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DX: A lot of people dont like Tupacs character in the Notorious movie. What are your thoughts on it?
E.D.I. Mean: I feel like Anthony Mackie was put in a bad position, because he had to work with a bad script. No disrespect to the family of Biggie, but I feel like [Notorious] was a movie that didnt do him any justice. If yall gonna do Biggie like that, it might as well get released on VH1 like the TLC movie and not in theaters. I told the producers of the upcoming Tupac movie the very same thing. I told them if they were trying to Notorious my nigga, then they should just leave it alone. Pac doesnt have a story that you can just tell in an hour-and-a-half. Youve got to really do it on some Malcolm X or Ray movie time lengths. Thats the only reason Im involved in the movie, and if I see that they are not trying to do that, then Im not going to touch it. Im the one that has to deal with the fans on the street, even with the Biggie movie! We had nothing to do with that movie, yet fans were telling me that it was fucked up the way we allowed them portray Pac. And Im like, What the https://jamii.app/JFUserGuide do you mean? I didnt have anything to do with that. I had one fan tell me that they were going to kick Anthony Mackies ass if they ever saw him. I had to tell him that it wasnt Anthonys fault because he had to work with what he was given. As for the upcoming Tupac movie, Im real happy that John Singleton is going to be involved, because hes someone that actually spent time with Pac, and I feel like this project means something to him. Its not just another check or a vanity project to him. I feel like hes going to take his time, put real effort into it, and try to bring the best picture to light. Its not about making Pac look good or badits about telling the story for the people that love the story.
DX: Theres a sense of concern about the executives above him who call the real shots.
E.D.I. Mean: Absolutely, and hopefully they give him the freedom to do his thing and not come in with all that business shit that fucks up a movie. You had one of Putins aides say that Tupac was the only thing that interested him from America. This is a global fucking icon, so dont do the movie if its going to be on the level of Notorious. Again, no disrespect to his family and friends.
DX: Have you ever made peace with the people who were put on blast in the Bomb First and Hit Em Up songs?
E.D.I. Mean:Going back to your question, weve run into everybody from Puffy on down. We had a skirmish with Puffy at an MTV event many years ago, but that was worked out. Pac was just an extreme dude, and if he did something he went all the way with it. He wasnt into subliminal disses, and I cant even imagine him trying to do that someone. The thing is after the Makaveli album, he said that he got that shit out of his system and he wasnt doing that anymore. He actually contacted Nas to let him know about the Makaveli album, and as a matter of fact, he was the only one that Pac reached out to. He told him that the album was coming out and that he was going after him in it. They made peace at the MTV Awardsthe meeting that his brother Jungle spoke about saying that we were scared and they had us under pressure. We had half of Jersey with us at the MTV Awards, and Nas was only with his brother and like two other dudes. I remember that meeting well because Pac kept telling him, Speak up! I cant hear you. Nas was saying in a low voice, Theres no beef, you know what Im saying? Pac was like, Huh? I cant hear you. Speak up! They squashed it after that because Pac was a Nas fan, as we all were. In hindsight, maybe we shouldnt have all gone that route with those songs, but we were going to ride with Pac to the end regardless, and we did. Fans always tell us to do a new Hit Em Up and just diss everybody. Its never just one person they want us to diss but the whole Rap game. Im like, Uh, alright. Cool.
E.D.I. Mean Recalls Tupac's Reconciliation With Nas At The 1996 MTV VMAs | Rappers Talk Hip Hop Beef & Old School Hip Hop | HipHopDX
DX: A lot of people dont like Tupacs character in the Notorious movie. What are your thoughts on it?
E.D.I. Mean: I feel like Anthony Mackie was put in a bad position, because he had to work with a bad script. No disrespect to the family of Biggie, but I feel like [Notorious] was a movie that didnt do him any justice. If yall gonna do Biggie like that, it might as well get released on VH1 like the TLC movie and not in theaters. I told the producers of the upcoming Tupac movie the very same thing. I told them if they were trying to Notorious my nigga, then they should just leave it alone. Pac doesnt have a story that you can just tell in an hour-and-a-half. Youve got to really do it on some Malcolm X or Ray movie time lengths. Thats the only reason Im involved in the movie, and if I see that they are not trying to do that, then Im not going to touch it. Im the one that has to deal with the fans on the street, even with the Biggie movie! We had nothing to do with that movie, yet fans were telling me that it was fucked up the way we allowed them portray Pac. And Im like, What the https://jamii.app/JFUserGuide do you mean? I didnt have anything to do with that. I had one fan tell me that they were going to kick Anthony Mackies ass if they ever saw him. I had to tell him that it wasnt Anthonys fault because he had to work with what he was given. As for the upcoming Tupac movie, Im real happy that John Singleton is going to be involved, because hes someone that actually spent time with Pac, and I feel like this project means something to him. Its not just another check or a vanity project to him. I feel like hes going to take his time, put real effort into it, and try to bring the best picture to light. Its not about making Pac look good or badits about telling the story for the people that love the story.
DX: Theres a sense of concern about the executives above him who call the real shots.
E.D.I. Mean: Absolutely, and hopefully they give him the freedom to do his thing and not come in with all that business shit that fucks up a movie. You had one of Putins aides say that Tupac was the only thing that interested him from America. This is a global fucking icon, so dont do the movie if its going to be on the level of Notorious. Again, no disrespect to his family and friends.
DX: Have you ever made peace with the people who were put on blast in the Bomb First and Hit Em Up songs?
E.D.I. Mean:Going back to your question, weve run into everybody from Puffy on down. We had a skirmish with Puffy at an MTV event many years ago, but that was worked out. Pac was just an extreme dude, and if he did something he went all the way with it. He wasnt into subliminal disses, and I cant even imagine him trying to do that someone. The thing is after the Makaveli album, he said that he got that shit out of his system and he wasnt doing that anymore. He actually contacted Nas to let him know about the Makaveli album, and as a matter of fact, he was the only one that Pac reached out to. He told him that the album was coming out and that he was going after him in it. They made peace at the MTV Awardsthe meeting that his brother Jungle spoke about saying that we were scared and they had us under pressure. We had half of Jersey with us at the MTV Awards, and Nas was only with his brother and like two other dudes. I remember that meeting well because Pac kept telling him, Speak up! I cant hear you. Nas was saying in a low voice, Theres no beef, you know what Im saying? Pac was like, Huh? I cant hear you. Speak up! They squashed it after that because Pac was a Nas fan, as we all were. In hindsight, maybe we shouldnt have all gone that route with those songs, but we were going to ride with Pac to the end regardless, and we did. Fans always tell us to do a new Hit Em Up and just diss everybody. Its never just one person they want us to diss but the whole Rap game. Im like, Uh, alright. Cool.
E.D.I. Mean Recalls Tupac's Reconciliation With Nas At The 1996 MTV VMAs | Rappers Talk Hip Hop Beef & Old School Hip Hop | HipHopDX
