Fredrick Thuglas
Banned
Pac was in Harlem often when I was younger. Around the MH and AK buildings and the Jackie Robinson projects among other places. The shorty he married when he was in prison (which later got annulled) lived in a building across the street from mine. Because of his presence, Harlem had a lot of love for Pac. Before it became trendy to bump his music, when a lot of NYC was fervently opposed to Pac, Harlem cats would be blasting his shyt all the time and reciting his verses. shyt, that song with Breed was damn near a neighborhood anthem around my way. I have vivid memories of nikkas spitting Pac verses word for word like they were gospel.
This is interesting because I noticed that a lot of Harlem rappers seem to really pay homage to Tupac like Jim Jones, Max B, ASAP Rocky and probably more.
Tupac used to be in Queens a lot too. He was cool with Stretch, Majesty, E Money Bags and Ed Lover.