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Growing up, you hear Tupac’s music, it’s kind of like… it goes without saying that everyone likes Tupac.
The one thing that I’m always gonna promote is, ‘Don’t look at a fellow black man as an enemy.’ And it’s hard. It’s really hard, though, when you’re coming up. It’s something that you have to teach yourself and learn.
Whatever I do, I just want it to be good.
My fondest memory of Tupac is my father producing ‘Toss It Up’ for him when I was 7 years old and hearing that.
In 10th grade, I was kicking it with the seniors. I introduced myself, and they were like, ‘Yeah, Demetrius is cool, but we’re gonna call you Pac.’ That was it! It could be worse!
I want to inspire people to do whatever they desire in life.
I’m ready for the opportunity to speak about things. I’ve always dreamed about the opportunity to speak about stuff.
I will say this: Rapping-wise, there has never been anybody to match Tupac’s energy when coming on a song, like when rappin’. It’s unmatched. You can’t duplicate it.
My father’s relationship with Pac was something I was proud of.
He’s a layered person, so you have to tackle all the aspects of Tupac individually.
Everybody has the Tupac that they admire. Certain people love the hip-hop person, the rapper. Strictly just the rapper. A lot of people, the newfound Tupac fans… they’re into Death Row-era Tupac. But that was only nine months!
I submerged myself in his life. Before I went to sleep at night, that’s what I was watching. The videos would literally be going on while I was sleep; that’s what I was hearing in my sleep. I woke up in the morning, Tupac.
If you want it, and you want to get it, then you’ve got to work hard for it, like Tupac was working hard for it.
I don’t have a huge acting background at all.
I definitely want to keep acting now. I’ve got all kinds of projects I want to do.
I have to say that I’m a very passionate person.
I want to be a part of bringing people together and sharing that love.
I was working – just a regular working-class guy – but, at the same time, always aspired to do music.
‘Dear Mama’ is my favorite song from Tupac, man. It touches you, and I think that that’s the most important thing with music.
Being on television is a little constraining. You spend six to eight months filming, and you get stuck in that gear. I feel like doing movies is a lot more my style.
Tupac was a person who was all about love. I feel like that’s me, too; that’s who I’ve always been.
I was always critiquing my work. I let everybody else around – producers, directors, other actors – they give the nod of approval or the praise. Because I tried to always bring the best, so even if they were happy with it, I was still scrutinizing it.
I just have to remember that everybody has their time.
I went to school in Long Beach, and all the seniors I used to kick it with called me Pac.
There aren’t many people in the world that are as respected and loved when it comes to entertainment and as big as Pac. But the greatness that I adore the most is him as a man.
Music is my passion. I’ve always been musically driven and musically inclined. I play the keyboard a little bit. I love listening to music and discovering music. That’s my love, but I’m not a rapper at all.
I vowed to never be on camera down-talking another black man.
In high school, we would do improv. Me and my boy were, like, the stars of the class.
I want to impact some lives down the road, one by one, and I want people to look at my story and my life as an inspiration.
I’m a strong believer in the things that I want to do.
