Papa Mack ♊️

snoop dogg grabbed a knife, hid under a blanket, and rode a 5-hour flight in silence next to his best friend. it was the last time he'd see tupac alive. snoop grew up in long beach. at 12, he joined a gang. "drugs and gangs were as much a part of your life as stop lights and street signs." his mom kicked him out at 17. then he met tupac. "fell in love with that man. we started building a brotherhood. the calm one and the relentless one." snoop thought he was untouchable – until his bodyguard shot and killed a man. snoop turned himself in for first-degree murder. suge knight bailed him out on a million dollar bond. 10 p.m. house arrest. tupac wanted him to stay gangster. snoop: "I got a baby on the way. I have a lot to live for. somebody's life was lost. I don't want to live this gangster life no more." verdict: not guilty. then the east coast/west coast beef exploded. tupac was convinced biggie and puffy set up his shooting. snoop never believed it. "they was his friends at the time." tupac dropped a diss track saying he slept with biggie's wife. snoop: "I ain't really feeling that, cuz. he took it too far." then angie martinez asked snoop on air: how do you feel about puffy and biggie? he said: "I'm cool with him. I want to do some music with him." tupac took it as betrayal. "death row looked at me as a traitor. you had sided with the enemy." the plane ride back to LA – 5 hours on a private jet. tupac didn't say a single word to him. snoop got off the plane: "cuz, you going to vegas?" tupac brushed him off. went his way. next call snoop gets: "turn on the news." tupac shakur was shot four times in a drive-by. snoop drove to the hospital. "I'm thinking he's going to make it. when I went to go see him – that ain't what I got. he wasn't moving. he wasn't talking. he wasn't breathing on his own." tupac's mother pulled him aside. told him to be strong. that's when snoop knew. "I got right on the side of his head and just started whispering to him. telling him I loved him. to hold on. he was going to be okay." snoop went to the bathroom. fainted. threw up. "me and my homie wasn't straight. I'm not even going to be able to apologize to him. or just tell him – I feel you. I'm wrong. how can we fix this?" tupac died at 25. compton erupted. 12 shootings. a 5-day blood bath. three men dead. ten wounded. "we was right in the middle of all that madness." snoop looked around. "all of the rappers that was writing about death – they all dead. I got a baby. I got a wife. I wanted to live." "my life is not based off me being a gangbanger. it's based off me being positive. finding ways to help others. the key to this thing is bringing people together." "pac was taught how to love at a very early age. and through his music, he shared the love with all of us." snoop chose peace. and never got to say goodbye.