All Eyes On Me was Tupac Shukar’s most popular album. It was rugged, ruff, and raw passion. Kudos to everyone that played a role in making Tupac Shakur’s legacy now permanent; he was already a legend but now the youth will know about him. Despite the obvious plot to undermine the brilliance of the film, the movie was awesome! Two Thumbs Up! All Eyes On Me had a $40 million dollar budget and grossed $51 million so far (Release date June 14, 2017). Pretty good, but in order for the film to be considered a success it has to gross three times the budget, which would be $120 million.

Tupac Shakur released the album All Eyes On Me when I was sixteen years old back in 1996. I remember trying to find who I was in the world, and Tupac told me; in fact, he told every Black woman and man to Keep Our Head Up! There are 14 documentaries based on his life. He was involved in 11 big screen projects, including my favorite show A Different World, co-staring Jada Pinkett Smith. The show was one of the best shows that could be shown on television for teenage students wanting to go to college seeking a way out of the ghetto; it was my recess from the harsh ghetto reality. The imagery of the all-Black cast in college being productive and ambitious spoke volumes. Tupac came on the show to pay his girlfriend a visit, and he brought the thuglife attitude with him. You could see the brilliance in his eyes – a natural talent.

How many natural talented young women and men do we have to lose to the streets and prison? How many more Tupacs are we going to have to think about the potential they had to offer the world? Every year there are 6-9,000 Black males killing other Black males. God only knows how many Black females are dying at the hands of a brother, or being sexually violated by one. This sh** is disgusting and disheartening, to be honest. I know everyone thought that this was a Tupac Shakur feel-good blog. I have no time to try and feel good, let alone trying to persuade you to like one of these fake religious figures, conceited entertainers, and political actors. We are losing, as a people, and we are losing bad. My organization, Courage To Believe International, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, hosts the annual Black On Black Crime Solutions Panel. It’s hard to get us to care about us, or to even support a program towards stopping the bleeding and blood-sucking of our youth.

Black on Black crime means Tupac was murdered under the big city lights of Las Vegas a few miles from the Tyson Fight at the MGG studios. Saying that, it’s mind boggling that a man of his stature could get shot multiple times in so much traffic, and no arrests were made or eyewitnesses stepped forward. This means thousands of people were there, and hundreds were nearby.

Black on Black crime stems from White on Black crime. The enslavement of our ancestors, the pain and frustrations can be seen now by the way we’re killing each other. There isn’t enough Black On Black Love, which is the solution, and will allow us to be more apt to getting our right African minds back.

In conclusion, in Tupac Shakur’s words, “It’s not them knocking us off. It’s US knocking each other off!” We have to fix this, Ladies and Gentlemen. [Let’s get the love back in our homes, and start respecting our sisters, mothers, our Mother Gods. They are the source of our energy, and wisdom. – not sure if I can tie this back into the article]

Article written by me: King Kevin Dorival, a mentor, power speaker, chess coach, and author of two books, 7 Types of Queens Kings Desire (relationship goals/self-help and Courage To Believe (inspirational autobiography).  I’ll be in London for the Kings & Queens Book Tour/London! Email me – info@7queens7kings.com!

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