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Method Man Says Anthony Mackie Should Have Turned Down 2Pac Role

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Speaking on 7am in Brooklyn, Method Man has shared his thoughts about Anthony Mackie playing 2Pac in 2009’s Notorious. “Anthony Mackie, brilliant f-cking actor. I love him and he deserves all the accolades that he gets. Except for that 2Pac role. I ain’t like that shit. You shouldn’t have took that one, bro. Your agent, I hope you got rid of that n-gga,” Method Man said.

However, Method Man revealed that most actors who try to portray 2Pac don’t hit the mark. “For somebody to really embody 2Pac, nothing against my boy [Demetrius] Shipp, the brother didn’t really have a lot to work with. I heard they didn’t get a blessing from 2Pac’s mom as well. He had a lot of obstacles in his way so we cannot blame him for that performance. You have to really embody, not just the rap part or the thug part, but his whole mentality, his aura. Everything about him was just different from anything we’d seen before,” Method Man continued.

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BMF Fans Roast Show’s Weak 2Pac Casting

Elsewhere, BMF fans have voiced their frustration over the show’s weak casting and portrayal of 2Pac. Actor Mason Douglas only bears a passing resemblance to Pac, while the costuming debate chose to give him what can only be described as a Spirit Halloween 2Pac costume. Online, many fans commented “WhoPac” on clips from the show’s latest episode. 2Pac does not play much of a role in the story of BMF. However, his association with the powerful crime outfit is enough to warrant a brief cameo appearance as the show’s story unfolds.

As mentioned, the casting of the rapper has always been a daunting one. Mackie has famously recalled the dread he felt announcing that he would be playing 2Pac. Overall, most depictions of the beloved rapper have not gone over well with fans. This has been made all the more clear by the comments of Method Man, who actually collaborated with Pac himself.

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Biggie Smalls Allegedly Cried When He Heard Tupac’s “Hit ‘Em Up” Diss

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Decades after their unfortunate and deadly feud, more people than ever ant to know what went down between Biggie Smalls and Tupac Shakur. Moreover, tales emerged from all over: family members, close friends, industry connections… you name it. However, this most recent bit of alleged information may surprise some out there, though it may just be a clout chase. Moreover, DJ Vlad recently sat down with Lance “Un” Rivera, who doubled down on an earlier claim from 2017 that Biggie cried when he heard the legendary “Hit ‘Em Up” diss.

“When Tupac finally did get out of jail and whatever happened with Suge and Interscope- he came home, and at that moment in time, Big was the biggest rapper on the planet,” Un stated. “He was huge. I’m talking about he was on fire. He had sold two million albums probably at that time. The Mafia was pushing a million.” Un worked closely with Biggie Smalls, financing his music career early on and becoming an executive for Undeas Recordings. That was the partnership between The Notorious B.I.G. and Atlantic Records that housed Junior M.A.F.I.A.

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Lance “Un” Rivera Claims Biggie Smalls Took “Hit ‘Em Up” Pretty Hard

“So we had this hit record called ‘Get Money’ and we had a remix to it and all of a sudden, Pac comes home and we’re at a video shoot and somebody plays ‘Hit ‘Em Up’ for us and we all looked at each other like, ‘What the f**k just happened?’” he continued. “Because like I said, that record was hot. It was big. ‘Cause me personally like I said, I’m ready to go to war. I wanted to shoot a video the next day, make a song the next day and make one of those videos targeting Suge and Death Row. And Big was like, ‘Nah we’re not gonna do anything. We’re not gonna even respond.’” Then, DJ Vlad referenced the earlier interview where he made the claim about Biggie Smalls crying when he heard the diss. Un stood by his statement.

“I was in the room when he heard Faith and 2Pac,” he said of his reaction back in 2017. “He cried like a baby!” In his talk with Vlad six years later, Un gave his theory as to why Tupac dropped the diss. “The real reason was the fact that Biggie was huge. He was huge and he needed… Like I said, Nas, Biggie, and Pac- those were the top. Pac went to jail, he did whatever he did so now Biggie has staked claim to the King of Hip Hop. ‘I’m the target now, I’m the king.’ So now everybody else is like, ‘Okay, I got to get back.’” Drop what you thought of this claim in the comments and return to HNHH for more on Biggie Smalls.

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