{"id":206045,"date":"2024-12-28T10:15:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-28T09:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/?p=206045"},"modified":"2024-12-27T22:14:08","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T21:14:08","slug":"outtakes-2pac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/outtakes-2pac\/","title":{"rendered":"Outtakes: 2Pac"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nContact sheet of Michael Haddi’s 1993 shoot with Tupac Shakur.<\/h6>\n
(spin.com <\/strong><\/a>Written by Michael Haddi<\/strong><\/a><\/span>) Photographer Michel Haddi remembers Tupac Shakur from his famous session with him.<\/div>\n

I photographed Tupac in 1993, at Smashbox Studios in Culver City, in L.A. It was for a magazine, I forget which now, tied to the John Singleton movie, Poetic Justice, that he was in with Janet Jackson. It was three years before he was shot.<\/p>\n

He was very polite, very elegant, and open to suggestions. He wasn\u2019t like his rap persona. I am from two worlds, the French bourgeoisie from my father and my mam was a chambermaid all her life, and I was raised in the worst hood in France, Clichy-sous-Bois, so in all fairness I saw in my life far more dangerous people. Plus, as I said, Tupac was very charming. He knew I had a lot of respect for him as a human being.<\/p>\n

Sure, after all, it\u2019s show business, the tattoos, the looks, but I ended up asking him to wear an Armani suit, and he agreed.<\/p>\n

The only person I found a bit controlling was John Singleton. John was always pestering me, \u201cdon\u2019t do this, don\u2019t do that,\u201d so after one hour I tell him, \u201cYou seem to know what you want, so here is my camera. I don\u2019t need to be here.\u201d And Tupac came up and said, \u201cJohn, let the man work,\u201d and that was it. I felt he had the soul of a poet, you could feel it in his eyes. A true artist and a true gentleman.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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