THUG BY CHOICE? 🎵 2Pac Hit Em Up Reaction

Thanks for checking out our Tupac reaction. Lex isn't all too familiar with 2pac, so we decided to check out Hit Em Up. This was one of the most request Pac songs we've been getting.
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[@bigfendii77]

You’re missing a lot of context this was after he survived getting shot 5 times and doing a year in Prison

[@nicklaw6030]

He also felt that biggie and diddy knew he was going to get shot and they didn’t give him a heads up. This pissed him off and with all that anger and rage at the time he made this video. He had some life circumstances that flowed though him.

[@leftinashes]

@Brad & Lex, you guys just scratching the surface on Tupac... There are so many theories surrounding his life, his death, Death Row records, and the entire East / West coast beef. Watch some of his Vibe, Source, and underground interviews, those MTV interviews are shit!

[@starquality2791]

A whole lot! They need to do the research. You can't take one quote and run with it. Pac was the realest, he didn't have to fake shit!

[@docducttape9270]

@@nicklaw6030 At the very least he felt like they should be able to name names to him seeing how Biggie and them was claiming to "run NY". How you gonna be the boss and can't find out who shot one of your "friends".

[@puchund8718]

He was pissed off!

[@notoriousc-ny3206]

Tupac actually was one of the most charismatic people and very intelligent. Lex was right on with her first take on him lol.

[@tiekedeljung4614]

Still though, he was mad when he wrote this track…how did Lex not hear this?

[@alexandrorenteria4900]

@@tiekedeljung4614 she wasn’t talking about what he was saying, she was talking about the way he was acting in the music video

[@georgefoley676]

@@tiekedeljung4614 oo9

[@Starwars0405]

He was a drama school student pretending to be a gangster who spent his prime years with Suge Knights hand up his arse lol. Shoulda dropped the tough guy act, he might have lived to see this comment section if he did.

[@seanmitchy]

@@Starwars0405 he was not pretending .. he never said he was a gangster . Lol

[@justinanderson4847]

I wouldn’t judge pac on this song. He was fairly fresh out of the hospital from getting shot and he thought biggie set him up. This was his release. He said a lot of repugnant stuff and did some nasty things, but he also delivered some good messages and was very talented. Best rapper ever.

[@justinhephner2117]

he was also responding to Biggies "Who Shot Ya" song, THATS why he thought Biggie and Puffy had him set up

[@justinhephner2117]

@@neillscott4192 yea it was the first time he was in studio after Biggies "who shot ya" song came out

[@gbiggaveli2564]

Facts I'm not even that much of a Pac fan but I cant pretend I never heard So many tears, Pain, Staring at the world thru.., letter to my unborn child, ballad of a dead Soulja 🤷🏽‍♂️🤷🏽‍♂️

[@6thsense464]

He got out of prison not out of hospital dummy.

[@makavelithedon495]

@@justinhephner2117 you're stupid pac never said biggie set him up he said biggie knew about those people who shot him

[@somniumrabidum]

and here I am, all these years later, almost 40 boring white dude, sitting in a Zoom meeting still rapping along with the lyrics

[@KathyBeasley80]

Same!! 🤘

[@Mparker394]

Yup.

[@jamesradney5560]

Yep another 40 year old white guy here doing the same haha!

[@OzBK718]

LMAOOOO....

[@td315]

I like boring me, crazy me is way too out there and never ends well.

[@randymccloud5743]

Pac grew up in the hood. His mother was a member of the BLACK PANTHER party...and on drugs. He also tried selling drugs, but said he was bad at it. He was also intelligent...articulate...talented. Nobody is JUST one thing. They say making the movie Juice changed him. After everything is said, and done, he was a legend...an Icon...and died way too young.

[@4LP3E]

bro stop it. he was a good kid and fruity in his beggining.

[@randymccloud5743]

"bro" who said he wasn't a "good kid"? A lot can happen between being a "good kid", and a 25 yr. old MAN. when he died. He also got into a SHOOTOUT with off duty police officers...was shot 5 times, and went to prison. Maybe YOU were "fruity" in the "beginning"...I don't know. YOU "stop it".

[@connorbosley4431]

Tupac's mother is amazing, whilst pregnant she (with no legal experience) successfully defended herself and several other black panther from terrorist charges and proved that a bomb they had set was actually set by two undercover cops

[@laquandaniels222]

@@4LP3Eno he was not stop da cap

[@anniceportland]

Don't judge PAC by one song, there's a reason why TUPAC is held in such high regard

[@blakesmith4582]

Exactly

[@z3dda]

Factsss

[@RizzyRapz]

2Pac was a Hood Kid with an affinity for the arts and a level of passion that could not be contained in the physical form. Living in so many different hoods in his short time on this earth I imagine he learned to adapt to any environment he was exposed to for survival. He was not a gangster but he wasn't a wimp either. He was the son of a Black Panther who pushed education first and having that structure in his life early undoubtedly gave him knowledge that his peers were not privy to so take that and his love of artsy stuff and its only right that he enrolls in that school to give him a real chance.He was somebody who put 100 percent in good or bad. Thats a beautiful and rare characteristic but its the same thing that caused his untimely death because he was displaying his Loyalty to Suge and The Mob by attacking Orlando first but unfortunately he put his hands on the wrong gang member. After being shot 5 times, being called a rapist, getting sent to Jail for it and rumors being put in media about him getting r***d in prison thats how you create the 2Pac in that Hit'em up video. You're actually watching a broken man.

[@taylor1982100]

Definitely spot on

[@fredrickgowans949]

Real talk

[@BlackIvy]

I was about to write a paragraph but you said what I was thinking beautifully

[@thedude7123]

@tod ashby Because of the schedule of his school wtf? You talking as if he went to a ballet class by his own to do that shit

[@BlackIvy]

@tod ashby you clearly don't know what you're talking about at all 🤣He was on a scholarship to that school which he wasn't at for very long before he became homeless. Jada pinkett also went to that school on a scholarship she was not middle class her mother and father were addicted to herein whilst she attended His parents were far from middle class. Afeni Shakur was part of the panther 21 and was in prison facing life in jail whilst she was pregnant with him. His father wasn't around, his sisters father was and still is a political prisoner so Afeni was essentially a single mother. Her and the other panthers were constantly harrassed by FBI so they moved around a lot. His mother became hooked on drugs and he moved to Marin City in L.A when he was around 17 if you were from the hood you would know that that is not a middle class neighbourhood

[@ghostlee6434]

I never understood why people think because you grew up in the "hood" you can't have different types of experiences or expand yourself culturally! You can still keep that hood mentality especially in dealing with businesses that's trying to take advantage of you.

[@LearnExploreAdventure]

very few have done it successfully - Nipsey was on his way, where's he?

[@youtradvostraductions3082]

from the hood or other poor environments where survival is key.. From experience, I believe that people who come out these places unscathed and successful are to be admired for their character and wisdom, you learn a lot about human nature, and yourself, when you come from rules of society don't really apply. Hopefully, we'll see less and less of these places in the future though

[@hansmransm8835]

Yeah but someone tried to kill you how different are suppose to be?

[@adamdesinor2360]

Measure a man by his action fully from the begining to the end. Don't take a piece out of my life or a song out of my music and say this is what I'm about because you know better than that - Tupac Shakur

[@BlackIvy]

You chose the perfect quote!!!! I was literally gonna say Pac is not someone you can just judge off one song a couple of clips or heresay.

[@tjshelton7145]

Why NO like?

[@edwardfranklin9878]

Wow

[@computablu]

I believe that dude has preconceived notions about Tupac.. and seems threatened in some way about his girl being intrigued by Tupac Shakur. That's he's cherry picking or going to bullshit articles that support his own flawed opinion.

[@chriswildhaber35]

That is common sense which is what a lot of people don't have.

[@jasondaniels640]

Dunno how u can start a lady's Tupac journey with 'Hit em up' ...really should have done 'Keep ya head up', 'Changes' or 'Dear Mama'....Cos these records show the poet and loved Tupac. But I agree that even on this record Tupac seems to be having fun and hella charasmatic!

[@Starwars0405]

Yes this was (imo) the real Tupac.

[@timcampbell4132]

EXACTLY! 😁

[@xxSe7en]

I was thinking the same!

[@dominicpersaud1155]

This is the real pac, also after a chick lied and said he rapped her he said he will woundt make another record about keep ya head up or anything like that, he went from simp to pimp, he said that on an interview

[@jasondaniels640]

​@@dominicpersaud1155 Excuse me, but you know this is the man whose parents were Black Panthers, the man who was considered a social activist for the inner city communities, the man who attended the Baltimore School for the Arts studying acting, poetry, jazz, and ballet ...the man that performed Shakespeare plays? This is the man that did 'Dear Mama', 'Keep ya head up' and 'Changes'. Think what you want, but 'Hit em up' does not define who Tupac is.

[@robertcron1893]

You definitely got to do more Tupac and I believe Tupac was 25 when he died

[@Danny_R_]

Yea died in 96 at 25 years old...

[@zrip4386]

In terms of him being ghetto and fake in that interview. He went to MSA with Jada Pinkett, so he was very educated and brought up by his mother. So he was very sincere in this interview I believe. At the same time they were also very poor and the people around him growing up were very ghetto.

[@kamy4lyf]

People are complex, multifaceted. Ironically being from the ghetto can make you more intelligent and eloquent because the environment compels you to look beyond for a way out and your lived experience can give you a unique depth of thought. In many ways Pac was destined to be a revolutionary - son of Afeni, godson of Mutulu, relative of Mumia Abu Jamal.

[@mt2188]

Best diss track ever

[@gbiggaveli2564]

Hell no relax lol

[@tbone2071]

No Vaseline by Cube. IMO

[@davidmontoya7175]

Quit.it now

[@jeffhermance4886]

@@tbone2071 no Vaseline wasnt that great, the lyrics were fire but if you consider the whole body of work, hit em up had a better beat, flow and energy, plus it had fire lyrics. hit em up is miles ahead

[@JP-sb6fw]

Beginning of the track - Lex - "He doesn't seem mad, he seems charismatic". End of the track - Lex - "oohh, he's crazy". It's Pac.... You were right both times. lol.

[@JosephjJones-og7cx]

Check out keep your head up, Brenda’s got a baby, I get around. These all show a different aspect of 2pac. He was not just a thug, he was robbed, shot five times released this song and was later killed. He was simply a man who made some made some bad decisions and choices….

[@S.Sali61]

Yep

[@joelpayne1193]

I agree with you 💯

[@dondiddy7529]

I 100% agree he does not seem angry he just seems to be enjoying himself lol.

[@skutor1493]

2pac - Dear mama That's a no brainer. imo one of the best hip hop songs of all time.

[@alanchoke]

unconditional love!

[@seanmitchy]

Both those tracks are great ..

[@gbiggaveli2564]

Ballad of a dead Soulja.... So many tears... Pain

[@BryanRichardson1939]

Pac is confident not cocky everything he talks about comes from the heart even when it's negative it still comes from the heart he wore his heart on his sleeve

[@Bishop0313]

Pac did grow up in the hood but had the intelligence and talent to get out but he went back in in the end. He still was one of the best poets of the 20th century.

[@TrisTT-qe4em]

PAC wore his emotions on his sleeve.. his music and poetry is so deep, Some colleges used his writings as a course.. But don’t be fooled by his humor, he is a clown at heart, but at this time in his life, he was paranoid and very very ANGRY..

[@ivartheboneless1456]

When Beefs were Beefs.

[@Christianl487]

Almost 30 years later and he is still blowing peoples minds.

[@smittys3548]

Tupac was born and raised in the ghetto . In a interview he talked about staying out of trouble and not having and records until he made a record . Once Tupac started dropping music and albums about police brutality and talking about the government he begin to run into trouble , some of his on fault but mostly police trying to frame him and out him in jail bc his music was exposing a lot of what was going on . Once they figured out he was intelligent and speaking the trust they continued to keep coming after him . A lot of ppl wanted him dead once he became a icon in music . He got shot at biggie studio and came out of prison on a fake rape charge and went at everybody . Tupac knew at a young age he was going to not live long , so he lived a “thug life “ but it had a whole different meaning to him then what ppl think it means . We won’t ever see another Tupac , not only bc of how extremely talented and smart he was with music but what he did off the mic . He literally fought to his death to try and make a better life for his ppl . Today’s music is trash and 20 years he’s been gone and rappers try to be like him . Pac truly the GOAT 🐐

[@td315]

He did stay out of trouble when he was younger he even to a fine arts school and did ballet.

[@mangaymambol]

Amen

[@unitedfront5871]

Nah, suge Knight and death row are what turned him “gangsta”. He would have been a very knowledgeable, conscious and woke rapper had he followed a different path

[@godfamilyhustle.7920]

@@unitedfront5871 fake news

[@ketchyshubby]

I've heard this song 100s of times, and everytime it comes on it still makes me want to fight someone lol

[@fonzcorp]

2Pac was known for his charisma and he had some wonderful themes in his music. Ultimately it was his sensitivities and anger that got the best of him. I wish he was still around and a more matured man with the peace he always talked about.

[@ZainKhan-rg7wz]

She absolutely spot on it's the Passion in his voice

[@earlsquareling]

You jumped right into the deep end with this one. I wish you had started with some of his more uplifting music and hopefully you would have gotten the context of him being shot when going to the studio that biggie was in. There is a drastic change in his style after this incident. I’m excited to see more Tupac reactions from. Glad you decided to record yourself doing research on him. Keep it up.

[@danaspreeman197]

'Dear Mama' explains his upbringing. So many other songs show his talent as a poet and a revolutionary. 'Keep Your Head Up' or 'Changes'.

[@ashleyhayden7054]

Lex just made my day 🤣🔥🤣 Tupac Changes and Dear Momma are REALLY great songs.

[@jeffwitkowski555]

Hands down you two are my fav reaction channel. Born in 85, while younger I witnessed this generation of rap music. The biggie and pac, East and west coast rivalry. I can appreciate your reactions to this.

[@KAEngravingAndGifts]

He was NOT crazy. He was pissed. September 13, 1996 was the literal day that Rap died. This was pretty much the only real 'dis' track he made. Most of his other jams were philosophical takes on current events, stories, and just beautiful words. Many of his songs provoked tears. They shed light on things the media refused to talk about. He was the definition of Artist and Performer. He wrote poetry. He was an actor and if I'm being honest, he was pretty good. He acted opposite of Janet Jackson in Poetic Justice, starred in Juice, Above the Rim, and Gridlock'd. I don't recall if he was in anything else too but he didn't have a whole lot of time to do as much as people like Denzel Washington, Tom Cruise, or Jim Carrey. He got shot 5 times & recovered, spent some months in jail, released a ton of albums, acted in movies and died at 25. I don't recall very many people who have compared the two, but Rap music died when Tupac died, and Rock died the day Freddie Mercury died. Both men were charismatic and both men's deaths robbed the world of the treasures both men could contribute to the world. Both men died far too young. In another universe where both men survived their mortal illness/injury, the world simply couldn't imagine a world where either of them died young.

[@jessee.2681]

Some of my favorite songs by one of the greatest Lyricists of all time: "When Thugs Cry", "Thugz Mansion", "Changes", "Life Goes On", "Hail Mary", "California Love", "How Do U Want It", "Life Goes On", "Picture Me Rollin", "To Live and Die In L. A.", "Lord Knows", "Trapped", "I Wonder if Heaven's Got a Ghetto", "So Many Tears", and the prophetic "Only God Can Judge Me"

[@facE055]

life goes on was one of my favorite songs growing up

[@mh2567]

The best and realest to ever do it, for suree🔥🔥🔥

[@KathyBeasley80]

I am reliving my youth with all these 90s music reactions!! Y'all are awesome. 🤘

[@KathyBeasley80]

As much as I love all this, it makes me sad. Pac and Biggie died way to young over BS.

[@oluwatobiogundele218]

You defo can't judge 2pac from 1 song. He's got a whole catalogue showing how talented and versatile he is. And just like any person, he made mistakes.

[@jordanpaige7707]

😂😂 Lex your facial expressions were priceless. Brad started cracking up right after I did. Way to introduce yourself to Tupac with this song. Love you guys! Keep Killin it!

[@claywag74]

He really was amazing. He was a great actor as well. Y’all need to watch the movie Juice. A true classic.

[@arrebiy]

I am a few minutes into your reaction and I laughed so hard when tou said “he didn’t sound angry”, I was like okay, keep listening girl 🤣🤣

[@user-qc4rm6id3x]

Her facial reactions in the first 30 seconds was priceless

[@adamkant439]

He was just so good at getting his emotions to show in videos /song /interviews he knew exactly what he should say in every interview to wake people and make em realize, he was so charismatic kinda being that was scared of dieing young so worked like an animal and that's why we he will never be forgotten all those songs in only that short lifespan and all the movies and countless of families and community helped !"

[@SoundBiteInc-]

Pac was homeless two weeks after that. The whole interview wasn’t on girls. He went to performing arts and he treated women the right way but when it came to b words and h words he treated them how they posed to. But never beat em

[@eyezayahentertainment]

This was a bad way to be introduced to 2pac lolol..Please do more Pac!!! Not just his music but interviews too. There is so much more to Pac then the "Angry Thug" image. He explains in an interview the deeper meaning behind "Thug Life" and how it relates to how black people are treated in this country. He wasn't putting on an act for the interview, that is the true him. One of the most intelligent, charismatic, and all around talented human beings ever! He made bad choices just like we all do sometimes, unfortunately his bad choices ended up being fatal😢 Btw Love you guys💯

[@ratedr900]

From Harlem to Baltimore to The Bay. Definitely hood. At the same time some do isolate themselves from the environment. Like going to different schools. Active in programs. It's not always about being hard core.

[@Brooklyn_Zo]

I love going with yall on this old school and Lyrical hip hope journey

[@pleutron]

Tupac had other songs that wasn’t as violent. He had the ability to be great without being violent and dying young. He just chose the wrong direction. The one that I enjoy the most is his song Changes.

[@redscorpion9325]

2Pac did not go to College,he dropped out of High School,when he was young his Mom moved with him to different City and States,from NY to Baltimore and LA

[@jeanettecranston]

I can't believe you guys haven't heard this? Crazy! I grew up in a VERY strict home & still heard this once I was 15 lol

[@INT1388]

Lex is ridiculously charismatic! Fun reactionvid yall

[@mattamant915]

LOVE THIS DAMN SONG

[@BayAreaSon]

If you gonna go old school 2 Pac,go way old school.If My Homies Call or So Many Tears.

[@thestatzman]

This joint was the hardest track on the streets in the 90s. I remember seeing this video on "The Box" back in the day and I was shocked about the stuff he was saying in that song. This was around the time when the East Coast VS West Coast beef was going on and it was basically a war in the streets. I was a young kid then, but I remember everything from that time in New York City. Music can definitely push people to do crazy things.

[@Clint-jp2lv]

I have read and listened to everything about 2pac, he was at the school of arts with jada Pinkett smith, she still loves pac-and pac was almost born in jail, then to staying with drug dealers cause they gave him a safe house to sleep in, as a kid, it’s worth taking a day or 2 or a week to learn everything about how 2pac grew up to the time of his death, I was 13 when that happened, love ya pac!

[@jayhelm9632]

I remember seeing 2pac as a dancer when the humpty dance was performed on the Arsenio Hall show. If someone wants to hear 2 pac, " until the end of time" is the best set of his work, imo.

[@tobbe1312]

Golden age off Rap / Hip Hop ✌️ RIP King Pac

[@lakermark2006]

This song is an raw expression of the betrayal he felt from his longtime friend biggie smalls. Tupac felt in his heart that he was set up that night he got shot in new york and theres nothing that anyone couldve told him to think otherwise.

[@JBWinter]

Unconditional Love and Dear Mama are probably Pac's masterpieces

[@jamiraquai1]

Amazing how Eminem and D-12 did all that flow in "Quitter" with fire lyrics

[@CaddyJim]

Starting *#Lex* with *Tupac's* most infamous *Diss* track would be like starting her *Eminem* journey with his song *(Kim)*

[@Mrs.Fluellen]

True! There is so much more to Tupac.

[@gbiggaveli2564]

😂😂😂

[@nickolasramos6602]

First time watching your channel...👍 You guys reaction was adorable ...a comment about the bald head was originally to cover for a couple homeboys with bald heads escaped from jail during their court herring and to blend in everyone in the hood shaved their heads to cover. However ironically it also gave away their location because they were the only hood or area that did that. But that's what I remember. Keep em rolling I'll keep an eye out for your next video. 1❤️

[@nicsundberg8505]

He was born in Brooklyn, lived in the ghetto, moved to Jersey, lived in the ghetto before finally moving to East Oakland where he lived in the ghetto.your surroundings don’t define the person u strive to be!

[@edwinmorales4909]

Back then “beef” was a real thing unlike now They didn’t have social media like we do now “Diss” now I’d a few post on IG n Twitter Someone needed to get their point across music was the way

[@tylerdavis9957]

Exactly! Beef back then wasnt like today's bullshit lol the east side and west side was almost at war!

[@justlooking1087]

@@tylerdavis9957 Alright Tyler lol. Sure you were out there thuggin in the 90s.

[@justlooking1087]

You think there’s no real beef now? How can you even make that kind of statement with all of the gang wars going on across America?

[@tylerdavis9957]

@@justlooking1087 nah I just know my history

[@justlooking1087]

@@tylerdavis9957 Doesn’t sounds like it to me with a statement like that.

[@yianniconstandinou515]

2pac wasn't crazy. He was angry. He got shot 5 times and had the wrong people (suge Knight) making him paranoid. Tupac was a very articulate poet who turned rap. React to. 2pac - staring through my rear view

[@redscorpion9325]

Exactly,he got shot 5 times and went to Jail because a Girl lied that he Sexually Assaulted her plus the People he was around set him up

[@bryanlee7989]

new fan here, yall cool and lex is a dang charismatic superstar!

[@Andrew_Pooch]

The end is the best. Crazy energy. I love yelling it in the car haha

[@Clemente-rr7uh]

one of the best diss tracks ever. It's either this one or Ice Cube-No Vaseline

[@awaisa8099]

No Vaseline

[@Neverknight2]

No Vaseline

[@Danny_R_]

Never really got i to Cube as i did pac. Although no Vaseline is absolutely f mental i think i got to go with hit em up..

[@SoundBiteInc-]

After everything he went through. Yes he’s gonna be mad.

[@emushow9315]

2 Pac and Dmx the realeast ever. Please get more of them two for us.

[@StareyeODL]

Amazing how right Lex is with her first perception about Pac.

[@tiekedeljung4614]

I guess Lex has got a thing for pac, not seeing how mad he was when he wrote this song… He just got shot and Biggie dropt a record called : who shot ya… he got his guns aimed at Biggie and Junior maffia in this track!

[@gbiggaveli2564]

Who shot ya was BEFORE he got shot.... Long kiss goodnight is the proper diss track or Ugliest MCs with Busta rhymes hit em up is the most overrated diss song ever with 3 extra bozos on the song lol

[@chrismartin9040]

I happened upon you guys and love your reactions. Its so funny watching you see songs you never heard before and love the range of genres. Last thing, Pac is the G.O.A.T. Lex is dead on. Pac would go so hard and then laugh and smile.

[@jofrigi]

"Uhhhh... well I see where that ended" xD got me

[@deezydayungdon]

The shock 😮 on her face got me rolling 😅😂😂😂 dope reaction

[@W4ll_fl0w3r]

I'm thinking of all the tracks 2pac has put out this likely wouldn't be the first one I played for lexi lol

[@BMWfan86]

Michael Jai White in an interview said Pac wasn't really about that life he was pretty nerdy. He believes Pac died because he wasn't true to himself.

[@mosyed4352]

Michael Jai White is capping. In his childhood he was probably like that before he lost his innocence, and deep down before death was like that. But being the son of a radically political group like the Black Panthers, constantly being profiled by the FBI. And having the Vice President call you out, by name, he probably resents that he couldn’t be that nerdy guy and literally had the “thug life” choose him. Remember this is the guy that wasnt afraid to shoot two cops in the ass at 21 years old. And survived prison and got sentenced literally less than 24 hours after getting shot 5 times. He was ALL about that life.

[@TheColdrush22]

“ I want to understand this.“ That is the best statement that anyone can ever make.

[@plexus]

I get what she’s saying... he’s saying angry words, but he’s delivering it with a jocularity and a smirk. If you read the lyrics, you’d think it’d be delivered like DMX, but he almost sounds like he’s chuckling though the whole thing.

[@TenTonNuke]

You should watch "Where were you when Tupac died?" It's a short video of Marlon Wayans, Jada, Snoop, and Eminem sharing their emotional experience. It's all been downhill since the mid 90s. Cobain died. 2pac died. Metallica cut their hair and put out Reload. Then came the rise to popularity of boy bands and Disney pop stars and music has sucked ever since, with the exception of Tool's new album, Linkin Park, and Starset.

[@robkoenig3355]

Changes by Tupac is a good one for you to see his message

[@leonkalkhorst5250]

You guys are awesome

[@hotmail305]

LOVE REACTIONS OF PEOPLE FIRST TIME HEARING THIS SONG :)

[@rwadaley]

He was born in Harlem

[@tylerdrummond3405]

Yo she has to hear Brendas got a baby! Plz lol he tells a beautiful story. It’s sad but shows his true penmanship

[@gbiggaveli2564]

Hope so I notice they pick the main beef songs 😂 not the introspective layered tracks... i.e. Dopefiend diner... Wonda why they call you bi... If they ever react to Nas they'll probably just do ether and ignore Book of rhymes... Purple.. Memory lane 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@conniezier6662]

One of the most talented and poetic rappers ever

[@juicesghost8501]

I love that you started here. When diss tracks had real consequences.... Tupac was a lyrical genius.

[@thatoneguy4150]

Dear mama and keep your head up would’ve been an easier way to introduce someone to Tupac lmao

[@iRealTheo]

Great reaction guys, I loved it... Can you please react to Eminem-Quitter, he dissed Everlast using 2Pac's hit em up beat

[@UnlicensedOkie]

This will always go down as an iconic diss song

[@carageiselman8475]

He spoke so much truth

[@thesparkedbrain]

You should read some of Pac's poetry.

[@countryheart1135]

Please react to Keep Ya Head Up by Tupac next!

[@damisibailey1]

Many creative and intelligent people climb out of the ghetto. But the experiences are etched into the person for life. You are correct, no matter how hard you try to denounce your beginnings, in the end those mechanisms that helped you survive never leave you.

[@otisroseboro5613]

Great Reaction Guy's

[@madicelander]

He doesn't sound angry? lol, this is arguably the angriest rap song in history hahah. love the different perspective tho

[@denilsondesouza4543]

React to eminem Quitter , he takes this best in the middle

[@cosmodozer]

“Five shots couldn't drop me, I took it and smiled”. Probably the greatest rap line ever.

[@MeandMumzyReacts]

2pac was the goat 🔥

[@djhdjxjkc7476]

Definitely gotta do some 2pac interviews, plzz do his revolutionary speech plzz, you'll find out the real pac was far from pussy💯 talking about a man who shot 2 police officers fa beating a black man and beat the case✊🏾

[@whocares8584]

There's always been a debate if pac was really thug or just playing a persona I believe it's a bit a both. Because he was born in East Harlem then moved to Baltimore Maryland then to the bay area finally to L.A. All those have pretty notorious hoods. Also his mom was in the black panthers & although I'm no historian & won't pretend ik about the whole panther movement I do know some of them were from the hood & lived the thug life so he definitely grew around it. However your environment doesn't always determine your future & outcome. I for one grew up in a hood myself in Inglewood CA grew up around shootings & gangs even have family that belong to 18 st 1 of the most notorious & biggest gangs in the world but although I could have friends in that life & even hang with then that life never attracted to me. I could have a bit of a thug idgaf attitude at times if someone messed with me but I never looked for trouble or got into any serious trouble besides fights that was it. Yes I experimented with drugs but never got heavy into them & I haven't done any since graduating HS. ALSO just how Pac said he has a high respect for women so do i because I was raised by my mom. Now im not ignorant the fact not all women deserve that respect but the type to respect til u lose my respect.

[@knockerball3068]

2Pac Family Built America. So did his music. He didnt FLEE!

[@matsong5134]

HAHAHAHAHA! Her face as soon as it starts.