespectful and fake af… he deserves what happened to him. What a clown

[@pudgestayssuckafree4145]

Only if they had the internet and social media back in those days 📹⏲️🫨💯

[@coolreem]

Special Ed did not say he saw 2Pac snatch the mic.

[@mmou3878]

Vlad he never said he saw Pac snatch the mic from Tip. You said that. I heard that story plenty of times but no one ever said Pac physically snatched the mic from Q Tip.

[@Igetsitin89]

Vlad zionist ass starting trouble & making things up again

[@756Attitude]

You know VLAD is a culture vulture and we just let his sorry a** do it

[@urbanflavorz]

Because it didn't happen. Classic Vlad making up stuff and then will say "Special Ed said it". Pac just came out and sung his Out on Bail song while QTip was accepting the award.

[@wnnfrhrw4452]

VLAD definitely is COINTELPRO.

[@jackjill8129]

​@@urbanflavorzand another part he likes to conveniently leave out is that he was genuinely a mistake. The set director of the source awards caused that to happen. Busta rhymes already cleared this up years ago. He said pac wanted to apologize to Q tip because he really didn't know what was going on.

[@colossus112785]

Ed was talking about the regional hip hop scene now all of sudden Pac's name is randomly brought up 😂

[@nonitak1956]

Vlad is a clown

[@normp3273]

Ed was being very perceptive about the music moving around and shifting from region to region. Back in the 90s you immediately knew where a rapper was from based on the production and his/her rapping style. The hip hop game was regional. Today, I could be in the Bay Area, travel to New York or Florida, turn on the radio and hear the same thing over and over again and not know where the rapper is from. Today most rappers sound like the Migos. I'm not really a fan but I think they are the most influential crew in hip hop. Ever. And I've seen a lot of crews in my lifetime. Not to mention I don't think there's ever been an area or genre of hip hop that has had a grip on hip hop like the down south, trap music fellas over twenty years. Ed is from the boom-bap era to which is my personal favorite.

[@BruceDragon-sf1tr]

BINGO, most rappers of today sound alike, might be just a tad bit different but basically they all sound alike because they're followers

[@RichSpirit00]

And that’s why hip hop is so trash now everything sounds like gay ass Atlanta rap

[@emwebb10]

Always find it funny how migos is always the go to. Let you know who really listen to music. Like migos been fell off. They barely make music. Mumble rap isn’t even a thing anymore…. You entitled to your opinion not trying to go back and forth. Just always notice these type of message

[@BruceDragon-sf1tr]

@@emwebb10 mumble rap is still relevant dumba#. .. you just a dumb mf who came to the thread to prove you're better at the knowledge of this and shame the first guy comment. Get your stupid a# off the WEB

[@EllisMcCollum-ww8tk]

Funny enough migos didn't Create that flow 3 6 mafia did in the late80s go look it up

[@Ms.Federally.Official-Matthews]

This is a very good interview. I never knew him, and Pac was cool or that he produced some tracks for Pac.

[@marionnichols7442]

Both was on juice

[@foyoGames]

Vlad proceeds to clickbait with a salacious title

[@thesupervisor3270]

So Tim Dog didn’t make “F**k Compton” in 1991?

[@newclothes8165]

Ed gives this insightful speech on how each area has it time in hip hop. Real deep, a good minute or two and Vlad comes with 'in 1995 Tupac gets shot" Like fuc everything you just said. Lets talk about tupac some more. LOL

[@jackjill8129]

He did that in the last clip when Ed didn't agree with him about his opinion about biggie lol. Changed the subject real fast because he figured out he wasn't going to get him to agree or say anything too controversial.

[@nonitak1956]

Vlad is a clown

[@gkujae5576]

All the pac dick riding from vlad gets so annoying

[@aliciashubert3118]

This was a good interview, I’d like to hear more abt Special Ed experiences in the industry and with other artists. He was on point with his last line, they be creating problems ….

[@njjjjjjjjhhhs]

it was misunderstanding and the sound system or something during pac performance and wasnt Q-tip or anyone fault

[@urbanflavorz]

not really. Pac really set that up. He had Thug Life go make the Sound man turn his song on.

[@Beep.Boop.Bop.]

It’s ironic that Special Ed ends this interview talking about people using clickbait titles when VLAD used a clickbait title on this exact video 😂

[@mmbeas]

Underrated comment

[@rong805]

Ed's definitely right about the trends in Hip Hop at the time. Even LL Cool J took a hit when Panther came out. Things were more Afro-centric at the time, and people were into that more than LL.

[@lykedady72]

I believe Panther still went Platinum. LL's first 4 albums went Platinum and one of his most successful albums came out the very next year with Momma said. After that gangster rap ruled and LL's run was over.

[@TheBulletzgottishow20]

@@lykedady72 it definitely did went platinum but he got booed in Harlem back in 1989

[@baustin8281]

I love how Ed responds to Vlads questions 💪🏾💯

[@WarriorsforInfoTV]

ED about to be like " This is my interview" lol

[@lavellsmith8613]

Is this about Special Ed? Special PAC? Lol come on Vlad

[@mackadeww]

Special Ed voice of reasoning is awesome. Media 99% bull shit 1% truth. Programming make you feel some types of ways.

[@davebrown5957]

Tim dog started that east vs West shit. With fuck Compton diss. That's the real start of tension

[@pernellhaynesworth1212]

Remember 2pac was friends with Jim carey 📌💯🐐🙏🏽

[@morganross-brown8066]

Dayton Family was lit!

[@fareedingram4626]

I heard stories PAC respected Special Ed !! An Special Ed gets busy he wasn’t no Sucker !! 😮you hear no stories about SPE getting played !!

[@Saluteorshoot2]

This is the I Got it Made Special Ed? Mr Alligator soufflé?

[@thesupervisor3270]

Vlad a lot of times doesn’t know WTF he’s talking about but he’s not the only one. VIBE didn’t release that East Vs West magazine UNTIL September 96. Now the other articles that’s a different story

[@_GatorDontPlay]

Exactly And also pac wasn’t shot in 95

[@Bootsy-z9c]

I know "Award Tour" was all over the radio back then!

[@BayAreaSon]

Thing about is ,Pac was cool with Tribe Called Quest.He shouted them out on Representing 93.

[@chermainebigby5238]

He sure did

[@r0mediddy]

2:47 End of 94 not 95.

[@urbanflavorz]

He getting the Source awards confused and Vlad coming in and telling more false info. Tupac wasn't on Death Row when they did the 1994 when he came out during Q-Tip accepting and award. He came out and performed Out on Bail, he didn't snatch Q-Tip mic like Vlad tries to say. The music played and Pac came out on que. But the whole time Pac had Thug Life E Money Bags, Stretch, Biggie all go bumrush the DJ and make him put on the song.

[@pernellhaynesworth1212]

Rest well Nate Dogg🙏🏽🐐💯📌

[@vladtv]

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[@MichaelLee-pl4sh]

Man cut it out! It wasn’t all media who did that it was the rappers from the east coast who were bias against anybody that was not from New York! Then when rappers started dissing New York then oh now it’s the media. That’s all cap and that not even the truth y’all talking

[@toofresh30]

Vlads timeline is worst then nores. He always mess the story up be the get the years messed up. The Pac tribe issue was in 94. Pac was locked up in 95 when suge made that comment about the ceo dancing

[@CJ-vh2hf]

I think we know the real story 2Pac had to come on stage because the person in charge of the music had already started his song so he wouldn’t have entered the stage. It would’ve threw everything off. It wasn’t any type of disrespectful. Initially before the party actually knew what happened. Of course, I’ll gossip drama was perpetuated

[@toorealforearth1981]

They say the music was on a DAT tape and when they start to play the music it’s a bih to rewind it and start it over

[@byronspears9395]

He was thinking Do or Die and Crucial Conflict out of Chicago

[@keiththomas111]

Special ED and Mc Lyte talk with that Brooklyn accent

[@TheRealDeal1438]

@ 5:14 anyone know what Ed means when he says 'Lo Life's' ? 😅 The Q Tip Pac mix up at the 94 Source Awards was because the stage mamager messed it up. He timed it wrong and Pac spoke on it. It got ugly too. And Vlad Pac didnt snatch the Mic from Q Tip.

[@YaGudBuddyUncleNate]

Legendary crew out of Brooklyn known for boosting fly garments

[@TheRealDeal1438]

@@YaGudBuddyUncleNate you got it!!!

[@urbanflavorz]

No it wasn't. Thats the story they were going with. But later it was revealed that Pac had his Thug Life Crew (Stretch, E Money Bags, Majesty) go to the sound man and make him put his song on.

[@TheRealDeal1438]

@urbanflavorz A Tribe called Quest won an award. Q Tip began his acceptance speech on stage and it got interrupted by Pac performing Out on Bail. Some ppl booed and when Pac threw the mic down and walked off stage. The Zulu nation felt it was disrespectful for Pac to interrupt Q Tip speech and Pac came out with a sledge hammer. That first Source Awards production wise was badly done. Kind of like the first Soul Train awards back in 1987.

[@urbanflavorz]

@@TheRealDeal1438 yes thats what I said. only years later Big Syke would say it was a setup and they bum rushed the sound man and made him put out on Bail. If you look at the nterview right after the performance and even during Pac had the whole Live Squad with them and they were deep (Stretch, E Money Bags, etc).

[@jaym1995]

Ice cube no vaseline is the greatest diss song no Tupac hit him up

[@MIGGYME1]

“At the end of 95 pac gets shot at quad studios”. Hmmmmm im pretty sure the quad shooting was in 94.

[@darrickmeek5531]

Special Ed told the story exactly how it happened. 2pac didn't snatch the mic from Q Tip. Tribe were accepting an award & then 2pac got a false cue to get on stage & start performing. There was a lack of cohesion with the producers that were in charge of certain segments in the show. This has BEEN the correct story (how 2pac told it HIMSELF & other valid sources that were close to the situation had told it but Vlad would rather recount the situation through a salacious & divisive lens rather then hear the true accurate story on how shit really went down.

[@Donnell-m5x]

Exactly

[@rashaunmcmillan3819]

New York hasn’t carried the torch in a min. And it’s now new artist from there that’s even close to holding it down. Most exciting shit out of New York from recent times was the Lox vs Dipset verzus. And that drill shit weak.

[@andycooper75]

I like how he blasts the Source Awards for being totally unprofessional while admitting he and his crew sat in whatever seats they wanted and told the ushers not to try and move them😁

[@johnrine7171]

He never said pac took the mic Vlad did

[@yaboym3247]

Ed dropped his last truly great song in 1995 - the DJ Premier remix of "Freaky Flow"

[@Bishoptheemcee]

Out on bail performance wasn't the same year suge got on stage..it was the year before

[@EsauistheCaucasian]

That 2Pac performance is the greatest live performance of all time. We don't give a f**k about no Q-Tip. Shoutout to him, though. But Pac's performance was Legendary and could never be topped. Shoutout to DMX and Wu-Tang, and Busta Rhymes. But NOBODY has ever cleared that Out on Bail performance.

[@stopitskiiiuuup4006]

IM SO DAM TIRED OF HEARING ABOUT TUPAC!!! I grew up in his era but dammmm man! He’s gone!! He ain’t coming back!!! He ain’t Jesus Christ! He didn’t die for the sins of the world! Stop glorifying this man!