And Surge brought him to the hood, my neighborhood ya know and we hooked up. "Surge’s cousin Wattani was actually 2Pac’s manager at the time. "I met him actually through a guy named Surge," Syke would explain. He tapped rapper/producer Stretch, as well as rappers Rated R, Pac's stepbrother Mopreme, Macadoshis and Big Syke for the group. Instead, he was going to breathe life into Thug Life. ![]() With his star at an all-time high, 2Pac recruited a handful of emcees he was close to for a new project. Soon, Thug Life would also become a rap group fronted by Shakur. "I’m not sayin’ I live neighborhood or nothing," Pac explained to Gordon. In a famous 1993 interview with Ed Gordon of BET, Shakur defended "thug life" as an ethos - it was a way to keep him connected to his people in the streets. The phrase would become synonymous with Tupac Shakur for the remainder of his life. In 1992, Tupac had gotten "THUG LIFE" tattooed across his torso. With his first platinum plaque under his belt, Pac decided that he wanted to help put on some of his homies. ![]() He'd starred in two hit movies, Juice and Poetic Justice, and he had another film on the way (the basketball drama Above the Rim). His second album, Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.AZ had given the controversial Hip-Hop star his first major commercial success.
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