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Even after his untimely death in 1996,Tupac Shakur is still cranking out hit gangsta tunes from the grave. Yes,he maybe gone from here,but still is kicking strong within the hood. This was a brilliant and excellent documentary features footage from interviews and special material about the man who would become one of the most influential rappers of all time,the one and only 2PAC. From his earliest beginnigs with his parents,who were members of the notorious Black Panther movement of the 1960's and 1970's to his childhood days growing up in parts of New York to moving to Baltimore to attend the famous Baltimore School For The Performing Arts and from there to the West Coast areas of Oakland where he would established himself within the hood as sometimes controversial,loud and proud and speaking what was on his mind about the people,the society and most of all the music industry itself that was very corrupt and distasteful. The film goes on to the times where he was on top of the throne to the rise and fall of his own empire.
However,his held his own towards the troubles in his life and furthermore the trials and tribulations that would follow from the celebrities he would have encounters with including some with Arnesio Hall,Eddie Murphy,Spike Lee,The Hughes Brothers,and the final confrontation the would end his life with the East Coast/West Coast feud with rivals Biggie Smalls,P.Diddy,and mostly the head of Death Row Records Suge Knight. This film was of the best documentaries I've seen in a long while and it really kept me in tune to a individual who was not just about rapping about the thug life of drugs,guns,violence and women,but he was a poet/activist,and actor in his own right--a man whose thoughts about society as an a black man living in America and how the black man is mistreated is something to see,since 2PAC was large and had fans worldwide. The documentary is a must see.
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raysond 18 November 2003
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