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• 2PAC Hit Em Up or Dear Mama?: I'm aggressive. I'm never Yeah, when have I when have I not been respectful, homie? About Tupac. To anybody in general, dog, I'll slap the crap out of you right now. Where were you when you heard that Tupac had died? It's rhetorical, so hold on, hold on, yeah. What Tupac song takes you immediately back to a specific time and place in your life. Tonight, we're talking the man. For some, the legend, for some the icon, for some a hero. It's been almost 30 years since he died. And look at people are still talking about him, not just us. I still see Tupac shirts. A couple times a week. You know what I mean? we're talking tonight to Pak Shakur. So let's hit him up all next on the gentleman's hour I ain't got no mother friends. That's why I dropped the intro. Wait, what line was that? Is that the one that's not from Hit Hem Up? That's from Hit Hem Up. That's right. Right at the beginning. As soon as you hit play, he says it's like low. I ain't got no rans. That's why I yourself killed him. So we're talking hit we're talking tonight, Tupac. He just died recently. The guy no, he just died recently. Died 30 years ago. But the guy who I guess was I don't know. I don't know if this was a dude who shot him, one of the main dudes. I've heard so many different stories, but This is a guy that got convicted for it. you know his name. What's his name? Boy Keefe. Keefe. so I think he I mean, he's already like eighty years old and they gave him like life or something. So it doesn't or they haven't like seventeen days. They haven't even sent him yet, but either way he's gonna die. That didn't d didn't he say that too, where they were asking him to plead or and he was just like, I don't give a shit. I'm already seventy some years old. What you gonna do to me? And he was bragging about I heard that's how they even they had no evidence or anything, but He started going on the shows talking about like, Yeah, I know who killed Tupac. And he was saying that that Diddy did it. But He like orchestrated it or something, right? Yeah, he said that Diddy had a meeting in in Hollywood or in LA with a bunch of Crips and that he told him, I'll give you a million dollars for Tupac's head, you know, bounty. And so then it just happened to be that they were all in Vegas and then that Tupac and his crew stomped out that dude who I guess had Stolen a death row records chain. Or I hope it wasn't a a gentleman's hour. Gentleman's hour leave. We don't play. We don't stomp you out. We just come out shooting, homie. No way. Chill, bro. I guess I guess. I guess the whole crew beat that dude up. That dude went, hey, Tupac just jumped me, did all this. They said, What? They said, Let's go get that fool. We got a million dollar bounty on that fool. We might as well do it right now. Killed him. And then that guy said that he only reason he ratted out Diddy is because Diddy never paid him. All right. Still waiting on the check now. Uncle, first sip. Let's go. Let's jump into this, brother. Come on. You got your you got your white your white Russian? Nah, nah, I got the The Blue Demon. H two L. shit. That water bottle, that metal water bottle. Yeah, no, it's it's it's the new Yeti. It's a new Yeti. okay, Uncle, do you remember when you first found out a Tupac about Tupac? I mean, obviously it was probably a song, but do you remember the first time you heard his music? Who put you on him? And then the last part of that question is, do you even understand at that point like what he was rapping about or what he was about, or were you like, it's a dope ass tune? the first time I ever I re I ever heard Tupac was a song called Trapped. and it was actually the video. And I don't know if you remember, but back in the day there used to be a thing called the Box. It was on cable. It used it used to be it used to be two channels, right? Back in the day, from what I remember, the earliest number I can remember is like seventy and seventy one. Uh-huh. It's like Time Warner or like One of those Adelphia when I remember one of those cable companies. And basically they just play music videos, but it was on demand. So you can call the number like a 1-900 number. And then they would charge you like a like a dollar ninety-five per song or whatever. And then you would enter the three-digit code. Boom, boom, boom. Eight four seven. Bah. And then it would play in order as you know, whatever it was on there. So I remember I would just sit there and I would just watch it, dude. And it was just scrolling. So somebody ordered a a video and you can see it on the bottom. Now ordering and it would show you the numbers and then it would come on. I never heard of that. Yeah, bro. And then I remember I would sit there and just kind of watch it, like, Sam. And then who's this guy, Tupac? And if you ever watch the video at the at the beginning, they're playing craps like on the corner. And then the cops roll up, so they all take off. So I guess they got busted. So then the scene, the song starts, and he's in he's in jail. So he's kinda like rolling through the cells and he's got a beanie on and he's like and I just remember the flow. I remember it was like, dude, I'm like, this guy's using words that like like adults use, bro. Like this is like you know what I mean? Because I at that point I was heavy into like Cypress Hill, probably like NWA, like those kind of things. And he used words that I had never heard them say, bro. I'm like, damn this and it was like and he made it like just flow. Yeah, yeah. And I was like, dude, this was bad, bro. Like this is dope. And then Yeah, I mean ever since and then I think after that, I think the new song called When My Homies Call that was a little bit more faster, a little more like a like a kind of like a party beat. That one was on that album. And then yeah, and then I mean it just took off from there, bro. And then as far as the next part of the question, nah, I just thought I just thought he was just like a rapper, dude. I just thought he was I didn't I didn't know I didn't know what it was gonna be, bro. Like when I remember when I heard him, I was like, Man, this was just he's dope. He's cool. And then I also kinda like like appreciated it I guess 'cause it was kind of different. And, you know, he was very that first album was very like angry, very, very like political, very aggressive, where he was talking about killing cops. He was talking about thinking that that's the one that has Brenda's got a baby. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Brenda's got and I'm like, dude, this was like all over the place. Like in one thing he's rapping in jail. The other one he's talking about his homies. Now he's talking about an underage girl getting pregnant. Like I'm like, what is this? What covers all bases? Yeah. Who put you on then? So you found yourself? Yeah, the box. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That box I'm telling you broke. How how old were you how old were you? Was that probably ninety-one, maybe? I was probably like ten or eleven. dang. So you found him early. Yeah. Yeah, that was his first album. And then I guess he he was on digital digital underground. Yeah. But I I I never I I don't remember he didn't stand out to me in in digital underground. Well he ha he did he was on I okay, so I don't have it on here, but so he started like let me give a little history. So that's that's how you you came on him. So initially, 'cause I was just looking at I'm trying to look it up right now, but it's a little late. I should have already done this. But he started I guess he was born he was born in Harlem or somewhere in New York, like in the hood. hit both his parents were black what is it? Black Black Panthers. Black Panthers. Yeah. I guess when they had the baby, she moved away from the husband or something, or she she moved to Baltimore and didn't tell him, and then she just started telling Tupac that her his dad was Was dead. and so then in Baltimore is where he he went to school and then he went to high school. That's where he went to that famous, it's like some performing arts high school where he met Jada Pinkett Smith. And supposedly they like she says that was the love of her life, even though they were never really like together together, but I guess she was in love with him. I don't know. But that's where they met. Yeah, you know he did. They became friends. And then that's over there he started kind of getting into music. He was starting to make stuff like go on the beach or whatever. But then the mom was like, I guess she was already starting to get into crack or whatever. And she's like, Hey, we gotta go. We're going to like near Oakland, Marin County, I guess. And so he went out there. He he didn't finish high school, he ended up dropping out because he wanted to pursue music and all that, acting, all that. So he got a GED, and then that's where I guess he like people started hearing about him, he started making a name for himself on the street and then somebody introduced him to Digital Underground and they were like, I like this kid. Let's let's bring him in as a backup dancer and just like kind of a you know, just one of those dudes that helps them set up and all that stuff. But he was also a background dancer. Finally, after a little while, they led him what was the song? They let him he performed on what's that song, bro? Same song. Same so yeah, same song. That's a that's a gem right there, dude. It is a gem, and that's where I first that's probably where I first saw him. and so that's where he got his start, and then from there he just started they said he was just like a workaholic. Like he had like ADHD, he just had to be in the studio, he couldn't he hated just wasting time, what hanging around. Like I said, other people would just be like, All right, hey, they're they're up first, we'll just chill out. And he would be like antsy, like, I want to go. Fuck this. Let's go. Come on. I didn't come here to sit around like He all that's why they say he had so many unreleased albums because he just wanted to work. He didn't give a shit about hanging around and just partying all that. But anyway, so that was the background. And then eventually he, you know, he ended up going to jail. Sugnight bailed him out. He ended up going with Death Row. We'll talk about all that later. But let's let's you know where I like to put you, Unc? In my place. Yeah, timeout. AKA The hot seat, homie. The hot seat. Let's see how you do under a little under a little pressure. bro. Look at my mic hasn't even been in front of me this whole time. bro. That's a rookie mistake. I heard you, so I think we're good. That's a r it's a rookie mistake. All right. Hot seat, Uncle Hot Seat. Let's see what you say. all right, let's just see where it goes, Unc. First one, Tupac or Biggie. Come on, bro, Biggie. I'm just kidding. Tupac. Yeah, me too. But Biggie came hard for a while and I was like, but it's like Tupac just hit more home. Like it was just like, Bro, California love, live and die in LA. How do you wanna hit up? Like that shit hit me hard. The Biggie stuff was like, this is when it came on at a party, it's like, damn, hey, that's getting my panties wet. But you want to fight like Tupac? Hell no. But it never took off, huh? Yeah, it never it never made me throw my dub up. You know what I mean? Like Tupac. Yeah. Now you know what? Biggie Big E was cool. I wouldn't I won't I won't take anything away from him. I I remember I remember the first time I heard Juicy, blew my mind, bro. That was a even to this day. Even to this day, just hit her. But you know what? P D P D albums were good. Yeah. The two albums he had were good. Right. But yeah, I didn't I didn't like I'm not a fan of of of Diddy. I'm not a fan of Puffy or Sean Puffy Combs, whatever the hell his name is. It it it you know, I don't know if you're if you've ever had this, but if you ever get like a first impression on somebody, let's say you for example, you get a first impression on you meet somebody, right? Right. And then let's say you you and Dez both meet meet this person. Okay. And then he does stuff or she does stuff and you're like whatever. But then like let's say Dez points it out. Yeah. And you're like, you know what? He they do do that. That is annoying. That is kind of Bro, ever since the whole w East Coast, West Coast beef started with with Sug Knight at the Source Awards when he was like, If you wanna come to a label and you're not gonna have the producer all in the video dancing in the back dancing, yeah. And I was like, you know what? He does do that. Come to Death Row Records, yeah. And in the background. Yeah, and he watches back like a like a G Yeah, yeah, yeah. And I was no, that was that's Diddy. Remember how he'd be dancing. yeah, no, when he would do his dance, remember he would turn around and do some stuff my god. I'll be missing you. I r I remember the when I saw that, I was like, and now every time I hear it, like like, yep, sure enough, bro. Take that, take that, take that. But but I'm like, bro, this was an idiot, bro. Like half of the stuff just he kills a lot of the songs. Yeah. Right. And at that time they're good songs, but I'm like, I could do without him. I could do without that time coming. Yeah, and at that time, Suge was like mean, angry gangster, but I'd rather be on that side than on the side with his full how you're saying dancing and trying to take control. It was just he was a goof he was a goofball. How about this one though? Yeah. Currently, Tupac or do you take Jay Z? I'm talking about careers. Tupac, bro. Jay Z might be my favorite at rapper behind Tupac. But you're right. Tupac still has me, has me by the sack, homie. How about this one? Two career wise, Tupac or Dr. Dre is one of his earlier producers that produced a lot of. I gotta I gotta I gotta go Tupac across the board, bro. I gotta go Doc nah, you're right. Tupac has had still still has a bigger like you say Tupac, people get well what'd you say, chill, bro? Chill. You say Doctor Dre, people yeah, he yeah, he's cool. He's whatever. Yeah, yeah, beats. But Tupac will will either get you in a fight or get you dapped up. You never know what's gonna happen. I mean Tupac was was was music, was movies, was TV. Yeah, I forgot about that. I mean the other three, they were there there, they dabbled with some of it, but not like him, bro. And then not only that, but you have to factor in he did everything in like five or six years. Yeah. Imagine if he had more time. Yeah, you're right. Yeah, you're right. That makes sense. We forgot that he got cut short. How about this? All eyes on me? Or me against the world? That's an easy one, bro. All eyes on me, for All eyes on all eyes on me for me too. That that's the one that where I went from casual fan to super fan, probably. Yep. album, bro. Come on. Yeah, f the ol was it the only or the f no, it was the first double album. One of the first double album rap rap album of all time. your favorite Tupac song ever. Eva Eva? Eva Eva? My f my favorite Tupac song of all time is Picture Me Rolling. That's fire. That's fire. But that yeah, bro. Okay. That that's honestly that's cute. Like that's a good little like when I'm in third grade, yeah, picture me rolling. You know, I'm a kid. I'm in my little tricycle. But you want to hit somebody hard, there's only two two Tupac songs that register, and that's Hit Up, which If you're on the opposite side of that, you're on the opposite side of the greatest battle rap song of all time. Hit him up. You might as well retire. You might as well retire. He hit up every he called Lil Kim a ugly. Get your ugly ass off the street. don't one of you got sickle cell or something? You fuck around with me, have a seizure or a heart attack. Dude, he hit you down with death row. The F U two. Chino XL. Well, you t I mean, he just said just pulled out the Pulled out the Gatling gun. So for me, hit up is probably one of the his best all because just cause it hits so hard. It's it hits so crazy. But if you want the one with just the best lyrics, the best beat, the best vibe, it has to be thug passion. Or if you want to get if you want to instantly turn your pi your party from PG to rated X, you put on how do you want it? And you see how quickly chicks get on the dance floor and start taking shit off, brother. I mean you want a real party, you put on how do you want it? damn. I mean that's not you down, not giving around. Nice. I'll throw that on on a Sunday afternoon when I'm driving, but I mean that ain't doing Remember the video? I was chilling in the bathtub. Smoking a cigar. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Bring bubbles at the camera. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Now it no, it's cool. I'm not I'm not arguing. I'm just saying there's other songs that hit harder. Even that one that are better than yours. What was that one I told you it's kinda smooth to like get around? Dang it. Remember it's like I'll come back tonight. you can run the streets with your You can run the streets with your thoughts. Maybe for you I mean, even I put that on, I turned the lights off, I put that on, and Desiree locks onto my leg like a pit bull, bro. I'm like, what the f yeah I'm like the hell turned turned you on so quick, you know what I mean? Like Bro, that fool with the tunes, and that's why that fool used to yank so many chicks. I wouldn't leave that fool alone with my chick. Hell no, bro. Hell no. That fool got the gift of gap, but look at it. First off, that's the reason I went ball, bro, when I was younger. West side when we ride, coming quick with gain. You claim to be a player, but your wife? We bust on bad boy. Fuck for life? All right, let's go on. Move on. Come on. You're getting me all gassed up. Getting pumped. You're going to get in a fight right now. Babe. Hey, get my Glock out. Get my clock out and meet me downstairs. okay, next one. Is there a better diss track than Hit Up? I mean, Vaseline comes close, right? That shit's good. There's a couple na that Nas one, Ether is pretty good. I mean, there's some, but hit up. Go ahead. I'm gonna turn it to you 'cause I'm getting yeah, I'm I'm I'm on I'm on eight. Put it down. I gotta step out. I gotta step out of this. I'm gonna tell you this, bro. Hit up. The first time I heard hit him up, I didn't I don't even think at that point I really knew what a diss track was. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Because I I I knew like, okay, like I knew no Vaseline. Right, right, right. the easy E one on Dr. Dre. But I just like I just That was great too. That was great too, yeah. That was great. And I'm like, these foods are just you know beefing, right? Right, right. But with Hit Up, bro. I felt like Dafu was just headshots, bro. Yeah. He was going for the fuck he was going for the throat. Yes. And the song was like singable. Like you're like, this beat is hit. Was it just like a whack beat? You know what I mean? Yeah. And then not only that, I like the fact that he goes, You guys e you guys aren't even on my level. I'm gonna let my my little homie. I'm gonna let my little homie jump they're just going at it too, bro. I'm like, my little homie right on you. Yeah. On you bad. If you wanna if you wanna talk epitome of like a diss track, that's it. To me that's the pinnacle. That's you can't do you can't I don't care who you are, who you're beefing with You out. You're not getting better. Black brother. Especially not now. Not with these with the music now. They're just kind of on a different like I'm not I'm not I'm not cool. I'm not I'm not feeling I don't feel the anger. I don't feel the the the the hostility. Yeah. Of a hit. Yeah, I agree. I just I think like the other ones, there's been some good ones, how you said. But like something that hit your soul where was like, dang, that fool really is mean. Like that fool, that's that's like below the belt. That was Tupac. All right. Okay. okay. Was Tupac a better rapper, actor, or I put activist, but I was trying to th like like social, you know, what is it? Social activist. You know what I Like, you know what? Activist is is kinda activist or social activist. He a spoke out the art. Yeah, he spoke out on shit. He wasn't like, okay. So which of those Which of those three do you think was he best at, Uncle? In my opinion, bro, rapper, a hundred percent. But he was a really good actor, but I I think you're right. I think he did more damage as a s as a as a rapper. He wasn't able to put out, you know, how many movies he put out? Five, six, and he was great in them. But it's like, look at how much music he put out. So yeah, I I I think I think as an as an actor, he's he's kind of doing what he's told. Uhhuh. And he did it he did it good. Right? He was he was very good. But as a rapper, I mean he's he that's coming from the from the heart, from the soul, from the the from the mind. Right, right, right, right, right. That's you know, yeah, he's he's he's in control of that. You're right. You're able to express yourself more, you know, writing your words out and expressing them than playing a part that a director, you know. Yeah, you're right. You know what though, it it's weird is that I wonder if I think if he would have stayed alive, he would have went out of not completely, but he would have started going away from singing, I think he would have done more movies. And like right now he would be I don't know, like a dense up but he would have a bunch of movies under his belt, I think. You know what I mean? Because I think that fool could play multiple different parts. Like right now who's every black movie is that one dude who's from out or whatever. Remember the little black dude who's also in Wakanda or whatever. But like that's always that fool's in e get out. He's in Get Out. He's in every movie. It's like could be Tupac now. Tupac probably would have played Black Panther. Yeah. Why not? He'd be like, hey, fuck y'all. Fuck y fuck you all. You know what I mean? Like he would have given it, yeah. No, I mean he could have done it for sure. With a do rag hanging out of the back of his suit. well actually that leads right into the next question. Maybe that's why I asked that. What would t what do you think, Uncle, would Tupac be doing right now if he was so like I don't mean literally like, yeah, banging eight chicks. I like at this moment career career wise. I think He'd be what? He'd be in his like almost sixties? Late fifties? shit. shit. Because he d he died at at twenty-five, right? Or something like that? Twenty-six, I think they said. Twenty six. So he died thirty years ago. So he'd be fifty six. Right? I think I think he would be acting for sure. He would have been I think he would have had a lot of a lot of movies under his belt. yeah, I don't think he'd be rapping as much anymore just because kind of his age and kind of I don't think he'd be He'd feel like he'd be relevant. Right, right, right, right, right. But I think he'd be like he'd be acting and he'd he'd probably be like the head of a production company. Yeah, because you know what? The dude was smart. The dude would be like that dude. Like that dude's putting out all the black movies. What's his name? Tyler Perry. Yeah, Ty like I don't mean goofy, like, but he would probably be like that. Nah, he'd probably be making gangster movies, but he would be. Maybe like fifty cent, how fifty cent has is he's producing all these shows and shows and movies 'cause bro, Tupac had clout. He was able to like it it and you know there was gonna be a time where he was like how you were saying, I want my vision. I don't want to just go and act what a director tells me to do. I want to put what I want out. So yeah. That fool was so smart, he was a poet directing, producing, he would have his name on a bunch of stuff. I think he would have got out of that. I think I think it was one of the questions though, so maybe I'll save it. But I think he would have left Death Row. I think he was getting ready to leave Death Row. Because how you said he wanted his own creative freedom. Like, bro, I I all I do is all I do is pop hits, bro. Why am I, you know, getting he he barely got like two million from Suge Knight for that deal, and then pops out like five number ones. damn, Unc just what you pouring, Unc? Well, you got a keg over there? All right, Uncle, if Uncle. If Tupac rose from the dead and I said, Guess who's joining us right now? Boom, and the screen pops and it's Tupac, what would you ask him right now? I would have been like, Hey, where where you been, homie? No, you would ask you wouldn't you ask him who shot ya? Who shot you? But your punk but your punks didn't finish. Now you about to feel the wrath of a menace. I hit him up. Nah, you know what? I I'm not gonna ask him who shot him. You don't want to know? He's coming back like a zombie? No, like he he it was a fake he faked his death, maybe or something. He we'll pick him up from the airport from Cuba? Yeah, yeah, yeah. He got finally got spotted and the f this he heard this is a hottest he heard this is the hottest show in town. No, he was shot, but they gave him a new lung and he said, Hey, just tell everybody I died so I can get out of here and then he you know, he flew. 'Cause everybody f everybody was after him, bro. Nah, I would just wanna yeah, maybe I would I I would probably say, Hey, yeah, what happened? Who shot you or where have you been? What's going on? Do you have social media? But something Can I can I follow you on Facebook or what? All right. Well, I was expecting something a little bit crazier, but okay, hey, how you doing, Tupac? How you doing? All right, how about this? Crazy Tupac walking around with that swagger with the pants sagging and the do rag hanging and saying basically F everybody. That Tupac or the dear mama Tupac I'm go Crazy Tupac. Well Crazy Tupac definitely had better music, right? But Dear Mama Tupac, that's the guy you want to ride behind. That's the guy you can start a movement. Yeah. Well, see, it depends though, 'cause that that's what I that's what I've been noticing. Like with your with your choice of your favorite songs, you're more of a of a party vibe. Yeah. You're more of a like a romantic, like No, no, I I just 'cause I like the bang. Well yeah, bro, but that's what I didn't want to you were a f you were a horn dog or a hornball. So was Tupac. That's w we're both that's what I'm saying. So Gift gift and a curse, homie. With with this with this question for me, I pick crazy Tupac because only because I'm a fan of the angry songs. shit. I'm the fan of the of the song of the one the ones he wants to fight. He's trying to fight. Or he just finished fighting. Or he's going after you or my adversaries crumble when we rumble, type You know what mean? Yeah. That type that type of Tupac is what I like. Right? Yeah. And then and then I'll go with the tender, you know, dear mama, Brenda's got a baby. Keep your head up. And lastly, you didn't bring this one, but I'm gonna mention it. I'm gonna go with the party Tupac. The homies call, I get around. Yeah, yeah. Even the thug passion. Yeah, in the call. Who America's Most Wanted. Yeah, yeah, yeah. California love. Yeah, yeah. Okay, all right. Yeah, that makes sense. That makes sense. And I like I like how he can give you all those different, you know what I mean? Emotions basically. Yeah. Remember Thug's p Thug's mansion, remember? And he's like giving a shout out to like his cousin, got killed, and it's like, damn, bro, this full can we just stick to one style? I thought we were partying tonight and then I'm throwing You know what I mean? Well, what about I ain't mad at ya? I ain't mad at you. that's what I mad at you's a fucking great song, bro. Yeah. Is that the one where his life goes on? Life goes on almost makes me cry. Life goes on with man. Yeah, that's why I'm saying it was just like everything hits, but he hits so many different emotions. You know what I mean? That's crazy because there's not a lot that do that. You know what I mean? Some will slow it down. hey, that's a little bit of a chill vibe, a party vibe, but like he'll hit your emotions where you're like, dang, I didn't even know a song could do that. But then two minutes later. Hit up comes on on or thug passion or how do you want it or we get around. Then you're like, yeah, now I'm feeling good. I'm ready to get this going. You know what mean? Yeah. Or or and it Live and Die in LA might be one of my all time, and it's like, it's nothing special. It's just slow. It's kind of just like the beat is cool. But it's just like, I love that song. Everybody from LA got a little bit of thug in them. God, it's like, and then you start thinking about it, it's like, Yeah, you're right. Even the goofiest dudes from LA, you still have I would still think that still take that goofball over a goofball from from up north or the Midwest. You know what I mean? Like, yeah, you're right. Every L everybody in LA got a little bit of thug in You have to. Anyways, all right. Okay. I agree with you. Damn, man, I I ain't tripping you up at all today. If he could only do one, this is him. What do you think he preferred? Music or movies? And of course we don't know, but I'm just You know, let's speculate. What do you think if he likes a pick for him, and this is me being probably What would what would be the word? Selfish? I would say music. Yeah, I would say music. Only only because like I told you, I I have a I have a pl I have playlists on my on my Spotify that are about eight hours and up. Some of are ten hours. And I listen to music all day, bro, I work. Like it's just in my ear, in one ear playing all day. From the moment I start working, I take it out for lunch, or let's say I go inside and I talk to somebody, or I I'm talking to somebody else and I'll pause it. But for the most part, it's just playing, bro. And it's just random. It'll be hip hop, metal, it'll be Spanish. It'll be old Spanish. It'll be classic rock. I mean, everything, bro. It'll be up everything. Right, right, right. And and he's part of that, bro. There's there's a lot of songs on there that are that are that are part of that. So for me, I would prefer for him to just make music if to to to have been able to make music for the rest of his as long as he could do it. You know what I mean? And the movies, I mean, yeah, I liked his movies, but realistically, like I don't sit down and just watch. Like if it's on, I'll watch it, but I'm not putting on juice just to put it on. I'm not putting on poetic justice. You know what I mean? Well, right here is where I gotta disagree with you. I knew you were gonna trip up. I knew you I knew you couldn't throw a perfect game on. Fumble? Yeah, you hey you had a perfect game through the seventh, but he just gave up a two out double. Hey, no, bro. His movies, because the only reason is yes, you're right. If you say right now, stop it, end it at where he died, yes, of course. His movies because He had I mean his music, because they had more, it hit harder, all the different types. But bro, look at every who's your favorite rappers of all time? Mine are Jay-Z, Tupac, Nas, Biggie, all of them. Are any of them still performing? Are any of them still performing? No. You can't keep it up. Music is the one where it's I don't know why. Music is the one. It's like you have your little period of time and then it's not hot and then that's it. It's done. Like Eminem could drop something tomorrow and be like, I'll check it out, but I know there ain't gonna be no hitters on there. Jay-Z can drop something now. I'm like, maybe there's a chance at one hitter. That's it. Nas maybe a chance at one hitter. You can't keep it up. But movies? Look at Samuel L. Jackson, look at Edward James Almost, look at look at all these old look at Leonardo Crapio Cap Craprio, whatever his name is started at twelve, and he's still going strong. Look at all these dudes, like. I think he could have become a legit actor, started taking more roles that would show his versatility or whatnot. And I think right now I would rather have a Tupac movie than a Tupac song. What's he gonna talk about? 60 trying to tryna bang in the in the old homes house. these hoes ain't got no you what I Like bro, come on. What's he gonna His mom's been dead for thirty years, so he ain't gonna rap about her. Like Who's your favorite band? Of all time? Rolling Rolling Stones. And are they not still performing? They're freaks of nature and they look Okay, but come on. You got you got Madonna. No, but they're not doing new stuff. Madonna looks like a man now, bro. She looks Okay, but she's still performing. She looks tougher than him. Bar She looks tougher than Mick Jagger or anybody. Barely, bro. You saw Lionel Richie almost died. He passed out. We saw him r we saw him right before he almost died, bro. So they're homeboy. The the the what's his name? the I Love LA guy. he's dead, but he that's all he had. shit. He had like an aneurysm or something, right? Like almost and just yeah, but he doesn't make hits. He does like scores for movies and stuff. Yeah, but bro, Randy Newman. Randy Newman. How many hits have you made? No, but I'm saying how many stars how many movie stars do you know? What a weirdo. Hey, but no, my point. My point is No, I get I get your point. Yeah, I agree. Tupac you can roll out Tupac at sixty five and he's in a I do what it yeah, sunny sunny Yeah, you wanna see air supply trying to sing Hey. why no I don't wanna see that, bro. I wanna see that homies. You see axe oxygen supply? Yeah, I don't wanna see that, bro. don't want to see that. So what I'm saying is yes, Tupac can still go out there and perform, but you're gonna tell me you're gonna go and and seek out a new Tupac song that just came out in twenty twenty six. Hit him up five. Yeah. Hit him up maybe hit him up maybe. Hit him up softly. Come on, bro. He's got no enemies. And he would nobody he wouldn't have any enemies now because he's so well regarded, everyone loves him. He would be like that, you know, those He'd be awesome. Yeah, those people that are like him. Who is it that was like a villain and then all of a sudden over time it's just like, Yeah, the dude's cool or they they're cool, you know? That's how Tupac would be. He would like Snoop. Snoop was on ch on on murder charges for killing an off duty cop, and then the next thing you know, he's at the Olympics doing broadcasting. You know what I mean? Like he would have been like that. That's what I'm saying. But not his better than Snoop. Well exactly, but when was the last time you heard a when was the last time you bumped a Snoop song that's older than twenty twenty? The last one that came out came out in twenty three. I never even heard it. That's how you know. I think it's called like condom or something. Bro, come on. That's what I'm saying. Look at it, bro. Look at it. I'm saying he would have had a brighter feature in movies. That's all. So let me rebuttal then. All right. Okay. All right. Hey, rebut, homie. I I agree. I agree with you. You put the butt in rebuttal. Let's go. I I agree with what you said because it makes sense. Thank you. Because obviously I I mean I I get what you're saying as far as as you have kind of a you have like an expiration date when you're a musician. Thank you. You know what I mean? You hit a certain point where yeah, like this fool's not relevant. Like like like the game. The game is still trying to gang bang and it's like, bro, you're like Yeah. Go go and get married. Right, right. You'll just fix somebody to dis and it's stupid. Just to kinda get some traction but it never takes off, right? Yeah. And I think that's where that's where you get like the fifty cents where yeah, he's not singing about being in the club anymore. He's kind of he's kind of past that. Those those days are done, but now he's doing T V shows. Right. He's producing documentaries. So I get that. That's smart. So it makes sense. Yeah, you're right. Like, yeah, yeah. Tupac. I think I I was looking at him to benefit me. And you're looking at him to benefit him. Because if he does movies, yeah, he can make movies until he's in his six. Look at Harrison Ford, bro. Hell yeah. You know what I mean? Harrison Ford can Han Han Han Solo. In the interview him, he's like half asleep. But yet when he does a movie, he looks like he's in his late fifties. Come on, brother. Have some respect for one of our great have respect for that fool. One of our ga great actors of our time. Hit him up, Harrison Ford. Alright, okay. Are you ready? Are you ready for the last question? I don't even know what you're talking about anymore. What do you mean? Han Solo? How did he end up taking shots? What's next? I don't like that fool. Who's next? Who is he? Isn't he Han Solo? Han Solo or what was it? Indy. Remember Indy? Indiana Indiana Jones. Indiana Jones, yeah. He'll always be the fugitive to me. that was a good movie, bro. That was a real good with Tommy Lee Jones? I don't remember, but I remember he was in it. Go. Go. You're very Hey, did you run out of your drink and you're becoming all judging now? You're very animated today. No, I just like Hey Des The sounds now, she's all pissed, bro. I don't know what her problem is. Hey, what's your problem? Hey, hey, whoa, whoa. shit. Wait, now this Tupac got me all gassed up. I know, you've been listening to hit him up too much. Hey or keep your head up. This is the last question of the hot seat, and this is probably the most important one. Juice or Menace to Society. And the reason I bring this one up is I don't know if you Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, what? Juice or Menace to Society? And the ring the reason I bring this up is because did you know that Tupac was actually cast in the movie Menace to Society? But I guess he was pissed off that he didn't get the lead role or he wanted what's what was that what was the crazy dude in there? What was the crazy dude in Menace? No, he was supposed to be Sharif. Right, but he wanted to play what was the crazy dude? He wanted to play A Wax. Yeah. Was that him? Was that the psycho? Or was it O Dog? Odog. Odog. Odog stole that movie. Yeah, O Odog stole that movie. So he wanted to play Odog 'cause he was like he wanted to be known as a gangster or whatever. So I guess he was pissed off, so he kept showing up to the set, all pissed off. And then one time he just didn't show up. Then the next time he did, they're like, Hey man, you know, you can't be showing up late. And he like got into a fight with the who the Hughes brothers, the directors. The Hughes brothers. And he tried to fight They're like, You're out of here, threw him off the set. They hired the other guy. It ended up working out, 'cause even they said later they were like, he was probably just too big for the movie. He would have stole every stole every scene. But then I guess they were one time at a like a party or a club and the Hughes brothers were there or a music video or something. And Tupac rolled in and then he saw him, he's like, and then he had his buddies they all jumped him. They jumped the Hughes brothers because he was so pissed. He later said he apologized and whatever, whatever. But that's why I say which which do you prefer, which of the movies? 'Cause he could have been at both. But Juice or Menace. Yeah, what's up? Why why do you do this to me? What? You didn't even put that wasn't even on the list you gave me. That must have been a a a last minute edition. Where's it at? After after what question? Right there. Juice or menace to society? Bro, I don't have my last question is the one with music or movies. yeah, yeah, sorry. I just added this one in. I guess I I guess I wrote it in. I guess I wrote it in. I love Tupac But Juice will never be better than Men's Society. How come? Yeah why? How come? I to I I don't know, bro. To me, I I love Juice. Bi Bishop is one of the greatest characters of all time. He played the crap out of that and like he was like scared. He convinced me, bro. Yeah, I was convinced me like that. I was scared of him in that movie. Yeah. Yeah. but Menace Society, bro, just has a a place in my heart, bro. Yeah. It it I I could watch Menace Society any time of day at any part, whether it's the beginning, the middle, the end. Juice, like I said, I I don't I couldn't tell you the last time I watched Juice. I like Juice. Juice is a great movie. I like the sound of But it does it doesn't hit like that. But it doesn't hit like Menace Society. And and I wanna say maybe it is because that East Coast, West Coast. Juice is obviously in New York. And Menace Society isn't here in South Central. You're right or watch actually. You're right. So Hey, what if we throw a different movie into that mix of that make it a threesome? Eight mile. Eight mile. Hey B Rabbit, B Rabbit is only good in the in the final scene, bro, at the when they're battling. That movie's good though, too. Stop. No, that's that movie's a great movie. okay, okay. Remember the mom? No, no, no, no. yeah, what was the mom's name? I don't remember her name, but remember Kim Basinger. Kim Basinger. Remember he walks in and that his a dude he went to high school is banging the mom on the cow shit, Rabbit. god. You okay, baby? And then he just looks over. Close the door. Kim Basinger was always one of my favorites, but hey, come on, let's not worry about that. Let's move on. Come on, Kim. I'm trying to keep finally get a show under an hour for once. Alright, let's get deep, Unc. I know how you like to do. Know how you like to do, Cochino. You like to get deep. How deep deep put her ass to sleep. Well, guess what? Let's get deep. Was Tupac actually a gangster? Like was he actually a OG, or was he just so talented as an actor, he just kind of took it on and be kind of became a what do they call it? A movie gangster, a toy gangster, a play gangster? Or do you think he really was a gangster because he was born in Harlem, he l lived in the hood, but then he went to a private school where they taught ballet and acting and singing and poetry? You went to Cranbrook, that's a private school. But then he was also in Oakland up there, so it's like that ain't no easy, you know what mean? Like, what do you think? I think it's a product of his environment. I think I don't think he's a gangster. I don't I don't think he necessarily s affiliated himself with any any type of gang. I know he was a they claimed he was a blood and he did that O B, O B, whatever. But I also think like I said, he was a product of his environment. maybe he was he was a thug. He he I know he I know he got arrested a bunch of times and he had all kinds of issues and cases and stuff. But I think he was just consumed, bro. His surroundings just kinda dictated what what what he did and who he did it with. And you know, you surround yourself with the right people, you're gonna get yourself a certain place. You surround yourself with the wrong people, you're gonna get yourself a certain place. I mean it all it all depends on you. Yeah. So I think he was just a product of his environment and He just kind of accepted it for what it was. He embraced it. I think too he liked like remember at that age, that's the time, the nineties, where we was like everybody was trying to be a little gangster. Even if you weren't gangster gangster, you weren't affiliated like you were saying, you never got jumped. But like it was cool to dress gangster. It was good to pound forties. It was good to like, hey, what are we getting in tonight? Hey, fuck these dudes, let's go f you know, it was cool to try and be gangster, but yet was that really gangster? No, they were doing real shit. They were dealing drugs, they were You know what I So I think you're right. I think he got in he liked it. He was around it, but I think he was smart enough to even know like, hey, I got bigger things and to get tied in. You know what I 'Cause he liked to make his movies, make his music, make can't do you're doing a gangster, they're ta you're a gangster, they're taxing you, they're making you do their their dirty shit. So it's like I think he knew it. Yeah, I I've been around it too much, no h plus his dad was like a drug dealer too, or or one of his stepdads or something, and they like ca said said they taught him the streets or whatever. But yeah, I think I think he was he just he liked he was fascinated with the the culture and all that and liked him around liked them being around them or whatnot. do you think he enjoyed the chaos that he always seemed to like? Kind of almost like like Eminem. Remember Eminem when he was young, now not so much, but remember it was just like he was always into something, always fighting with somebody, or always getting into something, or like Eminem and their crew got into with this backstage. Like it seemed like that Chupac was the first one, it seemed like to do that, whereas like, Damn, this fool just can't remember he's going up to perform or to cut a record in New York and he gets shot, you know. And then he's in court for he's in court for rape over a chick that he was dating and had banged many times before, but he's you gotta go to jail for that. Then it's like Suge Knight bails him out, but then there's weird shit on that. It's just like everything seemed like it was just chaotic around him. Do you think he liked that or he's just one of those people that just attracted it? yeah, I I don't think he liked it, bro. I think like I said, bro, I think he just embraced it. He just accepted it for what it was. Like, like when you when you come up with these people, it's really hard to leave bro. Like because they're they're the I think you you see it as loyalty, like, they were with me before. Now I'm big and you know, I brought with me and blah blah blah. And I mean, obviously you trust them, you know them. But that doesn't necessarily mean they're making the best decisions for you. They're not bringing bringing those right people around you. Yeah. I mean it's hard, bro. It it's gotta be hard for them. Yeah, yeah, definitely. A hundred percent. yeah, I seem to think maybe he didn't enjoy it, but I think his personality and that kind of attitude which Eminem also has, where's like, fuck that, fuck everyone, 'cause I've heard stories too. Renegades. Yeah, and honestly, like fearless, because they're both I heard Eminem and Tupac. Neither one could really fight, but they had heart. They didn't give a they didn't g they were never scared and they scared people 'cause it was like, this fool's kind of crazy. But you heard that story of Eminem where Suge Knight pulled up when he had just signed with Dre, I think, and they were doing a video. Dre was doing a video and Suge Knight was pissed 'cause now Dre was so successful and he pulled up to their video or whatever. And they said Eminem was the first one. Like everyone was like, shit, Suge's here, Suge's here with his crew, you know, da da da. Of course they had security, whatever, but They said that Eminem, like a lot of the dudes went to the back and like, fuck, I'm just staying back here. I ain't going out there. And they said Eminem was one of the first ones that like, fuck, we get down. They w he was right out there, like, let's go, let's go. Nothing ever happened, I guess, because they had security or whatever. But like they say he's crazy like that, even though it like, bro, he doesn't care about getting his ass beat or like the anything like that. So I think that's what Tupac, it seems like, had in him too. Because you heard that story too, right? What when he first came back to like he was already making hits and then he came back to that Marin County to do a concert. Or something, and then he got like the little kid got killed or something? Yeah, so like after the show, I guess he had been talking shit about because now he was all about I don't know what being in LA or I don't know what, but he was talking shit about Marin County, I guess, or they took it as him talking shit. And so a whole bunch of like gangsters down there hit him up at the show and just kind of overwhelmed him as tried to jump at him. He like running and him and his crews and all that are fighting him off or whatever, and then I guess a a gun. Fell out of his pocket, fell onto the floor. They said he didn't pick it up, but somebody picked it up and it went off or someone kicked it and went off, killed a kid, bro. Shot a kid six years old who just ran a bike nearby and killed him. He ended up escaping that or whatever, but still it was just like what the f Bro, he was responsible for 'cause he you know what I mean? Like I mean, maybe indirectly, but still that's cra I and I don't even remember hearing about that story. Like that's a ma if that happened today, that would be a major thing. You know what I mean? Yeah, for sure. But back then it was just like I read about it later, like what what? Tupac okay, whatever. That's crazy, but yeah. Anyways, okay, how about this next one? Speaking of Suge Knight, we were talking about or I was talking about him, and that fool was a real gangster, bro. He was a real blood. Was Suge Knight Tupac's greatest ally ally? He went and bailed him out of jail when nobody wanted to take a chance on him. Or was he the worst influence on his life? I Shug Knight's like a demon, bro. I think he he came in and he saved Tupac from jail. But then he like they basically surrounded him, bro, with chaos. And I mean, yeah, he gave him he bailed him out, gave him a gave him money, gave him a deal, and I mean literally ch changed his life, bro. You know what I mean? From being sitting in a jail cell to coming out and being basically top of the top of the charts, bro, being on being on Death Row and and just being who he being the the the he's basically shot him to the top. Yeah. He was already headed there with his albums, then he went to jail, whatever. And then he hit the top, bro, but it was just I mean, at what point at what cost? But did I mean surrounded by chaos, surrounded by by by insanity, bro? If you look at ever all the movies that are based around those years, it's insane. And didn't you hear I heard, I don't know if it's true or not again, but it's just what I heard that that he was actually even broke when he died because Suge like okay, he bailed him out of jail. He said, I'll give you three million, but like almost two million of that went to him bailing him out. And then Suge was real shisty on all the deal like he was charging him for it. So it was like, yeah, he had number one hits, all this. He was probably the number one artist at that time, definitely on the West Coast. And that fool was broke because Suge gave him money, it seemed cool at the time. Hey, I'm a bail out of jail. You don't have this money right now. I got it on hand. Boom, you're out. But then that fool's over there making him a hundred million and doesn't get any of that. You know what I mean? He made that fool rich. So Yeah. I heard I heard he I think he was on the he was on the books for paying like Nate Dog's child support or something. Was coming out of like Tupac's earnings, and then I think he was giving like like the outlaws, remember the outlaws of the rap group? Like he would give them like, here's a car, but it was coming out of Tupac's money. Yeah. Yeah. And he thought it was coming it was coming from Death Row and nah, bro. You that fool was shisty, bro. Look at he made he made Dr. Dre leave and those were all his hits and he was like, You didn't you can leave, but you got nothing. Snoop Dogg too. Never nothing. And now Snoop Dogg owns Death Row. That's crazy. okay, yeah, I think it was his worst inf I think that was the worst thing. no, you you're right. You can't say that because would we have had those hits? If he wouldn't have went with Death Row, would we have California Love, Living Die in LA, part mother F and two without gay ass Dre? I mean, would we have all those? Without toss it up, toss it up. Toss would we have any of that without without the Sug Knight, the the death row part? Yeah, probably not. Sometimes you gotta go through that bad to get that good out of it, but yeah. all right, how about this? If Tupac had survived Vegas Cause I used to think that fool was like immortal. Is that the word? Like where he can't die, bro. This fool gets shot up all the time. Who gets shot five times and then goes to court the next day in a beanie and and all wrapped up like this? You know what I mean? Yeah. And then I was just reading that today. They said the doctors were like, No, you gotta stay for it. He was like, nah, I'm out of here. Just pull this shit out. Like, I gotta fucking go F this. Like, damn, bro, he was a G. But okay, say he did survive Vegas, even though I heard I remember hearing like they took his lung out and then somebody I remember s I somebody I think I was in college, somebody was like, Hey, when they take one of your lungs, that's that's it. You're you're dead. And then it was like later on the day or something. The next day he died. But say he had survived. do you think he would have left Death Row Records? And do you believe any of that stuff that people said that Suge Knight had something to do with this killing it if it wasn't Diddy, because they said that he found out that Chupac was gonna leave and so that's why he had him killed. what do you what do you think about all that, I think yes. I think he would have left. He was he was gone. It was bound to happen. I don't think he was he I think he had from what I understood when I first heard about this, I think he he fulfilled his his his contract. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And he was so that was that was fulfilled. That was done. No bro, this is this is where it gets weird for me because I'm like I don't know if if if Diddy had something to do with it. I don't know if if Suge Knight have something to do with it, especially considering that he was trying to leave Right. So I I wouldn't put pat I wouldn't put it put it past any of them. but to me I feel like I maybe Diddy did have something to do with it, but I'm more aiming towards Suge Knight because he had more to lose than Than than Diddy. Isn't that sad that bro we're gonna probably die and never know the real truth of who you know I mean? Like, yeah, they got the hitman or that even that dude's not the hitman. He said that his little brother did it. The little brother died like Everybody's dead, bro. Everybody's dead car's dead again. Yeah. So he's the only one left and he was like I I he's like, It would have been me, but I didn't I didn't have a clear shot where I was sitting, I couldn't get he even admitted like I I would have taken the shot, but I didn't have a clear shot. The guy in the back, which is like a little brother or little cousin. Had to take the shot. That guy's dead. So it's like, we're never and this guy is saying it was Diddy that set it all up, was part of it. Part of it was also that, you know, they jumped his little cousin or something, whatever. But in the end, bro, who we're never gonna find out. That's sad, bro. I hate those unsolved shit. You I wanna know. I wanna know who killed JFK, brother. I wanna know, damn it. I wanna know who shot Trump's ear, brother, and got him right there. Boom. Just nicked him like that. I wanna know all these facts. You know, I don't wanna go down with conspiracy conspiracy. That was an AI, bro. AI. All right. How about this? Do you think Tupac was more afraid of dying or being forgotten, not living that not leaving that legacy? Honestly, bro, when I was younger, I I I looked at Tupac and I said, Damn, this this this fool's crazy. Didn't you think he was gonna die young? Didn't you think he was gonna die young? No, I didn't know I didn't think he was gonna die young, but I feel like he didn't he didn't he didn't he wasn't scared of dying. So I wanna say, yeah, he was probably he was probably more scared of being forgotten. Because if you look at it, bro, to make that many movies plus albums Plus come out on TV shows. And you have to you have to promote everything. Yeah. And to still be living that life, bro partying and acting wild and reckless. I mean, they there were so many. I don't know if you remember, but I was dude, I must have been maybe nineteen or twenty when they released all those bootleg CDs. And I went to the SWAMI and it was like boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom. I wanna say I think it was like nine. Nine of shit. And I think I bought like two of Yeah. And I and I took it home and and you could just tell the quality wasn't great. Yeah, yeah. Trash. Some of it was They were rushed. I mean his his his lyrics were dope. His parts were dope. Yeah. But the beats were kind of weird and they kind of came in, whatever. But I'm like, dude, like like he recorded so much so much so so much music, bro. Yeah. And I mean, I don't know if if he thought he was gonna die. I don't know if he just like you said, he was a He was a workaholic and he just wanted to record stuff. But man, I mean, he he he l I I feel like at his young age that he died, he le he did stuff that like people twice his age haven't done, you know what I mean? And you don't remember it was like one of the last I don't know if it was a song on his or somebody else's or a movie or something, but they it was literally him getting killed, shot to death. I think it was like a video and he's being shot. It was a video, it was Or was it his kite? Is it I mad at is that the cousin gets shot? And it's literally out of the club or something? Yeah, and they were like, he talked so much about death and death that like he knew he was probably on on borrowed time, that he knew the way he was living, and then probably his mom died early. Drug you know, he probably just saw so much early death that it was like I'm not living that long. I'm gonna just go out. I'm I'm gonna go hard. I mean that you know what they say, brother, you know, the great ones die early. That's why I'm kinda pissed. Why am I still here, brother? You know what I mean? Your legacy was was was made a long time ago or what they put the statues up when I was twenty six. Like what am I still doing here? You know what mean? Like kind of pissing me off 'cause the great ones don't live to seventy. Come on. The great ones are gone at at thirty at max. I I'm on I'm on borrowed time, homie. Yeah, man. what about this one, Uncle? If you if Tupac were still alive today, do you think he would be on social media and what would he be posting? Could you see him pitching posting pictures at Disneyland or something? At Disneyland? Or him playing catch with his grandkids or you what? Maybe if he had kids, bro, I never even thought about kids. I never even thought about him getting married. Why wouldn't it? He was a red-blooded American, bruh. Even he knew she was bad news, bro. You don't want no bald headed chick. I'm gonna say yes. Yes, he would be like a normal guy, post it, he'd be like you think he'd be like Snoop? Like out there in the public, like he'd be everybody loves him and he'd be out there promoting whatever the hell he's promoting. I'm gonna say I'm gonna say yeah, because I I feel like I told you he would he would have his own company. So he would be promoting movies or shows or whatever. He probably brought up artists, maybe have his own c kid, probably rapping by now. so yeah, he w I think he would be he would be heavy on on on social media and it would just be promoting whatever whatever the hell he's doing now. You think he'd be speaking out against Trump or for Trump? I bro, I don't know if you saw there's like a video where he's talking crap about Trump back in the day. that's right. Because he was Yeah, yeah. You're saying he's like the epitome of like greed. Yeah, he was a piece of shit. And he was Which is right. Which is accurate. He wasn't running the blacks. He was also trying to get those black boys remember the death penalty for something they didn't do. Yeah, you're right. He would have been all about that. all right, lastly, Uncle, let's go. Last one. What is your favorite Tupac movie and why? I know you said you're not big on the movies, but which one is your favorite and why? my favorite for sure is Juice. What about Poetic Justice? Or what's that one with with Jim Belushi where they're cops? what is that? Gridlo Gridlack? No. I think Gridlack? Yeah. No. I'm gonna say Juice or Above the Rim. god. Above the rim, what's his Is it Birdie or something? Birdie? Birdie, yeah. Birdie or Bishop in in Juicy. And the above the rim soundtrack? man. Bro. Let me ask you this. Yeah. Above the rim soundtrack. Have you heard the song Big Pimpin'? I had the dog pound. I mean, I know I have. I play it. Play a couple s sounds for me. I mean I have that I have the soundtrack. And I have Spotify, just look it up. I'm not gonna look it up right now. Copyright, copyright. No, look it up when you're done. That's a great song today, bro. yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, I don't know, bro. That movie might have beaten. Juice is pretty good. But I love above the rim just because I love the whole basketball and I just I don't know. For me I might go above the rim, but Really? Yeah, but I really want to see what he was gonna do later. You know, I mean I think I'm telling you, this was just a tip of the iceberg. Yeah. All right, Uncle, let's do Uncle knows best, bro. Come on. I can't be around here all night, bro. It's a school night, my man. It's a school night. What what what I say earlier? WWT you were like, What is that? What would you have? What the you talking What would Tupac do? Homie, Tupac would say, go to bed, get your sleep, eat your vitamins. no, maybe that's Mr. T, right? Uncle, cl uncle knows best. All right, Uncle, it's that closing segment. Uncle knows best. What do you think Tupac was actually searching for? Love? You mentioned earlier, Jada. He was dating Quincy Jones' daughter when he died. respect? Was he finally looking for that respect he never got or he never thought he deserved? Or maybe he thought he deserved. Family. Never met his dad until he was like in the hospital after getting shot up. acceptance. Maybe always felt like an outsider. unk is gone. Unc is out of here. He bailed. purpose? Well, the show's already over. Uncle, Uncle already bailed. Or immortality. Hey, I cut out, bro. there you are. All right. Well, let me it was basically what do you think Tupac was actually searching for? Love, respect, family, acceptance, purpose, or immortality, or maybe a combo of all of it. I think I think he was looking for purpose. Right? Okay. And in that pursuit, he ended up finding immortality, bro. I think he knew he was headed towards immortality while he was alive. Like, you know what I mean? That's rare. Really? That's rare. Yeah. Bro, he was the like he dated Madonna. Like, bro, he was just crazy. The shit he did. He seems untouchable. You couldn't kill him. He just dropping hits. He's dating Madonna. He's like, bro, this dude is crazy. I think he was already headed to immortality. And the fact that everybody knew it was like this fool is gonna die early. Like, you can't just go off popping off to everybody, bro. Can't have enemies, everybody. And every video, it seemed like every other video, he was talking about death. So it's like, I feel like he knew it. But what about the whole family thing? Do you think that mattered to him? Because it seemed like he was it seemed like it was just his mom, and then he had like a Half sister and then the dad he didn't even meet until he was like after he had been shot up and the dad saw him on the TV, something like that. Obviously, I think it was just his mom. I think his mom was the the center of it. And as long as he was cool with his mom, he didn't give a crap about anybody else. Yeah, yeah, you're right. You're right. So like that wasn't a sister. Yeah, but I I don't think he even really knew her or you know what I mean? She was a lot younger. Yeah. Yeah, that's sad 'cause I w I feel like that was that what led to part of his attitude of kind of like F everybody, you know what I mean? 'Cause like I don't have I have my mom and she's a crackhead and then towards the end she was, you know, she was already old, whatever, but it wasn't like it wasn't like that was enough. He didn't have kids, he didn't have a wife. It wasn't enough to like try to keep a little like he was just out there every day. Grounded. Yeah, you know, like like Eminem. I don't give a fuck Fuck everybody. You know what I mean? And he had and he had a kid. Who? Eminem? Yeah. Yeah, and he's actually a good dad, I heard. Takes care of the kid and he takes hair of Kim's other that I guess that's that's the ex the ex wife or whatever that he had hi what's her name? what's the daughter's name? Haley from. But I guess Kim got knocked up, cheated on him, and she had another kid and he adopted that daughter and then adopted another one of her kids or something or something. Like he's got like two of her kids. They say he's just like the nicest dude, but he doesn't And that's why he doesn't ever put them in like social media or nothing. He he doesn't go in like I guess that Haley Jade, whatever, her graduation, he went, but he like stayed in the b like he didn't go into the main area. They had him in like a back area 'cause he didn't want to like turn it into all about him or whatever. but I s supposedly I heard he's a real cool dude. It's a cool dad. Maybe that could have been that could have been Tupac, homie. That could have been Tupac. Yeah. He is in his ring. Yeah. Well he was on pills, but anyways, all right. so I I I cut you or I I didn't cut you off. You dropped out. You dropped out of this sucker. So do you have any last words? A little little lasting ending commentary on on the great one, Tupac. Nah, nah, you know. you know what? Other thing. Have you s have you spread his music down to your kids? Come on, bro, of course. I gotta I literally have a video of of my of my big girl Cass on she's on she's on she's on we're actually we we're I'm getting dropped off at my homeboy hammer's pad. Uh-huh. Hell yeah. And she's driving me there, bro. And and the first song she puts on is Hit Up. And she's like singing while I'm recording because she didn't know I was recording. And I was like, Hell yeah, dude. And it was like do it was dope. And then with Nick, yeah, and I think that one of the first shirts that he bought was a Tupac shirt. That's sick. And then he wanted a Tup and he wanted a new Tupac shirt for for the first day of school. Yeah. But it's the one where I think he's flipping he's flipping people off. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So we're like, nah, you can't get that, bro. Like that that ain't gonna fly then. It ain't gonna it ain't gonna go. But yeah, he likes Tupac. yeah, of course, bro. Natalia, she's kind of not not there yet, but but yeah, Nick and and Cass for sure, bro, for sure. And that's why I like his music is because yeah, there's some stuff in there where you're like, okay, this is a little hard, a little crazy, but then there's so much that it's just Even if he's saying crazy stuff, the beats are so nice and smooth that it's hard not to like, this is good. I like this. You know what I mean? That's cool. Yeah, I have I anytime I get a chance to pop it on my kids, I pop it on I hit up, basically. Hit up. All right. Hey, Tupac was complicated. Nobody is denying that. Controversial, of course. crazy talented, hell yeah. And definitely unforgettable, right, Unc? So Thirty years later and we're still talking about him, his music, his mistakes, his accomplishments, his what could have been. yeah, and what might have been. so tonight. Shoot, I'm out. I can't really pour a little out for him. But hey, Ug, I know you got that. I know you got that that awa, that H2O in that in that can. Why don't you pour out a little pour out a little liquor for the homie for Tupac? Pour outsome and I reminisce, cause through the drama I can always depend. He went way Yeah, there it is. Pour a little on your head, brother. He went out way too early, but somehow he's still here, bro. He's like on what is that word? Omnipresent. He's always here. He's always and how you're spreading it down to your kids. I'm putting it down to my kids. They're gonna keep it going down to his kids. That movie, that song, those songs are gonna be timeless, brother. So until next time, Uncle, thank you. As always, thank you everybody for putting up with this. But I think you're gonna like this. This was Tupac, bro. Who doesn't like Tupac? Yeah, who doesn't like Tupac, bro? Let us know who the next bet heavy hitter or iconic person you want us to talk about. We'll do The big Lebowski. Damn, dog. The Big Lebowski. I'm gonna show you that movie or go watch it. You you watched that movie? Yeah, well, watch Coda first and then watch Big Lebowski, and then we'll we'll do a Witch Is Better. All right. Uncle, thank you. I'll see you Friday at bowling. Hey, 150, nothing lower than 150 this week. It's time to make our client. You ain't hit 150, though. You remember Major League when they made that run? They had the the owner and they started taking off pictures of her clothes. They said We're gonna need 38 wins if we wanna win this thing. And they start pulling that's us starting this week. I'm gonna bring a life-size picture of that chick. We're gonna bring to the bowling alley of me. And every week that we win, we're gonna pull a piece off. Hell yeah, let's go, Wild Thing. All right, let's do it, bro. Los borrachos. Los borrachos. Shout out to Los Borachos, shout out to Chuck the Killer, shout out to Kool-Aid Mike. Shout out to Uncle Louie and shout out to filthy people. All right, I'm I'm stopping it right now because enough