Tupac Shakur would have turned 47 today. The Hip Hop luminary was born on June 16, 1971 in East Harlem. Over the course of his brief life, 2Pac left an indelible mark on Hip Hop culture that changed the game forever.
Before he broke out on his own, 2Pac was a backup dancer for Digital Underground. While on the road, he formed a close relationship with West Coast rapper Yo-Yo, who was on tour with her mentor Ice Cube at the time. Eventually, she and 2Pac started dating. In fact, she was with him until September 13, 1996, the day he died in a Las Vegas hospital.
In a recent interview with HipHopDX, Yo-Yo looked back on her time with the “All Eyez On Me” legend.
“What made us special … I love every bit of Hip Hop he had in his body,” she tells DX. “He was way too cool in regards to politics and social issues, and he was so Hip Hop with it at a time when people wasn’t really diggin’ Hip Hop. I love him. When we kissed, it was magical.”
Although Yo-Yo says their relationship was more like brother and sister toward the end of his life, they were always in touch. Six days after 2Pac was shot in Las Vegas, he succumbed to his gunshot wounds at the age of 25. Yo-Yo was in shock.
“I just shook my head and cried,” she recalls. “I said, ‘Damn ‘Pac.’ I was just in disbelief. Fuck! I though he would live forever wit his bad ass.”
Yo-Yo remains close to one of 2Pac’s sisters and sometimes wonders what he’d be doing right now had he not lost his life at such a young age.
“Who knows, he’d prolly be running for office right beside me,” she says.
2Pac’s murder remains unsolved but his legacy lives on. Yo-Yo believes she feels his spirit “all the time.”
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Dayum. Yoyo looking good as fuck
One advantage of being a little chubby in your youth, you usually age better! (Speaking from experience)
Why are they still saying his murder isnt solved? Did they not watch the death row chronicles?
Awwwww you were looking for friends to co-sign.
I did not c what they said bout it. plz explain
Can’t believe “Can’t Play With My Yo Yo” came out over 25 years ago. Damn. Brings back memories. Loved those old school videos.
“Yo-Yo… sometimes wonders what he’d be doing right now had he not lost his life at such a young age.
“Who knows, he’d prolly be running for office right beside me,” she says.”
You know what, he probably would’ve…
Pac definitely had political ambitions. He stated in a few interviews about starting a 3rd political party specifically for blacks in America. That would have changed everything we know as normal today, had he lived. #RIP2Pac i really miss that dude’s presence.
I think she was more so speaking towards the fact that she wouldn’t have been his running mate and to the fact if chump is president why not Gods Son
Its not unsolved Kyle did u not see Murder Rap? Oh my bad….politics right?
By definition it’s unsolved. Sorry it doesn’t fit for you, hell it doesn’t fit for me but officially the case is unsolved
Wait.. so Pac was a chubby chaser?
And what’s wrong with that stupid. You definitely have something on you a girl wouldn’t like too little bitch
What do you want me to say?? Tupac was Jesus. Yo Yo, You already know that you have a Dome of Protection around You.
I thought he was with berry daughter not yo yo The math about there so call better half is low low OMG