The history of the only Italian who ran up with Tupac

After the first publication in the USA, it also arrived in Italy “Tupac Shakur. The authorized biography”. The book signed by Staci Robinsonwas published by Il Castello, Chinaski necklace. All -round figure, from rap to cinema, from poetry to social commitment, everything has already been said about him. The lucky record career, the judicial proceedings up to the news that put an end to his life at just 25 years of age. This book edited by the writer, activist and friend Robinson, not only was it commissioned by the Shakur familybut it is the only volume that explores the protagonist’s family, cultural and personal and personal roots. And it does so from an unpublished perspective, collecting the contributions of closest relatives and friends, all figures who contributed to the formation of Tupac. On the wave of this release, thanks to the publishing house, we contacted Space One, a rapper well known in the environment and beyond, mentioned in the book, to ask him to tell us a historical event, immortalized by a photo that has become viral: his jam with Tupac Shakur. Space One, in fact, was the only Italian to rap up with the American legend when his passage in our country. In the shot, from left to right: Tupac, DJ Ringo, the singer of the Babylon Zoo Jas Mann and Space One.

“It was 1996, at the time I attended the Hollywood that was not within everyone’s reach, because it was still a very exclusive room. The rappers were on average rebounded, as they are still considered ‘street beggars’. But luckily for me, already in ’91 I was quite well known thanks to some international successes, so in my case access was allowed – recalls Space One – I had the name imprinted on the wall of the Hollywood, I had all those I could enterfriends and not. At that time in Milan there were a lot of fashion shows, we were in June, I was in the console next to DJ Ringo. At a certain point I see dancing on the track, a little secluded and protected by two bodyguards, Tupac. I tell him: Ringo is Tupac, I’m going to try to take him up and do some mess“. Then the story continues:“ So I head towards Tupac, and I try to attract his attention. Having lived for years in the USA, with English I cable myself, but also with the slang. So I get closer and try to talk to him, but at that point the two immense security men. He moves them, and tells him to get closer to me. At that point I tell him: Pac, see that we pass your records here, If you want to go up with us in the console we do a little mess“.

Space One immediately realizes the moment: “He with his bottle of Hennessy, his favorite liqueur, was already beautiful on turns and comes with me in the DJ cabin. Ringo puts some instrumental of his pieces on the plate and we start rapping. First him, then the microphone passes to me that I make two stanzas. So for about ten minutes we pass the Mic, as if they were two piscchelli to any jam session. In the end we get off the cabin, and at that moment the famous photo that has been circulating on the web have taken it. “An unforgettable situation:”The evening we spend some time ends together, we have a chat as far as possible always in the presence of threatening bodyguards, who were always with my breath on my neck. Then a friend of hers came, and then he greeted me going away in his company – concludes Space One – a unique, unexpected and unscheduled experience. When I left the house that evening, I never thought of ending up rapping with the Mc Culto of the moment, and which would then become even more iconic over the years. It was very sad to learn that, a few months after our meeting, it would have been assassinated In the circumstances that we all know “.