He felt obligated to take on all of Suge’s demands because Suge bailed him out of prison. It was an obligation that he felt he had obtain. He even said himself that “He was successful on Death Row but not happy”. It wouldn’t be until Dre’s departure is where he would officially be Suge Knight’s pitbull as he would even go after Dre as well.īut on the inside, You can tell deep inside that Tupac didn’t want to be on Death Row. He was on a mission to eliminate those who felt betrayed him and said anything bad about him or the west coast. Everybody from the biggest artist(Biggie) to the smallest(Chino XL) got hit with Tupac’s wrath. Tupac didn’t care if you sold five million records or five records, You said his name and he was gonna come after you. The difference between Tupac and the rappers today is that he didn’t care about industry politics. He also felt that he had Suge’s street muscle to give him the protection he needed as well so people would think twice at firing back at him.He felt now that he can intimidate his enemies and he did so throughout 1996 with his onslaught of diss records towards the Bad Boy camp, Nas, Mobb Deep, JayZ or whomever said anything slick or disrespect towards him. He finally felt that he had a team powerful enough to go against Bad Boy, Who was running the game heavily at the time and had finally had a platform to abstract revenge on his adversaries. He knew that he needed a team because he felt betrayed by Puffy, Biggie, and all of New York so he signed with Death Row Records in late October 1995 and was released on 1.4 million dollar bail.ĭeath Row Records was what Tupac felt he needed at the time. Despite having the #1 album in the country with Me Against the World, Tupac still had a lot of anger in his heart and wanted to extract revenge. It was hard for Tupac to sit in prison and receive this treatment without having the outlet to respond to it. He was an open target for no only in prison due to the nature of his reputation but in hip hop as well as New York artists and DJs started disrespecting him on New York Radio stations and even went as far as to spread a rumor of him being raped in prison, His so-called friends didn’t visit him or took time to write letters checking on him. The reality of prison life started to set in on Pac. The epic pic of Tupac being carried in and out of court in a wheelchair with his head wrapped up stuck in many people’s minds for years. He was robbed, shot 5 times and sent to prison within 24 hour span along the media crucifying him and trying to assassinate his character by potraying him as a rapist and a knuckleheaded convict. When Pac was locked up, He felt depressed, betrayed, and angry about the whole incident. The Curse being that his death would lead the fall of the empire. The album would be the highest selling album in 1996 along with Death Row Records being put back on the map as a megaforce due to Bad Boy dominating much of 1995. Him signing to Death Row proved to be a smart move career wise as he would sell 7-8 million records with his double disc All Eyez on Me. The gift was the fact that it helped Pac reach his peak as the biggest name in rap and officially made him a mega star. Its been said that Tupac signing to Death Row was the gift and the curse. “Gotta follow your sergeants directions or get your ass popped with the Smiff N Wesson!” Eazy E on Real Compton City Gz Was 2Pac Scared of Suge Knight when He was on Death Row?
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