V Exclusive: Tupac Shakur -- The Lost Footage, Pt. I
VIBE.COM By: jkennedy Posted 9-13-2009 10:25 am

It's been 13 years since 2Pac died on the 13th day of September 1996, yet the void he left in hip-hop—let alone black culture—is gaping, For his anniversary, VIBE revives the fallen icon, if just for a couple minutes, with the first in a series of previously unreleased interview footage from May '96. As he discusses a unified rap nation and where he'd be in 2016, 'Pac is everything we remember: Candid, passionate, prophetic. Rest in peace, Tupac Amaru Shakur.

Share your thoughts on the music legend in the comments, and stay tuned to vibe.com for more exclusive clips of Makaveli.

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Samantha Leandrea Smith says: what's up nikki I am a fan and i loved Tupac still do love him why? Because he was the shit and he didn't take no shit.That man was great at everything and i am so proud that he didn't let no body fuck him in the ass and proud that he went down like a (G). you'll can fake about liking Pac but i know he don't give a damn about you new local aristis cause you'll really don't know what heading you'll way so what every I'll still pray to my lord and saver to clear you'll mind from the devil who ya'll worship
Posted 06-25-2010 08:15 pm
Beatstormz says: yea cool , beatstormz hit the planet !!!!!2010 http://www.youtube.com/user/ALASANI
Posted 04-25-2010 11:28 am
Keyshay says: I LOVE YOU TUPAC. MY DAD LISTEN TO HIZ MUSIC ALL THA TYME. I KNO SUM OF IT TO I LYKE IT TO
Posted 05-17-2010 12:42 pm
tootie says: he still the illest rapper there is!, nobody cant fuck with him!! , r.i.p pac!
Posted 06-16-2010 05:31 pm
maddy says: yo at first r.i.p im nepal may b people dont about but when nepalese people start ti listen rap alwayz there will b 2pac may i ll meet after my death dats only my wish 2 god...
Posted 06-19-2010 08:19 am
fabri says: shit! Tupac had something special... is incredible! he said want to change the world in 20 years quite convinced !!
Posted 06-26-2010 01:06 pm
MR HOOVER JOINT says: r.i.p pac fuck south side compton crip rest in piss baby lan .real niggas know what happen ..oh yea fuck suge bitch ass groove i wish i could have been with him that night he would still be alive
Posted 06-26-2010 04:29 pm
MR HOOVER JOINT says: r.i.p pac fuck south side compton crip rest in piss baby lan .real niggas know what happen ..oh yea fuck suge bitch ass groove i wish i could have been with him that night he would still be alive
Posted 06-26-2010 04:29 pm
stanley says: nobody fuck wit tupac and go free. he is the original tu baba
Posted 07-01-2010 12:29 pm
stanley says: nobody fuck wit tupac and go free. he is the original tu baba
Posted 07-01-2010 12:30 pm
Love me Now says: i see y tupac was paranoid. to get shot 5 times while they was in da same studio, then go to jail for something his supposed friends did. Thats enough to make u wanna murder. He had a right to be mad though.
Posted 07-06-2010 06:06 pm
Bailey Welsh says: Yo pac was nd still is a saveur he always will be this nigga is still alive her in cuba somewere yo pac if u ever come acrosst this nd read this plz come back out we dont want black haze we want u hommie nd i no ur still out there i feel u hommie but the is a heavin 4 a G but remember pac only GOD can JUDGE us now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted 07-10-2010 12:45 am
kWASI says: The rose that grew from a concrete has damage petals>>>>> To me Tupac is not dead but still alife>> And is real!! His words were fire>> His music was inspirational>> His style was explosive>> His character was phenomenom>>!! and above all he was real that's why nigga Pac stands out among the rest>>. There is no competitor and there will never be another Pac>> Everey day I pour my heart out for the great 2Pac who still lives on>> Wars come and go but my nigga 2pac live eternal'' (Rappers come ang go but the great 2pac lives eternal).>>>> Amen!
Posted 07-17-2010 04:52 am
life says: To everyone, Pac was a man, very smart, use his brain to observe things around us and made a common sense out of them... well un kno what to say but, i wish today rapper can see the type of struggle black people are facing, no disrepect to other race's strungle.but today it do not matter wheater u ar an intellect blak man or not..therez lot of work that need to be done to make this world a better and equal place. i think with the music, today rapper can do something, rather glorifying certain things that just bring us down.... anyway, as we always do a forecast based on past and control for certain factors, i wulda love to see pac today pass 25 years of age. i am an economist, i sure can tell you this man change with time, his work ethic will that benefit a lot of peeps, not just him, me, you, people in the rap game (his competition). anyway.. one thing that batta me a lot is how today big black media do not trying to pick up on his work that aim at revealing struggle a lot of hopeless people face... with the respect of changes the world...this may inspired today rapper to make an adjustment to thier work....
Posted 07-22-2010 02:19 pm
Holly Robinson says: 2Pac had such an enlightened mind but a way of being real with his words; touching people across countries, nations, and races. I would love to be the type of artist that would party with fans, write poetry, be real, and spread joy and love to the world. I would love to create world peace and I can totally relate to being alone in that vision,,, but one day soon we will see a rise up of the female energies and we will have a much more nurturing world. 2Pac saw the world the way it could be, and we should all be nice to one another in honor of that, and in honor of each other; our earth commrads
Posted 07-28-2010 10:55 am
clarence says: 2pac was the man in hip hop no dout we miss you homie.
Posted 08-06-2010 04:18 am
pussboot says: I say it's hard to cope with his upsentism.No he is not dead it's just that he was rushed.Wonder how wiud the rap game be if was in the studio right now.I was barely 16 in '96 and can't think of anything else but pac dawn noon & night. What a Decade!
Posted 08-07-2010 05:23 am
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Posted 08-10-2010 12:00 pm
Nisha says: HES A VERY VERY SMART MEN I HAVE A FEELiNG THAT HES STILL ON THIS EART , HES FAKEN HIS DEATH IDK I JUST FEEL LIKE THAT
Posted 08-11-2010 09:07 pm
lindsay says: everytime i hear 2pac speak, i get chills. what an amazing human being he was. pac didnt just touch black people, he touched PEOPLE. period. at the end of tupac ressurection, it showed 2pac fans in EVERY COUNTRY in the world and all over the united states-the south, the midwest, the east coast and of course the west coast, and his fans were EVERY COLOR OF THE RAINBOW! somebody like 2pac only comes once in a lifetime.
Posted 08-16-2010 07:20 pm
chocolate01 says: now when it comes down to this man i am the biggest fan and still til this day dnt beleave he is gone i luv him like a brother and i can remember the day i heard the news i was going to a high football game and after i heard the bad news i stayed home and cryed missing him always never ever forgotten your world biggest fan
Posted 08-17-2010 08:23 am
d.erv says: tupac is a real nigga & i mean that in everyway. look in the dictionary & what ever definition there is (cuz theres more than one) tupac is that
Posted 08-17-2010 06:42 pm
Trisha says: Tupac was a legend! He will never be forgotten! I luv him and his music, His music is so touchin and heartfelt it comes from a real man with so much knowledge!!! If you hav left this earth rest in peace and if you have not stay in peace! We will always luv you!!!!!!
Posted 08-22-2010 01:53 pm
tim3yin says: that is man who has no fear!! i love tupac!!! he d greatest!!
Posted 08-25-2010 06:26 pm
Sh3xn says: Pac was the illest and realest dude to touch the mic
Posted 08-26-2010 03:57 pm
100Garina says: the greatest rapper ever! no match!
Posted 08-27-2010 06:50 am
Valon says: i grew up listening to pac's music and have all his music videos movies etc . in my opinion if he was alive today the world of rap/hip hop would bow down to him , he made the rap meaning something not just beats and two lines how its today but lyrics with meanings and full of love spirit rage emotions u know what that man hold inside his heart as he was the realest but people are just so close to the opinions of others so they shut him down in a big way even today his music is legendary . R.I.P pac u be rememberd as a true G as evreythin what a human is . Greetings from Republic of Kosovo :)
Posted 08-30-2010 05:52 am
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