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Everybody's got their own little clique and they're all out there gangbanging in their own little way. We got the FBI, the ATF, the police departments, the religious groups, the Democrats and the Republicans. What I want to know, though, is why all of a sudden is everybody acting like gangs are some new phenomenon in this country? Almost everyone in America is affiliated with some kind of gang. To me, a perfect album talks about the hard stuff and the fun and caring stuff. Q: So why is gangbanging and violence so often the focus of your music? A: Everything in life is not all beautiful, not all fun. I'm not down with people who steal and hurt others. What do you say to people who say you are a bad social influence? A: Let me say for the record, I am not a gangster and never have been. Q: A number of your songs deal with-and some people say glorify-drug dealing and gang violence. You're going to feel the entire 11 months of what I went through on this album.
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Then we come back early in the morning and start over. Me and my producer Johnnie "J." keep coming up with new songs till people start passing out. But I've been in the studio every waking hour since I got out. Q: Did you write this new album in jail? A: No. But, when I look at the last few years, it's not like everybody just did me wrong. I got shot five times by some dudes who were trying to rub me out. Q: How do you look back on the last couple of turbulent years? A: It's been stress and drama for a long time now, man. I can't tell you how great that made me feel. I've never even met the guy, but he wrote me to say he liked my album and to keep my head up and to just come out stronger. One of the best letters I got came from Tony Danza. But at least while I was locked down, all the inmates gave me props, and so did lots of mothers and kids, who wrote me letters of support. And watching the media report all kinds of lies about me, like that I got raped in jail. It was tough sitting in jail listening to Jay Leno and Rush Limbaugh and everybody making jokes about me getting shot.
#INTERVIEW I AM GANGSTER FREE#
Question: How does it feel to be free again? Answer: I'm so glad to be out. Dressed in a baggy sweat suit and bandanna, Shakur-who hopes to have a new album out by Christmas, just days before arguments begin on his appeal - spoke about prison, the media and his music. Some of his more violent songs have been accused in a pending Texas civil suit of influencing a teen-age car thief to kill a state trooper. It has sold nearly 2 million copies, fueled by the poignant Top 10 single "Dear Mama"-an ode to the struggle of single mothers. While Shakur was in jail, his last album, "Me Against the World," entered the national pop charts at No. It has been both widely acclaimed by numerous critics and frequently attacked by parent groups and politicians. His best-selling music, which covers topics ranging from police shootings to teen-age pregnancy, polarizes listeners. Shakur comes across as a man of many contradictions-someone who has the words thug life tattooed across his stomach but complains about being misrepresented by the media as a gangsta rapper.
#INTERVIEW I AM GANGSTER TRIAL#
He has also faced criminal charges on four other occasions since March, 1993, including a weapons violation in Los Angeles, where a trial is set for Nov.
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It was the biggest in a series of confrontations involving the rapper, who was shot five times last December by a robber in New York. Shakur denies the allegations but was advised by his attorneys not to discuss the case during his first interview since his release. Shakur was convicted on two counts of sexual abuse in the first degree for offensive touching without consent. Shakur and an associate were accused-not convicted-of holding a female fan down while a third man sexually assaulted her. The charges stemmed from a 1993 incident at a Manhattan hotel in which Shakur and an associate were convicted of holding a female fan down while a third man sexually assaulted her.įOR THE RECORD: Due to an editing error in Wednesday's Q & A with Tupac Shakur, The Times incorrectly characterized the rapper's conviction stemming from a 1993 incident. 12 to spring the rapper from Riker's Island maximum-security penitentiary, where he was serving up to 4 1/2 years for two counts of sexual abuse. Death Row Records, which recently signed a contract with Shakur, posted $1.4 million on Oct. It's the 14th song Shakur has recorded since emerging from behind bars. Calvin Broadus, whose murder trial is set to begin Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court). Bobbing his head and grinning, the 24-year-old rapper turns up the volume on a funky duet called "2 of America's Most Wanted," which he just finished with label mate Snoop Doggy Dogg (a.k.a. Six days after his release from a New York prison, Tupac Shakur is holed up in the control booth of a dimly lit Tarzana recording studio.