The legendary pro boxer Mike Tyson recently spoke about late rapper, Tupac Shakur.
Hip Hop’s greatest artists, Tupac Shakur and Christopher “The Notorious B.I.G.” Wallace had premature tragic deaths. It is quite difficult for the fans to imagine where the industry would be today if they were alive. The friends turned industry foes were at the peaks of their careers when they were brutally murdered in separate drive-by shootings.
Mike Tyson opens up on Tupac Shakur
Hip hop star Tupac Shakur dies on September 13, 1996 of gunshot wounds suffered in a Las Vegas drive-by shooting.
In Las Vegas on September 7, 1996, for the Mike Tyson-Bruce Seldon boxing match, Shakur and others in his entourage were captured on tape in the lobby of the MGM Grand hotel engaging in a violent scuffle with a man later identified as a member of the Los Angeles-based Crips street gang.
Hours later, Shakur was riding as a passenger in a car driven by Death Row Records head Marian “Suge” Knight when a white Cadillac pulled up alongside them at a stoplight on Flamingo Road and opened fire.
At least 12 shots were fired, four of which struck Shakur and one of which grazed the head of Suge Knight. Emergency surgery at University Medical Center saved Shakur’s life that night, and in the days following, doctors announced that his chances of recovery had improved. On September 13, 1996, however, Tupac Shakur died of his wounds.
During a recent interview with Valuetainment, Tyson was asked how Biggie and Tupac were different personality-wise. Tyson said:[as transcribed by Wrestling-Edge]:
“Biggie’s smooth, laid-back guy. Pac (Tupac) is the real energetic power, feed the personality boom, explosive but they both (are) Geminis too.”
