Tupac beat up a thief out of loyalty to Public Enemy, says Chuck D
nme.comChuck D has recounted a story about Tupac beating up a thief out of loyalty to Public Enemy.During a recent interview on Sway in the Morning, the Public Enemy rapper shared a story from the 1990s about Tupac – with the clip of chat being circulated widely on Twitter this week.In the snippet, the ‘Fight The Power’ icon spoke about Tupac as an apprentice of sorts for the rap group Digital Underground.
He said fellow hip-hop legend Queen Latifah, “introduced him to her rookies”, and had introduced him to ‘Pac as well as Naughty By Nature‘s Treach.This prompted Chuck D to tell a “quick story” about Pac: “We were in Oklahoma City one time, and somebody went and stole stuff out of the backstage.“They found the dude… and ‘Pac said somebody told him that was the dude. ‘Pac went upside this dude’s head.
I said, ‘Yo, ‘Pac, it’s not that deep man’, but ‘Pac wanted to prove, ‘Listen, I’m ridin’ for y’all!’.”The Public Enemy star has often shared many stories about Tupac, including one in 2014 where Chuck D posted a letter penned by the late rapper from jail in 1995.
He wrote to Pac to see if he’d collaborate on his track, ‘Da Struggle Continues’.Letter from PAC but you should've seen mine.
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