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Young Noble: I also got “Outlawz” across my stomach. The name had to have been in his mind, because that's all he talked about: “The Outlawz, the Outlawz.” It was between that and another name, the Lil' Homies. 'Pac had his “Outlaw,” and we all grabbed it on our left arms, one at a time. We all got tatted on our neck together when he got Makaveli on his neck. Hussein: Nah, I think I was the only crazy, goofy one who wanted to get that on my stomach. I doubt if that's what it really meant when he first got it.ĭid anyone else in the group get the Thug Life tat? I don't know about naming the letters and all that. The authors of Tupac Shakur: The Life and Times of an American Icon and others assert that “Thug Life” it's actually an acronym for “The Hate U Give Little Infants Fuck Everybody.” Did you know that? Hussein: Yeah, he had his first - before I even met him – and I got mine with his permission. Hussein, you've got “Thug Life” across your stomach like Tupac did. I think nowadays the younger generation gets tatted just to get tatted. It was a way to deal with pain, or trials and tribulations in your life. We come from the era when every tattoo means something. When he started doing photos with his shirt off, people noticed he had a lot of tattoos. 'Pac had been getting tatted when he was still a teenager, before he got his record deal. I also got to give Jodeci some credit on the R&B side, since they both started doing it at the same time in the early '90s. Mean: Absolutely, he inspired the whole culture to start getting tattoos.

I think 'Pac really started the whole tattoo trend, and we was right there with him.Į.D.I. Us and 'Pac seemed like the only rappers we'd really see with tattoos. I remember back then there wasn't too many rappers with tattoos we looked like aliens, to me.

Young Noble: Shit was always sporadic, whenever motherfucker felt like going to get a tattoo. We could be driving past the ink shop and he would suddenly pull over. They were some cool cats in there - Irish guys who wore zoot suits, greaser type dudes. There was this spot on Sunset, but I can't remember the name. Hussein: 'Pac probably got them all over the place. The Outlawz, in fact, even got their name from one of his tats. They bonded in large part through their ink, an art form in which 'Pac was something of a pioneer, at least in hip hop. The trio knew Tupac like few others, at a time when his profile was highest. In conjunction with the 15th anniversary of his death, the group's new album, Perfect Timing, dropped yesterday. They made headlines recently by confirming the long-held rumor that they smoked Tupac's ashes, prompting an angry retort from Shakur's mother. Best known for backing him on “Hit 'Em Up,” the group has now been whittled down to three members, Hussein, E.D.I. *We Walk Up To Random Angelenos and Ask: “What's Your Favorite Tupac Memory?”Ī backing group who coalesced around Tupac only a year before his death, The Outlawz also served as his support system during his most tumultuous times. *Shock G and Smif-n-Wessun Talk Tupac's Eating Habits: “I Never Seen Him Eat a Vegetable, Not Once In The Five Years I Knew Him” *African Rebel Soldiers and Their Eerie Obsession With Tupac Shakur *Bruce Hornsby on Tupac: “The original 'Changes' was a lot dirtier, had a lot of the n-word.” To commemorate, West Coast Sound is featuring Tupac stories all week. Editor's Note: Yesterday marked the 15th anniversary of Tupac Shakur's death.