#TupacTuesdays – Rare clip of a teenaged Tupac Shakur. — While 2Pac’s latter career/life included many stories of the bonding between the iconic late rapper and fellow Oakland rap/hip-hop artist MC Hammer, including 2Pac collaborating on MC Hammer’s never released mid-nineties Death Row album, several years earlier at the beginning of the ’90’s/ 2Pac’s meteoric career rise – as seen in this 1991 KRON TV San Francisco clip with DJ Fuze in audience of Dominique DiPrima produced/hosted hip-hop special (NOTE: this is not “Home Turf” but a one-off special also hosted by Home Turf’s ever talented DiPrima). The hip-hop special aired on San Francisco TV station KRON on April 8th 1991. The then 19 year old 2Pac was among the many hip-hop fans and artists at the time who were vocally critical of MC Hammer’s crossover success. Sitting beside Shakur was friend/collaborator DJ Fuze of Raw Fusion who along with Money B of DU collaborated on “Violent” on the “2Pacalypse Now” album.
EDIT – check out 4-part response videos to the mean YouTube comments posted by “fuckin clowns”
“MEAN 2PAC COMMENTS – BAS-One reacts Pt 1” = https://youtu.be/vYJVkHV3URQ
Pt 2 = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7Qc5I0gYbg
Pt 3 = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srbwT3-B1J4&t=74s
Pt 4 = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fls5_9dDg_M&t=4s
That young man right there could have been great if he would have been taken under by the hammer…. he was a backstage dancer humping blow up dolls…but he can diss someone? He could have women a lot of people out of the matrix but the agent smiths reprogrammed him gave him fame in exchange to sell wolf tickets to the younger generation, and older generation that gangster rap was a thing to to be like and follow…if you don't know now you know….Biggie said it
PAC was no threat when the sent him to prison, stripped him naked, chained him to other naked men, and threw his threatening ass in that cell when he got that colon cane
he is no threat ? well where did being threatful get 2pac? Hammer is hiphop not rap , its not the same thing so dont say that it is . Thats why they seperated hip hop from rap. otherwise we would not have the word "RAP" cause that came out one gangsta rap started.
10 million crack rocks…. yeah, because that's really the same thing. This is such a typical attitude of the time…. these studio gangsta rappers thought they exclusively owned rap music, never understanding that Hammer was giving them more opportunities by making rap the mainstream phenomenon it became.
RIP to the GOAT but this is really unfair of him to say Hammer was diluting rap because if my memory serves me correctly, wasn’t Tupac a back up dancer for digital underground. Digital underground’s music wasn’t exactly thickening rap music.
PAC’s angle was always hating on the hottest biggest artist. All his career. We glorify toxic lame MFs and tear down positive uplifting brothers like hammer smh …
It's a shame Pac passed coz him and hammer became real close before he died. Pac even wrote for him unconditional love and they was planning on going a new direction with Hammers career.
Even if here we have a concrete demonstration of the power of 2pac's mind, he is wrong. No rapper amazed me more than this man but here he shows the same two bad things we see in hip hop, even with its key figures: lack of understanding of concepts and ignorance of the history of his own art. Dancing is a key component of hip hop and we can't make wonderful choerographies on every type of music and with any type of subjects. Plus, without sampling there would be no hip hop.
Shortly after this video Pac had a sit down with Hammer and his even more dangerous brother Louis Burrell. He had to give some context and explain his comments and critique to them both. Pac was from the 'Town and knew Hammer was official streetwise and had the means to get to you and put hands on you if you were disrespectful. Glad to see they could be friends and labelmates. However, alot of artists didn't know how serious Hammer was on the streets of Oakland and more than a few rappers got hands put on them on your and when they visited Oakland. Cube found out after dissing Hammer on his song True to The Game.
Kinda makes you mad to see that hammer was not took seriously foreal but not really bad but the south loved hammer it was still always genuine major love for hammer
Yes Hammer helped a lot of people. Even that was a mistake. All those people he "helped" were not there for him when he needed help. Lesson in life. Dont dance for master and dont keep hanger ons around. Be yourself. Be authentic. Speak your truth. Live how you wanna live.
Hammer learned some hard life lessons, but im sure hes a much better person for it now.
One thing I respect about Tupac is that he was Tupac the whole time, even at his most commercial. Not many people can just be themselves in an industry full of puppet masters and consumers who eat up fabricated junk.
Hammer is an extraordinary entertainer. People will be dancing to his music long after a lot of entertainers are gone.
That young man right there could have been great if he would have been taken under by the hammer…. he was a backstage dancer humping blow up dolls…but he can diss someone? He could have women a lot of people out of the matrix but the agent smiths reprogrammed him gave him fame in exchange to sell wolf tickets to the younger generation, and older generation that gangster rap was a thing to to be like and follow…if you don't know now you know….Biggie said it
This ain't a diss mutha frs
Other rappers were mad during this time because they didn't do it first.
PAC was no threat when the sent him to prison, stripped him naked, chained him to other naked men, and threw his threatening ass in that cell when he got that colon cane
you could drive into the arse end of Australia – and they would still be pumping Pac! no joke
Selling records don't mean nothing…. years later. I sold 5 mil. I won. (At the MTV music awards after losing to Coolio.)
Damn Tupac was SO FINE
Drake should listen to this
He made his self clear and lauded with that statement.
love the outfit nice style 2pck
he is no threat ? well where did being threatful get 2pac? Hammer is hiphop not rap , its not the same thing so dont say that it is . Thats why they seperated hip hop from rap. otherwise we would not have the word "RAP" cause that came out one gangsta rap started.
10 million crack rocks…. yeah, because that's really the same thing. This is such a typical attitude of the time…. these studio gangsta rappers thought they exclusively owned rap music, never understanding that Hammer was giving them more opportunities by making rap the mainstream phenomenon it became.
Hammer was always more gangsta than Pac. Hammer still standing.
RIP to the GOAT but this is really unfair of him to say Hammer was diluting rap because if my memory serves me correctly, wasn’t Tupac a back up dancer for digital underground. Digital underground’s music wasn’t exactly thickening rap music.
PAC’s angle was always hating on the hottest biggest artist. All his career. We glorify toxic lame MFs and tear down positive uplifting brothers like hammer smh …
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That's really not a dis my opinion
Pac being from Oakland should’ve known better
Pac is only 19 years i believe
I like both of them. But it’s funny how Tupac was talking about Black empowerment and MC Hammer was already practicing it.
A lot of hate for MC Hammer just came from New York heads who hate everything on the West Coast.
Maybe this was before Pac heard Hammer was a real gangster who helped out his community maybe that's also why near the end he collabed with him
If u sell 10 million rocks better believe that's sum good rock…
@0:40 wow, snake eyes, like for real. WoW
It's a shame Pac passed coz him and hammer became real close before he died. Pac even wrote for him unconditional love and they was planning on going a new direction with Hammers career.
Hammer still living..2 pac dead and gone.
Even if here we have a concrete demonstration of the power of 2pac's mind, he is wrong. No rapper amazed me more than this man but here he shows the same two bad things we see in hip hop, even with its key figures: lack of understanding of concepts and ignorance of the history of his own art.
Dancing is a key component of hip hop and we can't make wonderful choerographies on every type of music and with any type of subjects. Plus, without sampling there would be no hip hop.
Shortly after this video Pac had a sit down with Hammer and his even more dangerous brother Louis Burrell. He had to give some context and explain his comments and critique to them both. Pac was from the 'Town and knew Hammer was official streetwise and had the means to get to you and put hands on you if you were disrespectful. Glad to see they could be friends and labelmates. However, alot of artists didn't know how serious Hammer was on the streets of Oakland and more than a few rappers got hands put on them on your and when they visited Oakland. Cube found out after dissing Hammer on his song True to The Game.
Kinda makes you mad to see that hammer was not took seriously foreal but not really bad but the south loved hammer it was still always genuine major love for hammer
He always dissed whoever was the hottest nigga out before he become one.
lol hammer was a threat he was from the streets.
Wow! Tupac was the first to Troll a celebrity…That’s what’s up
Yes Hammer helped a lot of people. Even that was a mistake. All those people he "helped" were not there for him when he needed help. Lesson in life. Dont dance for master and dont keep hanger ons around. Be yourself. Be authentic. Speak your truth. Live how you wanna live.
Hammer learned some hard life lessons, but im sure hes a much better person for it now.
One thing I respect about Tupac is that he was Tupac the whole time, even at his most commercial. Not many people can just be themselves in an industry full of puppet masters and consumers who eat up fabricated junk.
if kendrick is tupac, then drake isn't even hammer – he's sambo.
This is why i say its disrespectful of Drake to use pacs voice. Drake is a Sambo that diluted the culture