Too Short Speaks On Why He Avoided Hanging Out With Tupac

Bay Area rap legend Too Short recently opened up about meeting fellow icon Tupac Shakur after his move to Oakland, Calif. in the early 1990s, saying he actually avoided the budding rap star for ‘Pac’s own good. Too Short revealed that he met Tupac through Digital Underground member Pee Wee and producer Shorty B, who worked closely with both the group and Too Short. “Shorty B, Pee Wee, Tupac, they used to run around a lot together, and then I remember Tupac coming around,” Short Dog recalled, adding that he could tell from his behavior and attitude that Tupac wanted to affiliate himself with “the streets,” even after finding mild success with songs like “Brenda’s Got A Baby” and “If My Homie Calls.” He also recalled seeing Tupac carrying a pistol when he gave the rapper a ride in his car, saying that while he also carried, he was sure to conceal his weapon at all times. Tupac’s gun being visible signaled to the icon that the rapper wanted to embrace a certain image that his crew would embrace while influencing him in the wrong direction. I just noticed it and it struck me,” Short said of seeing the gun. “Immediately, I was like, I can’t really get really close to this guy, because I knew what he was getting into, and I was like, if my guys catch wind of his ambition, they’re going to cling to him…I’m not bringing him to where I’m at. “I could tell he wanted the streets,” he went on, adding that he also knew the revolutionary side of ‘Pac, “but I was like, I can’t tap into that part of him, with the pistol on him hanging out in Oakland, it’s some places I just can’t bring him…I, personally, avoided ambitious Tupac because he probably would’ve ended up in some f**ked up spaces around me.

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