Disgraceland is a production of Double Elvis.

Tupac Shakur, his background, his beginning days as an artist, and the story of his fight

to survive the streets he came up on and the career he knew he was destined for is so complex

that two episodes were needed to properly tell this story. If you're just getting hip to this

now,

I suggest you hit pause and go back to the last episode of Disgraceland,

part one of the Tupac Shakur story.

Or if you're looking exclusively for a deep dive into the East Coast, West Coast beef between Tupac and the notorious BIG,

there is an entire episode dedicated to this subject

in both these artists from

season one of Disgraceland. We get into their famous rivalry in this episode, but we also

explore Tupac's time in prison, how it affected him his time with Death Row records and the

potential he had as an actor. We also, of course, get into the great music Tupac made, specifically while

signed to death row. Great music. Unlike that music I played for you at the top of the show,

that wasn't great music. That was a preset loop for my Melotron called Mellow Cosby Sweater,

MK2.

I played you that loop,

because I can't afford the rights to fantasy by Mariah Carey.

And why would I play you that specific slice of whistle register cheese,

could I afford it?

Because that was the number one song in America on October 12, 1995.

And that was the day Shug Knight sprung Tupac Shakur from prison,

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