hah! now let the conspiracy theories roll.

you know, if someone just "snitched," both deaths would be solved in the tiem it takes me to turn the radio away from a rap song

Speaking of Tupac, when is his next record coming out?

/ he and princess di have lunch every week, I hear

I get it! Smoking gun HAHAHA

Tupac, spelled backwards, is "Kaput".

I made the mistake of saying that to a fan of Tupac. He didn't appreciate the humor.

He couldn't of killed Tupac, P. Diddy was too busy planning to kill The Notorious B.I.G. so he could spend the next 20 years eulogizing him.

I wonder if Dan Rather would call the original story "Fake but accurate"?

Q: What do you call 1 dead rapper?
A: A good start.


/cranks up some Guess Who and listens to real music...

Wow, and this can even get a Florida tag as well.

Hurry, somebody tell Biggie
/nevermind

aar0on: Q: What do you call 1 dead rapper?
A: A good start.


/cranks up some Guess Who and listens to real music...
Who?

Who cares?

Who cares? The important thing is one less rapper.

The conspiracy is more interesting than the participants

aar0on: Q: What do you call 1 dead rapper?
A: A good start.


/cranks up some Guess Who and listens to real music...

Actually, Tupac made some pretty damn good music. He had an incredible work ethic and his songs had meaning and emotion behind them. He had an extremely bright future as a musician, as well as an actor and it's a shame that he sold his soul to Suge Knight which lead to his death.

2pac lives.

IcedPee: Speaking of Tupac, when is his next record coming out?

/ he and princess di have lunch every week, I hear

with JFK Jr. and Heath Ledger

wildly impulsive, overweight white kid from Florida whose own father once described him in a letter to a federal judge as "a disturbed young man who needed attention like a drug."

What this dude's fark handle?

Rann Xerox: Tupac, spelled backwards, is "Kaput".

C backwards is K?

aar0on: Q: What do you call 1 dead rapper?
A: A good start.


/cranks up some Guess Who and listens to real music...

2/10

Disco died.
Grunge passed.
Punk, not so much.
Hair metal. RIP

When is rap going to kick the bucket?

/not soon enough

Getting killed was the best thing for his career. His brand of rap was on the way out at that point.

He was also a complete piece of shiat, and those types tend to get themselves killed.

Rap was better in the 80's.

/Now get off my lawn.

some swedish girl: Rann Xerox: Tupac, spelled backwards, is "Kaput".

C backwards is K?

C is the new K

*goes for another bowl of Special C *

Tupac's music was way different than most of the generic rap out there. He had strong moral and social awareness, and reflected that in his music. He had alot more to say than alot of the popular music I hear today.

I think biggie said it best "to the honeys making moneys treatin n@$#as like dummies"

We clearly aren't issuing enough rapper hunting licenses. When's the season start, or are we up to year-round now? There's so many "young"s and "lil"s these days, I'm sure that the herd needs some thinning.

LOlz RAP = (R)idiculous.(A)dolescent.(P)oop wiv secret hand signs... like wot the spac'tards do in the spechul classes. Mongtastic!!

Jonathan Hohensee: He couldn't of killed Tupac, P. Diddy was too busy planning to kill The Notorious B.I.G. so he could spend the next 20 years eulogizing eugoogolizing him.

FTFY
//rotsky, now with chiseled abs and stunning features

Rann Xerox: Tupac, spelled backwards, is "Kaput".

I made the mistake of saying that to a fan of Tupac. He didn't appreciate the humor.


I was in high school when Tupac was shot, and the day after, one of the punk rock kids at school was wearing a homemade t-shirt. It said "I shot Tupac.", and had fake bloody bullet holes all over the front. Later that day, I noticed that there was a big rip on one side, and he was sporting a black eye.

Apparently, this other guy I knew took offense, and decided to take matters into his own hands. He was one of those guys you didn't want to fark with....Napoleon complex all the way....and could hold his own in a fight.

As far as the kid with the t-shirt goes, he's damn lucky our school was in a yuppie suburb of Seattle....if he tried that shiat at Rainier Beach High School, things would have been much worse.

Delusional white boy seeks attention by trying to insert himself into hip-hop culture. Sounds familiar.

The only shock to me is that the forgeries didn't come directlyfrom the CIA.

erupt2001: aar0on: Q: What do you call 1 dead rapper?
A: A good start.


/cranks up some Guess Who and listens to real music...

Actually, Tupac made some pretty damn good music. He had an incredible work ethic and his songs had meaning and emotion behind them. He had an extremely bright future as a musician poet, as well as an actor and it's a shame that he sold his soul to Suge Knight which lead to his death.

I'll agree that his raps were catchy, and that he was very talented at what he did behind a mic and in front of a camera. But please, for the love of God, can we stop calling rappers musicians? I highly doubt that Tupac, Biggy or even Puffy could read one measure of music, and taking a music theory class would make his head aspload.

illinidrew: Jonathan Hohensee: He couldn't of killed Tupac, P. Diddy was too busy planning to kill The Notorious B.I.G. so he could spend the next 20 years eulogizing eugoogolizing him.

FTFY
//rotsky, now with chiseled abs and stunning features

YOU BASTARD FANTASTIC FELLOW...

aar0on: Q: What do you call 1 dead rapper?
A: A good start.


/cranks up some Guess Who and listens to real music...

Dear God, THIS!

desolationrow: He had strong moral and social awareness,


Yeesh.

Look...the guy was an entertainer....nothing more, nothing less.

Since when did having "awareness" actually mean something? Ooooh....look at me, I'm "aware". How about actually doing something for once?

/Still can't believe UC Berkeley offered a class on the "poetry of Tupac".

"It's all in my notes, Gus!"

aar0on: /cranks up some Guess The Who and listens to real music...


FTFY

FilmBELOH20: erupt2001: aar0on: Q: What do you call 1 dead rapper?
A: A good start.


/cranks up some Guess Who and listens to real music...

Actually, Tupac made some pretty damn good music. He had an incredible work ethic and his songs had meaning and emotion behind them. He had an extremely bright future as a musician poet, as well as an actor and it's a shame that he sold his soul to Suge Knight which lead to his death.

I'll agree that his raps were catchy, and that he was very talented at what he did behind a mic and in front of a camera. But please, for the love of God, can we stop calling rappers musicians? I highly doubt that Tupac, Biggy or even Puffy could read one measure of music, and taking a music theory class would make his head aspload.

Ok, so we'll call him a poet. Relax and take a breath before your bunched panties cut off your air supply.

The_Sponge: desolationrow: He had strong moral and social awareness,


Yeesh.

Look...the guy was an entertainer....nothing more, nothing less.

Since when did having "awareness" actually mean something? Ooooh....look at me, I'm "aware". How about actually doing something for once?
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Raising the social awareness of a couple generations of young people is an accomplishment. You can not simultaneously blame "negative" hip-hop for all that ails the urban community and then claim that it has absolutely no effect when it is positive.

Either the music is powerful enough to create change or it is not.

some swedish girl: Rann Xerox: Tupac, spelled backwards, is "Kaput".

C backwards is K?

You know what I mean. :-)

JPhilB: Disco died.
Grunge passed.
Punk, not so much.
Hair metal. RIP

When is rap going to kick the bucket?

/not soon enough


Those were all just variations on the rock/pop genre that had their time and will have their revivals. The core genre never went anywhere. Rap (or more broadly hip-hop) is going to be the same way. If you look at worldwide album sales for the last few years they are pretty evenly divided between rock, pop and hip-hop. I doubt that will change any time soon.

erupt2001: Actually, Tupac made some pretty damn good music. He had an incredible work ethic and his songs had meaning and emotion behind them. He had an extremely bright future as a musician, as well as an actor and it's a shame that he sold his soul to Suge Knight which lead to his death.

Thank you. "Screw you" to everyone saying, "Durr one less rapper yayyy" and "hurr hurr can't spell crap without rap". There have been a LOT of talented rap and hip-hop artists who don't get the air play they deserve because of labels and radio stations falling back on the same old formula of gangster style music, doing whatever they could to sell records. There are plenty of great artists out there that aren't just rapping about hoes and rims; but you're not bothering to look for them. The same could be said about rock, so you can go back to listening to Nickelback and Creed; or whatever drivel you get from American Idol.

The_Sponge: Since when did having "awareness" actually mean something? Ooooh....look at me, I'm "aware". How about actually doing something for once?

You've never heard of the concept of using music as spreading a message?

FilmBELOH20: I'll agree that his raps were catchy, and that he was very talented at what he did behind a mic and in front of a camera. But please, for the love of God, can we stop calling rappers musicians? I highly doubt that Tupac, Biggy or even Puffy could read one measure of music, and taking a music theory class would make his head aspload.

I'm not sure I would call all of them "musicians", seeing as most rappers themselves don't play instruments; I think the term "lyricists" might fit better. They'd write catchy hooks and have DJs lay down good beats for them(i.e. Dr. Dre). However, The Roots are a notable exception. ?uest Love is a good drummer, and the group really makes some good songs.

RobbieS: "It's all in my notes, Gus!"

RIP Wire. You lived longer than I expected.

Rann Xerox: You know what I mean. :-)

I just felt like being difficult :P

FilmBELOH20: 'll agree that his raps were catchy, and that he was very talented at what he did behind a mic and in front of a camera. But please, for the love of God, can we stop calling rappers musicians? I highly doubt that Tupac, Biggy or even Puffy could read one measure of music, and taking a music theory class would make his head aspload.

You realize that Tupac went to the Baltimore School for the Arts and was classically trained right? He studied Jazz and performed Shakespeare. Before you make assumptions about the man you may want to read up on him first.

The_Sponge
Since when did having "awareness" actually mean something? Ooooh....look at me, I'm "aware". How about actually doing something for once?
Yeah, really. I read alot of crap the media vomits up about 'spreading awareness' of things like AIDS, domestic abuse and other nonsense. Awareness is pretty overrated. Just like Tupac talking about poverty, drug addiction, abuse and youth violence.

/Still can't believe UC Berkeley offered a class on the "poetry of Tupac".
And yet, there it is.

He added that Sabatino also tried to get near the Wu-Tang Clan, "but I heard they beat him up."


/ain't nothin' to fark with

DROxINxTHExWIND: Either the music is powerful enough to create change or it is not.

Amazing how "hip hop culture" can somehow both be the cause of all the problems with black folks and at the same time be nothing more than a noisy waste of time. It seems to be the perfect scapegoat.