tupac
I know this thread is old but maybe i could speak for emo boy on the subject. firstly, to write Tupac off as nuthing but a thug, wolf in sheeps clothing etc is wrong and you havent done half the research avaliable on him. Emo said he knows evryhting about Tupac and i dont doubt him, coz once you've read lots on every aspect of the man then you start to form a true picture of him, and you saying this just shouts at me your lack of research. He had negative side to him, especially in his early years, but remember he was from a ghetto where its rough, he witnisess killing, drugs etc because its his environment.
But what seperated him from other rappers was that he wanted to change what he saw around him, coz he could see it wasnt right, and gradually he began to develope a side of activism to his character. You know he soon grew to a star and got caught up in all the glamour that goes with it, but when you research him you realise in his early 20s he began to change, and grew tired of his reputation as being a rap star. Even though he was popular, with people allways around him, he became isolated and savoured times to himself to ponder, ie he didnt let his lifestyle get a total grip on him, but he allowed time to think for himself. one noticeable thing is his humility, or his humbleness towards the end of his career. Wheather he is dead or not is a very complicated issue with an awfull lot of conspiracy surrounding it. After reading pages of information, some of it blatently people just hangin onto threads at the possibility thats hes alive, and some reasons for him being alive pretty pathetic, i have to say with honesty that its very hard to say thats he is dead. Sorry that this is totally off the point of this thread. But its very likely that hes alive to put it basically.
As to wheather he is a christian or not is difficult. certainly for the majority of his career he showed no true faith but priorn to his departure he showed alot of change, and basically wanted to get out of the rap scene altogether. Something interesting i read not long ago was that prior to leaving the rap scene a friend of Tupacs had come up to him and started talking about christianity, and specifically the man William Branhamn (dont know if you know of him) and basically Tupac was interested in the man and really asked for forgiveness. Seeing the type of reputation he had and the pressures of being a rap star he wanted to get out of it all after seeing what he was involved in was leading death and so he faked his death. A person posted a picture of him in cuba with Tupac saying theres the proof, although i dont know how thats proof, but its a very believable theory, and i cant give true credit to Tupac in such few words but i hope i did him justice in writing this. :thumbs_up
