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...Although Pac lived the so-called “thug life” and predicted that he would die at a young age (he was 25 when his car was ambushed by a gunman in Las Vegas), he should not be remembered as a martyr or a prophet. Hip hop fans worshipped him, but he should not be remembered as a hero, either. Pac should be remembered because he articulated his confusion and rage so well. His music reflects the complexity of a life spent trying to reconcile a career that brought great fame and riches with a youth...
...artists are less talented or ambitious than their predecessors. Instead, it seems that most are more interested in living the gangsta lifestyle—characterized by conspicuous consumption, loud parties, drug use, belligerence toward competitors, and defiance of authority—than in making creative, meaningful records. Somehow, Pac was able to do both...
...mobsters instead of artists, they reach for their guns instead of their pens to settle disputes. Although it may seem funny, it is really just tragic that rappers feel the need to wear bullet-proof vests in public. But the greater tragedy is that, after what happened to Pac, rappers and their associates are still dying violent deaths...
...April, Proof, from the group D12, was shot and killed during an altercation at a Detroit nightclub. Two months earlier, a security guard for Busta Rhymes was gunned down outside of a recording studio in New York. That murder, like the murders of Pac and Biggie, remain unsolved. Witnesses have refused to step forward with information because the street code forbids “snitching,” or talking to police...
...song “Unconditional Love,” Pac deconstructs the gangsta lifestyle and shares his optimism about the future: “This fast life soon shatters/ ’Cause after all the lights and screams nothing but my dreams matter/ Hoping for better days, maybe a peaceful night/ Baby don’t cry, ’cause everything gonna be alright.” Rappers today are still addicted to the fast life. When will they wake up? When will the violence end and the better days arrive...