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Tupac Shakur on Life and Death

A glimpse at the pain behind his rise to fame

March 2, 2017 by Blank on Blank Leave a Comment

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“If I was white I would have been like John Wayne… I feel like a tragic hero in a Shakespeare play” – Tupac Shakur

Video Published on Dec 3, 2013

Interview by Benjamin Svetkey
March 1994
Microcassette recorder
Related profile appeared in Entertainment Weekly

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Music:
TUPAC
I Get Around
Shorty Want to Be A Thug
Hail Mary
Changes
So Many Tears

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