MC Eiht speaks on the possible involvement gangbanging had in the death of Tupac Shakur.
While speaking with Vlad TV, Compton, California rapper MC Eiht spoke on the negative impact gangbanging and gang affiliations had on the late Tupac Shakur.
According to MC Eiht, who revealed that he’s “always had good experiences” with ‘Pac, the rapper went “backwards” with his gang affiliations. He explained that the rapper could have still been here today, and gone on to leave “a way better mark,” specifically in music.
“I thought it was one of those scenarios to where you ask what you get for,” MC Eiht said. “He left us with this image of being this—One minute, he could be ‘Girls, fuck that. Stand up and empower yourselves.’ To one image it was ‘Fuck the world.’ And ‘I’mma shoot you. And blast on you.’ To one image, ‘I’m gangbanging. And I’m with Suge and the Bloods.’ So, to me, it was a hard role because it was some of those situations that he should’ve avoided. Gangbanging is going backwards. Especially if you started off on a different path. You didn’t start here. You started in other places…So, to go through all you went through and your end result is being killed in a drive-by…You could have been here and left a way better mark. Especially when it came to the rap game.”
Later in the conversation, the possibility that Tupac was killed as a result of the attack on Orlando Anderson, a member of the Crips, was brought up. MC Eiht further explained that Tupac, who wasn’t from Compton and didn’t have previous gang ties, stepped into a world he would have ultimately been unable to get out of.
“The streets talk,” he said. “Eventually, the streets talk…My thing about that is you have to really tread lightly when it comes to gangbanging affiliation and who you fuckin’ with. Because you might be trying to prove a point to the dudes you around. But you never have any idea who the fuck you fuckin’ with. And you don’t know if this dude done killed 50 mothafuckas or nobody. By him not being from Compton and [knowing] the foundations of these real dudes, he kinda stepped into a world that he wasn’t gonna probably be able to get out of.”
Video of MC Eiht speaking on Tupac’s gang affiliations, can be found below.
Olando Anderson got tupac murdered and the Crips Shot em ama kill all Crips! Am coming for yoo asses! Bokoharam gangs we comingfor the Crips bomb yall ass
Lol shut up cuz
are you for real?
He has a point and ive said it all along that fucking with suge and adopting that gang life was never in pacs cards. As soon as he signed with suge he started to really wyle out.
Shoulda stayed in drama school, Pac!
He’s right Pac got sucked into a life that he knew nothing about, Suge should have made sure he remained a artist and not a gang banger, that’s why your circle is important
Let’s be honest, he didn’t get “sucked into” that life. As great as an artist he was, Pac was a wannabe and an insecure attention fiend. Like Eiht said, he still could have been here. Instead, he chose a different path….
Glad MC Eiht said what so many are too hesitant to say about him..
He wasn’t a wannabe, he never rapped about being a big time gangsta. He rapped about being a small time street hustler, which is what he did in Oakland. PAC never claimed a set or affiliation. He was far too outspoken to be insecure
Insecure people are introverted and don’t like drawing attention to themselves. That’s the opposite of 2pac and most celebrities and entertainers in general.
Pacs death had really nuthin 2 do with dat mgm fight but it was somethin dat was plotted by the fucking system & bad boy records.fuck diddy.
Pac is a Gemini !
If you a real G then you shouldn’t have to talk about how Pac passed. I love my set and my fin’s on lock down!!
I have no love for the other side. Man up rep yo set
6love
LOL. Yeah, me too.
2Pac didn’t gang bang. 2Pac had already been shot before he even hooked up with Suge. Wasn’t anybody from Compton in NY when PAC got shot the first time. Hanging with Suge did put him at more risk. But he was never affiliated with the Bloods. There were both bloods and crips in Death Row’s camp. I respect MC Eiht, but dude was never close to PAC. So he has limited knowledge of the whole situation. PAC got killed by crips that were hired as security for Bad Boy when they went to LA. Orlando Anderson was a part of the crip set hired by Bad Boy.
We can’t ever know if gang affiliations was the reason of the drive-by that cut his tender life cuz some artists is in gangs and some of us are but we still here and we is never bodied.I ain’t no conspiracy theorist but 2Pac came out when rap was at its roughest,at its own Dark Ages and when beefin’ the limits were untested.Now everybody knows that after the words is the drive-by thats why they try to ensure it stay as words cuz non of em wanna die the death.Its a lesson of the Pac and Big shit,that if it gets outta control,off of the wax,then there wil be a drive-by or execution.So u hear Game say he king of the Bloods and u know he probably has pre-school kids he calls his Bloods,he be king of,but when he is up against niggaz and he sees it get of hand,he goon’ make tha private phone call to fix things.Yeezy done did the same.Thugger did the same.When they shot at Little Wayne bus,I thought Here we go again,another gonna.May the souls of Pac n Biggie and all the niggaz that we lost rest in peace.
GD’s > Crips
I love MC Eiht, but why’s his clothes all dirty, lol??
Man he is right Pac got in way to over his head all in the name of selling records and making surge rich, Problem is here never had no one around him to tell him to cut the crap man so now he is dead. And that nigga had no idea about LA and gang banging live styles.
Spider Loc spoke on this years ago. So did Snoop. That’s why it’s troubling to see certain artists who start affiliating after they got successful. Stupid stoopid stooopid
F**k suge it’s his fault he got pac killed. But I can’t blame pac. He wanted to get out of jail asap and his only ticket to get out was to sign and ride with suge and death row.
basically he got involved with some real goons and thought that it solidified his thug life image…but he took that path after he got out of prison and they signed him to DEATH ROW. Pac felt a sense of loyalty because they came and bailed him out and all that. Because on “Me Against The World,” that was the real Pac. Grew up on the east and the west. You could hear it in his music naturally.
why talk about someone who can’t defend himself when we got rappers like snoop or Game whom still claim to be gangsters, Pac was a brother who fought back never claimed to be a Blood or Crip.
I mean, Eiht’s right though.
@midwest GD’s are only impressive to white boys in MN Iowa Wisconsin etc. Anywhere else they’re a buncha nobodys gettin hoed out by Homegrown gangs. Even in minneapolis GD aint shit compared to Native Mob.
You guys should read “Tupac 187: The Red Knight”, really puts a lot of shit into perspective of how Pac went down from Suge’s greed and skandalous shit (cop corruption too).
rip my fav rapper
Pac was killed because he had a voice he was the only voice my generation had, he wanted to unit the ghettos across america and have a code of conduct. The Gov wants kaos in the black community with sheep people no leaders. Pac, Biggie, MLK, Malcom x, Panthers and JFK were all killed by the Cia for the same reason they had a strong voice and were about revolutions and change. Biggie was killed so the East West Beef would keep going so only negative music would come out if Hip hop culture and never be united again. Read books people its all in there, this country is so damn crooked. Especially towards Blacks !
What do you expect 2pac was a wannabe gangsta rapper who acted tough because Suge Knight was behind him.
Lol @ these comments saying pac wasn’t real, gang affiliated for the “image” … pac shot two cops before all this, but ya’ll seem to forget that huh.
He was defending himself against police officers, doing what any real man should do, that doesnt mean he was a gangster or was a gang banger
he was defending another man who was being harrassed by two drunk cops…fact is pac had a voice, he said it himself he had a big mouth, pac was a reactionist and ultimately that sealed his fate, he stomped on orlando and got blasted on.
He talking some real nigga shit
Tupac was bipolar. He had a great empowering side, but also a weak, violent side. I prefer the positive Pac
I don’t think you understand what bipolar is.
in short kids be yo self
I love pac to death cause he inspired me a lot wen he said thug life people din’t understand they thought killing an gangbanging pac was in too much pain cause the world was aginst him an the government did like him but he proved that he was a getho angel
So he wanted to die he always knew his gona die
Gucci is way realer than fake thug balerina tupac ever was. Gucci caught a body he is about that life that all you fake thugs preach and complain about in todays rap game. You hipsters have the nerve to call todays rap soft then praise a fake thug like tupac is sickening. Learn to appreciate the realest rapper to ever hold a mic. Appreciate Gucci Mane.
Don’t you ever diss PAC again (L-Boy) aka Spam -internet troll
2Pac music is better then Gucci but he right bout Gucci being realer than Pac. Gucci took his prison sentence like a man while Pac tried everything to get his add outta prison when Interscope declined to bail him out and dropping him from the label that’s why he signed with DeathRow Records cause he was desperatede to get out. Now that’s a Thug!!!
He planned in advance to be a victim of gun violence. He had to go out that way to make his solidify his message, that you must sacrifice yourself to reach legendary status, to go down as the G.O.A.T. It was orchestrated.