Director Allen Hughes shared that there was nothing street about late rapper Tupac Shakur in an interview with John Heilemann of Hell & High Water on The Recount.
“2Pac on the other hand, while he came up in the inner city or the urban fucked up ghetto, he’s not a street kid. He’s an artist and an activist. He’s a performance arts kid and he’s delusional. He’s just delusional…in a positive way. You have to be delusional to be a great artist,” said Hughes.
“The thing I think 2Pac was addicted to the most was when I think back was, when he’s in a room like this and he sees us all reacting to whatever he’s saying, especially her [pointed to a woman in the room], any woman if they’re smiling he goes to 10. You thought 10 was the level, he’s at 50 now. And he’s so charismatic that he lost himself in his power to move a room,” he added.
Pac was cast in the 1993 film Menace II Society but was fired for “causing trouble” on set. Pac later attacked Hughes and was arrested for assault and battery.
Hughes will be releasing a documentary series on the life of Tupac and Afeni Shakur next year.
