Community support is not something you see a lot of artists do nowadays, but there are a select few who show love to their hometowns in positive ways. Somebody like 2pac was well-known for standing up for his community and neighborhoods nationwide. He had ideas about throwing block parties and uniting rival sets with music, he talked about uplifting people through his songs and was no stranger to bringing change to the world.
On August 15, 1996, he and members of Death Row, which included Snoop Dogg, Suge Knight, Danny Boy, Daz and more, made an appearance at the Brotherhood Crusade Rally to talk to the people about the importance of voting. Each one stepped up to the mic and said their two cents about how much it meant to have a voice and helped spread the word.
“We just want y’all to know that at Death Row we appreciate everything y’all doing for us. My record sales, we got six million. Snoop got four million. Dogg Pound got three million. And we keep going. That means we represent that many votes. If we can represent that many votes, we gotta let these politicians be scared of us. That means anytime we drop something y’all gotta pick it up. Every time y’all call for us, we gon’ come.”
Unfortunately, Tupac Shakur was killed less than a month after this public appearance. Who knows how much more change he could have made if he would have stayed alive. This is one of the many positive things he did for the community while he was here on earth.
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