Inside A Thug's Heart Question

[Euphanasia]

I just read, Inside A Thug's Heart, by Angela Ardis and learned a few interesting facts. I had heard a rumor that he had once proposed to Jada and have now discovered that it was Jada who had proposed to him but he turned her down because he felt that her proposition stemmed more from pity than it did from love and he had no feelings for her outside of a strong friendship. Anyway, for those who have read the book, I'm wondering if the final scene is real? The book is basically an exchange of letters and poems between Angela and Tupac while he is incarcerated and she mingles in fantasies and daydreams in between. However, at the end of the book, after she has visited Tupac at Clinton Correctional, there is a scene where Tupac shows up at her door. I'm assuming this did not actually happen. I have a feeling that, since he was released soon after her visit to Clinton, he got caught up with everything going on in his life, and they no longer remained in touch. Directly after this "love scene" at her home, she explains how she hears that Tupac is dead. As we know, Tupac was released from prison in October of 95 and is killed in September of 96 and she jumps from these two topics in a mere half a page. Can anyone lend me their interpretation? It seems ambiguous to me. Thanks.
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[Radafi]

Never read it but the Jada part is very interesting!

 

[DeeezNuuuts83]

I don't own the book, but I've read a lot of it at Barnes & Noble. I know what you mean, and it's kind of interesting how she only talks about their one physical encounter after his release, then it jumps to his death. She didn't even talk about any attempts made to keep in touch with him, which I find odd, seeing how it was a guy she was interested in and communicated with while he was incarcerated, then he gets released and becomes the biggest rapper of that year. I just don't think she's creative enough to write, hence the bulk of the book just being the actual letters themselves.

But what I found interesting was the part where Pac talks about Leila (but doesn't name her), saying that he was living with a white lady who he'd "give dick" every so often in exchange for food and lodging.

 

[MOBnigga06]

I don't own the book, but I've read a lot of it at Barnes & Noble. I know what you mean, and it's kind of interesting how she only talks about their one physical encounter after his release, then it jumps to his death. She didn't even talk about any attempts made to keep in touch with him, which I find odd, seeing how it was a guy she was interested in and communicated with while he was incarcerated, then he gets released and becomes the biggest rapper of that year. I just don't think she's creative enough to write, hence the bulk of the book just being the actual letters themselves.

But what I found interesting was the part where Pac talks about Leila (but doesn't name her), saying that he was living with a white lady who he'd "give dick" every so often in exchange for food and lodging.

I found that line very interesting as well. Whenever you hear from Leila in interviews, she never puts their relationship in so crude a light. Alot of those letters written by Pac are great reads. This book is worth owning just to read those letters, the untampered private thoughts straight from Pac's dome. Pac's opinions on how relationships should be are interesting too.

 

[DeeezNuuuts83]

I also thought it was funny how this lady is just putting up all those letters, not just Pac's but hers as well... like the ones about her using her vibrator and stuff.

 

[MOBnigga06]

I also thought it was funny how this lady is just putting up all those letters, not just Pac's but hers as well... like the ones about her using her vibrator and stuff.

I read all of them, but I found her letters pretty lame. She is clearly nowhere near Pac's level of intelligence. Those Pac letters are worth buying the book for.

 

[Euphanasia]

I read all of them, but I found her letters pretty lame. She is clearly nowhere near Pac's level of intelligence. Those Pac letters are worth buying the book for.

I actually thought much of what she said in her letters was very intelligent. Like when she is telling Pac that it's not fair to expect unconditional love from Keisha when he hasn't been totally honest or faithful to her. However, her writing is not very good in the actual book. I only wish that she could have spent more time asking prudent and relevant questions instead of all the sex talk. But I guess it was her sexual interest in him that sparked the desire to write him and not the interest in him that we all have as fans in regards to his influence on us as an artist and revolutionary. I kept hoping that she was going to ask him more about his upbringing, his youth group idea, what ever happened to those four scripts he told her he was writing? None of those scripts were entitled "Live 2 Tell" and I had never heard of them before. I learned some interesting things when he did indulge a little about his childhood, but there was so much more he could have said had he been pressed. I was waiting for him to mention the books he was reading, something about Machiavelli - but nothing. Something about his desire to destroy those people who he believed had been responsible for the shooting. Some feelings of rage that would later be addressed in "Hit Em Up," and deeper insight into his desire for social change and Black America. But I guess I'm just being greedy here, I'm always searching for more information. And yes, Deeznuts, I also found the part about Leila very interesting. I wonder how she felt about this book being released? Is she still with her husband? Did he hear about Tupac giving her "dick" while they were still married? And the ending of the book is really killing me. I want to know if that last scene is real. I assume that it is not but it's very obscure. And like Deeznuts mentioned, how could she give up so easily? Why didn't he make contact with her? These questions need to be answered somewhere.

 

[EDouble]

I don't own the book, but I've read a lot of it at Barnes & Noble.

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[lii]

i think the end bit is not real, someone i know wrote angela an email and she said they never had sex