Angie Martinez Shares Rare Tupac Interview And East Coast VS West Coast War Stories In New Memoir - Page 2
From Billboard:
In walks Pac and the room immediately lights up. He’s laughing, giving his friends pounds and hugs. He gives me a big hug. “You good? I had my peoples go to this spot and get you some pizza.” The box says NY Pizza. “I wanted to make you feel comfortable,” he says. “I know people be saying bad shit about me. I’m a good guy.” Somebody lights a blunt. The room is starting to feel comfortable. I fumbled with the tape, hit record, and so it began.
Angie: I’m sitting with Tupac in his crib. We need to talk about the East Coast-West Coast thing. Aren’t you from New York?
Tupac: That’s where I was born, but that’s not where I learned how to make money. This is where I got laced. This is where I became a man.
I could see that he was far more articulate and calculated than I was, more seasoned.
Angie: Are you saying that you do not have a beef with New York?
Tupac: Nah, I have a beef with anybody in my way, anybody that feel like they could criticize me because they bought my album. That feel like just because they read an interview that they know who I am. I have a beef with them interfering with me getting my money. I got a beef with Wendy Williams saying I got raped in jail because that disrespected me, my family and what I represent. I got a beef with New York rappers just saying whatever they wanna say about where I’m from.
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