The OG Tupac: Burn It All Down | 93

Even The Royals

Wondery

Society & Culture

4.4 • 844 Ratings

🗓️ 18 August 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

In Part One, Tupac Amaru II realized his cushy lifestyle came at the price of exploiting his own people and vowed to make a change. But when his fight for Indigenous rights fails in the courtroom, he decides to light a match and ignite a full-blown rebellion. Now Tupac’s on a mission to win hearts and minds – even if it gets violent. But the price of change is steep, and if Tupac wants to build a new future, he’ll have to risk everything – even his life.

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0:00.0	Wonderry Plus subscribers can listen to Even the Royals early and ad-free right now.
0:04.1	Join Wondery Plus in the Wondry app or on Apple Podcasts.
0:08.0	A quick note about our show.
0:09.6	We do a lot of research for our stories, but we also aren't your high school history class.
0:14.5	So some details and scenes are dramatized.
0:17.4	And today's episode contains language that would probably get you kicked out of church.
0:22.5	Please be advised.
0:32.5	It's November 10, 1780, in a field near Tungusuka, which is part of southern Peru.
0:39.2	Tupacamaru is standing near a massive crowd of indigenous people,
0:43.2	shielding his eyes from the sun as he looks up at a set of gallows.
0:46.8	A few of his men are entying the ropes to bring a body down to the ground.
0:51.2	Oh, the guy from before.
0:53.3	Yeah, yeah.
0:54.6	So, as you alluded to, a few hours ago, Tupac had the Spanish choreador Antonio de Ariaga hanged.
1:03.9	Now, as a reminder, Tupac is a Caraca, aka an indigenous leader who enforces the Spanish
1:09.4	colonial government's rules over indigenous locals. A little bit of a betrayal.k.a. an indigenous leader who enforces the Spanish colonial government's rules over indigenous locals.
1:13.2	A little bit of a betrayal. Yeah. A.k.a. he shows up at houses and gets bags of coins.
1:18.5	Yeah. So Antonio was one of many Coriadores. In other words, he was Tupac's boss.
1:25.2	Mm-hmm. Now, for years, Tupac did his job without questioning the system, and he got paid pretty well for it.
1:32.6	Yeah.
1:33.2	But over time, he realized that Coriador's like Antonio can be violent and cruel.
1:38.5	They often exploit, abuse, and overtax indigenous people to line their own pockets.
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