Albert Hughes: 2Pac was a Good Person who Did a Few Bad Things, He was Human (Part 10)

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In this clip, Albert Hughes shared his experiences working with the late Tupac Shakur and the controversies that ensued. While working on "Menace II Society," Hughes described that an argument occurred over Tupac's tendency to 'perform' during rehearsals which led to Tupac walking off the set. Hughes added that this controversy, along with the late arrival of the team, drove his brother Allen Hughes to finally 'stand up' to Tupac. Hughes insisted that Tupac was a good person who did a few bad things and recalled that his overbearing character was what led to the controversy. He also discussed Tupac's fanbase, comparing the iconic rapper's impact both domestically and worldwide to a religious figure. Hughes believes that Tupac's eventual exit from the film was meant to be and didn't obstruct either party's career path.

[@char_d.0908]

The way he described his brother, as the one who did all the fighting for the both of them, when they were kids. I'm thinking, that's probably the reason he ran away and left his brother by himself.( with the 2Pac situation)

[@camxdidxthat]

Bingo

[@k2datrack]

I'm a huge Pac fan but I've noticed the Pac Stans are the ones that only started listening to him after he died. So their perspective of Pac is more mythical than human

[@Wildcard223]

This^^^ you totallyyy nailed it. Haha

[@just2fresh814]

You're real clown 🤡

[@ganeshramnarine1206]

These guys love Pac, in one of Pac's last interviews Pac himself said he regrets the way things turned out with them. I'm sure they would eventually work together.

[@fornlike]

"2Pac was a Good Person who Did a Few Bad Things, He was Human" Very good!

[@pernellhaynesworth1212]

As a 2pac fan I’m going too say I’m all 3🐐🫵🏾💯🌹🥀

[@thesupervisor3270]

U know it! 💯

[@3rdGenerationCancer]

Pathetic

[@Igetsitin89]

Me too !!!!!

[@WinslowWins]

Sames lol

[@DaughterOfTheKing_]

I have watched countless of pac's documentaries and I must that he was extremely intelligent and foreshadowing! 💯

[@khaoticman3055]

Yooo

[@jalenaverylloydaveryiisson8862]

Pac had countless moments of losing dozen of wigpieces east to west 😂

[@FRANKIBABI__]

Biggie and hiz quad crew pushing pacs wigpiece back foreshadows them crips doing the same thing to pax in vegas 😅

[@Iknowyoumadnow]

​@@FRANKIBABI__get at me girl 😏

[@SlimSigtrig]

@@jalenaverylloydaveryiisson8862what does that mean he got beat up

[@krisj827]

Albert addressed this correctly. There are 3 types of Tupac fans.

[@dominicbrogsdale3348]

I agree with him.. From all the books 📚📖 i read and documentaries i seen overall tupac seemed like a good dude that meant well even if he erred in the process in some areas. But we also have to remeber he was between the ages of 17- and barley into 25 ( the developmental ages ) but I believe he did pretty good due to his childhood and history! To rise out of all that and do what he did is INCREDIBLE! and yeah with a childhood liked his you're going to be a little bit crazy! Heck... even Malcolm X was a pimp and a pusher at one time but became one of the most rightoues men throughout history. FBI did top-notch surveillance on him and they couldn't find dirty on Malcolm at all! No other rapper did what Tupac did - Thug Life movement - code of thug life - in his interviews for the most part he spoke up for people of color , social issues , social justice , police brutality, etc.. - you can here the love and compassion in his music he had for the people , and also speaking up for people - the man has statues in Germany , he's on the back of public buses in different countries , and he has is on college courses in universities To get all that love and admiration you had to do something right while you were here on Earth 🌎 you dont see a whole lot of evil people on murals and paintings worldwide. " he had a heart that was huger than any , he was transformation influx , he a a vision that was a small Catholic c , and people were precisely attracted to Tupac because he was a person who is looking for the right way to articulate humanity in the mist of chaotic difficulty " - Dr. Micheal Eric Dyson " biggies gonna win if your talking flow , biggie was like a swinger or jazz musican , nas rhymes from the back of throat, Humpty hump rhymes from the nasal pallet, tupac rhymed from the pit of his stomach he pulled from all the great speakers dr. King and Malcolm X pouring those words out because he MEANT IT " - SHOCK G ✊ 👊

[@cj-s90]

👑💚

[@AyyuBX7]

Albert is explaining things in more detail that makes a lot more sense now when you take what Allen said and how Tupac is. Lol crazy. I called Tupac a hood saint but he had his flaws he was also still young and even with all of his knowledge he was still learning. Nipsey was an actual hood saint.

[@wemadeitpodcast]

I was in Mecca in 2012 and saw tupac graffiti on the wall

[@marselluswallace6597]

Religious figure, Jesus Christ. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. Like the AH said, he was a good person who did a few bad things. He was human.

[@llwc9435]

For an atheist, he contradicted himself with that final statement. What he should've said is this: "My brother and I were the filmmakers. Tupac was an actor under our employment. He became difficult to work with. The difficulty of working with him could have compromised the project. For that reason, we let him go."

[@memeking2696]

im a atheist as well he was acting

[@jeanpayano1506]

And he isnt lying the stans act like his shit didnt stink

[@MrSirdex1]

I messed up and spoke down on 2pac one time, and them ninjas ran me off the internet for a lil minute 😂😂😂

[@uptonogood3306]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@Alpha_0mn1c1d3]

"yyyyou weren't there!"-Vlad .. "I was there i was in the side room"-Hughes

[@ef3602]

"I was a menace to the Hughes Brothers!"

[@yourfriendlyneighborhoodyo7863]

VLAD SHOULD CHANGE THE NAME OF HIS CHANNEL TO STAN TV 😂

[@TkKirklandReal]

Why did u click?

[@3rdGenerationCancer]

You should change your name to 2Pac fanboy

[@augustineramos3989]

And you'd still watch

[@Trolondo33]

2Pac Channel 4 sho

[@bleakone9097]

You’re under 25

[@Bran-Da-Don]

2Pac playing Shareef would've been like Denzel playing the bus driver in Speed.

[@javi__...]

Dumb comparison. Denzel had already won an Oscar by the time speed had been made. 2pac wasn't even close to being the biggest name in rap.

[@traceybanks1736]

That's what I was thinking I just didn't get it and him getting into it w Allen em was God's way of saying its not meant to b pac .dude who played the role fit the role better to me not having cause I love me sum pac rapper and actor but no ❤

[@DMalltheway]

2Pac was Caine and Spice 1 was O Dog

[@shauncain3280]

Vlad is dead wrong about Sharif. He DEFINITELY has some memorable scenes.... Like him not leaving Harold

[@daibm5392]

Pac in that movie would have been the icing on the cake!

[@anthonysabbs7919]

I think I would have liked to see Pac in that role 🤔 even if a minor part, simply because of the way he spoke… that Bbq scene would’ve hit different

[@DLabri3]

people do talk about Shareef scenes. They were important . To show that there are always folks in the hood trying to fight the hardships

[@kingkyoga9263]

I don’t think Pac was too big for the part at the time.

[@drestathagangsta8880]

I don't either.

[@greatnessisalliknow2669]

Pac said in a interview that he regret fighting with the Hugh's Brothers.

[@TonyMontana-mv9ez]

Where all the Stans at?

[@uptonogood3306]

I can understand a female stan, but a grown man talking about "i love you 2pac" (or any other celebrity) is very suspect and weird...

[@SunnyReignz]

Shareef character was important though. His character represented the change in ppl. But still keeping the friends who are what u use to be and trying to help change them.

[@TosereOjeme2]

Tupac was not a bully? Lol I understand the man is long dead and speaking on his ills may be seen as unnecessary but let’s not sugarcoat the Truth.

[@zaytime4156]

Pac was no Bully Suge knight was the Bully

[@thegamingchef3304]

As I said before, Nipsey is a good legend & Tupac is a world wide legend. Tupac has a statue in Germany and use to have one in Russia. Vladimir Putins top aid back in like 2014-15 said they didn't care about America's sanctions because the only thing that was interesting about America was Tupac and that they could still access his work. America would never let it be known how big a black man was world wide. That's why they got rid of him.

[@dankrupt2091]

And even after all your brother has done you left your brother running for your life while your brother got packed out 🤣

[@jmccain753]

If 2pac played it the character would have been memorable

[@tristanwalls6266]

I can’t believe Albert is disrespecting the water he walks on. That’s a joke.

[@matthewbush2371]

RIP king of rap Tupac 😭😭😭😭🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@Milvus_In_Excelsis]

Same argument could be made for Jeffrey Dalhmer.

[@MRGOLDEN1985]

So this the brother that ran away right???...left his brother for the beat down😂😂

[@retroesso]

Grow up lol

[@jalenaverylloydaveryiisson8862]

Biggie and hiz quad crew made pac run away over to the west to lose hiz wigpiece again lol

[@Iknowyoumadnow]

Here comes the stan girls stanning SMH

[@telldetruth9259]

@@retroessoyou cope

[@AK-74K]

2Pac never ran and look where it got him.

[@BigDaddy52525]

Its never good to pretend to be something your not. Tupac had to face that consequence in the worst way.

[@bodiesel01]

We're all pretending and acting in this theater of life

[@deepthought2972]

Awesome interview 🫡

[@josephwilliams3005]

I’m definitely all 3 but he did say one thing that I agree with 2pac is a legend!!!! Which means he will always be here

[@rudybrooks3722]

The Shariff character was my favorite character. 🤔

[@malcolmmuhammad7993]

Vlad said you weren't there like he was there 😂

[@mmath2188]

Tupac got what he deserved. He put that energy out there and got what was coming, end of

[@ultramag0343]

Agreed 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@trapboiike5500]

He only threatened when he felt threatened

[@krisj827]

Yeah he kept the wrong ppl around him and didn't know how to get away from them.

[@brianbonilla9276]

These are facts sadly

[@darkethereal]

All of y’all will never come close to what he has accomplished in a short period of time.

[@jayechevarria6540]

Impressed on how he takes you to depth on these stories

[@madmoney2594]

So we agree 2Pac was right to question his role as he was to big an actor and superstar ?

[@ZYaKnoe248]

I question tupacs gangster and sexuality

[@marby.]

That's not how movie productions work. He just said Pac agreed to and preferred the smaller part in which he was getting paid more than his going rate at the time. It wasn't until later that he switched up. For such a minor part, Pac was actually being difficult.

[@telldetruth9259]

@@ZYaKnoe248you’re a man trying to be another man. That’s gay

[@ZYaKnoe249]

@@ZYaKnoe248yet you wanna be like another man

[@ZYaKnoe249]

@@marby.he wasn’t. They were trying to get him fired. Allen said this.

[@cheesun124]

EVERY rapper wants to be Pac, but for that, they have to die - I heard that somewhere...its true.

[@bodiesel01]

Big Syke said that

[@yourstrulybostonyourstruly3185]

While Pac was a prophet he was not perfect

[@thegamingchef3304]

There wasn't but 1 perfect. Tupac was just a man, he wasn't some deity. He had flaws. So it cracks me up when people try to villainize him like he ever claimed to be perfect.

[@rayspruce1]

SHOUT OUT TO " SHAREEF"💪🏾🙌🏽

[@brentbackwoods2498]

How about how you ran for the freeway while your brother got his ass beat by pac

[@Nmp317]

Eiht Pac & Ren would've been dpoe

[@hiphopculturetv7744]

I'm a Stan 😂😂😂

[@Iknowyoumadnow]

We know GIRRRRRL 💅🏽

[@A_Dubb618]

Congratulations

[@grandpahouse]

Since birth!

[@twista0312]

No doubt

[@jalenaverylloydaveryiisson8862]

Yallgay

[@mickeyhicks7140]

I disagree it would have been a good cameo role for Tupac to stay seeing in between big it would have showed off his versatility.

[@tonewopn8275]

Vlad you don’t talk about Sharif because your black friends aint let you in the convo. Hiphop is not Pop culture, you know better Vladislav.

[@TalesFromTheCell]

.,.,.,.,.,.. ⚠☢This Hughes guy seems to be OBSESSED with 2pac ☢⚠ .,.,.,.,.,..

[@room616oc]

Let’s keep it a buck. They were trying to diss PAC with that role for him. It woulda make him look funny and he’s ok would talk about it. These twins are snakes.

[@Foreign_Royal]

That was blasphemous! Jesus

[@isaiah102509]

Shareef sitting his salaka Salam ass on the cooler was memorable

[@dianevrules]

Im a hardcore 2Pac fan. Not a stan of no one. Glad Pac didnt play that bs role or be in that movie. Glad that Pac caught Allen at the Trigga Gots No heart video and let him have those hands. Thats all that matters.

[@jalenaverylloydaveryiisson8862]

U a spokesperson of the 2pac pridecommunity 😂

[@ZYaKnoe248]

Pac couldn't catch any bodies solo lik the typecasted studi0 gayster he iz...sybaun

[@TubiTuesdays]

They were talking about you

[@marby.]

He was definitely talking about you, bucko 😂

[@Cj239h]

Ur so embarrassing lol This was a squabble between BOYS that ur still defending 30 years later. Grow up.

[@NickBarbieriandfriends]

There is a 4th type of Tupac "fan" out there. Someone from the east coast who still resents him for the disrespect he showed NY in the 1990s. They're usually not afraid to type in the comments either.

[@walk_er]

1:36 that’s a damn shame

[@derrickgrays3109]

These guy’s always sneak dissing and telling lies

[@potbeatztha1]

💯

[@lasveryown664]

1:31 it’s like what J. Cole said on Let Nas down PAC was like Jesus

[@ultramag0343]

Is anybody gonna stop making excuses for 2pac ??? Geeezzz🤦🏾‍♂️

[@youngvillage5337]

Sheerif was a dope role yall trippin

[@zaytime4156]

No it was a small ass role they Ain’t lying

[@cherrykhola1437]

I’m all three😩😘🥰

[@moyakhebeamon835]

The Art of Dialogue crushing you Vlad

[@goontubefilmz]

I love how he used Tupac with Jesus because this is important for those who don’t believe in Jesus. Jesus is Real and I hope ppl can come to him cuz he is the biggest deal there is period

[@thegamingchef3304]

Tupac didn't like the role because the original role of Shareef was he was a Muslim preaching about Allah and stuff, but he was also doing drugs and doing dirt. So the Shareef role basically had Tupac playing a Muslim who was a hypocrite. Tupac respected the Muslim religion so much he didn't want to show them in that negative light. Years and years ago I heard that from several people. Tupac had an issue with them trying to make Muslims look bad. So Tupac is no longer in the movie and Shareef role he is no longer a hypocrite. So imo they wanted Tupac to play that role as a sneaky way to make him look like a hypocrite and snake type person because they knew he was a leader.

[@dannydavis5550]

Guess you not going to ask him Why he ran when Allen was getting his ass whipped 😂😂

[@drestathagangsta8880]

They haven't gotten to that part yet.

[@lamontwilliams4172]

Let me see you ran Vlad you going to believe this dude lol

[@retroesso]

Where did he lie?

[@lamontwilliams4172]

@@retroesso he ran remember

[@retroesso]

@@lamontwilliams4172 yeah but he hasn’t gotten to the fight yet he’s just talking about what led to the fight

[@lamontwilliams4172]

@@retroesso okay

[@youngkeeshmusic]

I love 2pac like a mf. But to put him before Jesus NEVER

[@robertpitts8161]

I put him before Jesus. Jesus Christ never existed 😆.

[@SnypLuciano]

I swear I thought this was his brother again.

[@Trolondo33]

No Vlad you were never there The Nerve smh

[@nguzoloveinlofi3832]

Sean Connery played a small part in Highlander and made it iconic, Christopher Walken played a small part in Pulp Fiction and took that movie, Alec Baldwin did the same in Glengarry Glenn Ross- dafuq he talking about Tupac was too big for a part? I'm shocked a director would say something like this...

[@llwc9435]

Actually, Christopher Walken's part in True Romance was better than his part in Pulp Fiction. It is far more memorable, especially because it was with the late Dennis Hopper.

[@trapboiike5500]

He said they didn’t get in the way of each other we’ll talk did put him jail

[@derrickgrays3109]

I only watch these guys because of pac

[@philfoe551]

Rape is not a few bad things

[@ultramag0343]

You gotta remember, 2pac was a angel 🙄

[@Tim21189]

In the entire legacy of Tupac and the Hughes Brothers….this was pretty minor.

[@NJ-420]

Albert has the Forrest Gump look to him 2, thats why he just kept running when his twinbrother was getting his ass whooped, lmfao

[@LeeHunt-mu9nb]

Pac was a Soldier, check his background Stan's.

[@BEACHBOYK]

No more interviews from this guy.

[@dominicbrogsdale3348]

☠️💀😂

[@room616oc]

So a Stan doesn’t have to be a real fan? It just has to troll?

[@dannydavis5550]

Man you got punked twice 🏃‍♀️🏃🏃‍♀️🏃

[@naomibryan6039]

Luis J Gomez, is that you?

[@OGHawkeye]

i mean yeah its true, but why do these dudes feel the need to have the negative narrative all the time?

[@TDashem]

I don’t get it. How was he being negative? Sounds like Tupac didn’t like the part and was being kind of difficult about it. They were the directors/creators of the film and had ultimate say. Is it really so hard to see things going the way they said, especially considering Pac’s history of getting into drama with ppl?

[@OGHawkeye]

@@TDashem theyve intruded enough for attention with 2pacs legacy havent they? and all they continue to contribute in these interviews are negative views and excuses. its tired

[@TDashem]

@@OGHawkeye I don’t think they really need attention from Pac. They are the Hughes brothers. Ever heard of Menace to Society? Dead Presidents. I think they made their mark all by themselves. Also, there was a lot of negativity surrounding Pac’s life. Good also of course, but you shouldn’t be upset about the truth. Also should not idolize human beings.

[@vladtv]

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[@Wesssyde_LB-78]

I know Enough! 70’s baby mane. Hughes Bros are 🚮🚮🚮

[@JernosComicsPopCulture]

And your brother is a punk that still holds a grudge and dirties his name, yet hops on any chance to make money off of Pac's name.

[@ultramag0343]

Isn't that what all these podcasts like the AOD are doing ?? Using 2pac name and stories to make money 💰

[@JernosComicsPopCulture]

@@ultramag0343 For the most part, absolutely. at least vlad mixes it up. But you got Reggie Wright and others dropping a video a day, alllll about Pac. Every single day, making money off of this man's name. It's one thing to really get people to interview to talk about the important things, but you can tell some of them just love hearing themselves talk, and telling their one-sided opinions as if they were Pac's soul mate.

[@TheYouTopianProject]

Yea me too…I’m 47. I didn’t fuk over women and get involved with gangs. All sins aren’t the same value …contrary to religious opinion

[@TOONICE]

Hughes brother. SNOOP. jay z . puffy .the government an daz dillinger all yall hater try to tarnish tupac , but it didn't work tupac memory is every lasting haters

[@OGHawkeye]

idk the whole "he was too big for it" is a bunch of bs....so many great and big actors have had cameos and legnedary small appearences across all of cinema. serious bs from these hughes bros

[@damk25]

Mr. Potato as...........

[@مشعل-غ2ع]

It.s been while now since somebody said postive thing about 2 mothfuckaing pac not music in his personalty

[@Amerikingswillbilli]

Nah the lesson is leave gangster to the dummies. Be a good person through and through.

[@ZYaKnoe249]

L take

[@Iknowyoumadnow]

​@@ZYaKnoe249stop thumbing yourself up three times DUMMY

[@johnnyleon9218]

Tupac is the Che Guevara of that generation. Good looking. Sells t-shirts, posters, etc. Spoke intellectually. Full of contradictions. Both went too far. Both paid with their lives for going too far.

[@dixiebrick]

I only know one person who was perfect and he was crucified. But it wuz not ts.

[@derrickgrays3109]

Nipsey is not Tupac. This dude is lying

[@retroesso]

Dear Tupac Stan’s please watch and listen carefully! Tupac was a Man…

[@Iknowyoumadnow]

No, he was different....he didn't shit like everybody else

[@kulluminati777]

and you are an ID 10 tango to think we didnt think so

[@retroesso]

@@kulluminati777you a Stan….

[@grandpahouse]

Impossible

[@ZYaKnoe249]

Cry

[@IanElliottCarter]

Stans are the worse

[@telldetruth9259]

Cry

[@Iknowyoumadnow]

You know you gangsta when you bring on 2Gay's enemy to trigger all the 2Gay stans, go vlad 🤜🏾🤛🏻

[@frankfranks7066]

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