Tupac suspect arrested, I guess this shows the average age folks on this website...

[Snooper9]

I was 21 when this happened, had a 800watt amp in my 85 Toyota Celica/Supra with two JL Audio 10's. Pimping Eazy E and Too Short while crusing

Number of fucks given here are 3(?)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/2023/09/29/tupac-shakur-arrest-duane-keffe-davis/
A man has been charged with murder in the fatal drive-by shooting of Tupac Shakur, a breakthrough in a long-unsolved case that has held the public’s interest ever since the legendary rapper was gunned down near the Las Vegas Strip in 1996.

[TexasDem69]

1. Followed this since he was killed

Glad they arrested someone, but still need to convict.

[Lemonwurst]

2. I'm old, but...

Hip hop was influenced positively by both Tupac and Biggie Smalls, and we lost both for no good reason. I’ve been reading that this jamoke had been teasing how close he was to Tupac’s murder for years, and just now fessed up to some extent only to avoid worse charges of racketeering and similar.

I’m just glad he’s being held without bail. This is a long-time scumbag that should’ve been behind bars decades ago.

[Snooper9]

4. P. Diddy should be charged as he put th 1M hit out

hopefully somebody talks finally...

[TSExile]

3. I was 17 and in high school then.

Hip hop and rap have never been my genres of choice, but I am glad an arrest was made after all these years. I hope that the case is solved and that justice will be done.

[prodigitalson]

5. I stayed at the MGM Grand late that same year. I was in my early 30s

[Duncan Grant]

6. Is this thread about ageism, Tupac, or trolling?

If it’s any consolation, the number of fucks given on DU to my greatest passions is infinitesimal. Still, I find value in differing points of view other than my own.

Perhaps an expression of how much this means to you personally would produce some fucks? The snide aside about all us geriatric unfuck givers is surprisingly unwoke, imho. Ymmv.

Now, if you’ll forgive me, I forgot why I came in here and need to retrace my steps…

[EarnestPutz]

7. Well said.

[likesmountains 52]

19. My sentiments exactly

[Celerity]

8. 47 recs on this thread here:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143136863

Btw, Tupac was killed around 5 weeks before I was born.

[gay texan]

9. His music never appealed to me

Nor did Biggie. Didn't really know who either of them were other than their names mentioned in the news.

Music to me was hiding in a dusty record bin in some record shop, or some pirate shortwave radio station.

I was a teen when 2 Live Crew and NWA hit the scene. I didn't get it at the time and i guess i still don't. I appreciate it for what it is.

Good that they solved the case though

[DemocraticPatriot]

11. "or some pirate shortwave radio station."

HEY!!! That was ME!!!!!

LMAO




TCS

[gay texan]

15. Dude, i still dont get it

I was stuck in north east texas hell. All we had was a stupid, church regulated "rock" FM station out of Mt. Pleasant, TX.

And it sucked.

I get a shortwave with a junk wire antenna and my whole world is blown apart when it came to music.

KUSW out of SLC, Utah and WRNO out of New Orleans belting out real rock and roll. This was the late 80's early 90's, the last great burst of shortwave radio.

I had ZERO idea of the music that existed outside of my realm.

[DemocraticPatriot]

22. I never had a Texas listener until the station came back in the 2000s,

as we were far from there--- but when you posted the phrase
"shortwave pirate radio station", it caught my attention... LOL

My station never was in the forefront of "new music" unfortunately--
even in the '80s we aired mostly old 'classic rock'... more recently, we might have been classified as a 'nostalgia station',
although we sometimes aired 'new music' that struck our fancy...


We have been 'inactive' for 5 years, although I have new equipment here which I have not activated, due to other interests....

In the age of 'social media', we aquired a blog.... I offer some links for your amusement and edification, and for that of any readers who may be interested:

(In my youth, our chosen station name, "The Crystal Ship", had nothing to do with 'crack pipes'...
Twenty years later on, the 'urban dictionary' says otherwise... lol


http://www.tcsshortwave.com/p/tcs-historyorigins.html

http://www.tcsshortwave.com/p/confessions.html "Confessions of a Radio Pirate" (an old DailyKos post)


http://www.tcsshortwave.com main page


I consider my old "shortwave pirate radio station" to be my major 'claim to fame' in this life,
although it is a small thing....

Even so, we have made a major internet footprint, with many posts from listeners on Youtube and elsewhere....
search "TCS shortwave" "The Crystal Ship pirate" etc for those with any interest

[gay texan]

27. Mate, check your mail

Its just now dawned on me

[DemocraticPatriot]

10. 800 watts ? how is your hearing now? were you the guy behind me at the stoplight,

running their amp full blast whose vibrations actually made me sick to my stomach?

(I had a 50 watt amp in my '73 Nova in the early '80s, which I ran full-blast while listening to Blue Oyster Cult and The Doors, and I am sure that damaged my hearing a little bit... My brother-in-law told me how they "always knew when you were coming&quot


Now, would you please describe the "3(?)" fucks which you have to give about this?

I was never any fan of Tupac or rap or hip-hop,
but he was a victim of a drive by shooting, which, as far as I know,
has never been resolved, right ?

He deserves justice, regardless of how many fucks you have to give.


I am an old white man, and I find your post to be very offensive....

[ProfessorGAC]

12. Ditto

In fact, I posted on an earlier thread that I knew enough about the case to know who the suspect was.
I was a 40 year old white guy when Tupac was killed, and he wasn't even making his music for people like me.
But, I knew about the case from watching the documentary miniseries. More than once.
The broad assumption in the OP is needless mud slinging.

[DemocraticPatriot]

16. I recently saw a movie about him, or possibly "THE MOVIE" about him....

Guessing it was on the "Bounce" channel...


I knew only the name "Tupac" before seeing the movie, but that's all...

[ProfessorGAC]

18. A&E Did A Documentary....

...called "Who Shot Tupac" featuring Ben Crump & his team.
It was 5 or 6 episodes where the various theories were covered in each episode.
It's really good television. I've watched it a few times. Shows up on the Crime & Investigation network now and then. I think it was made in 2016.

[Elessar Zappa]

13. I was 12.

I remember it because I had just bought a Tupac CD from a friend (my mom would killed me if she knew I was listening to gangster.

[milestogo]

14. I figure I'm supposed to care but I don't really know who he was

or why I should care. I hate rap music.

[Xavier Breath]

20. I'm Gen-X and was 29 when that happened

so I guess I'm supposed to care somewhat, but I didn't care for that music or that genre then and I care even less today.

On the other hand, an unsolved murder may have been solved and that's always a good thing. He has friends and family and a public (to a lesser degree) who still mourn him, and if there's a conviction, I hope it can bring them some closure.

[JustAnotherGen]

17. Keep ya head up

[brooklynite]

21. So your point wasn't the importance of the story...

…it was complaining that people didn’t see it as important as you do?

[DemocraticPatriot]

23. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz ....

Brooklynite, my friend---

Perhaps you could post YOUR OWN reaction to the story,

instead of your reaction to the poster ???

[Drum]

24. Drive-by posting

[leftstreet]

25. Looks like you're up to 11 fucks given now n/t

[BlueTsunami2018]

26. Tupac was wise beyond his years.

I think if the people who say they don’t “get” him actually listened to him speak on the issues they’d totally understand. Especially on a “woke” forum like this.

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Listen to this young man. He was taken too soon.