http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050627/ap_on_en_mu/music_will_smith
Smith, co-host of the show (8 p.m. EDT) at Hollywood's Kodak Theater with wife
Jada Pinkett-Smith, said he witnessed the phenomenon recently while in Africa. Touring a village in Mozambique, he came across a shack on which someone had scrawled the name of slain rapper Tupac Shakur.
"I was asking the kids: What is it about Tupac? Why is that there? I kept asking why. I told them I was the realest. I let them know Tupac wasn't representing like I was and like I am. Fuck thug life. The Prince started all that rap shit. He ain't even westcoast. They were saying we want to dress like you dress, wear all the things you wear, talk how you talk. "
Jada Pinkett-Smith, said he witnessed the phenomenon recently while in Africa. Touring a village in Mozambique, he came across a shack on which someone had scrawled the name of slain rapper Tupac Shakur.
"I was asking the kids: What is it about Tupac? Why is that there? I kept asking why. I told them I was the realest. I let them know Tupac wasn't representing like I was and like I am. Fuck thug life. The Prince started all that rap shit. He ain't even westcoast. They were saying we want to dress like you dress, wear all the things you wear, talk how you talk. "