Since his death, Tupac has been called a black prince, a revolutionary, an icon for Generation X, a hip hop lazarus, a brotha for black America.
Some see only the tattoos and the jewerly - the body language - as a way of describing him. Or the angry and the defiant messages. They can't get past his persona.
Still others see Tupac as the most talented singer ever in the rap-music industry.
To many, Tupac Shakur was a figure of violence, who became a victim of the same v 19219v2114t iolent gang culture he glorified - shot down on the streets of Las Vegas in a gangster-like killing.
Those who knew him best saw him as a force moving toward the truth, cut down before he could mature and reach his full potential, before he had a chance to come into his own. He was young, not yet matured, they said. They felt his anger, his frustration, his pain. They have called him the '90s Elvis, or John Lennon, or Jimmy Hendrix, or Jim Morrison, or Sammy Davis Jr., or any other famous singer who was also a symbol of something bigger than himself.
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"I feel as though I'm a shinning prince, just like Malcolm, and feel that all of us are shining princes, and if we live like shining princes, then whatever we want can be ours." Tupac considered his music spiritual, like the old Negro spirituals.
"Except for the fact that I'm not saying, 'We shall overcome'", he explained. "I'm saying, 'We ARE overcome'."
Many people belive Tupac was a promising talent who wound up a casualty of a society that destroys African - American youth, males in particular. It's not just a belief among many that the black man in America today is an endagered species. It's based on actual statistics. If the drugs don't get them, the violence will. And if the violence doesn't get them, the cops and the justice system eventually will bring hem