“Everybody against me. Why? Why me? I have not brought violence to you. I have not brought Thug Life to America. I didn't create Thug Life. I diagnosed it.”

—  Tupac Shakur

Source: Resurrection, 1971-1996

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rapper and actor 1971–1996

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