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Originally Posted by torgriffith
Originally Posted by bijald0331
Anton has a point. No one on the other side will let anything he says go yet they will freely let people disgrace MLK's name by quoting some Tupac lyric. It's a shameThat should be heavily denounced.
What is shameful about 2pac speaking on MLK? Is his opinion not valid because he was the archetype of "gangsta rap" ? Looking back on history in the future, IMO I believe pac will be praised more than mlk. The 2 came form different time periods yet they share sooo many similarities. Just because pac would say and do in public what MLK was groomed to keep as a "private life" doesn't make one more official than the other. They both capitalized off their image. Pac grew up in a blackpanther environment and is more diplomatic in his philosophy than King. The future will tell.
Pac knew who was even in the midsts of the commercial thug image he knew he was selling. He told us to peep game and not fall for the hype cuz hes getting money. MLK just straight up sold his dream and image. But i do admit that the media was a different age back then and was purelly sensational and that as MLK's soap box. Pac's era in media was about social entertainment conformity which was his soapbox.
This is my opinion....
Stokely Carmicheal used to call King, "de lawd". In some circles, many felt that King got too much exposure, and credit, for the perceived successes of the struggle. I agree with that, as I've stated, King did his share, as Malcolm provided the fear, stimulating the Black youth, which in part helped to create the Black panther movement, SNIC, then Thurgood went after the law.
All were relevant.