ESPN’s new documentary, “One Night in Vegas: Tyson & Tupac” explores the friendship between the two stars, which Mike Tyson said developed after he was imprisoned for rape in 1992. Recently, the controversial former boxer admitted his biggest regret when it came to their friendship.
“He always wanted me to smoke weed with him, and I never did it and I wish I did,” he told the AP. Tyson said he always brushed off the offers because he was quitting the smoking habit. “That’s my biggest regret.”
The documentary, which aired on Tuesday chronicles Tyson’s release from jail in ’95, Pac’s imprisonment later that year, and how both built a bond because of their similar issues. “Our problem was we always had to worry about someone betraying us, our closest friends,” Tyson said.
In fact, Tyson said that because of the importance of their friendship, Shakur berated him for using another rapper’s songs for his fighting intros. “[Pac] said, ‘Don’t you ever play those fuckin’ songs again, they don’t give a fuck about you,'” Tyson remembered. “When he said that, it pierced my soul…I felt like I did something wrong.”
Since then, Tyson has used Shakur’s songs in all of his intros. One reason Tupac attended Tyson’s fight in Las Vegas on that fateful night, is because he’d recorded a special song for the boxer’s intro.
“I felt extremely guilty because I felt if he didn’t come to this fight, that would have never have happened. It’s just so crazy that we had talked every day for a week.” Although both controversial figures fell in and out of grace under the eye of the media, it is precisely this that allowed Tyson to understand Tupac.
“He was probably a misguided warrior. He had a heart as big as the planet,” Tyson said. “He had so much love and compassion and you couldn’t even see it under his rage…I’m glad to be a part of his life and to have known him.”
Two very misunderstood geniuses that scared the shit outta white America.
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STFU white America made most of Pacs albums multi platinum clown
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white america and tupac / tyson white american fans are 2 different meanings buddy .. get that shit str8 .. i agree 100 hundred plus percent with these two icons scaring white america .. misunderstood but strongly judged! 2 of the best!
White america throws money at fear…
that’s why Pac went multi-platinum
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i love mike tyson to death he is one of my fav boxers ever!! but cmon now! how u gonna say my biggest regret was not smokin with himi love smokin too but if my homie died i wouldnt say my biggest regret was not blazin with him!!! lmao!!! tyson is a fool 4real!!! we still love you tho
Probably meant spending more time with him man…
obviously you dont smoke enough weed. lol. blazing with someone creates a spiritual bond. Conversations are usually filled with emotion and creative thought. u really get to know how someone when you smoke with them.
Smoke or blaze aint makin no damn spiritual bond I know that much. Just two fucked up individual rambling & giggling about dumb shit.
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Lady, Tupac’s not a loose keg, he’s a powder cannon.
Two of the realest men in the world. What I got most from this was Pac saying, “don’t ever play their shit again. They don’t give a fuck about you.”
Not in the sense that he might be right, but he told Mike Tyson, a guy who could end your life with a sharp right to the temple, his straight up unedited opinion.
Be real with people, and they’ll be real with you.
Much love to both of those soldiers.
My thoughts exactly.
giving huge knight an interview into a Pac documentary is a fuckin disgrace when most of the people know he has something to do with his death ! moreover, huge knight doing this interview show how fuckin evilness this person is ! fuck him !
while every people in this interview truly cared about him, huge knight is one of those who did not. he proved it subliminally once again when he talked bout giving Pac the opportunity to take his revenge by making dollars out of a classic album ! i felt more like he used him as a piggy bank to put death row in front of the hip-hop stage more than it was back in the day ! that’s all, strictly business ! and motha fucka has the nerves to talk about a true relationship he had with him … what a shame !
you obviously have no idea what your talking about because pac was assassinated and suge had nuthin to do with it. on the night of the tyson fight pacs security was told they could carry no weapons or no communication devices when they were to guard pac in vegas. that shit is way bigger than dumb ass suge and the truth wont come out until our grand kids are our ages
nah man i watched a documentary about it, read some interviews and viewed some footage to built my opinion. it appears like bitch ass suge set up Pac while they were drivin out of MGM after the fight. It is said according to the evidences he paid some police officers and some gangbangers to kill Pac cause he knew bout him living death row with his royalties. So he rathered kill him and keep the riches than seeing leave the death row camp with all the money he made with the studio sessions ! that’s what it is ! now if you have a different opinion about it im open minded and ready to listen to it ! but dont talk without references otherwise your argument will be useless ..
two legends they earned their respect
Ive used this site for 5 years and never posted a comment but fuck this prick Suge Knight, how dare you talk about Tupac like that, you talentless fat cunt bully, makes me sick to my stomach, fuck you Knight and your fake gangster shit, where you at now, sueing Kayne West for money cos you got no talent, look forward to the day I log into this site and I read you got murdered. Fuck you Fat Bitch
The first thing Suge Knight mentioned was money. If that’s the first thing he mentions in an interview such as this, then of course that’s what was on his mind.
All of you people need to read up on the police misconduct that was going on then. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rampart_scandal
The second paragraph of the article mentions Suge. Whether or not Suge set Pac up himself, he sure as hell had SOMETHING to do with all of this.
The first thing Suge Knight mentioned was money. If that’s the first thing he mentions in an interview such as this, then of course that’s what was on his mind.
All of you people need to read up on the police misconduct that was going on then. Look up “Rampart Scandal” on wikipedia.
The second paragraph of the article mentions Suge. Whether or not Suge set Pac up himself, he sure as hell had SOMETHING to do with all of this.
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Very good article.