Pac had a rough life and from most accounts he was an emotional/confrontational dude. I think he played the juice character well because that was a part of him.

PAC was wild. Careless at times. I won’t make any excuses for the homie. The power gave him the juice he needed to elevate his ways

Another major factor was revenge. Gettting robbed and shot made him angry and with deathrow having his back it gassed him up even more.

"We was young and we was dumb, but we had heart" -Tupac, "Runnin"

Pac had already embraced being a “rebel” prior to “Juice”; hence “Rebel of the Underground” on “2Pacalypse Now.” Beyond that, those who’re closer to Pac say he had the personality for the character “Bishop” which is what made him perfect for the actual role in “Juice.” So “Bishop” was more like Pac than Pac was like “Bishop.” Note Pac’s level of loyalty and dedication to the Outlaws versus the characters carelessness and disloyalty. Those closer to Pac, like Money B and Mutah (aka Napoleon) support this theory…

Eiht following that Hughes brothers narrative. Treach, Money B, Shock G people who were closest to and knew PAC before and after juice said he was always wild even before Bishop.

Afeni said he changed after the cops beat him up 4 jail walking. That was around the same time Juice came out. The different sides of Pac was 1 of the things made him unique to this day imo..

People who knew Pac before juice say he’s always been a hot head.. The adversities he faced after becoming popular may have triggered him blow up more

It's called duality no one is just one way all the time lets be real

Pac was wild before Juice ask his Baltimore niggaz they on here getting interviewed

Money B said Tupac was gangster before the Movie Juice

The character Bishop in 'Juice' was not a rebel. Bishop was a pyschopath.

Tupac been had his mentality before being in movies and rapping. Everybody wanna speak on him saying he portrayed a image when pac never said he was a gangsta. Pac stood for wats right and rapped bout the struggle and police brutality. When have pac ever said he was tough and untouchable. People be hating on Tupac cuz he still gets talked about and played til this day. Most of these other rappers nobody even listen to them anymore or never did listen to them.

Pac was 25, think about that. What was you doing at 25? How much have you accomplished at the age 25? The world couldn't handle another 25 years from the goat makaveli...

PAC was a Gemini! He repped it to the fullest!

Tupac had one album out before he played in Juice and on of my favorite record is “WE JUST DON’T GIVE A FUCK” BEFORE THE MOVIE… Like Money B said he was like Bishop before the movie that’s why he was good at playing it. On the same record he raps about having a shot out with Police. His 1st album before juice isn’t by no means a party record

People always talk about how pac changed, like cuh if u get shot and get accused of a rape u didn’t commit u would change too

If Pac was troubled, it's because he was too well-rounded and advanced for most people around him. Being awakened can often be a burden because you see what most others don't see, especially in a role of leadership.

Peace to Mc eiht

Spice broke it down. Tupac was getting into trouble in the Bay as too . In Marin city

2Pac was actually more into the gangster lifestyle before he went to Deathrow. 2Pac had shootouts with cops, fights with GD's. He got shot 5 times in the studio🎙️ Lobby Etc . 2Pac if he would've left the thug life alone after prison. He would probably be here today as a Music Mogul running things👍🏽 R.I.P. 2PAC The G.O.A.T.🐐

2pac the realest. He represented us all from the compassionate to incompassion in us all

The Juice part definitely made PAC acutely aware of the strength of staying in character. Pac discussed at length of how he learned to hold his eye contact for longer periods of time Tom Cruise also employed the same acting technique. 50 Cent talked about how Bruce Willis would command a room by speaking in an almost inaudible level. These guys are all entertainers and sometimes reality bites them.

LONG LIVE THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME🦅❤🙏🏾

Thanks for keeping it 💯

I don’t feel like 2 Pac acted like Bishop at all

Tupac was always wild and crazy

“Too all y'all ngas conversating on my life mind ya mf business”- Pac Pacs life Og 🤷🏿‍♂️

Come on art I love your ish and what made you the man and a representative of us Tupac fans is the fact you have a voice and you called out these narrative these people make

At one point Tupac, Bobby Brown and Mike Tyson was on Mtv news everyday. Long before Death Row.

Jermain Hopkins cleared this myth up In an interview on here He played in the movie with Tupac as his homie Steele

2pac said he didn't get a record until he made a record.

Mc Eight is the REALEST, hands down. This is the Dopest interview, keep it coming.👍🏾

I trust what Money B said in his interview! He actually knew that dudes the rest are speculating. In fact his acknowledgment of Pac starts at Juice as he acknowledges in his statement. I get it though ain’t too many other interviews cracking without a good I knew that dude story🤷‍♂️😩

Ambitious as a rider!!

I don’t see how he can say that. With all due respect, it’s not like 8 or really any celebrities outside of Jada knew him well or for a long time before Juice.

Pac was never a punk even in Baltimore and nyc he had a pretty rough upbringing don’t let the ballerina shit fool you he come from a very militant family he never had it good till the last years of his life he was still young and in his prime and been thru everything under the sun and felt he truly made it and this was his family and he wasn’t protected like he shoulda been he was fed cake with a razor blade inside

That’s his opinion, can’t fault him for that. However, you ask people who knew Tupac before Juice and they don’t agree. You gotta talk to people who really knew Pac like Money B, like the outlawz, ask Treach, so on and so forth.

was Mc Eiht around 2pac before Juice to know his mentality changed or he just running with what the media say ( what i’m really trynna say is did they know each other personally or just through the industry )

I rock with MC Eiht.

As a teen growing up listening to 2 Pac, I always said I like him but he was bipolar :(

The thing about that juice roll was his own people that knew him before that like money b even said that roll bishop was him and sounded like him,but overall u can say Pac was just a outspoken person who stood up for himself,meaning he took no disrespect from anybody and stood his ground..

Naah man… i feel him in EVERYTHING he said. BUT. Let’s not disregard his intentions and ambitions. If you really listen to him in his itws, first of all he’s talking some deep shit. Second all these things he tried and did for the community and his interest to help us, pushing us to think and read. Educate ourselves. That’s what everybody preachin right now. Please listen to his ‘’Last Interview’’ til his last words, and recognize his intentions. He was actin like that for the simple reason that he was one of us. Pac was only 25. With everything he accomplished from his first album the his last movie, he deserve more than us focusing on how he acted. What he DID mad him a LEGEND. Rip to a real nigga man…

With the previous clips in mind, I already figured that would be his stance 🤷🏾‍♀️

Lol. Pac didn't act like bishop, if u watched that movie juice n watched pac they were different.

perfect accurate description

Tupac's gravitating toward the streets challenged the positive and empowering narratives that he tried to promote through his tracks.

2PAC was tuff from day one 💯

“Im troublesome” - Tupac

"Let it be known, I'm troublesome".🎶

Exactly Bishop the Madd Rapper was his nickname in the industry b4 death row.

Still praying for all our black man-Georgetown SC

I was a 90s teen who looked up to Tupac. You see, I was a small guy used to being scared at first. Then I felt Pac's energy and understood having heart. I decided I may not live forever but I damn sure wouldn't live another day scared. Much rather die who I am whenever that was gonna happen. He really did show a lot of us young brotha's love and that's why he's revered. Somebody shot him in the studio and he wasn't finna take disrespect no matter what no matter who. Wasn't about a persona. You could have called it crazy but I know it was heart. Love him.

Money B said Pac was wild before juice…..

Rest easy Pac 🙏🏾, 803

It's been stated several times by various people that pac was wild before the bishop character! It's obvious eiht has an issue with pac, always hating on pac in several interviews!! I don't know why art hasn't cut this interview short cause this has been 1 shitty interview! Smh

Eiht always keep it 💯

Again, dudes who never knew him before or after just speculating

Anybody have a link to MC Eiht's youtube channel? This guy speaks with clarity and reason and his views are well articulated.

"this my new style"

That’s the read that I got while it was all happening, he seemed to take on the Bishop character in real life. Just like Bishop, Pac got the “gun” and lost his mind.

boy 8 always official. we Brooklyn kats stand wit em. bless boy 8 n his family

Lol I remember that. I was old enough to recognize... dude stayed relevant because he was in the cameras every other day.

Based on what Alan Hughes said, it started after Tupac saw himself as Bishop at the screening of Juice.

Makaveli Lives On…..

Listen to pacs early music. It’s ruthless and he held his own. And people need to understand that when you get shot PEOPLE change.

Great shit

*Let's respect*

It's been said he was wild before playing Bishop.

He stared that when he moved to Oakland

Eiht hit the nail on the head.

How can someones mentality change just because of a movie role? I don’t believe in that

The same old narrative being pushed by the people who didn't really know Pac like that, or hate his iconic larger than life legacy that keeps on growing. Therefore, anything to chip away at that legacy. Eiht, may be from Compton, but you can tell he's not built to go there like his records. The person that came up with the Pac/bishop angle, struck up a golden narrative for the people inside and outside the biz that hated or were jealous of the attention Pac got. Eiht trying to adjust his VLAD interview responses, he's coming off slightly politically correct, knowing where he's at. lol. The angle of Pac's content changing from song to song has always been lame to me. He was a human being with emotions first of all. Then, he was a true artist who got inspiration from different situations, whether of his/those around him. No one feels the same way everyday. He just didn't pigeon hole himself as most of the rappers and so called " gangster rappers" back then who was tough on every song mean mugging. Pac expressed himself on every level, and that's why he lapped the rest of you. People saw /heard and could relate to him. Dude, was himself (a human going through it in the spotlight)and everyone trying to analyse him or call him fake.

Don’t forget he was raised by Black Panthers who were militant minded. Matulu, Afeni, his aunt, etc. Grew up in NY, Jersey, Baltimore.

He's right. There is a distinct difference between the 2Pac before and after JUICE. Allen Hughes sat next to 2Pac at the first screening of JUICE and said he saw a permanent change in 2Pac from seeming himself on the silver screen as that character.

Word, my G.😎😎😎

Enough already! Leave 2PAC legacy alone.

That anger from the studio shooting had a lot to do with the change.

Pac's original "set" was the Black Panters. His "OG's" were people like Mutulu and Geronimo Pratt. Now what set was more with it than the Panthers? So he had that side. In his music he didn't focus on gangbanging. He talked more about militancy, being military minded, fighting oppression, and his response to people violating his code as a man. So you get these jewels of pride and organizing; but your mother is addicted to drugs, your family is still on welfare, and you're growing up in poverty. So you relate to a lot of the plight of other young men growing up in the street. You throw in the performing arts school to cultivate his artistic/creative side and you get a blend. An intelligent, militant, artistic guy who is comfortable in the streets. Look at the role he played as "Birdie" in "Above the Rim". A true thespian could have done it justice. But I've never seen a pure thespian with limited street experience capture a street guy with that kind of authenticity and character depth. Developing a tough and hard exterior but also broken and emotional because of childhood trauma. He had to know that world to capture it like that.

Oakland people say he was already that way before Juice

I definitely agree and noticed the change after that role as bishop. He never came outta that shit

PACs literally this quote : Mark Twain once said, “Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.” The J walking incident and the police brutality, coupled with a jail sentence changed Tupac !!! His own mother said this. So all the trolls and ignorant people, who comment on him being in ballet etc. Yes, he was. As an adolescent. Then his life took a dramatic turn! The kid you see in them videos, isn’t the same man you see on Hit em Up. For obvious fucking reasons !!! The man was a genius and it’s amazing he was even able to accomplish what he did, considering all the mitigating factors.

" Who has a shoot out with police " real shit...

Bay area made him a G and he took that anywhere and everywhere he wanted to

Bingo! The Ninja thought he was Bishop!

Actually he was Bishop before Juice that's how he got the role cuz he related to that character

Keepin it 💯, Real conversation droppin gems, respect Eiht. Love pac but he was loyal to a fault at time, Which ultimately led to his downfall.

Brotha gotta be tired of answering questions about 2Pac. Dammmm!!

Tupac was a tough hardcore dude way before he signed with Death Row as a way to defend and protect himself from violent situations. It was apart of him, but not all of who he was besides being extremely smart and intelligent.

Exactly I’m glad eight said that because I’m from that error PAC was kind of active before he got with death row ✌🏾✌🏾✌🏾

People from Digital Underground said Pac was like that when he was with them and that was way before his role in Juice. Even Shock G said that shit.

PAC educated more black males than any other rapper RIP legend

Point on. I always felt that he was trying to be like his character from Juice.

What I think is Pac got his influences being in Oakland peeping game being around dope dealers, pimps, hustlers, prostitutes and because pac being around that environment especially during that era effected his youth dropping out of high school at 17 to help his family anyway he could. He didn't really have no one else to go to even at time being homeless. But those who were close with him at that time knows pac wasn't no chump he had that personality of speaking out against things he would call out on anyone's bullshit. But the bishop character was something that he closely saw was a rebellious frustrated young man taking things into own hands.

I respect his point of view even tho I disagree.

bruh its crazy how after ALLLLL the stories of how wild Pac was BEFORE that Juice movie, ppl still wanna act like he got tough after playin Bishop. that character was influenced BY Pac, not the other way around

He was with it before the movie he moved to Oakland first then LA

Feel the same way

Let the man rest boyz gangsta cost him his life he was on top of the world in 96 and should of just walked away and the rest of the security should of handled the situation

He didn't know it was the police until after it happened