2Pac's deep passion for his community and for Black life is what makes his body work resonate so deeply.
While it's true that he was complex, and it's easy to call his music 'contradictory,' those labels aren't entirely accurate. What does it mean to be an impactful artist? Not bestselling, not most popular, but the kind of artist who sets the tempo for what's next, who creates context for others to live in and feel recognized, who presses against boundaries, pushing and re-defining them so that those who come next have the space to explore freely?
