Demetrius Shipp, Jr.

Actor

1988-11-20

Quotes by Demetrius Shipp, Jr.

• Tupac was a person who was all about love. I feel like that's me, too; that's who I've always been.

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• I submerged myself in his life. Before I went to sleep at night, that's what I was watching. The videos would literally be going on while I was sleep; that's what I was hearing in my sleep. I woke up in the morning, Tupac.

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• My fondest memory of Tupac is my father producing 'Toss It Up' for him when I was 7 years old and hearing that.

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• 'Dear Mama' is my favorite song from Tupac, man. It touches you, and I think that that's the most important thing with music.

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• Growing up, you hear Tupac's music, it's kind of like... it goes without saying that everyone likes Tupac.

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• If you want it, and you want to get it, then you've got to work hard for it, like Tupac was working hard for it.

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• He's a layered person, so you have to tackle all the aspects of Tupac individually.

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• Everybody has the Tupac that they admire. Certain people love the hip-hop person, the rapper. Strictly just the rapper. A lot of people, the newfound Tupac fans... they're into Death Row-era Tupac. But that was only nine months!

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• I will say this: Rapping-wise, there has never been anybody to match Tupac's energy when coming on a song, like when rappin'. It's unmatched. You can't duplicate it.

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