I think he would be startin new groups as long with a new record label. Whatchall thank?

sippin' on a fo-ty ounce of OE!

probably making more albums and movies, and collaborating with whoever's hot at the moment.


heyyyy, wait a minute...

abierman said:

Naw he's too cool for that. Just like Prince. I love both of those cats.

Anxiety said:

why?

Anxiety said:

He would be a BIG MOVIE STAR ! That dude was good.

He would have been standing next to Kanye West last month saying, "George Bush doesnt care about black people."

dreamfactory313 said:

then tupac would look over at austin powers and say "the FUCK you lookin' at?!?"

Anxiety said:

Hell yeah! I could see it now.

He'd have been at the Millions More Movement on Saturday as the Head of The New Black Panther Party! His presence was surely missed!


Black Power!!!!!

SexyBeautifulOne said:

Was he at the Million Man March in 1995? Or was he in prison at the time?

dreamfactory313 said:

I'm pretty sure he wasn't there. Why, I don't know and don't care. The question was...what would he be doing NOW and I gave my heartfelt answer.
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Anxiety said:

Yeah, that sounds like Pac...

10-20 years

Making himself a cheese sandwich.

jjhunsecker said:

writing the great american novel

SexyBeautifulOne said:

Just keeping it real

Let's be honest : Tupac , for all his talent, was an asshole . He was a wanna-be thug who tried to hard to be "down", and that's where he is now, down in his grave. The Black community needs more wanna-be thugs like it needs more poverty and oppression

jjhunsecker said:

Whatever!! Tupac wasn't trying to be anything but Tupac!! The hypersenstive ass media found they sold more when they advertised that THUG persona and ran with it! The reason Tupac was cut down in his prime is because he was EXACTLY what the black community needed...an eloquent brother that could move the masses with whatever the fuck he chose to talk about! And the scary ass motherfucka's in power chose to shut him up BEFORE he had the chance to SPEAK ON what was relevant because they knew we'd HEAR him and UNDERSTAND!! Just like they did with the ORIGINAL Black Panther Party!! You want to keep it real? Then talking about shit you have no knowledge of!!

funkpill said:

Oh hell yeah...

SexyBeautifulOne said:

Thats what I'm talkin bout'...

If Tupac Shakur were alive, he would be:

a) Wiping the floor with other rappers
b) getting shot
c) doing time
d) rapping about all of the above

ThreadBare said:

Can't disagree...

SexyBeautifulOne said:

I think it's easy to romanticize someone who is talented and charismatic, as Shakur was. I think it's a bit hyperbolic, though, to say that we needed someone like him, though. There are a number of folks in society at large telling it like it is: Cornel West, Les Payne, bell hooks, Donna Britt, Eric Michael Dyson, Aaron MacGruder, Chuck D. -- to name but a few. No one has gone after them to "shut them up." If anything, because of their respective abilities to make wise life decisions that have preserved their safety and careers, they've been blessed with platforms that allow them each to reach wide numbers of people, regardless of that audience's color, and to still speak truth to power.

To me, they're the type of social prophet you describe.

Shakur was a victim of his refusal to leave a dangerous AND STUPID lifestyle. And, I would hesitate to idolize such a person.

Decomposing.

ThreadBare said:

That's not idolization because I don't idolize anyone except My Creator! Tupac was far more than his thug persona, that's stating a fact not romanticizing.

I chose to do my own research into the man's life and not just be blinded by what the media chose to show about him. Of course he wasn't a Saint but then again how many among us are? He also WAS NOT the drug-smoking, gun-toting, gang-banging, woman-raping thug the media made him out to be! Sure he may have done some of those things in his life but that's not ALL he did!

You brought up Cornel West, Eric Michael Dyson and Chuck D, well guess what...they feel the same way I do about the REAL Tupac and have said as much in print and on tape!

So instead of being judgemental and believing everything you see on tv, perhaps you should do a little research of your own. Believe me, you'll be surprised by how much you DON'T KNOW about Tupac.

acting...



and Threadbare, I do think you may put him in the same category as a fiddy cent or a Suge Knight and I don't think Tupac was necessarily just a pure thug with no purpose. Was he misguided in some areas, yes but there was something to him that's beyond just a rapper. Maybe if he had some guidance, that revolutionary that was in him could have been better directed.

We all have a purpose and I do think Pac had a voice but if you don't surround yourself with ppl who will help you to fulfill that purpose, the purpose dies as well as the man.

I think 2pac would have quit rap and focus on movies.

Rhondab said:

I totally agree with you Rhondab. He was someone that the black community would have listened to and I think that had he grown up a bit and had the guidance like you said, he would have turned into a great leader. RIP Pac