If you read the Vibe interview, Pac was kinda giving Henchmen a hard time about getting down to the studio.
Supposedly, Jimmy got Pac's number from Puff.Jimmy tried to lure Pac to the studio by asking him to do a collab with a rapper Jimmy was managing by the name of Lil Shawn.
Jimmy kept telling Pac he didn't have the money right then, but if he came in and laid the track, he'd get him the money later.
Pac said he knew Jimmy was just trying to use him, so he told Jimmy he wasn't coming unless they had the money right then and there.I believe it was supposed to be 7 stacks.Pac had a rep for being generous and hopping on nikkaz shyt for free, but he was going through that rape shyt and his pockets were kinda hurting....Pac got kinda brolic with Jimmy on the phone because Jimmy kept blowing his shyt up.I guess Pac told him "just have my money" and hung up on the nikka.
Jimmy probably was used to punking rappers and felt disrespected by the way Pac was talking to him.Not only that, he was Haitian Jacque's boy.
Jimmy was probably like "who this rap nikka think he is?

" and decided to say hey "we need to check this dude".....that's where the whole "Tupac needed to be disciplined" shyt came from.
I think Pac got caught being arrogant and letting his nuts hang with the wrong nikkaz.
I'm not saying them nikkaz didn't deserve it.They were some snake ass nikkaz, but Pac was 23-24 at the time and probably was a lil to wild
Pac was just supposed to take that beating and keep it moving.I'm quite sure Pac wasn't the first celeb that Jimmy had to "discipline".It's just that other celebs get scared and fall into place, but Pac had to much pride and tried blast back....that's what started the whole shyt storm.
If he would've just took that beating and submitted, he would probably still be alive right now.
He said he had people coming up to him asking "why did you fight them?" he knew the rules.He was supposed to take that ass kicking and come up off his jewelry.
But the nikka Pac didn't have that kind of spirit.
"I wasn't about to let nobody take my shyt"
That nikka was crazy, man