"Here's What Maya Angelou Said To Tupac Shakur That Made Him Cry"

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Here's What Maya Angelou Said To Tupac Shakur That Made Him Cry

by Aly Weisman at Business Insider

http://www.businessinsider.com/maya-angelou-made-tupac-cry-2014-5

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One particularly memorable conversation was with Tupac Shakur while he was filming "Poetic Justice" with Janet Jackson in 1993. After Angelou heard the rapper was going through some personal problems, she pulled him aside and instructed him.

"I didn't know who he was. He was into a big row with another young man so I said to him, 'May I speak to you?' and he was cursing, whoo. And I said, 'When was the last time anyone told you how important you are?' Did you know people stood on auction blocks and were bought and sold so that you could stay alive today?'

And finally he heard me and stopped talking and started to weep. I put my arms around him and walked him back into the arena and he quieted. I went back to my trailer and Janet Jackson came running in and said, 'Dr. Angelou, I don't believe you actually spoke to Tupac Shakur!' And I said, 'Darling, I don't know him from 6-pack.' I had never heard of him."


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3. Thanks.

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2. Love it!

[KeepItReal]

4. I wish 'Pac realized how important and influential he was

rapper, actor, poet, even philosopher at times.

I had the fortune to be young and able to kick it in his atmosphere at the time. I saw nothing but greatness ahead for him.

If he could've made the separation from petty beefs and conflict to becoming an independent artist and man....

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5. the gifts of being a crone.

i love her as a crone.
i know she was much more, as i was.
but her power came as she came of age.
she and i.
both

i stand on her shoulders
she sits on mine

sista

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6. I can't wait to read her famous book.