Strictly Dope to Strictly 4 | Enter 2Pac | Part 5

The Gangsta Rap Prestige | The Complete and True Story of the Rise of NWA, Death Row and the Deaths of Eazy-E and Tupac Shakur | Part 5

In Part 5, 2Pac’s entrance into the music and acting game will be covered, from his early years with Digital Underground and his debut in Same Song and Dan Aykroyd’s Nothing but Trouble (early 1990s) to his role in Poetic Justice and his solo release Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z… (Early 1993).

Included incidents will be: Cop Killer/Gangsta Rap Controversy, Marin Festival shooting, Oakland police beating, 2Pacalypse Now, Strictly 4…, Thug Life, 50 N.I.G.G.A.Z, Digital Underground, signing to Interscope, etc.

Using various clips from interviews, I piece together a complete timeline narrative of the surrounding circumstances of NWA, Death Row and the deaths of Eazy and Pac.

Part 1 was on the rise of NWA.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMeFRO4acU4

Part 2 was on 2Pac, COINTELPRO and the Black Panthers. It shows 2Pac as a revolutionary, and his young life.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vi3noSYk3xw

Part 3 was on the beginning of the end for NWA, Suge meeting The D.O.C., Ice Cube leaving the group, and the beginning of Suge's infiltration into Ruthless and turning Dr. Dre. It also covers Eazy-E, Michel'le, The D.O.C.'s accident, The D.O.C.'s first album, and more.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UdmHOJ-5sE

Part 4 is on Dr. Dre and The D.O.C. stepping out from NWA and Ruthless to create their own label. It covers the beginnings of Death Row, including early Suge, D.O.C. and Dre label ideas (Future Shock, Funky Enough, Fern Hill). It covers Harry O, David Kenner, Vanilla Ice and the growth of Future Shock into Def Row and then Death Row. It also covers beef between Dre, Suge and Eazy, NWA's beef with Cube, 100 Miles and Runnin', The Chronic, Deep Cover, Efil4zaggin, signing with Interscope and more.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOcg8lEzxKY