2Pac Gives His Opinion On African and Slave Names (Interview)

[gys2gether]

Tupac Amaru was an Indian (Inca, Peru) who waged war in 1780 against the Spanish crown to end taxation, drive out Europeans and restore an Incan monarchy. He was executed in 1781 with 8 of his followers. Shakur is an African name.

[boondox949]

@gys2gether Shakuru means appreciative, its one of the names of Allah. "All praise to Allah.. I was raised loving my people and knowing we were made to do more than staying high and gettin by"

[gys2gether]

@boondox949 Thank you for explaining and defining the origin of Shakur, I always thought it was an African name. You are never to old to learn. Each one teach one. Thank you. :)

[Wiiiiiiiiiiit]

Tupac is most definitely an African name, it means "Warrior".

[LOU1982]

@Wiiiiiiiiiiit Wrong!!

[Maluson]

@Wiiiiiiiiiiit Wrong again, do your research boy!

[jayd4ever]

it was nice pac respected all religions even though he didnt believe in a religion but believed in god

[ImintheplaceT]

tupac is mexican name and shakur is a jewish name

[ronmatthews]

@ImintheplaceT Shakur is an AFRICAN MUSLIM name idiot

[LOU1982]

@MrSoulSamCooke Lol, Wrong try again!

[okara83]

Tupac doesn't have an African name. The interviewer just assumed it's an African name.

[junmr2]

@okara83 that name comes from peru ..

[okara83]

@junmr2 correct!

[sixthsense11100]

This is Young Pac!!! 

[vanducha100]

Wrong religion= To dominate.

[MQJones1]

I feel 10x smarter after listening to this dude U'll b missed but NEVER 4gotten

[DonNegro86]

Wasn't Tupac born as Lesane Parish Crooks?

[EricPowellAKAELPJ]

@DonNegro86 it was a name on his birth certificate that his moms had put on there because of the FBI huntin her and the black panthers down. She used it to keep Pac incognito. So it was his LEGAL name but not his REAL name. feel me? it was a disguise..

[JustUsNow78]

Don't get an African name get an AFRICAN BRAIN!!!

[koopstamc]

They killed my brother... damn! I'm still pissed about that!

[mandela1231]

My nAme is mulual

[ZullaAnimation]

2PAC IS THE KING!! FUCK THE STARS AND STRIPPERS. GEORGE WASHINGTON WAS A CHILD MOLESTER!

[demjt7]

Yall motherfuckers are not making any kind of sense!!! Just give it up

[sherriaris]

tupac is brilliant!

[itachionetwo1]

3 cops disliked this video

[therealpawpeezy]

check out paw peezy

[BigRich123321]

getting high and getting by ...hmm sounds like my whole fucking town and im white in the suberb the shits everywhere.. i hear him but like what you trying to do be on even playing fields because it just can't happen with past history.. what happens when u get up to par with us? Should we be worried you want retaliation for slavery when we give u the even playing field? Man has grown greedy we always want more...YOU WILL ALWAYS WANT MORE...when the ppl act as a whole and not seperate black and

[BigRich123321]

whites then we can get to the playin fields because the real war is within ourselves... realize as a whole its the poor vs the rich and not color..i understand alot of blacks and or watever are from poor communities but its 2012 drugs are all over suburbs now and alot of "color" has let so upgraded from where they been so thats how the "rich" win when we seperate all the "poor" into seperate categories to fight ....ex...black and white...

[djsparky21]

@gohsart

If u are not black or never had to struggle and or see your peers struggle please don't comment, shaking the oppresion of the hood is harder than living if that's all you kno, and yeah we were slaves before America but not abused and treated like animals punk

[cooliegee]

They also told you your name is NIGGER, NIGGA, NIGGAH. Now get an African brain and let that real dumb stuff go!!!!

[DMTpaulie]

@GohsArt man you are so lucky we aren't face to face cuz i would go off on you. first off you as a person didn't give shit to nobody. second black people now aren't black people from back then. third every race has done what black people have done to each other so you should get informed you racist douche. and third not only black people do things like shoot up heroin and kill mother fukahs for no reason EVERY RACE DOES. humans are one and shouldn't be thought of differently like they are.

[DMTpaulie]

@GohsArt Well why are you singling out blacks then? you sure sound racist to me. did a black kid used to bully you because if they did you just gotta move on buddy. and you don't have to preach to me dawg i've been threw a lot and i see how the world actually is. all I am saying to you is don't just single out one group becuase there is always an acception to everything. instead of saying black you shoulda said thug nigga's haha

[GohsArt]

After somtimes while i spend trying to communicate whit ppl using comment section i realize its a child playground for whiners and haters.

[DMTpaulie]

@GohsArt thats how serious i am i had 2 thirds in that

[20killershot]

I feel ya in the renaming aspect. I have a very white Anglo English name like my name didn't match my body of personality it was far too white and i was far too dark. That name was followed by a Spanish last name. I am a Latina born in the US but I claim Indigenous and African ancestry and changed my name to Xochitl Morayo. Xochitl being indigenous Morayo being Afrikan :) (I did keep my last name tho it was kinda mandatory...)

[brodychild]

Black Mafia... Lets educate ourself and take what is ours.

[YoungBlackStud95]

As far as im concerned my name is X. Until i've reconnected with my roots that was severed from my people and I I no longer acknowledge this european fucking name place upon me. -.-

[pandachick90]

@YoungBlackStud95 Or the name your *mother* placed on you.

[vikingsls]

"all praise due to Allah, he gave my mother the foresight..." Legit

[cell196]

@imaserb Im not gone lie that was funny but it was wrong he was a great man

[mrwhatever213]

@imaserb Fuck the based god.

[packleader1215]

Eddie Griffin said for young brothers to "READ A BOOK". Reading a book would scare THEM. Something like that. (from his show 'You Can Tell Em' I Said It) I've been into eye opening books since high school.

[Sense0with0humor]

this was in 1991.... tupac shakur is not an african name. he was named after a perubian revolutionary. thank his mother for educating this man.

[junmr2]

peru=tupac

[Netertaat]

TO ALL YOU IDIOTS WHO CLAIM TUPAC ISNT AN AFRICAN NAME NEEDS TO DO THOROUGH RESEARCH B4 THEY ACT LIKE THEY FULLY KNOW WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT! TUPAC IS INFACT AN AFRICAN NAME IT MEANS SHINING SERPENT/BRAVE WARRIOR(SOMETHIN AROUND THOSE LINES),IF I KNEW WHERE I PLACED MY AFRICAN NAMES BOOK I CUD TELL U WHICH PART OF AFRICA.AMARU HIS SECOND NAME,IS ALSO AN AFRICAN NAME & HIS LAST NAME SHAKUR IS ALSO AN AFRICAN NAME SO YES-TUPAC AMARU SHAKUR IS A FULL OUT AFRICAN NAME.END OF DISCUSSION...

[doorframepush]

@Netertaat You got that from some stupid ass baby name website didn't you? Dumbass, Tupac Amaru is an Incan name. Google for 2 seconds. No ~thorough~ research required.

[MahyarAkbar]

At 04:36 Does pac say

"Well all praise is due to Allah"

[Netertaat]

@MahyarAkbar because at the time A LOT of young black people were associated with farakhan & the nation of islam,the 5% nation of the gods & earth,ansaru allah community,so yes him saying Allah is NOTHING surprising if u were around back in those days....

[DaiLa727]

@MahyarAkbar he does!

[MySkiesAreBlue24]

tupac is an indigenous name of south ameircan king.

[DonnWalkerTV]

dONN WAS HERE.

[wafflecommander15]

Wuts My Afircan name??? ppl call me "MASTER!!" and "Sir"

[doorframepush]

Tupac is an incan name. It's not African tho.

[Netertaat]

@doorframepush ummm yes it is african,I have a book of african names,2pac is in there,I4get which part of africa it is but it is definitely african in origin.Same as Amaru & Shakur,his whole name is african.....

[MySkiesAreBlue24]

@doorframepush he was a south american incan king.

[doorframepush]

@MySkiesAreBlue24 No shit, Sherlock.

[MySkiesAreBlue24]

@doorframepush okay shrek.

[SmackedB]

Tupac was extremely intelligent gotta give his mother credit, to be a single parent and raise such an incredible mind..

[lovesproduct]

Did the brother say there were 26 countries in Africa?? Correct me if I'm wrong but I thought there were 52 including the islands....

[trainorgohome]

he sounds young here! not what he is saying but as far as his voice. there is no hint of trouble in his life or voice. i wonder if this a the tupac before the fame??....

[thenightspot]

we lost a hell of a gem when 2pac died

rest in peace brother your words are healling and inspirational even after 15 years of your departure

[born912]

100% African right here. Nigeria for life

[sshowmanstacks]

Mashallah real talk

[Foishin123]

All Praise due to ALLAH! MashAllah : )

[spinone360]

TUPAC AMARU IS NOT AN AFRICAN NAME. ITS A SOUTH AMERICAN INCA KINGS NAME....MAN THE NATION OF ISLAM KILLED TUPAC AND BIG STOP BEING IGNORENT MUFUCKAZ!!!

[Eminozzz]

@spinone360 why would they kill him ?

[BRWNSUGAH1]

@spinone360 I can't let you sit up here and disrespect the nation of islam like that..the nation did not kill tupac or biggie sweetie.. The NOI don't believe in violence nor do the followers carry any weapons..the NOI is about peace..when the hip hop nation is beefing with each other they come to the NOI to make peace btw rappers... So plz don't make false statements about the nation

[DBlockn05]

@spinone360 Don't lie to yourself, TUPAC is an African name, once his mother said it was an African name, it became one. Who desides what is and what isn't? Think about it.

[doorframepush]

@DBlockn05 Tupac is not an African name. It's Incan.

[WhiteHouseThieves]

My thought. The ASSASINATION of Tupac financed by weatlthy (incorporate) whites was to eliminate ENLIGHTENMENT. Eliminate the memory of the OPPRESSION of past and CURRENT OPPRESSION and install the WILLIE LYNCH fear of becoming a REVOLUTIONARY (ADVOCATE FOR "REAL" CHANGE) Tupac & Malcolm X KINGS OF ENLIGHTENMENT also proof that if the world hates you you're doing something RIGHT!!!

[Amarudonn7]

@WhiteHouseThieves Man you've been smoking PCP, get off that stuff!!!

[nofd1977]

@WhiteHouseThieves Here we go, Blame it on the white man again. Get the fuck outta here with that bullshit

[Collovision]

REST IN PEACE

[PhewshBeauty]

Man if Tupac was still alive. . . .

[theberean94]

"Dont just get an Afrakan name, get an Afrakan Brain"

[shifragri]

@theberean94 Tupac spoke truth for sure, but, I wish he would have clarified his statement a little bit more, because I'm sure he meant a liberated African mind, and NOT a colonize African mind.

[yaqui707]

@theberean94 I feel you cuz us mexicans have slaves names to from theses white devils , the spaniards

gave us thier last name to show your property rights , then own us like cows .and mexico is being wrong still by the descendants of spain its the the real mexicans why you think were so fuck up in mexico and the u.s. viva 2pac r.i.p. makaveli the don.

[nofd1977]

@yaqui707 Fuckin stupis spics just like niggas. I only have love for whites and asians bitches. Asians dont like yall piece of shit either. Ill fuck yall bitches though haha

[DestroyerOfEvil247]

Thank U 4 the post!!! Peace...Respect...Love!!!

[afroblack1000]

More love to TuPac

[rrrgovernment01]

his first two names are puruvian names. His last name is really his REAL african name.

[noirrosa]

@rrrgovernment01 he was named after the Afro Puruvian who fought to liberate African slaves

[rrrgovernment01]

@noirrosa Ohhhhhhhh. I see. Wait tupac amaru the 2nd was part black. Really?

[FULF1Z]

@rrrgovernment01 His last name is Arabic....but I guess u could call it African. It does not matter if his name is Peruvian or African or Asian, but what matters is that he doesn't have his slave name anymore.

[rrrgovernment01]

@FULF1Z You are completely correct. yOU ARE completely correct

[MrKDis]

@FULF1Z The origin of Arab language is African but so is everything on this planet but that language so more so.

[FULF1Z]

@MrKDis How is the origin of Arabic language African? Listen, I don't believe in all that "We came from apes nonsense", or "We came from Black people". I believe in GOD (ALLAH), and I believe he created every1 from nothing, and every1 is equal.

[MrKDis]

@FULF1Z lol HUH? what has apes got to do with Arabic coming from Africa? i'm relaxed. I worship God too doesn't mean we can't state facts that's ignore-ance. what i stated also does not mean we are unequal, what made you think that? Life began in Africa along with Nubianisation (Civilisation). I overstand how you're relating these things but n ideology of open mindedness might serve us better.

[DIOPJR]

@FULF1Z because Arabic is an 'Afro-Asiatic language' that originated near the Horn of Africa by the Red Sea, which is why Ethiopian and Somalian languages are so similar to Arabic. The fact that you don't believe that 'we came from Black people' is very telling. Where in Qur'an did it state Adam's color? In fact, Qur'an states that Adam was fashioned from BLACK mud, so what other color would he be? Stuff like this shows me that Islam is, at heart, Arab religious nationalism.

[DIOPJR]

@DIOPJR and African people everywhere should begin to liberate themselves from this and all other religions of nations other than our own. We are an African people, and we demand today an African ideology- not some mythological, anti-scientific, Arab chauvinist nonsense that asks you to dye your beard red and speak with an affected Saudi accent to be closer to your Creator.

[kuba11324]

2pac still alive



[GuardadoMusic]

@kuba11324 why? the man's gone..

[328746911]

Pac was sent by YAH.

[KingSageMusic]

4:38 sec - "All Praise Due To Allah".... wonder if he kept it in his mind the whole time and kept it silent

[SuperFaceless1]

This is why they did not want him to be alive listen to him when he talks.

He was and IS a born leader! And you are too!

[pacsayss]

bro please tell me where did u get that picture??????

[goodgooglegoo]

MORE TURTH

[boredbyondblieve]

Can someone tell how to say "2" in african language ?

[Mussie83]

@boredbyondblieve im eritrean, in my lingo you say "kilte"=2..the language is named tigrinya :) peace

[boredbyondblieve]

@Mussie83

I learned something today :D thx

[Mussie83]

@boredbyondblieve It is said knowledge is power, you´re welcome friend! =)

[boredbyondblieve]

@Mussie83

I learned something today :D thanks

[SuperQueenofAfrica]

@boredbyondblieve there are thousands of african language, but in mine ,yoruba "2" is "meji" .. see you learnt something new today ..

[imaserb]

If he had to choose from living in a mud-hut in Africa like the common beaver, or being a descendant of a slave with millions of dollars, women, cocain, etc I'm sure he'd change his mind.

U mad? Yeah. U mad.

[Amaru4ever]

@imaserb

What makes you think that Tupac, or anybody of African descent, would have been living in a "mud hut" if the Europeans hadn't raped the continent and its people?

[imaserb]

@Amaru4ever Of course he would be, it's like saying, white people would be using flying cars if africans weren't brought into their lands.

[Amaru4ever]

@imaserb

You must not be aware of the many African Empires that existed before the European invaded the continent.

Some of these empires were higher than those in Europe at specific times in history. Do some research.

[328746911]

@imaserb You are the definition of a ignorant person also known as a nigger, not n.i.g.g.a acronym but nigger. People like you are the reason why our people got put in the situatation that we went through and are going through now.

[fmcneillii]

@imaserb Lol keep trying to bash us we don't give a fuck we are learning more and more about our true great history! Nothing you can do will ever change that. People of african descent will rise once more very very soon, make no mistake about it.

[DIOPJR]

@imaserb I'm glad that you can make comments like this, because it's an honest expression of how the majority of Whites feel if they're pressed on the matter. They know nothing at all about how Africans actually lived, about the forces that prevented us from uniting and advancing materially, etc. All they know is what the media feed them about my Nubians. The ideology of White nationalism is so resilient that it can even accommodate well-paid Black slaves, as long as they shut up about history..

[DIOPJR]

@imaserb but I want you to know, there will come a time when the masses of us, who have next to nothing to show for the centuries of struggle of our people, will rise up and absolutely obliterate the system of international slavery that supports the 'million-dollar lifestyle' that is the heaven of a godless White America. We are a humane people, so we will not do to you what you continue to do to our brothers from Detroit to Cape Town. Only, raise a hand to us and it will be CUT OFF.

[najami12]

Google "Dr. Lewis Steiner" and seeproof taht blacks served in the Confederacy's Army!

[someonex011]

Tupac was a great inca...kinda like a king

[UltraDOG17]

such intelligent indeed that's was rare in '96

even sadder in 2010.

[NeoMavarickThinkers]

@UltraDOG17 lts make that change now in 2011 happy new year :)

[UltraDOG17]

@NeoMavarickThinkers

Hmm i wonder what's my Original name at all.

my name is Mark

[tlocoone]

WOW! HE WAS REAL! EVERYTHING HE SAID WAS TRUE!

[Killuminatiuk]

the other 2pac interview is banned in some places buy the way illuminati framed and killed 2pac

[rhyannjoedan]

what other interview?? O_o

[GuardadoMusic]

I've heard this a while before, great interview

[StiqueJade]

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