Man a lot of people forget that 2pac was only 25 when he died. People judge the way he was like he was some old man lol if 2pac lived longer, his ways would have changed lots like most men do.

6:50 is when he talks about 2pac

Tupac has goofy pics too, nobody is “hard” all the time everyone has a goofy side or a playful side. And they only show it to people they trust. You have to realize “gangsters” are still humans. Tupac was very intelligent and if you watch any of his interviews , he was really smart. He was just a product of his environment.

Pac had such a diverse upbringing he had to learn how to interact efficiently with all races. That's one of the keys to his success I believe.

Crazy part is most people are playing a role anyway. And they don’t ever come out of character. They are the character. And they don’t even know where they got the script from.

When you feel cool with a person you drop your guard and just enjoy yourself. This tell me that Pac really liked him and feeled he was a good friend.

I've seen people do that before. It's a shield. It's a protection thing.

Tupac knew there was a time and place for everything

6:43 for 2Pac part

It's called code switching and every black man should learn how to do it. Let Tupac rest Glad.

2pac said it himself " there a 2 sides to 2pac" he has his harsh side and a sensitive side. He can live in both worlds he can speak to you on a buisness level or he can speak on a street level...he wasnt a actor or fakeing it.. he was just a unique individual..smart n sophisticated or be on some real street shit. R.i.p mr shakur

A lot of emotional simple minded ppl are missing Michael's point here.

I love how most of the people in the comment section have input on 2Pac's life despite not ever meeting him.

Not really sure why anyone didn't see the fun side of Pac, there is tons of videos showing him playing around with a kid on the streets he just met and messing around. He always seemed like a fun person, he just wasn't very kind to people who try to have him killed

I act different around my Mamma, then I do in the hood. If I'm on an interview ima act different too, I thought everybody did that. People are 3 dimensional. Like if I'm playing wit my little daughters, I aint gonna be acting all hood wit, when I wit my boys I'm different. And if I'm around a bunch of squares at work, I'm not gonna act like as if I was with my boys. I thought that was normal.

“Blood And Bone” was my favorite Michael Jai White movie.

I can see Glad mouth watering up soon as Mike started talking about 2pac

"So you used ta hang out with 2Pac!" "Yeah man lemme tell you alot about my skills in pool!"

Tupac said it best they fear me in the physical form but they would talk about me when I'm gone.

Headline should be, "Tupac was a born actor." Pac would probably won awards for best actor one day. He was that talented and impactful as a human being.

This some BS. Tupac grew up in the ghetto but read books. He could relate to intellectuals and he could relate to thugs. He wasn’t acting, just showing different parts of him.

People act like he is saying something wrong or foul about Tupac when he's simply giving his experiences and observations of when he was with Tupac. Tupac was not a one dimensional person and I don't know anyone who is. Furthermore, Tupac was not someone to worship as if he could do no wrong or as if he was some perfect, hard rock thug savior.

I'm a friend, a son, a brother, a father, a husband, and an uncle. I act accordingly loving with my family, accordingly fun and caring with my friends, and even harsh when my kids need discipline. But if I perceive a threat to my wife and kids or someone I love, I become something entirely different from anything my family or friends would recognize. People are multifaceted and I myself am a bit of a chameleon to my environment as well. I'm not fake, but I change to suit my surroundings and it's not even on purpose. When I visit my family in Canada I find by the end of the trip I've developed the Anglicized brogue of Canadian accent. I'm from Northern California in the East bay so I have a very diverse set of friends and can go from a surfer NorCal dialect to a bit of homeboy from Richmond set of speech.

Why do people focus on this part of tupac, if he was a gangsta or not? Who cares, i care more about his revolutionary words. His speeches, his poems, his music. His interviews are amazing, i mean just listen to what the man says for gods sake. Why do people do people try to push this "he was a fake gangsta" narrative. Why are people trying to assasinate his character? The man never said he was a "gangsta", he even said he doesn't make gangsta rap music. The fact that people even know tupac did ballet in art school is because he put this out there himself lol, he never tried to hide this shit lmao. You don't have to be a gansgter to be man. Tupac was someone that would stand up for himself.

Before the age of 25 I made immature decisions- because I was immature!!! Ofcourse Tupac made mistakes he died when he was young but if he had matured just imagine what he would of become

This man is so under-rated. Has it completely together, is the freekin man, no drama, never had any drama but that don't get you to the "top" sadly.

Pac never made his bones in the streets (I'm not saying that this was good/bad thing)..He was an incredible talent..He enjoyed playing that Thug Role..Payed the ultimate price to try and live up to that image...

He didn’t say shit about pac that Pac basically never said about himself, being torn between his image and who he really is, but I guess vlad viewers believe hype.

As Black men (especially black men in violent neighborhoods), we develop a threatening feeling around men of our own race. Tupac may not have been putting on an act, but might have been intimidated by men of his own race which is a common product of living in the hood. Tupac to me seemed very authentic and not phony enough to put on a show just for the purpose of being the "cool gangsta black guy" 🤷🏽‍♂️

Man his fighting ass wanna believe that “room dominance” theory so bad 🥴

I recently seen EDI (Outlawz) response on this. What I will say is that MJW is not saying Pac was a "punk" or didn't have any street in him. What he was saying is that black men feel they have to put a hood "persona" for validation and respect, and not allowed to show so-called "nerdy" or "alternative" sides. Like many of us as kids, we had to hide the fact we like comics, anime, or science because it was considered lame.

I wish people would let 2pac and others just rest. Title is misleading as usual

People act like all gangsters have that lone side, that’s it. It’s gangster 24/7/365 at your mom’s funeral, at yo first child’s birth, at your wedding. Like no. He had multiple sides. All passionate and real, he was extremely human.

He was in performance arts school then grew up in hoods in Baltimore and Oakland. I'm the same way, its not fakeness it's just being well versed in many cultures.

That’s always one of my gripes with 2pac. He put himself in that gangster box when it was clear he was a lot smarter than that

He was still a young man trying to find his way , and if he lived long enough to find it damn we would’ve seen some shit

Tupac really was from the hood hood. But he also knew how to articulate himself to normal society. He shop two cops enough said. Don’t get no more gangster than that especially defending your own people from racists. PAC was a true G

Sound like he's describing Caribbean parents with their different phone voices lol

Damn imagine a Vlad interview with Tupac today ..it's just one of those personalities that you would love to keep hearing him talk about issues and his ideas . Pac was very intellectual

People make me laugh when they point this out about 2pac. He is from the hood, went through some of the worst shit but he was also educated. Everyone does this, they are not the same at work as they are at home but when it comes to him it's some crazy shit. Please black people stop this, you are ill too, how's that. It takes nothing from you to respect another man. You will not be discrediting yourself by giving credit where credit is due. Pac was 25 yrs old when he died, not a grandfather like most of the guys who speak on him and his character flaws. He came from the bottom and withing 5 to 6 years became a legend worldwide movies music activism and so on. He had no problem with giving it up as a man and he was for the people. It's because of his own people hes no longer here, because mf hate with a passion. He told you he never had a record till he got a record deal, talked about getting his skinny ass whooped in the street. Worst thing about all of this is he repped for his people hard and this is what they do when they get a platform to speak on him. They point out character flaws in a 25 yr old as if these same flaws are not common amongst human beings. From ice t, this dude and most people who supposedly had love for him. Now hes not gangsta, he was just an actor playing a roll our here getting falsely charged with rape, set up by known gangsters got shot left hospital that same night, court next morning, sentenced no snitching bailed out put all these rappers to sleep luckily when he died they all were able to drop their albums and breathe again but in his own words "brothers talk a lot of shit but that's after I'm gone / cuz They fear me in a physical form / let it be known, im troublesome"

Damn, so he couldn't be a hood nerd? People are multi-dimensional and just because he knows how to be more than one way doesn't mean that he's putting up a front

2pac was also a Gemini they usually know how to adapt in any situation

Tupac had a pen pal that published a book years ago, and there's a letter in which he explained his life. Basically, he was on his way to college, but his mother became addicted to drugs and he couldn't go. He became involved with an older white woman who was in the music industry which got him a job as a roadie for Shock G and the Underground. Then they finally let him rap, and his music career began. But, Tupac was a nerd who just believed and became a character. But, it's sad that he felt and knew that he had to keep up appearances in the presence of black folks. Pretty sure it was a certain kind of black folks he had to maintain the character. Ice Cube is the same way, he was a quiet kid who graduated from Cal State Long Beach with an Architecture Degree. His mother was a teacher, and his producer said, he was surprised that when he walked into the studio he was a quiet kid, but when he got into the booth he became a different person.

Dave Chappelle's Mother said it best: "Sometimes you have to be a LION to be the LAMB you truly are." 2pac was a REAL ONE, that can mean many things, (I don't know too many people that would shoot at the police over abuse of yet another black man). He was a poet and philosopher express through rap music and culture, he stood for something and his People and how society treated us unfairly and unjustifiably throughout history. 2pac is one of the great ones.

MJW gives TK Kirkland a run for his money with the stories lol 🔥🔥🔥

I grew up in the 90s Pac was an idol & role model for us growing up. Black, White didn't matter. He could reach anybody going through something in life and you could feel that through his music, if you didn't grow up in that time you can't relate. He had that biblical like aura, His downfall was trying to live up to his Thug Life image he lived. The hole just got deeper and deeper & he paid the ultimate price. I still remember exactly what I was doing when I found out he passed.

My accent changes depending on whom I’m around 😂 I don’t know why but it just does. Accent and all

MJW seems like that one dad/uncle who'd say, "oh you think you a man now? put these gloves on youngin"

What changed Pac was when those cops assaulted him. People don’t like to talk About that.

It's sad because, some people are not allowed to be themselves due to the environment their in.

Napoleon exposed this clown. White got mad cause Pac clowned him. He still salty AF.

“I taught Michael Jaí White how to act Gangsta around black people” TK Kirkland

Michael Jai must have watched TK Kirkland stories on Vlad and was like "aite... hold my beer"

Gangsta is being able to do whatever it takes and by any means necessary to provide and protect your family (people)

I feel like almost everyone can relate. Its all about comfort level amongst yourself and people around you. There are people I can be extremely free and goofy around without a care in the world. Also, there those such as strangers and people I don't know too well which you could argue the same as strangers that I tend to be much more cautious and alert by to the point I'm tensed. I think anyone can relate

Hearing him pronounce snooker as "snuka" makes me imagine Jimmy Superfly diving onto the pool table.

It's not about being an actor or fake...it's about having good communication skills and knowing how to speak in order to best reach the particular audience you're speaking too. It's actually a sign of intelligence.

2pac wasnt all about thug life. He had a heart.

Its called "playing to a crowd" he shows different aspects of his personality when different people come around.

I think a lot of people really forget that tupac was very young during his career and died at 25 so maybe he looks immature now while a lot of his so called friends are mature now and in their 40 and 50s. I mean people love the talk shit about pac but a lot of the shit that went on in his career was when he was in his early 20s lol between the age of 20 to 25.The pac people need to remember is the black activist and revolutionary side of him.

A lot of people try too hard to fit into other peoples' expectations in their early 20s. Tupac died at 25. His life was that of a kid trying to figure shit out. It's just most who die young don't have their stories told 25 years later through the eyes of middle aged men.

Tupac was a chameleon he knew how to blend in with different people. Drake is another one he's so good at blending in with different people.

I don't understand whats the point of this narrative being pushed on pac??????

Vlad never talks about his own culture and people

Ask 10 diff people who Pac was and get 20 diff answers lol...nothing wrong with that! 2Pac was so many things, to so many people

Mike, met you on a plane 10 years ago, I didn't want to bother you and I said hi but its so great that you are and always have been grounded, senpai 🙏🏽 respect

The man was in his early 20s and the way they described him like he was over 40 years old! The man was basically a talented kid with a lots of energy!!

Tupac was far from a stone cold killer, but people act like “Gangsters” never smile, play, laugh, love, cry, etc. Lol you usually don’t get close enough to them to see that side..The pull pranks, play madden, & have feelings like the rest of us, some times more

That is what made pac great, he was able to be very articulate and booksmart but also very street and hang out with the gangstas. He could hang out and mingle with anyone that is what makes him interesting, he had two sides to him. That is what also made him a great artist

Sounds like Tupac was a young black man with other worldly talents and self awareness. May he rest in peace for ever.

Micheal swear he hard and can kick everybody ass. I love to see dudes like him beat down

Pac was comfortable around u bro relax

Mann this dude been behind the scenes so long he knows sum shit

All you weirdos in the comments justifying Tupacs behavior. “it was his shield. ” “he had to do it to interact with every race.” “Gangstas have sensitive sides too.” No he was just a fake, who felt he had to portray himself as something he wasn’t when other blacks were in the room.

Everybody wanna talk about PAC's life💯💯

What you also have to remember is...celebrity can be a prison. When people see a celebrity, they expect them to act/walk/talk a certain way. If they don't, people can become disrespectful and rude. Putting up the "gnagsta" act keeps those people at bay. You can only be "yourself" around those you trust.

People seems to forget that 2Pac was an educated poet in high school !

I have said this for 30+ years. Tupac was a man you wanted as a friend and neighbor. The amount of human being in that man can not be expressed in words. Educated beyond his age with a heart far more humane than most ever born. My heart hurts when I think of who Tupac would be today. Earth lost in so many ways that night.

Yo Tupac would be younger than my grandmother and all her siblings if he were alive.

Man I hate how ppl always say Tupac was acting out that role of Bishop after the movie. He was a fun guy that laughed and joked like everybody else, but situations in his life that he had to deal with didn't call for that same fun type of guy. He adapted to his situations accordingly.

Any gangsta can switch it depends on the respect they have for the person

You could tell in alot of pacs interviews and music videos and movies that he was a chameleon. He could blend into any setting. To me,That's some gangsta shit.

i been saying that for years and 2pac fans get mad LMAO... pac was suuuper talented he was also an actor, and the thug deal was a character

Pac impacted everyone he touched! What a legend!

Pac lived 5 lifetimes in 25 years, never knew he and MJW hung and were cool. The man crossed paths and touched so many, I luv a new Pac story....

This surprises people? 2Pac was an actor. That was his real passion.

It's also very Gemini to be that adaptable and to be able to transition so fluidly from one part of yourself to the next especially in conversation

Pac was victim of this 🌎 while trying to warn US through his music on how not to be.

Being black educated and well spoken is a blessing believe that

1:50 there goes Vlad .... tryna get people to tell again 😂

A real Bridgeport nigga right here, met him a few times very humble guy 💯💯

You can argue Tupac was the greatest method actor of all time

Everyone knows Pac wasn't a gangsta..doesn't make him weak. But keep it a buck

Everyone who knew pac personally said the same exact thing. The gangster image was an act.

Michael Jai white doesn't sound weird hes just the straight forward masculine leader black man that doesn't have to act hard. Tupac was learning another way when he hung out with him. Just that the street life can put stress and peer pressure on you.

I think Michael was hanging out with Omar epps and he thought it was pac!🤣😂🤣😂

He talked about him & Rick James hustling people in pool before.

I hope this guy stays acting and doesnt get knocked out by a pro fighter

Moral of the story: Be yourself and don't be someone you're not to please others.

" I aint a killa, but dont push me" he already told you. nothing was fake about PAC, confused and young as hell, with alot on his plate... But never FAKE.