{"id":2597,"date":"2020-09-14T20:19:01","date_gmt":"2020-09-15T02:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hiphopnewsjournal.com\/?p=2597"},"modified":"2026-01-04T19:49:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T02:49:32","slug":"tupac-and-treach-dedication-from-the-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hiphopnewsjournal.com\/staging\/tupac-and-treach-dedication-from-the-heart\/","title":{"rendered":"Tupac and Treach: Dedication from the Heart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|0px|4px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a;\">The date, September 13th, 2020, marks twenty-four years since the passing of Tupac Shakur. It is one of those events that many remember where they were when his untimely death occurred. There were vast outcries and numerous dedications from artists whom he had made an impact and inspired. Many dedications would also come from close personal friends. In taking a listen, revisiting these dedications, Treach from Naughty By Nature\u2019s \u201cMourn You Till I Join You\u201d resonated the most.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"margin: 0in;\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a;\"><strong>Naughty By Nature \u2013 Mourn You Till I Join You<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><iframe title=\"Naughty By Nature - Mourn You Till I Join You (Official Music Video)\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s9HvuPMAJUc?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a;\">The song itself deftly recounts Tupac and Treach\u2019s relationship and events in Pac\u2019s career and life. When listening, you get the sense that Treach poured his heart out with the lyrics, evoking such powerful raw emotion. Whenever interviewed about Tupac, Treach maintains that same energy, discussing his friend with such intensity and fervor.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"margin: 0in;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0e101a;\"><\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"margin: 0in;\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a;\"><strong>Treach \u2013 Tupac Interview<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><iframe title=\"Treach talks about Tupac\" width=\"1080\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1iQYznbEnPM?start=453&#038;feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a;\">The two artists initially met each other on a Public Enemy tour back in 1990. At that point they were roadies. 2Pac was with the group Digital Underground, and Treach was under Queen Latifah\u2019s Flavor Unit. Traveling from city to city, the two aspiring artists forged a true kinship, a real brotherhood. Especially early on in their careers, helping each other out to become successful.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a;\">The first opportunity was the film\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><b>Juice,\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">which was filmed in 1991 and came out in 1992. Both Tupac and Treach auditioned for the main character Bishop Roland. Tupac, who had gone to school for acting, had a natural gift won the part. He did encourage Treach to still be a part of the film, which ultimately led to being an extra.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"margin: 0in;\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a;\"><strong><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"margin: 0in;\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a;\"><strong>Tupac and Treach \u2013 Juice Movie Clip<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><iframe title=\"JUICE - Tupac\/Bishop First Fight Scene 1992 1080p HD\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_lWsAbQGoNU?start=153&#038;feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0e101a;\">Just prior to the release of the film Treach\u2019s group Naughty By Nature put out their self-titled debut album, and 2pac released <b><i>2Pacalypse<\/i><\/b>. Both projects would go on to be impactful and certify them as stars. For Naughty By Nature\u2019s second single, which would also land on the\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><b>Juice Soundtrack<\/b><\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, they went with \u201cUptown Anthem.\u201d From a visibility standpoint, Treach had Tupac appear throughout the video. They were helping each other out in any way they could.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"margin: 0in;\"><strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"margin: 0in;\"><strong>Naughty By Nature &#8211; Uptown Anthem<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe title=\"Naughty By Nature - Uptown Anthem (Official Music Video)\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OwhVh0YGquE?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>In 1993, 2Pac would release his sophomore album <em style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><b>Strictly 4 My ******.<\/b><\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0The album would go on to sell more than its predecessor. 2Pac would put Treach on the posse project, \u201c5 Deadly Venomz\u201d. That same year 2Pac would endure a large significant amount of legal issues. It would be the beginning of Pac having a tough time trusting those around him.<\/span><br \/><strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"margin: 0in;\"><strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"margin: 0in;\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a;\"><strong>2Pac \u2013 5 Deadly Venomz feat. Apache, Stretch &amp; Treach<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><iframe title=\"5 Deadly Venomz\" width=\"1080\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Bvn2SDu6NIg?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0e101a;\">In 1994 Tupac\u2019s film <\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><b>Above the Rim\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">was released, accompanied by a soundtrack. Pac and Treach would link up again on the bonus track \u201cLoyal to the Game\u201d. It would be the last song they ever recorded. Towards the end of that year would be the infamous Quad Studio Shooting. Afeni Shakur, Tupac\u2019s mother, called for Treach to come to the hospital to console Pac. From that point on in his life, Tupac was paranoid that people were out to get him, which would lead to death at a young age.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #0e101a;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"margin: 0in;\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a;\"><strong>2Pac \u2013 Loyal to the Game feat. Treach &amp; The Riddler<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><iframe title=\"2Pac - Loyal To the Game (Above the Rim Bonus) [feat. Treach &amp; Riddler] [EXPLiCiT]\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BFP3nIDg8hE?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a;\">Sadly, two years after the shooting Tupac had passed away in Las Vegas. Treach could not bring himself to see Pac in that condition at the hospital where he managed to stay alive for a week. They shared a real true bond, coming in the game with nothing and achieving success at a high level. Looking out for one another and Treach to this day remaining loyal and keeping his name out there. Remembering him and mourning him until he joins him.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Fuas8dZMK8\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/hiphopnewsjournal.com\/spice-1-and-2pac-brotherhood\/\">Spice 1 and 2Pac: Brotherhood<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Spice 1 and 2Pac: Brotherhood&#8221; &#8212; Hip Hop News Journal\" src=\"https:\/\/hiphopnewsjournal.com\/spice-1-and-2pac-brotherhood\/embed\/#?secret=3QRSveLsOd#?secret=Fuas8dZMK8\" data-secret=\"Fuas8dZMK8\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If you enjoyed this post and want to be alerted of new content like\/follow me on\u00a0 these social media platforms:<\/p>\n<p>Facebook &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hiphopnewsjournal\/\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hiphopnewsjournal\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Instagram &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/hiphopnewsjournal\/\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/hiphopnewsjournal\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Twitter &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hhnjournal\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/hhnjournal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Appreciate your support.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|0px|4px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;] The date, September 13th, 2020, marks twenty-four years since the passing of Tupac Shakur. It is one of those events that many remember where they were when his untimely death occurred. There were vast [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2619,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[2,4,3],"tags":[345,896,2947,3092,2942,3093,1794,1368,1795,1600],"yst_prominent_words":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hiphopnewsjournal.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2597"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hiphopnewsjournal.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hiphopnewsjournal.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hiphopnewsjournal.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hiphopnewsjournal.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2597"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/hiphopnewsjournal.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3556,"href":"https:\/\/hiphopnewsjournal.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2597\/revisions\/3556"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hiphopnewsjournal.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hiphopnewsjournal.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hiphopnewsjournal.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hiphopnewsjournal.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2597"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hiphopnewsjournal.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=2597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}