{"id":611512,"date":"2024-03-06T13:00:17","date_gmt":"2024-03-06T10:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/dee-1-recalls-2pacs-mother-afeni-shakur-comparing-him-to-her-son\/"},"modified":"2024-03-06T13:00:17","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T10:00:17","slug":"dee-1-recalls-2pacs-mother-afeni-shakur-comparing-him-to-her-son","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/dee-1-recalls-2pacs-mother-afeni-shakur-comparing-him-to-her-son\/","title":{"rendered":"#Dee-1 Recalls 2Pac\u2019s Mother Afeni Shakur Comparing Him To Her Son"},"content":{"rendered":"
Dee-1 has shared a story about meeting 2Pac\u2018s mother, the late Afeni Shakur.<\/p>\n

In an interview with The Breakfast Club<\/em> on Friday (March 1), the New Orleans rapp<\/a>er shared how he did a talent show at LSU when the Makaveli<\/em> rapper\u2019s mother was in the audience. According to Dee-1, receiving a compliment from Afeni \u2014 in which he shared that his passion onstage reminded her of her famous son \u2014 sent him over the moon.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen she told me that, I was like, \u2018oh, I got something special!’\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, he didn\u2019t place in the competition \u2014 but the compliment inspired Dee-1 to continue to pursue his dream of becoming a rapper.<\/p>\n

Check out his recollection at the 24:39 mark below.<\/p>\n

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Elsewhere in the same interview, Dee-1 revealed that he experienced thoughts of suicide following his 2014 BET Hip Hop Awards Cypher.<\/p>\n

\u201cRight after that BET Cypher I started going to therapy, bro,\u201d he shared. \u201cI was signed to RCA at the time. You on the BET Cypher and you think your life is about to change after this night\u2026Nothing changed after that night. After that, I felt like I blew my shot.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt started messing with me mentally to where I was like, \u2018Damn, I kinda don\u2019t even wanna be here no more. Not in the industry, but on this Earth\u2026When I started realizing I was having suicidal thoughts behind feeling like I\u2019m professionally a failure, I realized I couldn\u2019t separate David from Dee-1 at that point. And that was unhealthy.\u201d<\/p>\n

He continued: \u201cAnd for the first time in my life, I went to therapy. Because I was like, talking to my friends, that ain\u2019t getting it at this point. Talking to my grandma, rest in peace, that ain\u2019t cutting it at this point. So therapy really did help me, but ultimately even more than therapy was understanding my God-given purpose.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know who my creator is, I know why I was put here, and I was put here to glorify him. So who am I to think that my whole life is a failure because one moment didn\u2019t elevate me professionally?\u201d<\/p>\n

The rapper (real name David Augustine) went on to explain that there was a previous low point in his life \u2014 his freshman year of college, during which he lost a close friend, got kicked off of the basketball team, and found out his girlfriend had cheated on him more than once.<\/p>\n

But that difficult year had a slightly different impact on him.<\/p>\n

\u201cDuring that time, I coulda found the streets, I coulda found a lot of stuff,\u201d Dee-1 says. \u201cI found God in a real way. And I started rapping. Rapping was my therapy at that time. And when I started rapping, I had a lot to talk about.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I was like, \u2018Why would I glorify murder when my best friend just got murdered? Why would I glorify smashing your girl, when a couple football players just smashed my girl? Why would I glorify a whole bunch of money that I know I ain\u2019t got when that ain\u2019t how I\u2019m living?\u2019 So from day 1, rap was just an outlet for me to be able to spit reality, but you gotta make that reality charismatic and entertaining.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n