Director Allen Hughes made some interesting remarks about the late 2Pac while speaking to John Heilemann of Hell & High Water on The Recount.
In a clip of the interview shared by The Art of Dialogue, Hughes was asked about the difference between Snoop Dogg and 2Pac. Hughes referred to Snoop as the “real street guy out of all these guys” and praised him for having the foresight to leave Death Row Records.
“2Pac on the other hand, while he came up in the inner city or the urban fucked up ghetto, he’s not a street kid,” Hughes said. “He’s an artist and an activist. He’s a performance arts kid and he’s delusional. He’s just delusional … in a positive way. You have to be delusional to be a great artist.
“The thing I think 2Pac was addicted to the most was when I think back was, when he’s in a room like this and he sees us all reacting to whatever he’s saying, especially her [pointed to a woman in the room], any woman if they’re smiling he goes to 10. You thought 10 was the level, he’s at 50 now. And he’s so charismatic that he lost himself in his power to move a room.”
Hughes — the mastermind behind the FX series Dear Mama about Tupac and Afeni Shakur — had originally cast the Hip Hop legend in the 1993 film Menace II Society but fired him for “causing trouble” on set. Just months after the ousting, 2Pac attacked Hughes, resulting in an assault and battery charge. In a 2013 interview with Sway in the Morning, Hughes recalled what led to the firing.
“We would try to rehearse, and he would just say shit and do shit, get up, and he was just erratic,” Hughes said at the time. “And I just didn’t understand what was going on. And everyone was laughing because he was funny.”
But the energy shifted on the second day of shooting — and 2Pac could feel it. Hughes continued, “The second day he came in, he noticed it too because he was funny. No one was laughing. So, he said something to me that was confrontational. I said, ‘Come in my office, man. Let’s just me and you come in the office.’
“He was going nuts pacing back and forth in my office. He was very, very passionate, and I can’t remember what he was complaining about. But then he said to me across the room, he goes, ‘Why you smiling, N-word?’
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In 1994, Shakur was convicted of assaulting Hughes on the set of a music video. Witnesses claimed ‘Pac ordered his entourage of up to 30 people to attack Hughes. He was ultimately sentenced to 15 days in jail, 15 days of labor and 30 months of probation.
Still mad cuz Pac beat the shit out of him and his brother lol Get over it already.
Exactly. He now feels safe to try to disrespect ya boy like that.. 26 years after his death lol.
Right. It’s like all those Cuban pussies who wouldn’t talk shit to Castros face. And only talk shif after he died! Yeah pussies. You were afraid of his armies killing yall, but now that he’s gone yall think you can slander Castro, the humanitarian Saint who gave Cubans free Healthcare and education!
Humanitarian.Saint? Lmfao
What crack house you crawled.out of?? You obviously dont know shit about cuba. I havnt me not 1 cuban whos a pussy in my life. Even the sorriest transvestide cuban punk would whope your pussy ass all day till sunday standing on their heads ya shit talkin clown. Ever seen the movie scarface? You know why the movie was about a cuban and.not any other country in the world cause Cubans are.the HARDEST Motha fuckers on da planet kid! That movie would of been a failure if they portraid any other country period. Makes even pable escobar sound like a fkn sissy with their little.singing way of talking. Beleive that! Only pussy on here talkin that trash hiding behind a computer is you! Tell that shit to any cuban to their face whatch how u dont get your pussy ass floored.
Auntie Snoop is a bitch and a snitch. Why you think he’s still alive and not in jail after all these years.
I would pay u a 100$ dollars to say that to Snoop’s face and I guarantee u will b eating your meals through a straw lol asshole
“Good! Your hate has made you powerful. Now, fulfill your destiny and take your twin brother’s place at my side!”
You don’t remember what he was complaining about? ?. I smell b.s.
Time 4 The outlawz to pay Hughes a visit for disrespecting Pac
Right! Saying rude things in an interview is grounds to be beaten or murdered! Man, yall are soft as hell. What a sad joke. How aboit brushing it off and not caring what people say? Pac is a public figure, who threatened dozens of ppl publicly, and said nasty things about them, including legends like Nas and Jay. Yall would kill someone over a chicken wing then be like “da cops iz corrup. Free muh niggeh”
Dude talking reckless after 2pac dead he soft 4that..
It’s true though. Pac CHOSE to play the role of a gangster, and got himself killed over it. He didn’t have to. He chose that life, AFTER he had a good chunk of money. Pac wasn’t a true gangster. He was a great actor though, and loved playing tbe role. And I’m a huge Pac fan. But it’s true, he’s an A+, well spoken art / drama student. A gifted kid. He didn’t fall into the wrong crowds. He chose to sell an image, and got wrapped up in that image he portrayed of himself.
You sound like a BA hater bro
When mfers start by saying I’m a fan of…. you’re likely not a fan. Pac was who he was going back to Oakland and Marin City where he was getting into shootouts. He was more gangster than these dudes who were afraid of Jack and Jimmy that betrayed him out of fear.
I am a fan lol. I’m a fan of Dr Dre too, yet I can tell you he’s a huge phony, and his last album sucked.
Everyone in Cali has said Snoop wasn’t bout that life. He got some money then paid his entourage but he was scary as hell. Mind you this is the same dude that said Snoop didn’t know who Bishop Don Juan was until they introduced Snoop to him.
You’re wrong here bro, Snoop is really from the streets bro
He didn’t disrespect pac. He gave his take on it. Dude knew pac, yall just got his 2 pacs in your mouths.. gargling his nuts.
“Garble” you dumb ho you ?
So you and him fell off but you still made a show about him and his mom? And this dude really said “N word”. Sounds like he’s from the suburbs but talking about who’s a street dude and not lol.
He probably IS “from the suburbs”, declining to use the word “n@gga” doesn’t really suggest that though.
There’s nothing wrong with being from the suburbs. Y’all are so disrespectful to y’all parents smfh. If someone broke their neck to give you a decent environment to grow up in THAT’S COMMENDABLE.
Also, you don’t have to be “from the hood” to know when someone is not who they think they are. Your mentality is childish.
Thank you. I grew up in NY ghetto, and many of us made a point not to use the n word and sound like fools. We all made it out and are successful today. Idc where you were raised, I don’t like fellow black people using that word in every other sentence. It’s childish and low class. And as you said, living in the suburbs is a GOOD thing. Only animals prefer the ghetto. Who wants to live amongst constant crime and ratchet people? Not me. I don’t miss it one bit. I like having a clean street, litter free. No gunshots here. No rapes, murders, and not man robberies and such. It’s nice.
It’s crazy you didn’t get any likes. People think being poor, uneducated and vulgar is a badge of honor. Also, referring to your people as n1gga and getting mad when white people say it is corny.
I think referring to my ppl AA my nigu is better 5gen referring to them as animals any day. Though both is bad , atleast nigu is human
Hey, “Hiphop”. Fuck you bro. I’ll tell you what’s corny, yt in the comments wanting to say the n word and trying to justify it. Go ahead and say it around a bunch of black ppl. It will change your life…
What about the thinly veiled racism, pills and pedos? There’s crime everywhere. Even behind white picket fences…
Yes, there is crime everywhere. But there’s a shit ton more crime in the inner cities than in the suburbs. Living in the hood I had my house robbed, packages stolen, constant BS while driving. In the suburbs, none of that. I’m aware it does happen. But it happens WAY less. I’ve flipped multiple properties over the years. The ones in the hood have to be tightly boarded up, and I mean tight, or they’ll use a bar to break in. In the suburbs you just lock the door, not cover the window and put plywood over the back door.
You grown b. Lots of black men out here still operating with the same mentality as when they were 14.
Are you stupid? When did I say it’s a bad thing? I’m saying this suburban dude isn’t in the know on who’s street and who isn’t, u non reading dumba**.
He’s still mad 2pac beat dat behind both brothers got whopped.
Snooper Duper wasn’t street
Dude explained Tupac in a way that makes me listen…lol…it was very rational….and quite possible…he didn’t seem to clown him or anything, but who knows….I do agree to an extent that Pac was delusional, but I’m speaking of his beef with Biggie….But I don’t think Biggie did anything to try to tell pac that he didn’t do anything, or maybe I just haven’t heard about it. Either way, Pac was from the inner city, and had moved to the Bay, where he really got a little more involved with street activity, but not deep, just hanging around with the neighborhood thugs, drinking or something….not pushing drugs and shooting dudes or anything…so he exaggerated a lot of his Thugness…but he was an activist, and he really could move a crowd emotionally….so dude didn’t say anything that makes me confrontational with his statement.
He shot 2 cops lol
Don’t believe that shit. This director was assaulted by Pac. Do you think he’ll say something good about him lol
Pac got into shootouts in Oakland and Marin City. He was a wild boy before Deathrow and even Juice.
Snoop was a G, a smoker and dealer with izm, way with the ladies, he repped the hood well and all but back then being affiliated was enough to be rappin, nowadays the youngins say you fake if you arent a murderer or somethin smh
Snoop Dogg wrote statements on 69 and this clown saying he’s more street then Tupac fucking joke
Just my 2 cents. I was in my 20s when Pac and Big were on top. I was 21 when Pac died. It was always pretty common knowledge back then (before alot of you were even alive) that Pac wasn’t a “street thug” or “gangster”. He came up with Digital Underground and adopted the gangster persona once signed to Death Row. This is not an insult. I’m one of the biggest Pac fans ever. Let’s celebrate him for being a very talented human being. NONE of us really knows who’s “real” or not. And why can’t you be a real one unless you run with a gang? Alp due respect to Pac he was a genuine but wasn’t a “street gangster”. That’s pretty common knowledge back in the 90s. MOST of these dudes aren’t. Anyhow good day to all
You just contradicted yourself dude.
When you grow up in the ghetto, shoot at cops, hang around street dudes, and get shot many times. That says he is a street dude
he’s no street dude.
To be street you got be smart, a real g don’t carry guns, that’s for the foot soldiers, a real g stays in the shadows, s/he doesn’t advertise. A real g trades in information not guns or drugs that’s below per.
Absolutely will said.
LOL NONE OF THIS MAKES YOU A STREET DUDE. IF ANYTHING, THIS PROVES THAT HE WAS A HOT HEADED MARK OVER ANYTHING. YOU YOUNGINS GOT IT TWISTED.
People can end up with PTSD from going through what he went through as a kid…
Him and his brother got they ass whooped, sued Pac and got him put in jail and now they wanna make money off him? Fuck them bums. And for the record, Pac was mad about his character Shareef being a Muslim and a former gang member and wanted the role to have more nuance or be changed. That’s where the conflict started. Other than the fact that the Hughes brothers was some haters…
Facts
Toopak was a hang around…real gankstas said so…FACTS!
When everything else fails, let’s bring up Tupac.
Art imitates Life. The key word is “imitates”.
Imitating street life will get you fucked up.
I have seen what happens to people that blur that line. It was a shame but this talented artist came to California and tried to go heads up with street soldiers that only had reputation to lose or gain. It was only a matter of time… Snoop on the other hand, Did y’all see the Super Bowl halftime show?!? That shit was Gangsta as FUCK. Snoop is a gangbanger turned Kingpin who still got his hands dirty, put in work for his turf and never had to comprise his loyalties.
Tupac was and artist. Snoop is a gangster.
Period.
You sound dumb as shit. Snoop is now in Corona commercials, cooking with Martha Stewart. That is gangster? PAC was born in NYC to crack mom, moved to the hood in Baltimore, shot at cops, got shot, hung around street dudes. He was just ready to die
Dude was so fucking fake. Hollywood and studio thug gangster. Dude was such a punk this guy is right and y’all know it. Don’t forget he was a ballerina hahahahaahahahahaha fuckin digital underground group look it up cuz more than half of you Pac dick riding casuals only know All Eyez on Me and the fact that he was half of the media beef with biggie.
Fuck you and that fat sardine looking mufucker look bitch he was realer than a gangster way much more than a slow ? retarded stupid ass dum gangster that’s going to be locked down are in the grave and got hellva kids for someone else to raise bitch I stayed in the hood my whole life ? but that doesn’t mean be a Dick rider and trying to be the baddest gangster wow you’re the Dick rider follower bitch u ain’t a leader like Mackavili was bitch outlaw immortal
STFU HOMOSEXUAL
Fuck boy how real is u. Talking bout a Tupac fuck boy. I don’t know him and you don’t either. Pussy. But u got some strong words. See only fuck boys talk shit like that cause they know they won’t see that person. Talking bout dick riding, u must be talking about yourself Pussy.
I believe PAC and BIGGIE were like brothers tho real talk… Despite the diss tracks, apart from all that beefing between them two that movie JUICE 2pac was featured in i would say
was his best acting role, and certainly wasn’t delusional in that film guys I mean like for real family, peace to the culture.
You don’t know what you saying all the bosses were putting work from Al Capone to big meech
LMAO Snoop is a gangster Suge used to slap him around and made him stop saying anything Crip related in his songs. Martha Stewart has been incarcerated more and is harder than Snoop.
People talking shit about Pac like they could walk up to him and say the same shit to his face when he was alive. I don’t even bother arguing no more. Pac said shit to Jimmy Henchman over the phone that none of your favorite “Celebrity Gangstars” would ever dare to at the time. Pac had a bounty on his head for years before Death row. Suge recognized real. Pac never signed up with nobody until he had no choice. A one-man army. B***h all you want, y’all can’t take nothing from him.