Tupac Coachella 2012

Tupac performing 'Hail Mary' and '2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted' at Coachella 2012

Travie McCoy Remembers Tupac Shakur's Death 14 Years Later

Monday (September 13) is the 14th anniversary of the death of Tupac Shakur. Pac died in 1996, after succumbing to gunshot wounds he suffered a week prior when leaving a Mike Tyson fight in Las Vegas.

Travie McCoy still vividly remembers the day. He said he did not believe the news at first.

"I was still in high school," McCoy recalled at the VMA Radio Forum on Friday in Los Angeles. "I was a freshman. I got to school and kids were crying. Kids were upset. I was like, 'What's going on?' I hadn't heard the news. I thought somebody in the school had died. They was, 'Nah — Tupac didn't make it.' My jaw immediately dropped. My school took it upon themselves to play R.E.M.'s 'Everybody Hurts.' It was pandemonium. Everybody burst in tears, in pieces. It was a sad day. He was a fallen soldier to say the least."


Like so many others, McCoy loved Shakur's music but he also respected the rap legend as a person.

"I came up on Pac. I think I might have given [my cousin] Tyga his first Pac record," Travie said. "I just got tingles thinking about that day. Thinking about hearing one of the saddest songs played over the loudspeaker in school when he got killed. It's a shame. But his music lives on. I was listening to All Eyez on Me three days ago."

Meanwhile, veteran rapper-producer David Banner also recently commented about Pac's passing. In an MTV News interview Friday, Banner said, "It was bigger than the death of a rapper. It was the death of an icon for young people ... Pac was deeper than music."

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Fourteen years ago today Tupac Amaru Shakur, one of the most influential MCs ever, died of respiratory failure and cardiac arrest at Las Vegas’ University Hospital after being shot four times in a drive by six days earlier. He was pronounced dead at 4:03 p.m.

A prolific MC and actor, Tupac sold over 75 Million records and starred in almost a dozen movies including Juice, Poetic Justice and Above The Rim. Despite rampant speculation, Shakur’s murder remains unsolved.

Even in death he remains one of the most controversial and debated hip-hop artists ever, but there is no denying the influence he’s had on the game to this very day.