Tupac Shakur would have been 37 today. His music and heartfelt lyrics touched so many fans around the world. This monument was erected in Tupac Shakur’s memory in front of the MARTA Herford in Herford, Germany.
The artist is Paola Chiasera.
Tupac Shakur would have been 37 today. His music and heartfelt lyrics touched so many fans around the world. This monument was erected in Tupac Shakur’s memory in front of the MARTA Herford in Herford, Germany.
The artist is Paola Chiasera.
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RIP Tupac… I was just listening to Makaveli and thought to myself how he was taken way too soon
This was one of the smartest black men to date. His lyrics we’re very moving and still til this day i still haven’t heard anyone rap on an intelligent level like dat. Even with all the thuggish sh8t you still knew this man was very bright.
I still think the government/police force got rid of Pac and killed Biggie to make it look as if it were a feud. I mean there was no denying it, if he were still alive today and changed some of his ways this man would have made history in so many ways.
THANKS SANDRA!
Never been a fan, but Happy Birthday anyways. Wow, 37!
I STILL LOVE YA, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE REAL BEST RAPPER ALIVE AND DEAD, THEIR WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER PAC EVER, I STILL HATE YOUR GONE, AND CAN’T REALLY LISTEN TO YOUR MUSIC ANYMORE WITHOUT WISHING YOU WERE STILL HERE TO TALK TO ME, BACK THEN IT FELT LIKE YOU KNEW ME AND MY STRUGGLES PERSONALLY AND I CAN STILL REMEMBER YOU TELLING ME TO KEEP YOU HEAD UP, DAMN I HATE SAYING THIS, RIP PAC. I LOVE AND WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU AND I REALLY MISS WHAT YOU GAVE US WE WILL NEVER HAVE THAT AGAIN NOT THAT , EVER
Rest in Peace.Sadly he was the last of a great generation of rappers who weren’t JUST about making money.
I love you Pac! RIP and Happy Birthday to the greatest rapper of all time. The REAL thug of the industry. You were supposed to be my husband.
We are in our last days…a statueu to honor a man, a criminal, and we’re all teared up …ugh
andriceb Says:
We are in our last days…a statueu to honor a man, a criminal, and we’re all teared up …ugh
************************************************************You Know You just made a Boatload of enemies … I’m not a fan .. and I’m not wishing a Dead Man Happy Birthday … but thats just me … going home now..
I WILL NEVER FORGET HIM AND THANKS TO YOU SANDRA FOR YOUR PART IN MAKING SURE NO ONE FORGETS HIM.
andriceb Says:
We are in our last days…a statueu to honor a man, a criminal, and we’re all teared up …ugh
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For real! I get into it with folks about him all the time! What was he doing hours before he was killed?…Jumping some guy in a casino lobby! You act like a thug, you die like one. He would have been smart if he used his brain to do some GOOD!
There is nothing worse than an intelligent Black man who is insistent on acting like a coon.
andriceb Says:
We are in our last days…a statueu to honor a man, a criminal, and we’re all teared up …ugh
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Yes thats right Tupac deserves a statue of his accomplishment and contribution to rap history. If it wasn’t for him a lot of these “rappers” today wouldn’t even be heard of or be selling the way they did. He was a pioneer and poetist as well as a GREAT actor. So no don’t even try and clown my boo Pac take that shyt elsewhere. People must be getting their minds clowded from all these bytch-ass rappers like Soulja Boy, Diddy, or Bow Wow that when it comes time to recognize and remember a REAL MAN people want to disrespect! Give the man his due R-E-S-P-E-C-T! RIP Pac the G.O.A.T!
alright…it just seems that i’m on a tirade and can’t resist the urge to comment today.
tupac was a man of many layers and that’s why he is so dear to so many people around the world. he was a convicted felon, yes. but he paid his dues to society. so why are we holding on to that? (do you think people will be talking about martha stewart’s time at camp cupcake while having a service to honor her memory? no. they’re over it. she served her time. let’s move on.)
that ‘brenda’s got a baby’ video made me cry as a young girl. ‘dear mama’ is still the mother’s day jam. in ‘keep ya head up’ he was talking to me! he was a real person and that’s what his die hard fans loved about him. yes, a man that was convicted of rape still rapped about his unwavering love for his crack feened mother. he was full of contradictions…but that’s what made him human. he had a personality, said whatever he wanted to, spat at the cameras, just didn’t give an eff about anything but being him!
it’s that kind of honesty and “real person” genuineness that i love in my artists. beyonce’s cool…but does she have personality? kanye’s a prick…but i see a lot of the same “this is my art and i’m living my life regardless” type of bravado in him, too.
this man was an actor, poet, rapper and happened to be incredibly intelligent. he just enjoyed the thug life a little too much and it’s unfortunate he chose to never release that lifestyle.
he was reckless, yes…but his music, as well as his mistakes, touched countless hearts and the rap game needed an influence like his.
we miss you, pac! i’ll wish you a happy birthday because i’m sure that you’re chilling somewhere in Cuba…recording makaveli part 659♥
i’m gonna start a list of rappers that wouldn’t have (or have had) careers without the influence of mr. shakur:
ja rule
50 cent
dmx
zuley…care to chime in?
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From the MARTa Herford site:
“Tupac Shakur is one of the leading figures of gangsta rap. Born in Brooklyn in 1971, both his parents were members of the Black Panthers. Two years later, his uncle was killed in a shoot-out with the police. Tupac’s dynamic career began in the early 1990s. Legend has it that he spent as much time in the recording studio and on stage as he did in prison, where he was incarcerated for assorted petty crimes. In 1996, he was shot dead in his car in Las Vegas by unknown assassins – probably members of a rival gang.”
[…yeah, very touching]
And it’s only an exhibition…
“Following the exhibition in Herford, the Tupac Monument will finally lose its monumentality when Paolo Chiasera sets it in a concrete wall…”
[..aka, it ain’t that serious]
Erect an Obama statue! Or better yet- OPRAH!
question: Do either Bo Diddley or Lil Richard have a statue and/or museum built to tribute their contributions for founding Rock n’ Roll?
Gangsta rap did not uplift the Black community, sorry!
@ trulyposh
I think we have a bond today … LOL
This brings me back to that other subject we were commenting on. … No, we cant say if he is in heaven or hell based on what he did on this earth as he was a very compicated person with what seemed to be many struggles and triumphs. I never felt a connection with most of his music but, there were those few that touched my heart deeply. Im a beleiver that we are killing a type of music that was once very great and Im not sure if Pac would have been the man to save it or help it on its spiral downwards. What I do know is that its sad to think that this young man could have been 37 today and who knows what choices he could have made ..(or not) that would have allowed him to still be here today. Two more hours to go in the office….keep it coming Sandra!
Gotta rep for Pac’… West side!!
Happy Birthday Pac..
I forget that he was so young.. Pac was about 22 when he saw his first HUGE success..
I think about 22yr olds today, and it’s unbelievable that he knew so much, and was so smart at such a young age..
Not unbelievable, just rare to be on that level so young..
I don’t know how many times I have to say it..
PAC was the greatesT..
Well said trulyposh …. well said.
I agree. That man was VERY complicated, but very real. The songs he wrote for black women (no, not the bitches & hoes) the black women, were very touching. I’m sorry “Brenda’s Got A Baby” will always be a CLASSiC.
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^^ hmph. ^^
where did that “?” come from? **scratches head**
@ ThatCarmen…we have bonded…gimme a virtual hug, girl, lol.
So wait…what so different that rappers are doing now then what Tupac did?Didn’t he push the “bitches,hoes,killing and portraying the thug life???????As a Tupac fan, what he did is what rappers doing now.Sorry, calling it like I see it.
don’t come on here talking negative about Pac until you listen to a cd or two or three or four. The man was deep, many of his songs had messages, just as many didn’t. The ones that did though, left legions of people feeling him on more of an intimate level than we feel T-pain and all that other foolishness gracing our airwaves and store shelves today. His poetic talent cannot be denied and his intelligence was astounding. RIP to a fellow Gemini….
question: Do either Bo Diddley or Lil Richard have a statue and/or museum built to tribute their contributions for founding Rock n’ Roll?
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Little Richard is a member of the Rock N’ Roll hall of fame…if that counts to you…
P.S. Ike Turner is the King of Rock N Roll….RIP
Tupac was not the only rapper who had a message! What about rappers like Common, Latifah, Lyte, etc. who have ALWAYS uplifted and never degraded women or rapped about the “Thug Life”? Why was Pac so “deep”?
You wann know why? Cause most Black folks are so brainwashed that they can’t hear a message unless it’s wrapped with a doo-rag, stamped with tattoos, and has a criminal record!
So don’t give me that sh!t about Pac was the only deep rapper that touch people or that his good outweighed his bad. I HATE THAT SH!T! Like just because a person is dead, all of a sudden the bad sh!t they did in their life is overlooked and they’re a martyr!
Pac goes down in the “dumb ass n!gga” category for me! He could have done so much for children and troubled Black folks if he acted like he had some sense and wasn’t out thuggin’ with Shug trying to be hard. But ain’t nobody too hard for a MF bullet, I see!
before tupac switched to death row and got caught up in the dollars/women/excess….he had a message and that cannot be denied. the people that don’t know should go pick up ‘strictly for my nuccas’ because THAT is what pac was about.
growing up in cali, i wasn’t familiar with east coast rap and battling. ‘hit em up’ was the first time i EVER heard (or remember) a rap song where someone was calling out names; not dropping subliminals. with the makaveli cd…he was just picking out dudes to beef with because he felt like it! (isn’t that what 50 does every time he drops a cd?) even on ‘bomb first’…that was like the pre-cursor to nas’ ether (classic too, btw)
he called women b*tches…but have you heard ‘wonder why they call u b*tch?’ he breaks it down! come to think of it…that was a pre-cursor to jay-z’s ‘sistas & b*tches’!
there’s no comparison between his category of work and what’s being put out there today. i won’t subscribe to the notion that gangsta rap did nothing for community (because i don’t believe in gangsta rap, for starters.) but ‘brenda’s got a baby’ made me terrified to have sex! i did NOT want to toss a baby out in a dumpster. so to that extent…he impacted the community by helping to keep me from being another statistic.
but speaking of the community, do we really believe that white people listen to rock as a means to empower, uplift, and better their people? no…it’s entertainment. no more, no less. (nine inch nails, anyone?) the “uplifting the community” argument is moot. too much emphasis is put on people in the public eye to raise other people’s children. how about some parents saying, “this is inappropriate or too mature for you”? how about the community rallying together and demanding that changes be made? i’m not saying that people in the public eye shouldn’t lend their celebrity to benefit wonderful causes (when they feel like it). but i am saying that WE need to claim responsibility for what’s wrong with our communities and go about making change ourselves. we cannot expect for anyone, public figure or not (save elected politicians), to do it for us. our entertainers don’t necessarily have to be our leaders.
auntie…i’m really done for the day…i promise♥
HunE916, relax….no one said that pac was the ‘only’ rapper with a message. we’re taking the time out to tell you and others why it is we feel for him so deeply. you don’t have to agree…but you don’t have to try to change our minds, either. you think he was a low life? cool….we think he was great because there was more to him than the ‘thuglife’ image that he is associated with.
btw…i read an interview with common talking about how his conscious lyrics sometimes hinder his game. he’s ready to smash when talking to a groupie; not discuss the state of black america. is he any better because he doesn’t say that on wax/cd/iTunes?
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BEST RAPPER!!! REST IN PEACE!!
i like tupac, was a fan of his back in the day to a certain degree. at some point you dont forget the bad he did. he did bad and trying yo sugar coat it is wrong. kids think he went to ghetto heaven drinking, smoking and thuggin around. SMH when in fact if you lived a thug life style, you die a thugs death. and that not what you want especially for our kids.
Happy Birthday! Whenever I see or hear about Jay-Z, 50, The Game and Eminem and makes me miss Pac and Biggie even more! Sigh @ us being left with these mofos.
Thug life, thug death. A total waste of a statue.
Happy Belated Birthday Tupac!!!
Thank you for this post and reminder to remember one of the greatest. May he rest in peace.
I noticed alot of negative comments about him as an infividual and thigns that he did/has done. What I do want to say on that is he forever changes the industry and the standard for rap music. For that reason alone he will forever have the upmost repsect & love from me.
@hun , you are one of those people i was talking about, i am willing to bet you never heard pac foreal , i mean his cd not what you heard on tv or on the radio, cuz if you did you would have known that pac rarely called bithces and whores on his albums, he never talked about what he had only the struggles that many were and are still going thru, all of his lyrics could be understood like when you in a hootie but you riding it like it’s a benz, even though i don’t have a hooptie now but i have, but you would never understand because either you have had a life where you couldn’t understand or you wasn’t a listening or too young or whatever the reason some colleges have poetry classes after pac the man was a complete genuis (with metaphors) to me you shouldn’t have even came up on this post you are a pessimest couldn’t stand to see someone saying some good , but i know master p glad ,jayz, all them rappers who couldn’t get in cuz pac had it locked down, man i need to hear that crazy right now ,gotta nigga going crazy , gas prices and shit girl dont’ talk no shit bout pac !
HunE916, it’s clear this chick lacks the same intelligence she’s accusing Pac of not having. Just from the way she states her facts with tons of foul language makes her minion in my book. She comes across as pained, cheapstake that hers her own issues to deal with and comes around spewing hate on a post that is clearly honoring Tupac’s positive side, contributions & influence.
Nobody’s pushing anything down your throat missus. Just chill and agree to disagree in an honorable way. I wouldn’t have wanted to share a class or even a school with somebody as verbally combative as you. Phew!! It’s just an internet discussion for people to share/ideas, not get at everyone’s throat!
I love Pac & his music, movies and poetry and I too know that as a young man he was conflicted, the same way you are. The same way I am. They same way every human is.
Now take of the wooden glasses, get the wax ouf your ears and see/hear whatever “little” positiveness you’ve missed out in Pac’s creativity.
damn the man rapped about what he saW and what he endured, so what, that’s the realest about him, but he never glorified it, to me, he always let you know that somebody feels what your going thru, it’s was and still is a lot of people still going thru and living that life whether you like it or not, and pac was young, he made mistakes , before he died on the last interviews he talked about some of the mistakes he made and talking reckless but he was young and had to grow up, damn, like all the rest of us, he got caught up , he was only human, but that shit still does not take away the fact that he was the best his songs all had meaning, he touched you in some kind of way, you could relate, and this is to people who can , i mean you can’t knock nobody for talking bout shit they went thru if you ain’t never been their , we can’t help the hand were dealt but you came overcome it, and to me he did, he just had some bumps to go, but who are you to judge him, he was meant to be a legend and he is, sometimes things happen for a reason he is much more bigger dead than alive he is our ELVIS, LOOK WHAT HE DID PEOPLE STILL THINK HE’S ALIVE AND HOLD ON TO IT, SO FUCK THAT HE’S GREAT FOR THAT ACCOMPLISHMENT ALONE, HE’S OUR ELVIS, WHAT OTHER ENTERTAINER WILL BE THAT FAMOUS AFTER DEATH?
@truly posh girl foreal you said it, cuz really i can probably pick one, not one foreal,where he just sat their calling woman bitches and whores, never, and he told you why men called woman bitches on that song, and their are bithches and whores, and that’s a fact, so raise your own children not to be whores and bitches, and be your own kids role models. and foreal that white folks shit be worse than ours, we love to say what the white man says, gansta rap this and that, but to me no matter what it has helped some of those thugs become some no matter if it is music so what, i mean their doing somthing positive, look at ice cube and jay-z puffy daddy outkast these guys got their break with music (rap) queen latifah and mc lyte so rap did something for all us.
My question is, why are ppl wishing a dead man a happy birthday?
@mochamomy the same way people celebrate memorial day for dead soldiers the same way i wish happy birthday to my deceased nephew and the same way people don’t let their love die for their dead, relatives, and family, and friends.