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TANYA: Hello, I'm Tanya Hart,
and welcome to our show.
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My guest today has experienced
truly horrendous life
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to just be 20 years old.
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His family portrait
could well be a poster
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for America's Most Wanted.
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Please welcome
a very streetwise young man
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who wants to make a difference
for all Black people.
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- What's up?
- Tupac Shakur.
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Welcome to our show.
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Thank you. I love it.
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Boy, you know,
I gotta tell you,
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I heard about
what happened to you
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as a young man.
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In retrospect, how would you say
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that your life has been?
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I would say it's been
like a test on my faith.
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You know what I'm saying?
You know how,
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I guess his name was Job
in the Bible,
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who God just did all of this
crazy stuff to him
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just to make sure
his faith was straight.
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And that's how it was.
It made me--
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If I didn't have
all of this stuff,
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I don't think that my feet
would have been so firm.
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- TANYA: Yeah.
- If God ain't finished
with me yet...
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TUPAC:
...let Him check me.
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MAN: Your socks are high, dude.
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BILLY: Yeah, make sure
y'all get the socks, man.
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PRODUCER: So, Billy, what is
your relation to Tupac?
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BILLY:
I am Tupac's oldest cousin.
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I'm eight years
older than him, so...
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before he became
who everybody know him as,
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he was like
this little dude
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who used
to follow me everywhere.
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And I'd be, like, "Man,
you can't go with me, man.
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I'm getting ready
to go do crime.
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You can't come with me
to do crime."
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But I didn't really feel
responsible about his safety
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until...
Halloween night, 1993.
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[distant police sirens wail]
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I had just got out of jail,
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and I hadn't seen Pac
for several years.
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My family had a ticket
for me to come to Atlanta.
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That's where
he's performing a show.
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- [crowd screaming]
- DANTE: Great night.
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First thing I see,
panties flying.
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But the night
was too good to be true.
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BILLY: Tupac ends up
getting into a beef
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with the security guards
about smoking this weed.
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So we cut the show short...
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- Fuck you, motherfuckers!
- [all shouting angrily]
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BILLY: ...and we left with six
or seven carloads
full of people.
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DANTE: "Yo, we at such-and-such.
Follow us to the room."
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BILLY: We're getting ready
to take a left into the hotel,
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but we can't
'cause there's a Black man
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arguing with two White men.
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He pushed him. He'll push him.
It looked corny,
but Pac still got out.
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[car door sensor dinging]
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BILLY: At that very moment,
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one of the White guys
hit the Black dude in the jaw.
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And when Pac saw that,
he freaked out.
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DANTE: The Black dude took off,
started running.
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BILLY: One of the White guys
pulled his gun out on Pac
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and told him to run.
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And that's when Pac
pulled up his shirt:
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"This is thug life.
I don't run nowhere."
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The dude took the gun and bang!
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BILLY:
Cracks the car window out.
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And started running.
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Right past me.
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So Tupac goes...
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"I want my gun. Give me my gun."
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BILLY: No.
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Nobody wanted to hand it to him.
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He goes around
and get it hisself.
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[car door sensor dinging]
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No, no, no, no.
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BILLY: They, like,
40 feet away and it's dark.
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And Tupac
gets down on one knee.
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- One knee.
- BILLY: He aims.
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You're not going to hit the--
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Bang, bang, bang!
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BILLY: Three shots.
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Just like a marksman. Trained.
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DANTE: All I remember seeing
was fire coming from the gun.
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BILLY: He takes his gun,
slams it on the ground,
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and I picked it up and said,
"You missed. You missed.
I know you missed."
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He said,
"Nah. I got him. I got him."
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DANTE: So he's sitting there...
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- [car door sensor dinging]
- [exhaling]
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..."Let's go, cuz."
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So I'm thinking
we about to skirt off.
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- [car doors slam]
- But we makes the left
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to go
in the hotel room.
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BILLY: Now we at the hotel,
and I look outside
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and I see police
all over the place.
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And I could see they're comin'
upstairs to the room.
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The room is full of people.
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Everybody is excited.
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They just saw
somebody get shot.
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But Tupac, he's calm.
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DANTE: Cloud of smoke.
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[exhaling]
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Weed.
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BILLY: His face is blank.
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DANTE:
Not talking about it.
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BILLY: He's like
in a peaceful trance.
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But I can hear the cops
outside the door.
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Suddenly, he says,
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"Yo, wait a minute.
I want everybody
to hear my new song."
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DANTE: Song?
We're going to jail.
This is over.
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The song he played
for the very first time...
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TUPAC: It's a love song.
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DANTE: ...with the police
at the door
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was "Dear Mama."
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- TUPAC: Dear Mama.
-"Dear Mama."
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Into it. Vibing. Smoking.
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- He's grooving now.
- Listen, listen.
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He has no connection
to what he just did.
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That was the first time
I realized...
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- TUPAC: Dear Mama.
- ...that that motherfucker
was for real.
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That he's gonna protect
Black people. Period.
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TUPAC: Dear Mama.
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BILLY:
That was how he was raised.
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["Dear Mama" by 2Pac playing]
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♪ When I was young
Me and my mama had beef ♪
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♪ 17 years old
Kicked out on the streets ♪
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♪ Though back at the time
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♪ I never thought
I'd see her face ♪
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♪ Ain't a woman alive
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♪ That could take
My mama's place ♪
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♪ Suspended from school
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♪ I'm scared to go home
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♪ I was the fool
With the big boys ♪
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♪ Breaking all the rules
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♪ I shed tears
With my baby sister ♪
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♪ Over the years we was poorer
Than the other little kids ♪
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♪ And even though we had
Different daddies ♪
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♪ The same drama
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♪ When things went wrong
We blamed Mama ♪
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♪ I reminisce
On the stress I caused ♪
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♪ It was hell
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♪ Hugging on my mama
From a jail cell ♪
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♪ And who'd think
In elementary ♪
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♪ Hey, I'd see
The penitentiary? ♪
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♪ One day running
From the police ♪
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♪ That's right
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♪ Mama catch me
Put a whupping to my backside ♪
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♪ And even as a crack fiend
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♪ Mama, you always
Was a Black queen, Mama ♪
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♪ I finally understand
For a woman it ain't easy ♪
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♪ Trying to raise a man
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♪ You always was committed
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♪ A poor single mother
On welfare ♪
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♪ Tell me how you did it
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♪ There's no way
I can pay you back ♪
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♪ But the plan is to show you
That I understand ♪
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♪ You are appreciated
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♪ Don't you know
We love you, sweet lady ♪
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♪ Dear Mama
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♪ Free you from your cage
Full of rage ♪
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♪ 'Cause this is
What a good day is ♪
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♪ And even though
You're lonely ♪
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♪ You're more than the mother
You're my homey ♪
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♪ There's no way
I could pay you back ♪
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♪ But my plan is to show you
That I understand ♪
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♪ Dear Mama
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MAN: How does doing
this project feel for you,
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I guess, 30 years later?
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MAN 2: That's pretty surreal,
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to do a narrative
that you were a part of.
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And then to have it be
so personal, you know, uh,
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I didn't want to do it at first,
and then I realized, shit,
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I never processed the trauma.
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But we have
to take ownership of all
of our collective journey,
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and go, "This is part of us."
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So how do we decant this?
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Tupac's legacy?
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Man, it's... it's really
difficult to sum that up.
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MIKE: Man, listen.
Anywhere I go,
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Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan...
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"How was Tupac?
What was he like?"
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Children soldiers from Uganda,
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"What was Tupac like?"
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Blows my mind.
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Tupac was the first rapper to me
that could make you cry.
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Like, he was just, like,
"Oh, my God, that's me."
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I've had many people
come up to me and say,
"Tupac saved my life."
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He was a great,
great storyteller,
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and I think the story
that he told most effectively
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was his own truth.
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Tupac was a Zen master.
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He lived in these moments
more than any of us,
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and if there wasn't
something happening,
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he was gonna
make something happen.
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They're teaching
his poetry in college.
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What are you talking about?
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He was a legend
in his own time. [laughs]
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And he would say that too.
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Pac lived three niggas' lives
in about eight months.
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That's why his life
seemed so long.
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SNOOP: They say a man
ain't a man 'til he's 27.
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He's still a baby at 25.
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But he just was like
a special motherfucker,
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and with a spirit that was only
grown through his mother.
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She was great
before he even got here.
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The myth builder,
a fantasy rider.
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Not mindin' his business,
he never did.
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His mother certainly didn't.
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'Cause where did Tupac get
the myth-building from, Afeni.
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And Feni wanted the story told.
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Correctly.
That means blemishes and all.
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So people can understand
that whole thing
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of what makes
a human being as he
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and the human being as she.
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So, here we go.
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WOMAN:
This is the videotape examination
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of Tupac Amaru Shakur,
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held at the Clinton
Correctional Facility,
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Dannemora, New York,
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at the time indicated
on the video screen.
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The notary public
will now swear the witness.
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Sir, would you raise
your right hand, please?
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- Yes.
- WOMAN: Do you swear or affirm
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that the testimony you're about
to give will be the truth,
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the whole truth,
and nothing but the truth?
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- I do.
- WOMAN: Thank you.
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AFENI: Well, I think we start--
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Let's start with his name.
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MAN: Could you please state
your full name for the record?
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Yes.
It's Tupac Amaru Shakur.
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AFENI: Tupac Amaru
is an Inca name.
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The first Tupac Amaru was
the last indigenous Inca chief
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to be killed and martyred
by the Spanish conquistadores
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who came to invade the area
of South America called Peru.
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After that, another
Tupac Amaru laid out plans
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for the modern state of Peru.
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Also killed and martyred
by the Spanish people.
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Tupac was conceived during
the worst part of my life.
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I was on trial for my life,
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and I chose his name
because I wanted my son
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to understand
that African-Americans
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are not the only people
that this has happened to.
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I'm Afeni Shakur,
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and I'm Tupac's mom.
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MAN: The grand jury
has returned an indictment
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charging members
of the Black Panther Party
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with a conspiracy to destroy
elements of society,
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which they regarded as part of,
and I'm quoting the indictment,
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"The power structure."
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AFENI: Before I became a parent,
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I chose to be
in the Black Panther Party.
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Tupac stayed in my womb
through hell.
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And the Black Panther Party
helped me, number one,
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to respect who my son was
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simply because of his birth.
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A Black male born in America
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in the 1970s.
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It was my responsibility
to teach Tupac
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how to survive his reality.
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[airplane whirring]
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[upbeat song playing]
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♪ Ah, can you feel it, baby?
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♪ I can
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[school bell ringing]
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CHRISTINE:
My name is Christine Mendes,
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and I'm a senior.
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GRAHAM: I'm Graham Davis,
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and I'm a junior
here at Tamalpais High School.
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And I'm loving
every minute of it.
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My name is Tupac Shakur,
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and I attend
Tamalpais High School,
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and I'm 17 years old.
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GIRL 1: Tam is
the raddest school ever.
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GIRL 2: The best thing
about going to Tam
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is the Drama department.
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GIRL 3: And here,
you can dress how you want.
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You can be who you want to be.
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What do I like the most
about this school?
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- INTERVIEWER: Yeah.
- Um...
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TUPAC: Well--Oh, I hope
I don't get in trouble
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because Tam
is really integrated,
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but I think there should be
a different curriculum
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in each and every, like,
neighborhood, you know?
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Because I'm learning
the basics,
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but since I'm living
in a slum-ish area
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and I'm Black,
they're not basic for me.
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Like German.
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When am I going
to Germany?
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I can't afford to pay
my rent in America.
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MAN:
I pledge allegiance...
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ALL: ...to the flag of
the United States of America.
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TUPAC:
We're not being taught to deal
with the world as it is.
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We're being taught to deal
with this fairy land
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which we're not even
living in anymore.
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ALL: ...liberty
and justice for all.
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TUPAC: That's why
my mother taught me
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to analyze society
and not be quiet.
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To... If there's something
on my mind, speak it.
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Because-- Okay, I got to go
to the beginning.
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My mother was a Black Panther.
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MIKE WALLACE:
The Black Panther Party.
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The Panthers believed
the system was against them.
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They were willing
to pick up the gun
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to protect themselves
from what they call
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the Pig Power Structure.
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WOMAN: They demanded land, housing,
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food, clothing, jobs,
education, and justice.
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But most urgently,
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they demanded an end
to the police brutality
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that they had witnessed
in the Black community.
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REPORTER: The Panthers
were most admired
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for their willingness to die
for what they believe in.
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But second to that,
their Free Breakfast
for Children Program.
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- [explosion]
- WALLACE: The Black Panthers
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formally disbanded
by the early '80s,
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killed both by internal
squabbling and by COINTELPRO,
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the controversial FBI
Counter Intelligence Program
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focused in part on infiltrating
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and sabotaging
the Black Panther Party.
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WOMAN: It is clear
that many Americans
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still retain a fearful image
of the group,
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but it may be too soon
to know what history
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will write
of the Black Panther Party
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or to know how their actions
have really affected the lives
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of thousands of youngsters
just like these.
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TUPAC: I loved my childhood,
but I hated growing up poor.
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My mother's totally brilliant.
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She could have chose
to go to college
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and got a degree
and been well off.
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But we're stone broke.
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We're just poor because our
ideals always get in the way.
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Yeah, let me tell you this
about Afeni.
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So we correct,
nobody don't think
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I'm blowing sunshine
up her ass.
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She got on my nerve.
336
00:14:16,338 --> 00:14:17,268
Do you understand
what I'm saying?
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Walled me out,
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00:14:19,168 --> 00:14:21,898
because the thing
that I always had to do
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all my life
is protect my sister.
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AFENI: That's my sister.
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Her name is Glo.
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And everybody around me knows
who Glo is.
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She's the oldest,
and we were always a unit.
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♪ I won't harm you
With words from my mouth ♪
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♪ I love you
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♪ I need you to survive
347
00:14:41,397 --> 00:14:45,157
I would never hurt my sister
with words from my mouth...
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00:14:45,160 --> 00:14:46,920
to her, you know.
349
00:14:46,920 --> 00:14:48,540
I talk shit behind her back,
cuss her ass out.
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You know what I mean? [laughs]
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["Me and My Girlfriend" playing]
352
00:14:51,925 --> 00:14:53,505
♪ Look for me,
Lost in the whirlwind ♪
353
00:14:53,513 --> 00:14:55,583
♪ '96 Bonnie and Clyde
354
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♪ Me and my girlfriend
Doing 85 when we ride ♪
355
00:14:58,242 --> 00:14:59,522
♪ Trapped in this world
Of sin ♪
356
00:14:59,519 --> 00:15:01,279
♪ Born as a ghetto child
357
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♪ Raised in this whirlwind,
C'mon ♪
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GLORIA: Awesome.
359
00:15:03,592 --> 00:15:05,422
Awesome.
360
00:15:05,421 --> 00:15:07,461
Let me tell you something. Awesome.
361
00:15:07,458 --> 00:15:09,248
Coming to New York
was awesome.
362
00:15:10,599 --> 00:15:14,289
Feni was maybe 11.
363
00:15:14,292 --> 00:15:16,232
You know, we were both
little dark-skinned girls
364
00:15:16,225 --> 00:15:18,565
from North Carolina.
365
00:15:18,572 --> 00:15:21,232
What I remember is the smells.
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00:15:21,230 --> 00:15:23,920
I had never smelled garlic.
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00:15:23,923 --> 00:15:26,583
I had never tasted butter, salami.
368
00:15:26,580 --> 00:15:29,310
We had never heard of salami.
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00:15:29,307 --> 00:15:31,067
New York was exciting.
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00:15:31,068 --> 00:15:34,448
The--The noise and the,
uh... uh...
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00:15:36,452 --> 00:15:38,452
The rhythm of it.
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00:15:38,454 --> 00:15:41,464
Both of us were very happy
to be in New York,
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00:15:41,457 --> 00:15:43,527
'cause Feni hated Lumberton.
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00:15:43,528 --> 00:15:46,288
Lumberton had no rhythm.
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00:15:46,290 --> 00:15:49,600
My father was a truck driver
and he was a drinker.
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00:15:49,603 --> 00:15:51,093
He had other women.
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00:15:51,088 --> 00:15:53,158
Stayed gone all the time.
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00:15:53,159 --> 00:15:56,399
My mother was tired
of the arguing.
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00:15:56,403 --> 00:15:59,413
Went to New York,
got a job, and sent for us.
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00:15:59,406 --> 00:16:04,266
So my memory of my father
is a person who was not there.
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00:16:04,273 --> 00:16:07,283
My mother had a room
and an apartment
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00:16:07,276 --> 00:16:10,656
with an old White lady
in The Bronx.
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00:16:10,659 --> 00:16:13,009
I remember the kids saying,
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00:16:13,006 --> 00:16:15,076
[sing-songy]
"Bald-headed,
ain't got no hair."
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00:16:15,077 --> 00:16:16,627
I never knew that in the South,
386
00:16:16,630 --> 00:16:18,460
but in New York,
that's what we heard.
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00:16:18,460 --> 00:16:21,330
And, "You're dark-skinned"
and all of that.
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00:16:21,325 --> 00:16:23,115
Feni could not be a cheerleader
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00:16:23,120 --> 00:16:25,330
'cause she didn't
have long hair.
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00:16:25,329 --> 00:16:27,539
And we went to Black schools,
segregated schools.
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00:16:27,538 --> 00:16:29,158
So these were Black people
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00:16:29,160 --> 00:16:32,300
choosing how the girls should look,
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00:16:32,301 --> 00:16:33,131
and it wasn't us.
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00:16:34,579 --> 00:16:37,029
So going to high school,
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00:16:37,030 --> 00:16:41,660
Feni concentrated on being
the smartest at everything.
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00:16:41,655 --> 00:16:44,655
And she auditioned
and she got accepted
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00:16:44,658 --> 00:16:47,628
into the High School
of Performing Arts.
398
00:16:47,627 --> 00:16:50,317
She had a curiosity
in her spirit
399
00:16:50,319 --> 00:16:52,149
about what she wanted to be,
400
00:16:52,149 --> 00:16:54,529
but she wasn't comfortable
401
00:16:54,530 --> 00:16:57,460
knowing that she didn't have
what the other kids had,
402
00:16:57,464 --> 00:16:59,984
because they
were rich White kids
from the suburbs somewhere.
403
00:16:59,984 --> 00:17:03,164
So, yeah, it was anger,
because my mother
can't do this,
404
00:17:03,160 --> 00:17:04,750
my mother can't do that.
405
00:17:04,747 --> 00:17:06,677
And I was comfortable
in whatever it was.
406
00:17:06,680 --> 00:17:09,300
You know, I'd be all right.
Feni was never that.
407
00:17:09,304 --> 00:17:12,554
She felt things differently
and deeper,
408
00:17:12,548 --> 00:17:15,658
because she always wanted
to be beyond
409
00:17:15,655 --> 00:17:17,685
what her circumstances were.
410
00:17:17,691 --> 00:17:21,351
Feni was really both
a wanderer and a wonderer,
411
00:17:21,350 --> 00:17:23,390
and I don't mean aimlessly.
412
00:17:23,387 --> 00:17:25,487
- SEALE: I am...
- CROWD: I am...
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00:17:25,492 --> 00:17:27,742
- SEALE: ...a revolutionary.
- CROWD: ...a revolutionary.
414
00:17:27,736 --> 00:17:30,496
GLORIA: So, yeah,
she stepped right into
the Black Panther Party.
415
00:17:30,497 --> 00:17:33,497
That was Bobby Seale
she saw on 125th Street.
416
00:17:33,500 --> 00:17:35,570
- I am...
- CROWD: I am...
417
00:17:35,571 --> 00:17:37,091
...a revolutionary.
418
00:17:37,090 --> 00:17:39,610
GLORIA: And I was scared.
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00:17:39,610 --> 00:17:41,230
REPORTER 1: Thirty-two-year-old
ex-con named Bobby Seale
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00:17:41,232 --> 00:17:43,792
proclaims his hope
for revolution.
421
00:17:43,786 --> 00:17:46,026
GLORIA: All I knew was
what I saw on television.
422
00:17:46,030 --> 00:17:48,030
REPORTER 2: The extremists,
the revolutionaries,
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00:17:48,032 --> 00:17:50,722
say the Black people have been
left with no alternative
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00:17:50,724 --> 00:17:52,664
but to gain by violence
what they've been denied
425
00:17:52,657 --> 00:17:54,447
by peaceful means.
426
00:17:54,452 --> 00:17:56,562
So the same thing
that I admired and loved
427
00:17:56,558 --> 00:17:59,288
for the Black people
standing on there with the guns,
428
00:17:59,285 --> 00:18:02,285
now my sister's down with it.
Well, that's a different story.
429
00:18:02,288 --> 00:18:04,218
But that's what she was doing,
430
00:18:04,221 --> 00:18:06,261
then that's what
I was down with.
431
00:18:06,257 --> 00:18:07,707
REPORTER 2:
They offer self-respect,
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00:18:07,707 --> 00:18:09,567
pride in being Black,
433
00:18:09,571 --> 00:18:12,751
beauty in being Black,
and Black people are listening.
434
00:18:12,746 --> 00:18:16,126
AFENI: I was liberated
and empowered
435
00:18:16,129 --> 00:18:18,439
by the Black Panther Party,
436
00:18:18,442 --> 00:18:19,682
because young women
at that time
437
00:18:19,684 --> 00:18:21,384
wanted to be different,
438
00:18:21,376 --> 00:18:23,546
and young men
were perfectly willing
439
00:18:23,550 --> 00:18:27,420
to see women as individuals
that they could respect.
440
00:18:27,416 --> 00:18:30,386
That was something
that I yearned for.
441
00:18:30,385 --> 00:18:33,215
GLORIA: She brought
an array of characters
442
00:18:33,215 --> 00:18:35,735
that I had never thought existed.
443
00:18:35,735 --> 00:18:38,215
Panthers, hustlers,
444
00:18:38,220 --> 00:18:40,770
gay women, gay men.
445
00:18:40,774 --> 00:18:43,614
So if she opened up my world,
446
00:18:43,605 --> 00:18:49,265
imagine her son around
this array of characters,
447
00:18:49,266 --> 00:18:51,406
what that was for him.
448
00:18:51,406 --> 00:18:53,196
In the beginning,
it's beautiful.
449
00:18:54,754 --> 00:18:56,274
TUPAC: I can't stand racism
450
00:18:56,273 --> 00:18:58,453
in any form, shape, or color.
451
00:18:58,447 --> 00:19:00,347
I feel like
if you can't respect yourself,
452
00:19:00,346 --> 00:19:02,236
then you can't respect
your race,
453
00:19:02,244 --> 00:19:04,114
then you can't respect
another's race.
454
00:19:04,108 --> 00:19:06,248
It just has to do with respect,
like my mother taught me.
455
00:19:06,248 --> 00:19:08,418
So, what we want--
456
00:19:08,423 --> 00:19:10,363
What we're doing is starting
the Black Panthers again.
457
00:19:10,356 --> 00:19:13,496
And I'm talking to a lot of
the ex-members of the Panthers.
458
00:19:13,497 --> 00:19:15,287
And they did a lot
of good things in the past.
459
00:19:15,292 --> 00:19:17,502
It's just that...
460
00:19:17,501 --> 00:19:18,711
you know those things
they had for the mice
461
00:19:18,709 --> 00:19:20,469
where they go through
around the circle
462
00:19:20,469 --> 00:19:21,539
and it has little blocks for it
and everything?
463
00:19:21,539 --> 00:19:23,819
Well, society is like that.
464
00:19:23,817 --> 00:19:25,817
They'll let you go
as far as you want,
465
00:19:25,819 --> 00:19:27,549
but as soon as you start asking
too many questions
466
00:19:27,545 --> 00:19:29,505
and you're ready to change,
467
00:19:29,513 --> 00:19:31,793
boom, their blocker come.
468
00:19:31,791 --> 00:19:35,101
And, for me, minds would come
through being a statistic.
469
00:19:41,628 --> 00:19:45,808
MAN: Have you had
your deposition taken before?
470
00:19:45,805 --> 00:19:48,525
TUPAC: On one other occasion,
I have, yes.
471
00:19:48,532 --> 00:19:51,472
MAN: Do you understand, then,
the deposition process
472
00:19:51,466 --> 00:19:54,676
in that I'm gonna ask you some
questions and you, under oath,
473
00:19:54,676 --> 00:19:57,676
are gonna answer my questions,
and we'll have it on video?
474
00:19:59,370 --> 00:20:00,610
- Yes, I do.
- MAN: Okay.
475
00:20:02,304 --> 00:20:03,694
How'd you get interested
in music?
476
00:20:08,379 --> 00:20:10,489
I started off with poetry.
477
00:20:10,485 --> 00:20:12,345
It is my opinion
that I was rapping
478
00:20:12,349 --> 00:20:14,349
while I was writing poetry.
479
00:20:14,351 --> 00:20:17,181
But while I was
in Marin County,
480
00:20:17,181 --> 00:20:19,361
poets, I saw,
481
00:20:19,356 --> 00:20:21,356
were looked on as, like, wimps.
482
00:20:21,358 --> 00:20:23,568
So I did that personally,
483
00:20:23,567 --> 00:20:26,537
but then I started to change
the method of my poetry.
484
00:20:26,535 --> 00:20:28,915
- MAN: Okay, how old were you?
- TUPAC: 17.
485
00:20:28,917 --> 00:20:31,327
Seventeen's such a weird age.
486
00:20:31,333 --> 00:20:33,613
Like today, when I had to sign
the release form,
487
00:20:33,611 --> 00:20:35,611
I felt so bad 'cause I couldn't
sign it myself.
488
00:20:35,613 --> 00:20:38,693
I had to go and get my mother's
and all that, but...
489
00:20:38,685 --> 00:20:42,515
18 is... it's just society's way
of saying that you're ready.
490
00:20:42,517 --> 00:20:45,517
But 17, like,
I think I'm ready now,
491
00:20:45,520 --> 00:20:47,520
as ready as I'm gonna be
in this world, but...
492
00:20:47,522 --> 00:20:51,282
So, it's okay,
I guess 17 is alright.
493
00:20:51,284 --> 00:20:53,634
RYAN: When Tupac
first came out here,
494
00:20:53,631 --> 00:20:56,361
he was totally different
than everybody else.
495
00:20:56,358 --> 00:20:58,568
I remember when I first met him,
he had on a--
496
00:20:58,567 --> 00:21:00,467
He would wear this jean outfit
with, like, ripped jeans
and stuff.
497
00:21:00,466 --> 00:21:02,806
Nobody wore ripped clothes
in the late '80s.
498
00:21:02,813 --> 00:21:04,783
If that is the East Coast
style, I don't know.
499
00:21:04,780 --> 00:21:06,470
It was different to us.
500
00:21:06,472 --> 00:21:08,722
So he stood out
like a sore thumb.
501
00:21:08,715 --> 00:21:10,915
But at the same time,
he was so charismatic.
502
00:21:10,924 --> 00:21:12,444
Everybody liked Tupac.
503
00:21:12,443 --> 00:21:14,313
INTERVIEWER:
What-- Give me a--
504
00:21:14,307 --> 00:21:15,407
You-- Like last year,
you were in New York?
505
00:21:15,412 --> 00:21:16,792
- Yeah.
- INTERVIEWER: Where?
506
00:21:16,792 --> 00:21:18,242
No, last year,
I was in Baltimore.
507
00:21:18,242 --> 00:21:19,972
Year before that, I was in--
508
00:21:19,968 --> 00:21:21,588
I spent three years in
Baltimore, my high school years,
509
00:21:21,590 --> 00:21:22,970
going to the School
of Performing Arts.
510
00:21:22,971 --> 00:21:25,281
[upbeat music playing]
511
00:21:27,389 --> 00:21:29,289
Then before that,
I was in New York.
512
00:21:29,288 --> 00:21:31,808
That's where I grew up.
513
00:21:31,807 --> 00:21:34,467
We moved out of New York
because of my mother's choices.
514
00:21:34,465 --> 00:21:36,465
And I came to California
to escape that violence
515
00:21:36,467 --> 00:21:38,807
that I escaped New York for,
escaped Baltimore for.
516
00:21:38,814 --> 00:21:41,444
Come to Marin City,
and there's skinheads violence.
517
00:21:43,302 --> 00:21:45,442
KENDRICK: This is Marin County.
518
00:21:45,442 --> 00:21:49,002
Probably like the fifth-richest
county in the United States.
519
00:21:48,997 --> 00:21:51,277
A lot of old money.
520
00:21:51,275 --> 00:21:52,445
Beautiful place.
521
00:21:52,449 --> 00:21:53,969
Nothing but scenery
522
00:21:53,967 --> 00:21:56,757
next to the Golden Gate Bridge.
523
00:21:56,763 --> 00:21:58,493
SINGER: ♪ You make me feel
So good ♪
524
00:21:58,489 --> 00:22:00,319
KENDRICK:
Marin City is a little hole...
525
00:22:00,319 --> 00:22:02,529
TUPAC: Fuck the police.
526
00:22:02,528 --> 00:22:03,458
KENDRICK:
...right at the bottom
of the hill...
527
00:22:03,460 --> 00:22:05,670
TUPAC: Fuck the police.
528
00:22:05,669 --> 00:22:07,019
KENDRICK:
...where they put
all the Black people.
529
00:22:07,015 --> 00:22:08,595
SINGER: ♪ Oh, my gosh
530
00:22:08,603 --> 00:22:10,813
We used to say,
"One way in, one way out."
531
00:22:10,812 --> 00:22:13,472
SINGER: ♪ Thinking
Of a master plan ♪
532
00:22:13,470 --> 00:22:15,610
♪ 'Cause ain't nothing
But sweat inside my hand ♪
533
00:22:15,610 --> 00:22:18,300
♪ So I dig into my pocket
All my money spent ♪
534
00:22:18,302 --> 00:22:20,062
♪ So I dig deeper
But still coming up with lint ♪
535
00:22:20,062 --> 00:22:21,822
RYAN: We lived
in the Tall Buildings,
536
00:22:21,823 --> 00:22:23,453
the original project buildings
in Marin City.
537
00:22:23,445 --> 00:22:25,445
From my back patio,
538
00:22:25,447 --> 00:22:26,377
I could look out
to the Tiburon Bay
539
00:22:26,379 --> 00:22:28,489
and see mansions and yachts.
540
00:22:28,485 --> 00:22:30,625
And I go out my front door,
541
00:22:30,625 --> 00:22:32,275
and I see dope fiends
and kids with no shoes,
542
00:22:32,281 --> 00:22:33,801
and they ain't ate all day.
543
00:22:33,800 --> 00:22:35,560
So I was outspoken
on political things,
544
00:22:35,561 --> 00:22:37,631
but Tupac was me times ten.
545
00:22:37,632 --> 00:22:40,052
TUPAC: In Marin City,
I've seen already death.
546
00:22:40,048 --> 00:22:41,948
I mean, aren't they wondering
why death rates are going up,
547
00:22:41,946 --> 00:22:43,526
and suicide, drug abuse?
548
00:22:43,534 --> 00:22:45,364
Aren't they wondering?
I mean...
549
00:22:45,364 --> 00:22:47,544
RAY: Pac is beyond conscious.
550
00:22:47,538 --> 00:22:50,468
His hairstyle is conscious,
profound, distinct.
551
00:22:50,472 --> 00:22:52,542
And I'm looking at this dude
like there's no way
552
00:22:52,543 --> 00:22:54,963
that he's a good rapper
dressed like that.
553
00:22:56,754 --> 00:22:59,554
But never judge a book
by its cover.
554
00:22:59,550 --> 00:23:02,420
♪ As real as it seems
The American dream ♪
555
00:23:02,415 --> 00:23:04,415
♪ Ain't nothing but another
Calculated scheme ♪
556
00:23:04,417 --> 00:23:06,487
♪ To get us locked up
Shot up and back in chains ♪
557
00:23:06,488 --> 00:23:08,728
♪ To deny us of the future
Rob our names ♪
558
00:23:08,732 --> 00:23:10,942
RYAN: Rakim was out at the time.
I would tell everybody,
559
00:23:10,941 --> 00:23:13,671
"My buddy is doper than Rakim
right now. He's 17 years old."
560
00:23:13,668 --> 00:23:14,738
♪ You kept my history
A mystery ♪
561
00:23:14,738 --> 00:23:16,908
♪ But now I see
562
00:23:16,912 --> 00:23:18,742
♪ The American dream
Wasn't meant for me ♪
563
00:23:18,742 --> 00:23:19,712
♪ 'Cause Lady Liberty's
A hypocrite ♪
564
00:23:19,708 --> 00:23:21,848
♪ She lied to me
565
00:23:21,848 --> 00:23:23,678
♪ Promised me freedom
Education, and equality ♪
566
00:23:23,678 --> 00:23:25,708
♪ She never gave me
Nothing but slavery ♪
567
00:23:25,714 --> 00:23:28,614
♪ So now look at how dangerous
You made me ♪
568
00:23:28,614 --> 00:23:31,764
He's rappin' about stuff
that I'm not even beginning
to think about.
569
00:23:31,755 --> 00:23:33,065
And I'm blown away.
570
00:23:33,066 --> 00:23:34,376
♪ Calling me a madman
571
00:23:34,378 --> 00:23:36,098
♪ Because I'm strong and bold
572
00:23:36,104 --> 00:23:37,074
♪ With this gun
Full of knowledge ♪
573
00:23:37,070 --> 00:23:39,450
♪ Of the lies you told
574
00:23:39,452 --> 00:23:41,112
♪ Promise me emancipation
In this new nation ♪
575
00:23:41,109 --> 00:23:43,529
♪ All you ever gave my people
Was starvation ♪
576
00:23:43,525 --> 00:23:45,525
♪ Fathers of this country
Never cared for me ♪
577
00:23:45,527 --> 00:23:47,597
♪ They kept my ancestors
Shackled up in slavery ♪
578
00:23:47,598 --> 00:23:49,978
♪ And Uncle Sam never did
A damn thing for me ♪
579
00:23:49,980 --> 00:23:52,470
♪ Except lie about the facts
Of my history ♪
580
00:23:52,465 --> 00:23:54,735
RYAN: It's amazing to me
because I would look
in his rap book.
581
00:23:54,743 --> 00:23:57,473
He'd have pages of poems
in between raps.
582
00:23:57,470 --> 00:23:59,540
You know,
he'd write a hard rap,
583
00:23:59,541 --> 00:24:01,581
then have a poem about a girl
he fell in love with,
584
00:24:01,578 --> 00:24:04,128
with hearts and flowers
and eyeballs all on top of it.
585
00:24:04,132 --> 00:24:05,752
I always thought that was weird.
586
00:24:05,754 --> 00:24:07,764
Romantic.
I mean, people didn't know
587
00:24:07,756 --> 00:24:10,406
he was a ballet dancer,
he was an actor.
588
00:24:10,414 --> 00:24:12,074
Whatever you're talking about,
he knew about it.
589
00:24:12,071 --> 00:24:14,421
But he was saying stuff
that we wanted to hear,
590
00:24:14,418 --> 00:24:17,558
and we didn't want to hear about
women, about us, about his mom.
591
00:24:17,559 --> 00:24:19,909
♪ My mother never let me
Forget my history ♪
592
00:24:19,906 --> 00:24:22,386
♪ Hoping I was set free
Chains never put on me ♪
593
00:24:22,391 --> 00:24:24,641
♪ Wanted to be
More than just free ♪
594
00:24:24,635 --> 00:24:26,565
♪ Had to know the true facts
About my history ♪
595
00:24:26,568 --> 00:24:28,188
And he'd be over here,
yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm, like...
596
00:24:28,190 --> 00:24:29,610
TUPAC: Like yesterday
he was cursing,
597
00:24:29,606 --> 00:24:31,566
and I was like,
"Don't curse."
598
00:24:31,573 --> 00:24:33,583
And he got mad at me
because I told him not to curse.
599
00:24:33,575 --> 00:24:34,605
Mind y'all, I wasn't really
trying to hear it.
600
00:24:34,611 --> 00:24:36,921
They call girls the B-word.
601
00:24:36,923 --> 00:24:39,033
- KENDRICK: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- TUPAC: They are getting girls.
602
00:24:39,029 --> 00:24:41,509
And I'm going, "Peace," and,
"I think you're beautiful."
603
00:24:41,514 --> 00:24:44,104
And they're going, "Well, I like
him because he's masculine."
604
00:24:44,103 --> 00:24:47,143
I'm masculine. I mean...
605
00:24:47,140 --> 00:24:50,140
But then, I was liking this girl
in Tam. And I'm extra nice.
606
00:24:50,143 --> 00:24:52,043
You know, extra gentleman.
607
00:24:52,042 --> 00:24:53,152
I'm extra just, like,
"Oh, you're beautiful,
608
00:24:53,146 --> 00:24:54,796
and you deserve the best,"
609
00:24:54,803 --> 00:24:57,533
and she told me I was too nice.
610
00:24:57,530 --> 00:24:59,500
I couldn't believe it.
611
00:24:59,498 --> 00:25:01,528
It wouldn't work
'cause I was too nice.
612
00:25:01,534 --> 00:25:03,614
That was the ultimate stab
in the back.
613
00:25:03,605 --> 00:25:05,495
So I went through a week
of just going,
614
00:25:05,504 --> 00:25:06,574
"Forget it.
I'm just gonna be like them."
615
00:25:08,092 --> 00:25:10,962
KENDRICK: He was hurt.
616
00:25:10,957 --> 00:25:12,677
It wasn't so much
he changed, you know,
617
00:25:12,683 --> 00:25:14,103
I always say,
he made progressions.
618
00:25:15,997 --> 00:25:17,787
He just jumped in the car
and started doing
619
00:25:17,792 --> 00:25:19,862
what me and my friends
were doing,
620
00:25:19,863 --> 00:25:22,523
which was romanticizing
all over the county.
621
00:25:22,521 --> 00:25:24,561
And from then on,
he became a player.
622
00:25:24,557 --> 00:25:26,527
But he did something
I did not do.
623
00:25:26,525 --> 00:25:29,175
He went into the girls' minds,
624
00:25:29,182 --> 00:25:33,152
and he became what they wanted.
625
00:25:33,152 --> 00:25:35,572
RYAN: That was his gift.
626
00:25:35,568 --> 00:25:37,158
He related to them.
He got into character.
627
00:25:37,156 --> 00:25:39,186
And he was real about it.
628
00:25:39,192 --> 00:25:41,752
He showed a part of them
that they'd never seen.
629
00:25:41,747 --> 00:25:44,607
And when I say "player,"
I don't mean somebody
who lies to women
630
00:25:44,612 --> 00:25:48,552
or someone who knows the game
and fits in appropriately.
631
00:25:48,547 --> 00:25:50,197
It's an addition
to the situation,
632
00:25:50,203 --> 00:25:52,143
and he was a great player.
633
00:25:52,136 --> 00:25:53,826
He stole the show.
634
00:25:53,828 --> 00:25:55,898
No matter what crowd
we took him around,
635
00:25:55,899 --> 00:25:59,519
I don't care if it was the most
gangster dudes in East Oakland,
636
00:25:59,523 --> 00:26:02,603
rich men, or some square cats
in Santa Rosa,
637
00:26:02,595 --> 00:26:04,555
Tupac would instantly use
the same words they'd use
638
00:26:04,563 --> 00:26:06,743
that fit right in.
639
00:26:06,737 --> 00:26:08,737
And everybody would be drawn
to him immediately,
640
00:26:08,739 --> 00:26:11,259
White, Black,
no matter who it was,
641
00:26:11,259 --> 00:26:14,189
but being around
that environment,
he ended up doing things
642
00:26:14,193 --> 00:26:15,193
that he really
didn't have to do.
643
00:26:15,194 --> 00:26:17,204
He was struggling financially,
644
00:26:17,196 --> 00:26:18,746
and so he was trying
to sell drugs.
645
00:26:18,749 --> 00:26:20,579
I mean,
crack was full blown.
646
00:26:20,579 --> 00:26:22,549
But Tupac
was such a nice person,
647
00:26:22,546 --> 00:26:23,616
he probably was fronting
all his dope out.
648
00:26:23,616 --> 00:26:25,926
RAY: We sucked at selling crack.
649
00:26:25,929 --> 00:26:29,099
We was the worst crack dealers
in the history of crack dealers.
650
00:26:29,104 --> 00:26:32,594
He sold crack for, like,
I think five days.
651
00:26:32,591 --> 00:26:35,281
I think I sold crack
for seven, mostly,
652
00:26:35,283 --> 00:26:37,293
because I couldn't sell
my crack, which is weird,
653
00:26:37,285 --> 00:26:39,935
like, I just...
don't nobody want it,
654
00:26:39,943 --> 00:26:42,743
like, I don't even know
how to, like, who to take it to.
655
00:26:42,739 --> 00:26:45,219
But we knew very quickly
656
00:26:45,224 --> 00:26:48,684
that that was not gonna be
our way out.
657
00:26:48,676 --> 00:26:53,606
Because capitalism requires
that your empathy level
is relatively low,
658
00:26:53,612 --> 00:26:58,132
and his empathy level
was a little higher
than most people.
659
00:26:58,133 --> 00:27:00,313
He did not believe
in hurting, maiming,
660
00:27:00,308 --> 00:27:02,068
or killing Black people.
661
00:27:02,068 --> 00:27:04,798
So if a person's smoking crack
662
00:27:04,795 --> 00:27:07,315
with their daughter
or their son,
663
00:27:07,315 --> 00:27:09,275
he's not gonna recover
from that.
664
00:27:09,282 --> 00:27:11,252
But one day,
comin' out of school,
665
00:27:11,250 --> 00:27:13,670
Leila's standing outside
666
00:27:13,666 --> 00:27:16,076
looking for kids that
wanna perform and did that.
667
00:27:16,082 --> 00:27:17,222
LEILA: I'd like to just introduce
668
00:27:17,221 --> 00:27:18,331
everyone who participated.
669
00:27:18,326 --> 00:27:20,116
This is my daughter Shaquan...
670
00:27:20,121 --> 00:27:22,091
- TUPAC: Leila Steinberg.
- ...Shiqua...
671
00:27:22,088 --> 00:27:24,128
TUPAC: She was older
and she was White,
672
00:27:24,125 --> 00:27:25,915
and she's the one that I used
673
00:27:25,920 --> 00:27:28,160
- to let look at my poetry.
- ...Raymond...
674
00:27:28,163 --> 00:27:30,373
She understood a lot of things
675
00:27:30,372 --> 00:27:33,172
that I was doing that other
people couldn't understand.
676
00:27:33,168 --> 00:27:36,688
And she's the one that, um...
677
00:27:36,689 --> 00:27:39,799
stayed on me about working hard
to do my music.
678
00:27:39,796 --> 00:27:42,756
RAY: Leila is an anomaly,
679
00:27:42,764 --> 00:27:45,704
but at her most pure,
she's a educator.
680
00:27:45,698 --> 00:27:48,358
One of our main goals is
to educate while we entertain.
681
00:27:48,356 --> 00:27:50,626
RAY: Pac and I knew very early
682
00:27:50,634 --> 00:27:53,674
that this business is brutal.
683
00:27:53,672 --> 00:27:57,232
Like the most criminal-minded,
shady people
684
00:27:57,227 --> 00:27:59,327
feasting off theater kids.
685
00:27:59,332 --> 00:28:02,162
Whereas Leila's very conscious
686
00:28:02,163 --> 00:28:04,063
and laid back.
687
00:28:04,061 --> 00:28:07,621
So we was, "Listen, we need you
to be a real White lady
688
00:28:07,616 --> 00:28:09,376
in this business for us."
689
00:28:09,377 --> 00:28:11,097
Okay.
690
00:28:11,103 --> 00:28:12,173
WOMAN: Okay.
691
00:28:18,697 --> 00:28:21,217
LEILA: I didn't know anything
about the business
692
00:28:21,216 --> 00:28:22,666
when we started.
693
00:28:22,666 --> 00:28:24,286
I never wanted to manage.
694
00:28:24,288 --> 00:28:26,808
Tupac was just convinced
695
00:28:26,808 --> 00:28:29,358
that I could
get through any door.
696
00:28:29,362 --> 00:28:32,712
But a part of management
is parenting.
697
00:28:32,711 --> 00:28:34,891
And he met me
698
00:28:34,885 --> 00:28:38,915
when his mom
was deep in her struggle.
699
00:28:38,924 --> 00:28:41,374
And, I mean,
we could talk for hours
700
00:28:41,374 --> 00:28:43,314
about the challenges
of being a Panther
701
00:28:43,307 --> 00:28:44,757
and being let down,
702
00:28:44,757 --> 00:28:47,347
but what I knew is that Afeni
703
00:28:47,346 --> 00:28:50,246
was his hero.
704
00:28:50,245 --> 00:28:52,825
TUPAC: Well, I never knew
who my father was.
705
00:28:52,834 --> 00:28:54,774
He was a hustler,
a street hustler.
706
00:28:54,767 --> 00:28:58,007
I met him, but he died,
and that was horrible,
707
00:28:58,012 --> 00:29:00,392
but got over that.
My mother is really
708
00:29:00,393 --> 00:29:02,123
my father and mother.
709
00:29:02,119 --> 00:29:03,779
And really strict, almost.
710
00:29:03,776 --> 00:29:05,916
But now,
I can see how it paid off.
711
00:29:05,916 --> 00:29:08,886
Because I can talk to my mother
about anything,
712
00:29:08,885 --> 00:29:11,815
like, I could say,
"Ma, I'm really curious
about this drug."
713
00:29:11,819 --> 00:29:13,719
And she will go, "I did it,
and this is what happened,
714
00:29:13,717 --> 00:29:15,437
and I don't think you should."
715
00:29:15,443 --> 00:29:17,763
So she's my guide through life.
716
00:29:17,756 --> 00:29:19,476
And she's human,
I mean, she has mistakes,
717
00:29:19,481 --> 00:29:21,241
and we get in our tiffs
and everything.
718
00:29:21,242 --> 00:29:23,382
But it's good.
719
00:29:23,382 --> 00:29:24,902
LEILA: He was like me.
720
00:29:24,901 --> 00:29:26,421
You know,
we hide behind a smile
721
00:29:26,419 --> 00:29:28,079
and fake like we're all right.
722
00:29:28,076 --> 00:29:29,456
[laughs]
723
00:29:29,457 --> 00:29:31,247
He couldn't really expose
724
00:29:31,252 --> 00:29:33,362
how broken he was.
725
00:29:33,357 --> 00:29:35,217
It was me, I admit it.
726
00:29:35,221 --> 00:29:37,501
LEILA:
But everything he ever wrote
727
00:29:37,499 --> 00:29:40,879
was a road map
to understand a condition.
728
00:29:40,882 --> 00:29:43,092
AFENI: I right now
have deep pain
729
00:29:43,091 --> 00:29:45,401
about those years.
730
00:29:45,404 --> 00:29:48,724
At that point,
I think the effects
of everything,
731
00:29:48,717 --> 00:29:50,437
the trials, the police, whatever.
732
00:29:50,443 --> 00:29:52,243
I don't want to cry about it.
733
00:29:52,238 --> 00:29:54,028
But it was having
a bad effect on me.
734
00:29:55,310 --> 00:29:56,970
[Blood speaking]
735
00:30:05,286 --> 00:30:07,456
AFENI: This is when
I was smoking crack cocaine.
736
00:30:07,460 --> 00:30:09,150
Yeah.
737
00:30:30,104 --> 00:30:32,494
RAY: I didn't see
the fingerprints
738
00:30:32,485 --> 00:30:35,965
of her addiction at that time.
739
00:30:35,972 --> 00:30:40,532
It was an entire generation
of us that were latchkey kids.
740
00:30:40,528 --> 00:30:43,498
So our parents
were hardworking addicts.
741
00:30:43,496 --> 00:30:45,766
Never completely present.
742
00:30:45,774 --> 00:30:47,224
And we didn't think
we were getting
743
00:30:47,224 --> 00:30:48,854
anything out of school.
744
00:30:48,847 --> 00:30:50,327
It's just a place you go
during the day,
745
00:30:50,331 --> 00:30:52,131
to keep you busy
while they're at work.
746
00:30:52,126 --> 00:30:53,886
RAY: So we learned
to raise each other.
747
00:30:53,886 --> 00:30:55,406
While they're at work,
that's exactly what it is.
748
00:30:55,405 --> 00:30:57,885
RAY: But when he hustled,
the whole point was
749
00:30:57,890 --> 00:31:00,890
to take care of his mother
and sister Sekyiwa.
750
00:31:00,893 --> 00:31:03,523
Yeah, I'm... I'm actually
been working already, you know,
751
00:31:03,516 --> 00:31:06,376
like, I've been going to school
during the day
752
00:31:06,381 --> 00:31:09,831
then I work eight hours
at the pizza place,
then go home.
753
00:31:09,833 --> 00:31:12,913
And if I'm... Isn't it like,
40-hour week, that's what
adults work, right?
754
00:31:12,905 --> 00:31:16,315
And that's what I'm working,
40 hours a week. I'm still poor.
755
00:31:16,322 --> 00:31:19,362
My family's still poor,
I'm still living
in a poor neighborhood.
756
00:31:19,360 --> 00:31:20,570
RAY: ♪ You know
They got me trapped ♪
757
00:31:20,568 --> 00:31:22,568
♪ In this prison of seclusion
758
00:31:22,570 --> 00:31:25,020
♪ Happiness, living
On the streets is a delusion ♪
759
00:31:25,021 --> 00:31:28,201
♪ Even a smooth criminal
One day must get caught ♪
760
00:31:28,196 --> 00:31:30,266
I wrote the opening line
761
00:31:30,267 --> 00:31:33,997
to a song about how I felt
in this environment,
762
00:31:33,995 --> 00:31:36,855
but I was never
really comfortable
763
00:31:36,860 --> 00:31:40,860
with being as intimate
and open as Pac was.
764
00:31:40,864 --> 00:31:43,904
Mind you, we're living
in a world pre-Tupac.
765
00:31:43,902 --> 00:31:45,562
There is no
Brenda's Got a Baby.
766
00:31:45,558 --> 00:31:47,388
There is no Keep Ya Head Up.
767
00:31:47,388 --> 00:31:49,008
There is no Dear Mama.
768
00:31:49,010 --> 00:31:51,880
That doesn't exist
in hip-hop yet.
769
00:31:51,875 --> 00:31:54,525
So I crumpled it up and I
threw it in the garbage can.
770
00:31:54,533 --> 00:31:56,603
And he was, like,
"What are you doing with this?
Why are you throwing it away?"
771
00:31:56,604 --> 00:31:58,054
I'm like,
"Man, I don't want that.
772
00:31:58,054 --> 00:31:59,614
I don't want that on my record.
773
00:31:59,607 --> 00:32:01,537
I don't want
to be that personal."
774
00:32:01,540 --> 00:32:04,060
LEILA: Tupac never
would've performed
775
00:32:04,060 --> 00:32:05,650
anybody else's song or lyrics,
776
00:32:05,647 --> 00:32:08,577
but they were so close
and so connected
777
00:32:08,581 --> 00:32:11,551
that when Tupac got the lyrics
out of the trash can,
778
00:32:11,550 --> 00:32:14,380
he was, like, "I feel like
I wrote this. This is me."
779
00:32:14,380 --> 00:32:17,000
RAY: He was, like, "Let me
do something with this."
780
00:32:17,004 --> 00:32:18,424
TUPAC: ♪ Shot up or shot down
With the bullet
That he bought ♪
781
00:32:18,419 --> 00:32:20,419
♪ Nine-millimeter kicking
782
00:32:20,421 --> 00:32:22,601
♪ Thinking about
What the streets do to me ♪
783
00:32:22,595 --> 00:32:25,315
♪ 'Cause they never talk peace
In the Black community ♪
784
00:32:25,322 --> 00:32:29,982
RAY: That was the beginning
of what ultimately became
2Pacalypse Now.
785
00:32:29,982 --> 00:32:31,432
♪ All we know is violence
786
00:32:31,432 --> 00:32:33,642
♪ Do the job in silence
787
00:32:33,641 --> 00:32:35,681
♪ Walk the city streets
Like a rat pack of tyrants ♪
788
00:32:35,677 --> 00:32:38,467
♪ Too many brothers
Daily headed for the big pen ♪
789
00:32:38,473 --> 00:32:41,613
♪ Niggas coming out worse off
Than when they went in ♪
790
00:32:41,614 --> 00:32:44,414
♪ Over the years I've done
A lot of growing up ♪
791
00:32:44,410 --> 00:32:45,960
♪ Get drunk, throwing up,
Cuffed up ♪
792
00:32:45,964 --> 00:32:48,244
♪ Then I said,
"I had enough" ♪
793
00:32:48,242 --> 00:32:50,932
♪ There must be another route
Way out to money and fame ♪
794
00:32:50,934 --> 00:32:53,324
♪ I changed my name
Played a different game ♪
795
00:32:53,316 --> 00:32:55,626
♪ Tired of being trapped
In this vicious cycle ♪
796
00:32:55,628 --> 00:32:57,598
♪ If one more cop harasses me
I just might go psycho ♪
797
00:32:57,596 --> 00:32:59,456
♪ And when I get 'em
798
00:32:59,460 --> 00:33:01,670
♪ I hit 'em
With a bum rush ♪
799
00:33:01,669 --> 00:33:03,639
♪ Only a lunatic would like
To see a skull crush ♪
800
00:33:03,636 --> 00:33:06,666
♪ Yo, if you're smart
You'll really let me go, G ♪
801
00:33:06,674 --> 00:33:08,614
♪ But keep me cooped up in this
Ghetto and catch the Uzi ♪
802
00:33:08,607 --> 00:33:10,637
♪ They got me trapped
803
00:33:10,643 --> 00:33:12,473
AFENI: The situation
that I had my children in...
804
00:33:12,473 --> 00:33:14,373
TUPAC: ♪ Trapped
805
00:33:14,371 --> 00:33:15,481
AFENI: ...the way that
we were living at that point...
806
00:33:15,476 --> 00:33:17,266
TUPAC: ♪ Trapped
807
00:33:17,271 --> 00:33:19,171
AFENI: ...it affected
my children very deeply.
808
00:33:19,169 --> 00:33:21,449
TUPAC: ♪ They got me trapped
809
00:33:21,447 --> 00:33:23,657
AFENI: But because the drugs
devastate so completely...
810
00:33:23,656 --> 00:33:25,306
TUPAC: ♪ Trapped
811
00:33:25,313 --> 00:33:26,633
AFENI:
...I had to look at myself.
812
00:33:26,625 --> 00:33:28,385
TUPAC: ♪ Trapped
813
00:33:28,385 --> 00:33:30,345
AFENI: And make changes
in my own self.
814
00:33:30,353 --> 00:33:32,293
ATRON: One day, Tupac
came up to me and said,
815
00:33:32,286 --> 00:33:34,626
"Can you give my mom
a ride to the bus station?
816
00:33:34,633 --> 00:33:36,533
She's about to go to rehab."
817
00:33:36,531 --> 00:33:38,501
And he was just quiet.
818
00:33:38,499 --> 00:33:40,669
Afeni was in the back seat,
and she was not herself.
819
00:33:40,673 --> 00:33:44,713
She was feeling terrible,
and it was just a sad ride.
820
00:33:44,712 --> 00:33:47,542
AFENI:
It's just a hectic turmoil.
821
00:33:47,542 --> 00:33:50,412
On the other hand, personally,
822
00:33:50,407 --> 00:33:53,377
this is not
from Tupac's perspective,
823
00:33:53,376 --> 00:33:55,066
from my perspective,
824
00:33:55,067 --> 00:33:57,237
there is no way
825
00:33:57,242 --> 00:33:59,762
that I could've crawled back up
826
00:33:59,761 --> 00:34:03,281
had I not been broken
by those drugs first.
827
00:34:09,047 --> 00:34:13,527
That meant that the last
five years of my son's life,
828
00:34:13,534 --> 00:34:17,194
he had the benefit of a mother
who was completely present.
829
00:34:19,574 --> 00:34:23,304
That was worth
everything to me.
830
00:34:33,726 --> 00:34:37,626
JAMAL: When Tupac was a child,
he was the life of the party...
831
00:34:37,627 --> 00:34:40,557
always the one creating a game
832
00:34:40,561 --> 00:34:42,391
or a talent show.
833
00:34:42,390 --> 00:34:45,290
And you knew whatever it was,
834
00:34:45,290 --> 00:34:47,600
that he was the center
of that energy.
835
00:34:47,602 --> 00:34:50,092
So I recognized that there was
something kind of special.
836
00:34:50,088 --> 00:34:52,188
Then they left New York.
837
00:34:52,193 --> 00:34:56,373
And around that same time,
838
00:34:56,370 --> 00:34:58,410
I went back to prison.
839
00:34:58,406 --> 00:35:00,306
And this is the longest time
I was gone.
840
00:35:00,305 --> 00:35:02,575
I was gone
for close to six years.
841
00:35:02,583 --> 00:35:04,593
And when I came back,
842
00:35:04,585 --> 00:35:08,485
I had this little Honda
that had a cassette player.
843
00:35:08,485 --> 00:35:12,315
And I remember someone,
who also knew the Shakur family,
844
00:35:12,317 --> 00:35:13,727
got me a cassette.
845
00:35:13,732 --> 00:35:15,632
And I played this tape.
846
00:35:15,630 --> 00:35:17,120
["Never Be Beat" playing]
847
00:35:20,566 --> 00:35:24,086
And so I stopped and I said,
"This is Tupac.
848
00:35:24,087 --> 00:35:25,297
This is my godson Tupac."
849
00:35:25,295 --> 00:35:27,325
And he says, "Yeah."
850
00:35:27,332 --> 00:35:29,512
He said, "You know,
he's gonna be the next one."
851
00:35:29,506 --> 00:35:33,476
[gun cocks and fires]
852
00:35:33,476 --> 00:35:36,406
We feel that the problem
of the Black man in America
853
00:35:36,410 --> 00:35:39,450
is beyond America's
ability to solve.
854
00:35:39,447 --> 00:35:41,517
It's a human problem,
not an American problem
855
00:35:41,518 --> 00:35:43,418
or a Negro problem.
856
00:35:43,417 --> 00:35:45,697
And as a human problem
or a world problem,
857
00:35:45,695 --> 00:35:48,245
we feel that it should be taken
out of the jurisdiction
858
00:35:48,249 --> 00:35:49,629
of the United States government
859
00:35:49,630 --> 00:35:51,430
and taken
into the United Nations,
860
00:35:51,425 --> 00:35:53,455
because not only
are we denied the right
861
00:35:53,461 --> 00:35:55,431
to be a citizen
in the United States,
862
00:35:55,429 --> 00:35:57,469
we're denied the right
to be a human being.
863
00:36:00,848 --> 00:36:02,818
JAMAL: When I joined
the Panther Party,
864
00:36:02,815 --> 00:36:06,155
the thing that attracted me
the most was not ideology.
865
00:36:06,164 --> 00:36:08,374
I didn't realize what
Black Panther ideology
really was.
866
00:36:08,373 --> 00:36:10,273
I came 'cause I was mad,
867
00:36:10,271 --> 00:36:11,651
because they had killed Malcolm X.
868
00:36:11,652 --> 00:36:13,342
MAN: We saw a guy.
869
00:36:13,343 --> 00:36:15,173
He was shooting like a cowboy.
870
00:36:15,173 --> 00:36:16,483
♪ Shot across the room
871
00:36:19,384 --> 00:36:21,664
♪ And now the man
No longer lives... ♪
872
00:36:21,662 --> 00:36:23,322
JAMAL: They'd killed
Martin Luther King.
873
00:36:23,319 --> 00:36:25,629
We are not giving in.
874
00:36:25,631 --> 00:36:26,631
[gunshots]
875
00:36:26,632 --> 00:36:28,632
[woman screams]
876
00:36:28,634 --> 00:36:30,364
MAN: Martin Luther King
dedicated his life
877
00:36:30,360 --> 00:36:32,470
- to love and to justice.
- [gunshot]
878
00:36:32,466 --> 00:36:33,736
JAMAL: They had killed
the Kennedys.
879
00:36:33,743 --> 00:36:35,403
MAN: Get that gun!
Get the gun!
880
00:36:35,400 --> 00:36:37,400
MALCOLM X:
The Negro revolution.
881
00:36:37,402 --> 00:36:38,682
JAMAL: They radicalized
a whole generation,
882
00:36:38,679 --> 00:36:40,339
and sparks were flying.
883
00:36:42,407 --> 00:36:44,647
MALCOLM X:
Revolution is hostile.
884
00:36:44,650 --> 00:36:46,690
Revolution knows no compromise.
885
00:36:46,687 --> 00:36:50,657
JAMAL: And on TV is a story
about the Panthers
886
00:36:50,656 --> 00:36:53,686
storming the state capital
of Sacramento with guns.
887
00:36:53,694 --> 00:36:55,664
And Bobby Seale
reads this manifesto.
888
00:36:55,661 --> 00:36:58,701
Take careful note of the racist
California legislature
889
00:36:58,699 --> 00:37:00,769
which is now
considering legislation
890
00:37:00,770 --> 00:37:02,700
aimed at keeping
the Black people disarmed
891
00:37:02,703 --> 00:37:05,743
and powerless
at the very same time
892
00:37:05,740 --> 00:37:08,260
racist police agencies
throughout the country
893
00:37:08,260 --> 00:37:11,370
are intensifying the terror,
brutality, murder,
894
00:37:11,367 --> 00:37:13,707
- and repression of Black people.
- LEILA: This is a country
895
00:37:13,714 --> 00:37:15,414
where some people
have the right
896
00:37:15,405 --> 00:37:17,545
to bear arms
and some people don't.
897
00:37:17,545 --> 00:37:19,505
We were in the part
of the population
898
00:37:19,513 --> 00:37:20,893
that wasn't allowed
to bear arms.
899
00:37:20,893 --> 00:37:23,383
So seeing these people
900
00:37:23,379 --> 00:37:26,239
on the steps of the Capitol
legally with these guns
901
00:37:26,244 --> 00:37:28,524
was a huge moment.
902
00:37:28,522 --> 00:37:31,532
My two friends
and I find the address
903
00:37:31,525 --> 00:37:34,355
to the secret headquarters
of the Black Panther Party.
904
00:37:34,355 --> 00:37:37,285
The Harlem Office,
2022 7th Avenue.
905
00:37:37,289 --> 00:37:38,879
If you remember
those old-school stores
906
00:37:38,877 --> 00:37:40,737
that had a little indentation.
907
00:37:40,741 --> 00:37:43,431
And I saw this beautiful
dark-skinned Black woman
908
00:37:43,433 --> 00:37:45,403
that was different...
909
00:37:45,401 --> 00:37:47,541
Afeni Shakur.
910
00:37:47,541 --> 00:37:51,301
Brown-skinned woman, short afro,
the essence of African beauty.
911
00:37:51,303 --> 00:37:53,723
I looked at that sister, like,
"Yo, if everybody is like this,
912
00:37:53,719 --> 00:37:55,239
I'm joining this."
913
00:37:55,238 --> 00:37:57,278
And that's straight up, bro.
914
00:37:57,275 --> 00:37:59,305
REPORTER: The most radical
915
00:37:59,311 --> 00:38:01,971
Black civil rights organization
in this country's history.
916
00:38:01,969 --> 00:38:03,249
[music player stops]
917
00:38:07,492 --> 00:38:12,432
SHABA:
Afeni... well, energetic,
918
00:38:12,428 --> 00:38:15,808
smart, quick wit,
919
00:38:15,810 --> 00:38:18,330
tolerated
very little chauvinism.
920
00:38:18,330 --> 00:38:20,820
She was a very strong
921
00:38:20,815 --> 00:38:24,575
independent Black woman.
922
00:38:24,578 --> 00:38:26,678
And it was
downright frightening to me,
923
00:38:26,683 --> 00:38:30,863
but intriguing at the same time.
924
00:38:30,860 --> 00:38:33,620
TUPAC: My mother
had a high position
in the Black Panther Party,
925
00:38:33,621 --> 00:38:35,591
which was like unheard of,
926
00:38:35,589 --> 00:38:37,319
because of course,
there was sexism
927
00:38:37,315 --> 00:38:39,005
even in the Panthers.
928
00:38:39,006 --> 00:38:41,036
SHABA: When I got in the office,
929
00:38:41,042 --> 00:38:43,672
it was a feeling
of exhilaration.
930
00:38:43,666 --> 00:38:47,046
Mesmerized by Afeni Shakur,
to be quite honest with you.
931
00:38:47,048 --> 00:38:48,598
She was explaining what
the Black Panther Party was,
932
00:38:48,602 --> 00:38:50,432
you know,
the Ten-Point Program.
933
00:38:50,431 --> 00:38:51,811
MIKE WALLACE:
The Ten-Point Program
934
00:38:51,812 --> 00:38:53,642
of the Panther Party
forms the basis
935
00:38:53,641 --> 00:38:55,711
for almost everything
they teach and do.
936
00:38:55,712 --> 00:38:59,442
I'm sitting in the back,
and Afeni and Lumumba Shakur
937
00:38:59,440 --> 00:39:01,510
were running
a political education class.
938
00:39:01,511 --> 00:39:03,861
We are disciples and students
of Malcolm X.
939
00:39:03,858 --> 00:39:06,618
SHABA: Lumumba Shakur was
a very interesting individual.
940
00:39:06,620 --> 00:39:08,790
He was doing what I wanted
to do in the streets.
941
00:39:08,794 --> 00:39:10,664
He had two wives.
942
00:39:10,658 --> 00:39:12,348
LUMUMBA: Right on, brothers.
Power to the people.
943
00:39:12,350 --> 00:39:13,320
Lumumba Shakur,
Black Panther Party.
944
00:39:13,316 --> 00:39:15,346
SHABA: He was a king.
945
00:39:15,353 --> 00:39:16,153
- He was entitled to do that.
- That's right.
946
00:39:16,146 --> 00:39:18,386
GLORIA: Yeah, Lumumba Shakur.
947
00:39:18,390 --> 00:39:20,940
I met Lumumba Shakur
when Afeni said,
948
00:39:20,944 --> 00:39:23,644
"That's my husband."
949
00:39:23,637 --> 00:39:25,047
And then she said,
950
00:39:25,052 --> 00:39:27,642
"I'm gonna be his second wife."
951
00:39:27,641 --> 00:39:30,751
And then I was, like, "What?"
952
00:39:30,747 --> 00:39:33,407
But she had already
taken the name Shakur
953
00:39:33,405 --> 00:39:35,475
because of the father.
954
00:39:35,476 --> 00:39:37,716
JAMAL: Lumumba's father
was a prominent imam,
955
00:39:37,720 --> 00:39:40,650
head of one of the largest
mosques in Philadelphia.
956
00:39:40,654 --> 00:39:42,694
BLOOD: Saladin.
He was a merchant.
957
00:39:42,690 --> 00:39:44,830
He had a lot of land in Ghana.
958
00:39:44,830 --> 00:39:48,460
Very mild-mannered guy.
And he educated his son.
959
00:39:48,455 --> 00:39:50,415
LUMUMBA: Genocide is being
inflicted on our people.
960
00:39:50,422 --> 00:39:52,422
That's why I'm about
to be extinct,
961
00:39:52,424 --> 00:39:54,844
and be like the American-Indian
in a couple more years.
962
00:39:54,840 --> 00:39:56,840
JAMAL: Lumumba Shakur
was a gang leader,
963
00:39:56,842 --> 00:39:59,572
but Lumumba
and his brother Zayd Shakur
964
00:39:59,569 --> 00:40:02,019
became revolutionary nationalists,
965
00:40:02,020 --> 00:40:03,500
and they brought with them
a lot of revolutionary nationalists,
966
00:40:03,504 --> 00:40:05,684
and they became Panthers.
967
00:40:05,679 --> 00:40:08,719
Lumumba had a beard
and a goatee, permanent shades.
968
00:40:08,716 --> 00:40:10,856
He looked like a-- Okay.
969
00:40:10,856 --> 00:40:12,926
He looked like, to me,
970
00:40:12,927 --> 00:40:15,687
a shorter guy than I would have
thought she would have.
971
00:40:15,689 --> 00:40:18,519
But he was the most
commanding person in the room.
972
00:40:18,519 --> 00:40:20,759
- He had a stutter.
- Even the stuttering was fly.
973
00:40:20,763 --> 00:40:22,423
He wasn't cute.
974
00:40:22,420 --> 00:40:23,730
My role model,
975
00:40:23,731 --> 00:40:26,081
my image
of what a man should be.
976
00:40:26,078 --> 00:40:29,428
And there were people in the
movement who weren't related,
977
00:40:29,427 --> 00:40:30,767
who changed their last name
to Shakur.
978
00:40:30,773 --> 00:40:32,983
That's how powerful
the name was.
979
00:40:32,982 --> 00:40:36,712
Assata Shakur was one of those
people, and Mutulu Shakur.
980
00:40:36,710 --> 00:40:38,610
TUPAC: My stepfather,
Mutulu Shakur,
981
00:40:38,608 --> 00:40:41,468
was also like
a well-known revolutionary.
982
00:40:41,473 --> 00:40:43,583
SHABA: He's a natural healer,
to the extent that
983
00:40:43,579 --> 00:40:46,059
he learned the art
of acupuncture
984
00:40:46,064 --> 00:40:48,554
to help communities detox.
985
00:40:48,549 --> 00:40:51,519
Colonial warfare,
mental disorder.
986
00:40:51,518 --> 00:40:55,108
As colonized subjects,
it's normal to have
issues from oppression.
987
00:40:55,107 --> 00:40:56,557
JAMAL: People were
fighting depression,
988
00:40:56,557 --> 00:40:58,767
homelessness, drug addiction.
989
00:40:58,766 --> 00:41:00,106
When I came out of Vietnam,
990
00:41:00,112 --> 00:41:01,562
my choice of drug was heroin.
991
00:41:01,562 --> 00:41:04,432
I snort that shit.
I loved that shit.
992
00:41:04,427 --> 00:41:06,427
It's like PTSD, man.
993
00:41:06,429 --> 00:41:08,119
JAMAL: Hard drugs were forbidden
994
00:41:08,120 --> 00:41:09,670
in the Black Panther Party.
995
00:41:09,674 --> 00:41:12,164
In fact,
they would go into dope spots,
996
00:41:12,159 --> 00:41:14,469
guns drawn, disarm the dealers,
997
00:41:14,472 --> 00:41:17,202
destroy the drugs,
flush it down the sewer.
998
00:41:17,198 --> 00:41:19,168
So it was all that
wrapped up in one
999
00:41:19,166 --> 00:41:22,826
when the Shakurs were there
in that Panther office.
1000
00:41:22,825 --> 00:41:24,925
Afeni was already
a section leader,
1001
00:41:24,930 --> 00:41:26,690
which is a lieutenant
in the Black Panther Party
1002
00:41:26,691 --> 00:41:28,491
on the frontline
with rent strikes
1003
00:41:28,486 --> 00:41:30,586
and with school takeovers.
1004
00:41:30,591 --> 00:41:33,111
So watching the two of them
run a meeting,
1005
00:41:33,111 --> 00:41:34,771
one of my friends leans over,
he says,
1006
00:41:34,768 --> 00:41:36,488
"Panthers is
like the Mafia, man.
1007
00:41:36,494 --> 00:41:38,534
Once you join,
there's no getting out."
1008
00:41:38,530 --> 00:41:41,120
And my other friend
leans over and he goes,
1009
00:41:41,119 --> 00:41:43,189
"You know, you got to kill
a White dude to be a Panther."
1010
00:41:43,190 --> 00:41:46,780
And I'm, like, "Kill somebody?
I'm in the choir."
1011
00:41:46,780 --> 00:41:49,160
But I can't be a punk.
I was like, "I don't care."
1012
00:41:49,161 --> 00:41:53,031
And big afro, skinny Jamal
jumps up and goes,
1013
00:41:53,027 --> 00:41:56,547
"Choose me, brother.
I'll kill a White dude
right now."
1014
00:41:56,548 --> 00:41:58,138
The whole office gets quiet.
1015
00:41:58,136 --> 00:42:01,166
Lumumba calls me up,
looks me up and down,
1016
00:42:01,173 --> 00:42:03,623
and reaches into
the bottom drawer of the desk.
1017
00:42:03,624 --> 00:42:06,044
My heart's pounding.
I was, like,
1018
00:42:06,040 --> 00:42:09,180
"He's gonna give me
a big-ass gun.
What I'ma do?"
1019
00:42:09,181 --> 00:42:11,631
And he hands me
a stack of books.
1020
00:42:11,632 --> 00:42:13,192
And I said,
"Excuse me, brother,
1021
00:42:13,185 --> 00:42:14,805
I thought you were
gonna arm me."
1022
00:42:14,808 --> 00:42:15,948
And he says,
"Excuse me, young brother,
1023
00:42:15,947 --> 00:42:17,707
I just did."
1024
00:42:17,707 --> 00:42:21,847
And Afeni Shakur
comes up to me,
1025
00:42:21,849 --> 00:42:24,469
and she says,
"I've got my eye on you."
1026
00:42:25,715 --> 00:42:27,265
Malcolm X.
1027
00:42:27,268 --> 00:42:29,128
AFENI:
I worship the written word.
1028
00:42:29,132 --> 00:42:30,652
JAMAL: Mao Tse-tung.
1029
00:42:30,651 --> 00:42:33,211
AFENI: Anything written.
1030
00:42:33,205 --> 00:42:35,585
- JAMAL: Frantz Fanon.
- AFENI: It's a way for us,
1031
00:42:35,587 --> 00:42:38,247
on our own, to get information.
1032
00:42:38,245 --> 00:42:39,135
JAMAL: Fidel Castro,
History Will Absolve Me.
1033
00:42:39,142 --> 00:42:41,282
AFENI: Information.
1034
00:42:41,282 --> 00:42:42,252
JAMAL: I never even heard
of political power
1035
00:42:42,249 --> 00:42:44,289
comes out a barrel of a gun.
1036
00:42:44,285 --> 00:42:45,555
That was a quotation
from The Little Red Book
1037
00:42:45,563 --> 00:42:47,573
by Chairman Mao.
1038
00:42:47,565 --> 00:42:49,595
The gun aspect
wasn't new to me.
1039
00:42:49,601 --> 00:42:52,601
What was new was understanding
what that was for.
1040
00:42:52,604 --> 00:42:55,094
It was treated as a tool
for liberation, not to disrupt,
1041
00:42:55,089 --> 00:42:57,259
not to rob, not to maim.
1042
00:42:57,264 --> 00:42:59,234
MIKE WALLACE: Whatever else
the Panthers may teach,
1043
00:42:59,231 --> 00:43:01,201
they do not teach racism.
1044
00:43:01,199 --> 00:43:03,029
They do not teach
Black supremacy.
1045
00:43:03,028 --> 00:43:05,308
They talk about the problems
of all the poor.
1046
00:43:05,306 --> 00:43:06,686
SEALE: We don't hate nobody
because of their color.
1047
00:43:06,687 --> 00:43:08,757
We hate oppression.
1048
00:43:08,758 --> 00:43:11,208
We hate murder of Black people
in our communities.
1049
00:43:11,209 --> 00:43:14,249
We hate the gross unemployment
that exists in our community.
1050
00:43:14,246 --> 00:43:18,286
We hate Black man being taken
off into the military service,
1051
00:43:18,285 --> 00:43:20,215
to be fighting for racist,
decadent Americans
1052
00:43:20,218 --> 00:43:21,808
promising us freedom.
1053
00:43:21,806 --> 00:43:23,736
In the Civil War,
186,000 Black men
1054
00:43:23,739 --> 00:43:25,879
fought in the military service,
1055
00:43:25,879 --> 00:43:27,709
and we were promised freedom,
and we didn't get it.
1056
00:43:27,708 --> 00:43:30,158
In the World War,
350,000 Black men fought,
1057
00:43:30,159 --> 00:43:32,609
and we were promised freedom,
and we didn't get it.
1058
00:43:32,610 --> 00:43:35,650
In World War II,
850,000 Black men fought,
1059
00:43:35,647 --> 00:43:37,577
and we were promised freedom,
and we didn't get it.
1060
00:43:37,580 --> 00:43:39,650
In the Korean Conflict,
1061
00:43:39,651 --> 00:43:41,241
we fought there,
and we didn't get it.
1062
00:43:41,239 --> 00:43:42,969
Now here we go
with the damn Vietnam War,
1063
00:43:42,965 --> 00:43:44,785
and we still
ain't getting nothing
1064
00:43:44,794 --> 00:43:46,904
but racist police brutality,
et cetera.
1065
00:43:46,900 --> 00:43:49,350
JAMAL: Panthers will say racism
is a byproduct of capitalism,
1066
00:43:49,350 --> 00:43:52,150
recognizing that there are more
White people on welfare
1067
00:43:52,146 --> 00:43:54,626
than Black folks.
And if you can organize,
1068
00:43:54,632 --> 00:43:57,122
then you are dealing
with true change
1069
00:43:57,117 --> 00:43:58,767
and a true rainbow alliance.
1070
00:43:58,774 --> 00:44:00,814
We're talking
about class warfare.
1071
00:44:00,810 --> 00:44:03,850
♪ I couldn't settle
For being a statistic ♪
1072
00:44:03,848 --> 00:44:06,368
♪ Couldn't survive in this
Capitalistic government ♪
1073
00:44:06,367 --> 00:44:08,157
♪ Because it was meant
To hold us back ♪
1074
00:44:08,162 --> 00:44:10,652
♪ Using ignorance,
Drugs to sneak attack ♪
1075
00:44:10,648 --> 00:44:12,678
♪ In my community,
They killed the unity ♪
1076
00:44:12,684 --> 00:44:14,864
♪ But when I charged them
Tried to claim immunity ♪
1077
00:44:14,859 --> 00:44:17,279
♪ I strike America
Like a case of heart disease ♪
1078
00:44:17,275 --> 00:44:19,275
♪ Panther power is running
Through my arteries ♪
1079
00:44:19,277 --> 00:44:20,687
♪ Panther power...
1080
00:44:20,692 --> 00:44:22,662
LEILA: And in 1989,
1081
00:44:22,660 --> 00:44:25,110
Tupac was getting
really popular,
1082
00:44:25,110 --> 00:44:27,150
and everyone loved Tupac.
1083
00:44:28,424 --> 00:44:29,814
♪ Panther power...
1084
00:44:29,805 --> 00:44:31,665
LEILA:
We were throwing parties.
1085
00:44:31,669 --> 00:44:34,119
There'd be 500 people,
2,000 people.
1086
00:44:34,119 --> 00:44:36,119
♪ Panther power...
1087
00:44:36,121 --> 00:44:38,641
LEILA: Then I had an event
Atron was actually at.
1088
00:44:38,641 --> 00:44:40,781
And he was, like,
1089
00:44:40,781 --> 00:44:42,961
-"Hmm, here's my card."
- ATRON: Energy.
1090
00:44:42,956 --> 00:44:45,126
The intensity
of his eyes and the vibe.
1091
00:44:45,130 --> 00:44:47,720
I saw energy.
1092
00:44:47,719 --> 00:44:50,379
♪ Try to stop me
Oh, boy you'll be clawed
to death ♪
1093
00:44:50,377 --> 00:44:52,407
♪ 'Cause I'll be fighting
for my freedom
With my dying breath ♪
1094
00:44:52,413 --> 00:44:54,833
♪ Do you remember?
That's what I'm asking you ♪
1095
00:44:54,830 --> 00:44:56,970
♪ You think you living free?
Don't make me laugh at you ♪
1096
00:44:56,970 --> 00:44:59,730
♪ Open your eyes, realize
You've been locked in chains ♪
1097
00:44:59,731 --> 00:45:01,801
♪ Said you wasn't civilized
And stole your name ♪
1098
00:45:01,802 --> 00:45:04,052
♪ Some time has passed
Seems you all forget ♪
1099
00:45:04,046 --> 00:45:05,876
♪ There ain't no liberty
For you and me ♪
1100
00:45:05,875 --> 00:45:07,355
♪ We ain't free yet
Panther power ♪
1101
00:45:07,359 --> 00:45:09,259
ATRON: You know, looking back,
1102
00:45:09,258 --> 00:45:10,398
he has one of the most
unique voices in hip-hop.
1103
00:45:10,397 --> 00:45:11,807
But I went out and shopped
1104
00:45:11,812 --> 00:45:13,992
Tupac to every company I knew,
1105
00:45:13,987 --> 00:45:15,367
and every company I could,
and everyone turned us down.
1106
00:45:15,367 --> 00:45:16,847
♪ Panther power
1107
00:45:16,852 --> 00:45:21,682
He said,
"Look, if I don't get a deal,
1108
00:45:21,684 --> 00:45:24,794
then I'm gonna go
be the chairman
of the New Afrikan Panthers."
1109
00:45:24,791 --> 00:45:26,721
And I'm, like,
"The New Afrikan Panthers?
What's this?"
1110
00:45:42,463 --> 00:45:44,363
ATRON:
Tupac understood his audience.
1111
00:45:44,362 --> 00:45:46,922
He was reading
music business books
1112
00:45:46,916 --> 00:45:49,746
prior to getting a deal,
just trying to understand
1113
00:45:49,747 --> 00:45:52,227
where things were
with the business.
1114
00:45:52,232 --> 00:45:54,232
And with Tupac, there was
kind of two sides.
1115
00:45:54,234 --> 00:45:55,794
A lot of people like to say
he was a Gemini.
1116
00:45:55,787 --> 00:45:57,437
He was this, but he also
1117
00:45:57,444 --> 00:45:59,314
came from a family of Panthers.
1118
00:45:59,308 --> 00:46:02,688
So there was a constant
tug and pull
1119
00:46:02,690 --> 00:46:05,140
of just wanting to be an artist
1120
00:46:05,141 --> 00:46:07,211
and having to be this person
1121
00:46:07,212 --> 00:46:09,112
who I think
1122
00:46:09,111 --> 00:46:11,731
would've ended up
being a politician or activist.
1123
00:46:11,734 --> 00:46:15,054
But at that time, I didn't have
a real relationship
1124
00:46:15,048 --> 00:46:17,978
with Tupac as related
to his history
1125
00:46:17,982 --> 00:46:19,952
of his mother being
in the Panthers
1126
00:46:19,949 --> 00:46:22,429
and how most
of his mentors were in jail.
1127
00:46:22,434 --> 00:46:24,304
He never mentioned
his mother to me.
1128
00:46:24,298 --> 00:46:25,298
His family was leaded.
1129
00:46:58,436 --> 00:47:00,506
LEILA: Tupac was born
1130
00:47:00,507 --> 00:47:03,477
into a family that required him
1131
00:47:03,475 --> 00:47:05,505
to be a leader,
1132
00:47:05,512 --> 00:47:07,762
and there was a real plan
for Tupac.
1133
00:47:07,755 --> 00:47:09,335
He was gonna be, you know,
1134
00:47:09,343 --> 00:47:12,143
the chairman of
the New Afrikan Panther Party,
1135
00:47:12,139 --> 00:47:14,309
which was a continuation
1136
00:47:14,314 --> 00:47:15,834
of the Black Panthers.
1137
00:47:17,869 --> 00:47:19,489
MAN: Now, how long have you been
1138
00:47:19,491 --> 00:47:21,221
national chairman
of the New Afrikan Panthers?
1139
00:47:21,217 --> 00:47:23,007
TUPAC: I was...[chuckling]
matter of fact,
1140
00:47:23,012 --> 00:47:24,502
- about, what, a week.
- MAN: A week?
1141
00:47:24,496 --> 00:47:25,496
TUPAC: We had a central
committee meeting.
1142
00:47:25,497 --> 00:47:27,147
We had representatives
1143
00:47:27,154 --> 00:47:29,294
from Los Angeles and Atlanta
1144
00:47:29,294 --> 00:47:31,124
and, uh, Mississippi
1145
00:47:31,124 --> 00:47:33,474
and New York,
and we just had a vote.
1146
00:47:33,471 --> 00:47:35,131
WATANI: Pac was
always an artist.
1147
00:47:35,128 --> 00:47:36,298
Particularly,
he was a wordsmith,
1148
00:47:36,301 --> 00:47:37,541
one of the best I knew at that.
1149
00:47:37,544 --> 00:47:39,514
And so that was part of Tupac's
1150
00:47:39,511 --> 00:47:41,171
and young people's job
1151
00:47:41,168 --> 00:47:43,518
was to be griots,
or use their art form
1152
00:47:43,515 --> 00:47:46,205
to talk about our movement.
1153
00:47:46,208 --> 00:47:47,968
TUPAC: It is my duty to be one
1154
00:47:47,968 --> 00:47:50,518
of many spokesmen, spokespersons.
1155
00:47:50,522 --> 00:47:53,562
And because right now,
it is almost impossible
1156
00:47:53,560 --> 00:47:56,250
for you not to see how strong
rap has gotten,
1157
00:47:56,252 --> 00:47:58,322
'cause our youth
and some of our adults,
1158
00:47:58,323 --> 00:48:01,333
their ear is pinned
to rap music right now.
1159
00:48:01,326 --> 00:48:02,976
And if you really want
to get our message out,
1160
00:48:02,983 --> 00:48:05,333
we really need
to start using our method,
1161
00:48:05,330 --> 00:48:06,880
you know what I'm saying?
Even in our history,
1162
00:48:06,884 --> 00:48:08,584
poets went
from village to village,
1163
00:48:08,575 --> 00:48:11,265
and that's how stories
of lessons were taught.
1164
00:48:11,267 --> 00:48:15,307
But, uh,
history repeats itself,
and it's time to realize
1165
00:48:15,306 --> 00:48:18,236
that everything is not okay
in America, you know,
to get angry, you know,
1166
00:48:18,240 --> 00:48:20,350
and not angry
and pick up their gun
1167
00:48:20,345 --> 00:48:22,205
but to start opening our minds,
you know what I'm saying,
1168
00:48:22,209 --> 00:48:23,139
and stop sleeping.
1169
00:48:43,403 --> 00:48:46,063
JAMAL: Two of the most
valuable lessons I learned
in the Black Panther Party
1170
00:48:46,061 --> 00:48:47,931
came from Afeni Shakur.
1171
00:48:47,925 --> 00:48:51,305
She says, "Freedom
is an abstract idea to folk.
1172
00:48:51,307 --> 00:48:53,587
To someone who is hungry,
it's the meal.
1173
00:48:53,585 --> 00:48:56,655
To someone who doesn't have
a place to stay,
1174
00:48:56,657 --> 00:48:59,107
it's a warm,
safe place to sleep.
1175
00:48:59,108 --> 00:49:00,448
For the sick,
it's medical care
1176
00:49:00,454 --> 00:49:03,154
from someone who cares."
1177
00:49:03,147 --> 00:49:05,287
One of my first days
in the party,
1178
00:49:05,287 --> 00:49:07,147
a young mother comes in
carrying her little girl,
1179
00:49:07,151 --> 00:49:09,391
who was crying and trembling.
1180
00:49:09,394 --> 00:49:11,504
She explains that her daughter
has sickle cell anemia
1181
00:49:11,500 --> 00:49:13,610
and that she had taken her
to Harlem Hospital,
1182
00:49:13,605 --> 00:49:16,125
and that they said
that all she had was a cold,
1183
00:49:16,125 --> 00:49:18,325
that it was psychosomatic.
1184
00:49:18,334 --> 00:49:20,444
So Lumumba and Afeni
marched to Harlem Hospital,
1185
00:49:20,440 --> 00:49:22,990
holding this girl.
1186
00:49:22,994 --> 00:49:25,584
And Afeni said, "You treat
this young sister right now,
1187
00:49:25,583 --> 00:49:29,003
or there's gonna be
a psychosomatic riot
in your emergency room."
1188
00:49:29,000 --> 00:49:30,590
But Afeni didn't
leave it alone at that.
1189
00:49:30,588 --> 00:49:32,448
She formed a relationship
1190
00:49:32,452 --> 00:49:34,592
with a couple of the doctors
and nurses,
1191
00:49:34,592 --> 00:49:37,352
and we would rally together
outside the hospital,
1192
00:49:37,353 --> 00:49:39,463
demanding that they treat
the needs of the people,
1193
00:49:39,459 --> 00:49:41,599
whether they had
insurance or not.
1194
00:49:41,599 --> 00:49:44,329
And then especially
Lincoln Hospital
1195
00:49:44,326 --> 00:49:48,636
became the place where Panthers
and the Young Lords
1196
00:49:48,640 --> 00:49:51,200
started doing these takeovers.
1197
00:49:51,195 --> 00:49:53,435
"Come get tested,
come get treated."
1198
00:49:53,438 --> 00:49:56,338
And they wrote the first
Patient Bill of Rights,
1199
00:49:56,338 --> 00:49:59,098
the foundational document
for what we see
1200
00:49:59,099 --> 00:50:01,269
in every hospital room now,
1201
00:50:01,274 --> 00:50:03,074
where a patient has
a right to be treated,
1202
00:50:03,069 --> 00:50:05,279
a right to medical care
whether they have money or not.
1203
00:50:05,278 --> 00:50:06,998
That was the work
of Afeni Shakur,
1204
00:50:07,004 --> 00:50:08,664
Doc Dawkins, Cleo Silvers,
1205
00:50:08,660 --> 00:50:10,010
the Panthers, and the Lords.
1206
00:50:12,699 --> 00:50:15,459
GLORIA: I am in awe
of my sister.
1207
00:50:15,460 --> 00:50:18,640
She either started the shit
or got in the shit
1208
00:50:18,636 --> 00:50:20,016
that was already started.
1209
00:50:21,984 --> 00:50:25,064
WATANI: If she agreed
to do something,
1210
00:50:25,056 --> 00:50:28,336
it was done, thoroughly.
1211
00:50:28,335 --> 00:50:31,335
So, what that made you do
being in her company,
1212
00:50:31,338 --> 00:50:34,338
either step up or step off.
1213
00:50:34,341 --> 00:50:37,411
Her son, same thing.
1214
00:50:37,413 --> 00:50:40,663
It's the same type of spirit
that they had.
1215
00:50:40,658 --> 00:50:44,388
WATANI: Both charismatic,
both took charge of a room,
1216
00:50:44,386 --> 00:50:47,316
both intelligent, articulate, argumentative,
1217
00:50:47,320 --> 00:50:49,530
you know, so there was
a lot of Afeni there in Pac.
1218
00:50:49,529 --> 00:50:51,699
LEILA: Tupac
has the biggest heart
1219
00:50:51,703 --> 00:50:53,983
of anyone that I've known.
1220
00:50:53,981 --> 00:50:56,231
He was different than anybody.
1221
00:50:56,225 --> 00:50:58,775
I mean, he was
the Marvin Gaye of rap.
1222
00:50:58,779 --> 00:51:02,199
And I thought I was not
managing an artist
1223
00:51:02,197 --> 00:51:04,197
but a campaign,
1224
00:51:04,199 --> 00:51:07,369
because to me, Tupac was always
running for office.
1225
00:51:07,374 --> 00:51:10,454
It was always
about critical mass.
1226
00:51:10,446 --> 00:51:14,376
So he was gonna go chair
the New Afrikan Panther Party
1227
00:51:14,381 --> 00:51:17,451
unless he got
a deal immediately
1228
00:51:17,453 --> 00:51:20,283
because that would be
a faster path
1229
00:51:20,284 --> 00:51:22,394
to access what he needed.
1230
00:51:22,389 --> 00:51:25,669
And Atron was managing
a group in the Bay Area.
1231
00:51:25,668 --> 00:51:27,568
TUPAC: Who's that?
1232
00:51:27,567 --> 00:51:30,357
LEILA: So he set up a meeting
for us to see them.
1233
00:51:30,363 --> 00:51:32,783
TUPAC: He's in the bathroom.
Let's go see who it is.
1234
00:51:32,779 --> 00:51:37,369
Oh, shit. My nigga
Shocka laka, laka, laka, laka.
1235
00:51:37,370 --> 00:51:38,820
Simply trying to get
the fade together here,
1236
00:51:38,819 --> 00:51:41,649
- I mean... [indistinct]
- [Tupac laughing]
1237
00:51:41,650 --> 00:51:43,720
Y'all wanna see me
take a shit, too?
1238
00:51:43,721 --> 00:51:44,761
- Come on, take a shit.
- TUPAC: Uh-oh. This is
1239
00:51:44,756 --> 00:51:46,476
Shocka laka, laka, laka, laka...
1240
00:51:46,482 --> 00:51:47,452
- taking a shit.
- SHOCK G: Taking a shit.
1241
00:51:47,449 --> 00:51:49,039
[Tupac laughing]
1242
00:51:55,112 --> 00:51:56,732
MAN: Have you ever performed
1243
00:51:56,734 --> 00:51:59,394
what, uh, people call
"gangsta rap"?
1244
00:51:59,392 --> 00:52:01,152
- TUPAC: No.
- MAN: Oh.
1245
00:52:01,152 --> 00:52:02,602
MAN: Have you heard the term?
1246
00:52:02,602 --> 00:52:04,472
- A lot.
- MAN: Okay.
1247
00:52:04,466 --> 00:52:06,326
- A lot.
- MAN: Well,
what do you understand
1248
00:52:06,330 --> 00:52:07,370
the term to mean?
1249
00:52:09,160 --> 00:52:11,090
I understand it to be...
1250
00:52:13,302 --> 00:52:15,442
a category that mostly
1251
00:52:15,442 --> 00:52:18,342
what I've seen the media
1252
00:52:18,342 --> 00:52:21,352
and people outside
the rap world classify
1253
00:52:21,345 --> 00:52:23,825
as any music
other than party music.
1254
00:52:23,830 --> 00:52:26,660
- MAN: Okay.
Now, Digital Underground...
- [funky music plays, stops]
1255
00:52:26,660 --> 00:52:28,800
- ...what kind of music
did they perform?
- [funky music plays, stops]
1256
00:52:28,800 --> 00:52:31,770
- They...
- MAN: Digital Underground.
1257
00:52:31,769 --> 00:52:33,769
Party music.
Strictly party music.
1258
00:52:33,771 --> 00:52:38,851
ANNOUNCER:
Digital Underground!
1259
00:52:38,845 --> 00:52:41,495
♪ All right, stop whatcha doin'
'Cause I'm about to ruin ♪
1260
00:52:41,503 --> 00:52:43,573
♪ The image and the style
That you're used to... ♪
1261
00:52:43,574 --> 00:52:45,784
[laughing]
1262
00:52:45,783 --> 00:52:47,163
Strictly party music.
1263
00:52:48,544 --> 00:52:50,174
MONEY B: Digital Underground
1264
00:52:50,167 --> 00:52:51,197
consisted of Shock G,
1265
00:52:51,202 --> 00:52:53,622
Chopmaster J, DJ Fuze,
1266
00:52:53,618 --> 00:52:55,718
- Money B, and of course...
- SCHMOOV: What's up, y'all?
1267
00:52:55,724 --> 00:52:57,484
"Schmoov" Eddie Humphrey
in the house.
1268
00:52:57,484 --> 00:52:59,494
♪ The Humpty Dance
1269
00:52:59,486 --> 00:53:00,826
♪ Is your chance
To do the hump... ♪
1270
00:53:00,832 --> 00:53:03,282
Hold up, though, hold up.
1271
00:53:03,283 --> 00:53:04,323
ATRON:
Shock G was the mastermind
1272
00:53:04,319 --> 00:53:05,839
behind Digital Underground.
1273
00:53:05,837 --> 00:53:08,387
Fly, my nigga there.
Look at that nigga.
1274
00:53:08,392 --> 00:53:09,672
ATRON: He came up
with the concept,
produced the music, and...
1275
00:53:09,669 --> 00:53:11,329
♪ I once got busy
1276
00:53:11,326 --> 00:53:12,666
♪ In a Burger King bathroom
1277
00:53:12,672 --> 00:53:14,642
...literally a musical genius.
1278
00:53:14,639 --> 00:53:18,399
And the only hip-hop producer
ever on a Prince record.
1279
00:53:18,402 --> 00:53:19,682
- MAN: Which record was it?
- I don't remember. [laughs]
1280
00:53:19,679 --> 00:53:22,229
♪ Come here, are ya ticklish?
1281
00:53:22,233 --> 00:53:23,513
♪ Yeah, I called ya fat
Look at me, I'm skinny ♪
1282
00:53:23,510 --> 00:53:25,310
Shock, how was that?
1283
00:53:25,305 --> 00:53:27,825
I like the first one
a little bit better.
1284
00:53:27,825 --> 00:53:28,855
MONEY B: This is right
when we were finishing
"The Humpty Dance."
1285
00:53:28,860 --> 00:53:31,520
SHOCK G:
I'm at the mixing board.
1286
00:53:31,518 --> 00:53:33,898
All the sudden,
H and, uh, Leila
send this kid to the studio.
1287
00:53:33,900 --> 00:53:36,770
"Shock G, what's up? I'm Tupac.
Do you want me to rhyme now?"
1288
00:53:36,765 --> 00:53:38,585
I was, like,
"Damn, this guy's intense."
1289
00:53:38,594 --> 00:53:40,184
You know?
He didn't wanna chill.
1290
00:53:40,182 --> 00:53:42,462
["Static Mix 2" playing]
1291
00:53:53,368 --> 00:53:55,338
ATRON: Digital was getting ready
to go out on the road,
1292
00:53:55,335 --> 00:53:56,605
and I said, "If we don't do
something with Pac,
1293
00:53:56,612 --> 00:53:59,442
he's gonna leave."
Shock said...
1294
00:53:59,443 --> 00:54:02,273
SHOCK G: "Damn, well,
we don't really need
any more rappers.
1295
00:54:02,273 --> 00:54:04,383
You know, we could always
use a roadie.
1296
00:54:04,379 --> 00:54:05,929
We can always use a dancer."
1297
00:54:05,932 --> 00:54:07,872
Pac was, like, "Anything.
1298
00:54:07,865 --> 00:54:09,685
I just wanna get out of here
before I go crazy."
1299
00:54:09,694 --> 00:54:10,904
MONEY B: He was stressed.
His mom was on crack,
1300
00:54:10,902 --> 00:54:13,392
he got a little sister,
1301
00:54:13,388 --> 00:54:14,868
and he didn't know where
his next meal was coming from.
1302
00:54:14,872 --> 00:54:17,532
But he knew he was a star
from day one.
1303
00:54:17,530 --> 00:54:20,220
This all had happened
the same time
the earthquake happened.
1304
00:54:20,222 --> 00:54:22,292
[rumbling]
1305
00:54:22,293 --> 00:54:23,713
And so everyone
was going crazy,
1306
00:54:23,708 --> 00:54:25,878
and "The Humpty Dance"
just came about that way.
1307
00:54:25,883 --> 00:54:28,303
[baby wailing]
1308
00:54:28,299 --> 00:54:30,539
[" The Humpty Dance"
by Digital Underground playing]
1309
00:54:30,543 --> 00:54:33,203
♪ Shaking and twitching
Kinda like I was smoking ♪
1310
00:54:33,200 --> 00:54:35,310
♪ Crazy, whack, funky,
People say ♪
1311
00:54:35,306 --> 00:54:37,786
♪ "You look like M.C. Hammer
On crack, Humpty" ♪
1312
00:54:37,791 --> 00:54:39,721
SHOCK G: " The Humpty Dance"
threw us around the world immediately.
1313
00:54:39,724 --> 00:54:41,554
So being that we were so large,
1314
00:54:41,554 --> 00:54:42,974
you can only expect people
to play into it.
1315
00:54:42,969 --> 00:54:44,419
But it was beyond that
with Tupac.
1316
00:54:44,419 --> 00:54:46,459
The very first day
1317
00:54:46,455 --> 00:54:47,725
of his very first tour,
the soundman was fucking up
1318
00:54:47,732 --> 00:54:49,672
our music,
and Tupac swings on him.
1319
00:54:49,665 --> 00:54:52,455
Luckily, Atron was there
to catch him.
1320
00:54:52,461 --> 00:54:54,391
But damn, he was, like,
"I'm gonna show these guys.
1321
00:54:54,394 --> 00:54:55,264
I'm gonna knock this
motherfucker out for y'all."
1322
00:54:55,257 --> 00:54:56,597
♪ Gather round
1323
00:54:56,603 --> 00:54:58,923
♪ I'm the new fool in town
1324
00:54:58,916 --> 00:55:00,806
♪ And my sound's laid down
By the Underground... ♪
1325
00:55:00,814 --> 00:55:03,374
SHOCK G: He was very loyal.
He wanted to please.
1326
00:55:03,369 --> 00:55:05,749
He rolled in,
he'd load the bus,
he carried the equipment.
1327
00:55:05,750 --> 00:55:07,650
And it was never
no flak with him.
1328
00:55:07,649 --> 00:55:09,479
CHOPMASTER J:
Tupac knew the magic words,
1329
00:55:09,478 --> 00:55:11,408
because he understood
making himself of service.
1330
00:55:11,411 --> 00:55:14,621
"Chop, what can I do to help
so that I can be put on?"
1331
00:55:14,621 --> 00:55:16,311
♪ Oh, do me, baby
1332
00:55:18,763 --> 00:55:20,253
SHOCK G: He moved up
through the ranks
1333
00:55:20,247 --> 00:55:21,277
of Digital Underground quickly.
1334
00:55:21,283 --> 00:55:23,353
Earned our respect.
1335
00:55:23,354 --> 00:55:25,364
That's why Pac wound up
on "Same Song."
1336
00:55:25,356 --> 00:55:26,316
♪ Now I clown around
When I hang around ♪
1337
00:55:26,323 --> 00:55:28,843
♪ With my Underground
1338
00:55:28,842 --> 00:55:30,782
♪ Girls use to frown,
Say I'm down
When I come round ♪
1339
00:55:30,775 --> 00:55:32,845
♪ Gas me, and when they pass me
They use to diss me ♪
1340
00:55:32,846 --> 00:55:35,056
♪ Harass me, but now they
Ask me if they can kiss me ♪
1341
00:55:35,055 --> 00:55:37,395
♪ Get some fame, people change
Wanna live they life high ♪
1342
00:55:37,403 --> 00:55:39,853
♪ Same song can't go wrong
If I play the nice guy ♪
1343
00:55:39,853 --> 00:55:42,553
♪ Claiming fame,
Must have changed,
Now that we became strong ♪
1344
00:55:42,546 --> 00:55:43,816
- ♪ I remain still the same
- ♪ Why Tu?
1345
00:55:43,823 --> 00:55:45,623
♪ 'Cause it's the same song
1346
00:55:45,618 --> 00:55:47,968
TUPAC: Shock G made sure
people saw me
1347
00:55:47,965 --> 00:55:51,655
as a member of the group
and not the posse,
and because he did that,
1348
00:55:51,658 --> 00:55:54,488
it gave me a courage
and a confidence to really
just do what I want.
1349
00:55:54,489 --> 00:55:56,729
That's the best thing
one human being could do
for another one.
1350
00:55:56,732 --> 00:56:00,982
SHOCK G: The hardest-working
man in hip-hop, hands down.
1351
00:56:00,978 --> 00:56:04,428
At the time in '91,
we were on tour constantly.
1352
00:56:04,430 --> 00:56:08,880
Most of our visual memories
of Tupac is with a pen and pad.
1353
00:56:08,882 --> 00:56:10,752
His hotel room looked
like a bomb went off.
1354
00:56:10,746 --> 00:56:12,706
Blunt scrapings
on every counter.
1355
00:56:12,714 --> 00:56:14,684
He just wasn't thinking
about that mundane shit.
1356
00:56:14,681 --> 00:56:16,721
Always writing.
1357
00:56:16,718 --> 00:56:18,058
ATRON: He wanted to be
the best he could be,
1358
00:56:18,064 --> 00:56:19,034
he wanted to be number one.
1359
00:56:19,030 --> 00:56:20,930
Sometimes in the morning,
1360
00:56:20,929 --> 00:56:23,069
Tupac would've read
two papers, a book,
1361
00:56:23,069 --> 00:56:24,759
listened to two records,
1362
00:56:24,760 --> 00:56:26,830
watched a movie by 8:00,
9:00 in the morning,
1363
00:56:26,831 --> 00:56:29,111
and probably smoked
a half-ounce of weed.
1364
00:56:29,109 --> 00:56:32,389
How else do you
become number one than studying
people at the top?
1365
00:56:32,389 --> 00:56:35,429
MONEY B: Hip-hop was
changing with N.W.A.
1366
00:56:35,426 --> 00:56:39,776
The aggressive, hardcore
mentality was more glorified.
1367
00:56:39,775 --> 00:56:42,425
But every morning,
1368
00:56:42,433 --> 00:56:44,403
Tupac would always be
in the back of the tour bus...
1369
00:56:46,541 --> 00:56:48,411
in his feelings,
like a ritual...
1370
00:56:49,682 --> 00:56:52,692
blasting some Mariah Carey.
1371
00:56:52,685 --> 00:56:54,755
"Visions of Love."
1372
00:56:54,756 --> 00:56:57,446
And he's trying
to explain what it means.
1373
00:56:57,448 --> 00:56:59,108
And he's, like,
"You don't understand,
This is Mariah Carey."
1374
00:56:59,105 --> 00:57:01,105
ATRON: He listened
to all types of music
1375
00:57:01,107 --> 00:57:02,867
that were on the charts, and
say, "What are they doing?"
1376
00:57:02,867 --> 00:57:05,107
What are their lyrics?
What is their sound?"
1377
00:57:05,111 --> 00:57:07,111
And I know that him and Leila
worked on a plan.
1378
00:57:07,113 --> 00:57:09,633
Tupac wanted
to seduce the children
1379
00:57:09,633 --> 00:57:11,053
of White America.
1380
00:57:11,048 --> 00:57:12,598
TUPAC: I had a whole energy
1381
00:57:12,601 --> 00:57:14,781
that represents
not just Black youth,
1382
00:57:14,776 --> 00:57:16,776
but White youth,
Mexican youth-- youth.
1383
00:57:16,778 --> 00:57:19,708
LEILA: He felt strongly
that in order to make shifts,
1384
00:57:19,712 --> 00:57:21,542
we had to do it together.
1385
00:57:21,541 --> 00:57:24,651
It was soft,
but let me give him credit.
1386
00:57:24,648 --> 00:57:27,438
He had his vulnerable side,
or whatever you wanna call it,
1387
00:57:27,444 --> 00:57:29,454
and he wasn't afraid
to show it.
1388
00:57:29,446 --> 00:57:30,446
And we were actually
in New York
1389
00:57:30,447 --> 00:57:32,617
when a script was given to me
1390
00:57:32,621 --> 00:57:34,111
to audition for this movie, Juice.
1391
00:57:34,105 --> 00:57:35,935
This is, like, the making-of.
1392
00:57:35,935 --> 00:57:38,455
Hey, the making-of.
1393
00:57:38,455 --> 00:57:42,005
Now, little do y'all know,
it's all a bluff.
1394
00:57:42,010 --> 00:57:44,150
I don't know how the script
was given to me,
'cause I'm not an actor.
1395
00:57:44,150 --> 00:57:45,770
Like, I didn't know
how to cry or anything.
1396
00:57:45,772 --> 00:57:48,122
I'm shaking,
I'm nervous as fuck.
1397
00:57:48,119 --> 00:57:48,979
But as I'm reading the script,
this character, Bishop,
1398
00:57:48,982 --> 00:57:50,922
reminds me of Tupac.
1399
00:57:50,915 --> 00:57:52,775
And I was, like,
"You should read for this."
1400
00:57:52,779 --> 00:57:54,919
So Tupac goes in the room.
1401
00:57:54,919 --> 00:57:57,509
And now Tupac is killing it.
You can hear claps and shit.
1402
00:57:57,508 --> 00:57:59,988
We run from Radames.
We run from security guards.
1403
00:57:59,993 --> 00:58:03,133
We run from old man Quiles
in this fucking bullshit store
1404
00:58:03,134 --> 00:58:05,694
when he come
with that bullshit gun!
1405
00:58:05,689 --> 00:58:07,619
All we do is fucking run!
1406
00:58:07,622 --> 00:58:09,762
I feel like
I'm on a goddamn track team.
1407
00:58:09,762 --> 00:58:11,592
ATRON:
He was probably
at his happiest place.
1408
00:58:11,591 --> 00:58:13,941
MAN:
That was the time of his life.
1409
00:58:13,938 --> 00:58:15,658
And then I get a call
that there's a hot
1410
00:58:15,664 --> 00:58:17,804
new artist-friendly label
named Interscope
1411
00:58:17,804 --> 00:58:19,774
that want to make a deal
with us.
1412
00:58:19,772 --> 00:58:22,532
He was over-the-moon excited.
1413
00:58:22,533 --> 00:58:25,193
But I made him open
a bank account.
1414
00:58:25,191 --> 00:58:28,681
The police saw him
walking across the street
1415
00:58:28,677 --> 00:58:31,677
to go get some money
out of the bank.
1416
00:58:31,680 --> 00:58:33,200
REPORTER:
Shakur admitted jaywalking
1417
00:58:33,199 --> 00:58:35,819
in downtown Oakland,
October 17th,
1418
00:58:35,822 --> 00:58:38,622
and also arguing
with the officers,
even using profanity.
1419
00:58:38,618 --> 00:58:40,968
But he said his treatment
didn't fit the crime.
1420
00:58:40,965 --> 00:58:43,235
I think they used a little bit
too much force, because, I mean,
1421
00:58:43,243 --> 00:58:46,113
he was already handcuffed,
and they were still hitting him.
1422
00:58:46,108 --> 00:58:48,628
ATRON: Another change.
1423
00:58:48,628 --> 00:58:52,178
This is a point when he became
a television activist.
1424
00:58:58,742 --> 00:59:00,232
MAN: Could you spell your name
for the record
1425
00:59:00,226 --> 00:59:01,636
so we know that it's T-U-P-A-C?
1426
00:59:01,641 --> 00:59:04,061
TUPAC: Yes. Tupac.
1427
00:59:04,057 --> 00:59:05,507
MAN: Family name?
1428
00:59:05,507 --> 00:59:08,677
Shakur. S-H-A-K-U-R.
1429
00:59:08,683 --> 00:59:10,133
Shakur.
1430
00:59:10,132 --> 00:59:11,932
KAREN: Tupac always knew
1431
00:59:11,927 --> 00:59:14,517
that his name
would draw attention,
1432
00:59:14,516 --> 00:59:16,656
but this was the first time
1433
00:59:16,656 --> 00:59:20,586
I think
he had been physically...
1434
00:59:20,591 --> 00:59:23,531
abused that way.
1435
00:59:23,525 --> 00:59:26,765
He was irate.
1436
00:59:26,770 --> 00:59:30,770
Afeni was in rehab
in Connecticut.
1437
00:59:30,774 --> 00:59:32,914
He said, "I need
for her to get better,
'cause I need her."
1438
00:59:32,914 --> 00:59:34,924
I remember him saying
specifically that,
1439
00:59:34,916 --> 00:59:37,846
"I need for her to get better,
'cause I need her."
1440
00:59:37,850 --> 00:59:39,750
RYAN: Yeah, the police
messed him up.
1441
00:59:39,748 --> 00:59:42,678
He had knots on his head.
He got messed up.
1442
00:59:42,682 --> 00:59:44,752
That's why he had
to cut his hair off.
1443
00:59:44,753 --> 00:59:46,933
KAREN: He got alopecia.
1444
00:59:46,928 --> 00:59:48,688
And that's when he started
shaving his head,
1445
00:59:48,688 --> 00:59:51,098
because the hair wasn't
coming back in.
1446
00:59:51,104 --> 00:59:54,764
So that showed us that
there was something
going on internally
1447
00:59:54,763 --> 00:59:56,283
that he just wasn't
talking about.
1448
00:59:56,282 --> 00:59:58,802
And Afeni called me,
1449
00:59:58,802 --> 01:00:03,812
concerned how was her past
gonna affect his future?
1450
01:00:03,807 --> 01:00:07,567
AFENI: He came here
the son of a radical.
1451
01:00:07,569 --> 01:00:10,259
This country does not
look kindly on those people.
1452
01:00:10,261 --> 01:00:12,781
REPORTER: In Oakland today,
1453
01:00:12,781 --> 01:00:14,711
a Black musician
filed a $10 million claim
1454
01:00:14,714 --> 01:00:16,794
against
two White police officers,
1455
01:00:16,785 --> 01:00:19,335
saying they assaulted him
physically and verbally
1456
01:00:19,339 --> 01:00:21,889
after arresting him
for jaywalking.
1457
01:00:21,894 --> 01:00:24,284
Tupac Shakur is a member
of the popular rap group
1458
01:00:24,275 --> 01:00:25,785
Digital Underground.
1459
01:00:25,794 --> 01:00:27,184
TUPAC:
I was walking to Union Bank.
1460
01:00:27,175 --> 01:00:29,065
I was going to withdraw money.
1461
01:00:29,073 --> 01:00:30,283
I had my bank cards in my hand,
my beeper was going off.
1462
01:00:30,281 --> 01:00:32,181
I'm running across the street.
1463
01:00:32,180 --> 01:00:34,150
The police officer
stopped me on the sidewalk
1464
01:00:34,147 --> 01:00:36,287
and asked to see my ID.
1465
01:00:36,287 --> 01:00:38,807
He sweated me
about my name, like,
1466
01:00:38,807 --> 01:00:41,637
"I can't believe
your mother named you that."
1467
01:00:41,638 --> 01:00:43,738
And they were charging me
with jaywalking.
1468
01:00:43,743 --> 01:00:46,093
So I was riffing
and arguing about...
1469
01:00:46,090 --> 01:00:48,130
why would they charge me
with such a petty crime?
1470
01:00:48,127 --> 01:00:51,717
The officers said,
"You are not above the law,
1471
01:00:51,717 --> 01:00:54,167
and just because
you're in a rap group
don't make you different.
1472
01:00:54,167 --> 01:00:55,817
You have to learn your place."
1473
01:00:55,824 --> 01:00:57,144
And they said,
"You have to learn
1474
01:00:57,136 --> 01:00:58,926
how to treat the police officers
of Oakland."
1475
01:00:58,931 --> 01:01:00,311
So I kept yelling,
"Just give me the citation.
1476
01:01:00,311 --> 01:01:02,041
Let me go about my business."
1477
01:01:02,037 --> 01:01:03,867
That was a problem.
1478
01:01:03,867 --> 01:01:05,277
But after I said that,
I was in a choke hold,
1479
01:01:05,282 --> 01:01:07,182
which is known as the sleeper.
1480
01:01:07,180 --> 01:01:10,840
Officer Boyovich repeatedly
slammed my face into the floor
1481
01:01:10,839 --> 01:01:12,979
while Rodgers
put the cuffs on me.
1482
01:01:12,979 --> 01:01:15,259
They was happy
after I was unconscious
in cuffs on the floor.
1483
01:01:19,296 --> 01:01:21,326
AFENI: For every young
Black male child,
1484
01:01:21,332 --> 01:01:24,162
at some point in his life,
1485
01:01:24,163 --> 01:01:27,243
there is 90% possibility
1486
01:01:27,235 --> 01:01:30,375
that some person is going
to look at that child
1487
01:01:30,376 --> 01:01:33,406
and denote to that child
1488
01:01:33,413 --> 01:01:37,353
what his station in life
will be in this country.
1489
01:01:39,765 --> 01:01:42,795
The police beat my son
in the streets of Oakland
1490
01:01:42,802 --> 01:01:44,842
because his name
was Tupac Amaru Shakur
1491
01:01:44,839 --> 01:01:46,699
and not Joe Blow.
1492
01:01:46,703 --> 01:01:48,263
TUPAC: My spirit was broke,
1493
01:01:48,256 --> 01:01:50,846
because after
I made consciousness again,
1494
01:01:50,845 --> 01:01:53,425
they kept joking about...
[coughs] "I can't breathe.
I can't breathe."
1495
01:01:53,433 --> 01:01:56,403
'Cause I couldn't breathe.
The breath was taken from me.
1496
01:01:56,402 --> 01:01:58,402
AFENI: What I wanted for my son
1497
01:01:58,404 --> 01:02:00,374
is when they did that,
1498
01:02:00,371 --> 01:02:03,651
I wanted him to have a place
where he found beauty,
1499
01:02:03,650 --> 01:02:06,720
integrity and strength
within himself.
1500
01:02:06,723 --> 01:02:08,413
He could fight back at that.
1501
01:02:08,414 --> 01:02:10,114
And I thought that was
the most important thing
1502
01:02:10,105 --> 01:02:11,995
I could give to my son.
1503
01:02:12,004 --> 01:02:13,944
TUPAC: On every single track
on my album,
1504
01:02:13,937 --> 01:02:16,107
I talk about the injustices
of the young Black males.
1505
01:02:16,111 --> 01:02:18,391
And in my album, the number one
enemy is the police,
1506
01:02:18,389 --> 01:02:20,389
the crooked police officer.
1507
01:02:20,391 --> 01:02:22,121
And the ironic thing is that
it never happened to me.
1508
01:02:22,117 --> 01:02:24,427
I was speaking
from stories of my peers.
1509
01:02:24,430 --> 01:02:26,400
[indistinct chattering]
1510
01:02:26,397 --> 01:02:28,747
I missed my video debuting
on MTV.
1511
01:02:28,745 --> 01:02:30,815
First-time world premiere.
1512
01:02:30,816 --> 01:02:33,466
I spent seven hours in jail
for getting beat on by police.
1513
01:02:33,473 --> 01:02:35,683
And I'm in jail while
my video is being premiered.
1514
01:02:37,788 --> 01:02:39,068
♪ Hands up, throw me up
Against the wall ♪
1515
01:02:39,065 --> 01:02:41,205
♪ Didn't do a thing at all
1516
01:02:41,205 --> 01:02:42,965
♪ Telling you one day
These suckers got to fall ♪
1517
01:02:42,966 --> 01:02:44,966
♪ Cuffed up, throw me
On the concrete ♪
1518
01:02:44,968 --> 01:02:47,378
♪ Coppers try to kill me
But they didn't know ♪
1519
01:02:47,384 --> 01:02:48,804
♪ This was the wrong street,
Bang, bang ♪
1520
01:02:48,799 --> 01:02:50,869
♪ Count another casualty
1521
01:02:50,870 --> 01:02:52,290
♪ But it's a cop
Who's shot for his brutality ♪
1522
01:02:52,285 --> 01:02:54,285
♪ Who do you blame?
1523
01:02:54,287 --> 01:02:56,317
♪ It's a shame
Because the man's slain ♪
1524
01:02:56,324 --> 01:02:58,914
♪ He got caught in the chains
Of his own game ♪
1525
01:02:58,913 --> 01:03:01,403
♪ How can I feel guilty
After all the things
They did to me? ♪
1526
01:03:01,398 --> 01:03:04,298
♪ Sweated me, hunted me
Trapped in my own community ♪
1527
01:03:04,297 --> 01:03:06,777
♪ One day I'm gonna bust
Blow up on this society ♪
1528
01:03:06,783 --> 01:03:08,473
♪ Why did you lie to me?
1529
01:03:08,474 --> 01:03:10,444
♪ I couldn't find
A trace of equality ♪
1530
01:03:10,441 --> 01:03:11,791
♪ Work me like a slave
While they laid back ♪
1531
01:03:11,788 --> 01:03:13,958
♪ Homey don't play that
1532
01:03:13,962 --> 01:03:15,902
♪ It's time I let them
Suffer the payback ♪
1533
01:03:15,895 --> 01:03:17,965
♪ I'm trying
To avoid physical contact ♪
1534
01:03:17,966 --> 01:03:20,446
♪ I can't hold back,
It's time to attack ♪
1535
01:03:20,451 --> 01:03:22,211
♪ Jack, they got me trapped
1536
01:03:24,559 --> 01:03:26,349
AFENI:
Today, no matter what,
1537
01:03:26,354 --> 01:03:28,844
I thank God
that I gave him.
1538
01:03:28,839 --> 01:03:33,809
I remember the last time
I tried to spank my son.
1539
01:03:33,810 --> 01:03:36,260
And he was too old for me
to spank then.
1540
01:03:36,260 --> 01:03:38,300
He was about 13 years old.
1541
01:03:38,297 --> 01:03:40,467
And I raised my hand
to hit him.
1542
01:03:40,471 --> 01:03:43,101
And he didn't try
to hit me back,
1543
01:03:43,095 --> 01:03:45,815
but he blocked the blows.
1544
01:03:45,822 --> 01:03:48,482
And from here he looked at me
and he said,
1545
01:03:48,479 --> 01:03:53,169
"I'm never going to let
anybody beat me down."
1546
01:03:53,174 --> 01:03:54,424
And you know what?
1547
01:03:54,416 --> 01:03:56,276
[chuckles]
1548
01:03:56,280 --> 01:03:58,390
Stopped me in my tracks.
1549
01:03:58,386 --> 01:04:01,456
TUPAC: ♪ Nightmare
That's what I am ♪
1550
01:04:01,458 --> 01:04:03,488
♪ America's nightmare
1551
01:04:03,494 --> 01:04:05,394
♪ I am what you made me
1552
01:04:05,393 --> 01:04:08,573
♪ The hate and the evil
That you gave me ♪
1553
01:04:08,568 --> 01:04:11,188
♪ I shine as a reminder of what
You've done to my people ♪
1554
01:04:11,192 --> 01:04:14,472
♪ For 400-plus years
1555
01:04:14,471 --> 01:04:16,891
♪ You should be scared
1556
01:04:16,887 --> 01:04:18,887
♪ You should be running
1557
01:04:18,889 --> 01:04:22,309
♪ You should be
Trying to silence me ♪
1558
01:04:22,306 --> 01:04:25,896
♪ Ha, but you cannot
Escape fate ♪
1559
01:04:25,896 --> 01:04:27,376
♪ For it is my turn to come
1560
01:04:27,380 --> 01:04:29,560
♪ 2pacalypse
1561
01:04:29,555 --> 01:04:31,175
♪ America's nightmare
1562
01:04:33,386 --> 01:04:34,486
♪ Come on, come on
1563
01:04:34,491 --> 01:04:36,321
♪ I see no changes
1564
01:04:36,320 --> 01:04:38,360
♪ Wake up in the morning
And I ask myself ♪
1565
01:04:38,357 --> 01:04:40,497
♪ "Is life worth living?
Should I blast myself?" ♪
1566
01:04:40,497 --> 01:04:43,257
♪ I'm tired of being poor
Even worse, I'm Black ♪
1567
01:04:43,258 --> 01:04:44,808
♪ My stomach hurts
So I'm looking for a purse
To snatch ♪
1568
01:04:44,811 --> 01:04:46,611
♪ Cops give a damn
About a Negro ♪
1569
01:04:46,606 --> 01:04:48,606
♪ Pull the trigger
Kill a nigga, he's a hero ♪
1570
01:04:48,608 --> 01:04:50,988
♪ Give the crack to the kids
Who the hell cares? ♪
1571
01:04:50,990 --> 01:04:53,230
♪ One less hungry mouth
On the welfare ♪
1572
01:04:53,234 --> 01:04:55,344
♪ First ship them dope
And let them deal to brothers ♪
1573
01:04:55,339 --> 01:04:57,579
♪ Give them guns, step back
Watch them kill each other ♪
1574
01:04:57,583 --> 01:04:59,413
♪ "It's time to fight back,"
That's what Huey said ♪
1575
01:04:59,412 --> 01:05:01,932
♪ Two shots in the dark,
Now Huey's dead ♪
1576
01:05:01,932 --> 01:05:04,002
♪ I got love for my brother
But we can never go nowhere ♪
1577
01:05:04,003 --> 01:05:05,563
♪ Unless we share
With each other ♪
1578
01:05:05,556 --> 01:05:07,246
♪ We got to start
Making changes ♪
1579
01:05:07,248 --> 01:05:09,248
♪ Learn to see me
As a brother ♪
1580
01:05:09,250 --> 01:05:10,940
♪ Instead of two
Distant strangers ♪
1581
01:05:10,941 --> 01:05:11,841
♪ And that's how
It's supposed to be... ♪126042
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