![]() ![]() ![]() On Scarface’s song “Smile”, Tupac said: “There’s gonna be some stuff that you’re gonna see / That’s gonna make it hard to smile in the future / But whatever you see / Through all the rain and pain / You gotta keep a sense of humor / Gotta be able to smile through all this bullshit. The tattoos represent the good and bad times in life. ![]() The masks are also known as the Comedy and the Tragedy masks derived from the symbols used in ancient Greek theater. Tupac had a happy face mask tattoo on the left side of his back, under it says “ smile now” and a sad face mask tattoo on the right side of his back, below it says “ cry later”. He expressed raw anger on “Fuck the World” and that was his message when he felt the whole world was conspiring against him. Tattoo on the back of his shoulders read “Fuck the world”, one of the tracks from his third studio album “Me against the world” released on March 1995. Tupac Cross represents many things like faith, god, injustice, fight against corruption and human rights. The meaning of Exodus is a mass departure of people. Nat turner was later captured and hanged. In addition, white militias and mobs attacked blacks in the area, killing an estimated 120, many of whom were not even involved in the revolt. Whites organized militias and called out regular troops to suppress the uprising. The rebellion caused the death of approximately sixty white men, women and children. The other group believes that Tupac was inspired by the heroic courage of Nat Turner an African-American slave who led a two-day rebellion of slaves and freed the blacks in Southampton County, Virginia on August 21, 1831. But the problem with that theory is that in the bible, chapter 18 finishes with Verse 27 so Exodus verse 18:31 is non-existent. One group believes that it refers to a verse from the bible. Among the fans there are two possible meanings of Tupac’s EXODUS 1831 tattoo. He had the words “ Exodus 1831” tattooed inside the cross. The tattoo artist Dennis “Dago” Coelho told in an interview that Tupac came to him and asked for a symbol on his back that he could take with him for the rest of his life and ended up having the cross tattoo which is often referred as Tupac cross. Tupac had a massive Cross tattoo on his whole back which has the shape of a Celtic cross. Tupac’s Tattoo and Their Meanings Tupac’s Back Tattoos 6.6 “Be Ambitious with Love While Young”.Unfortunately, he is not here with us to explain his tattoos but from his earlier interviews, music, lifestyle and fans assumptions we have summed up the meanings of Tupac’s tattoos below. He also introduced social issues in the Hip Hop genre at a time when Gangsta Rap was mainstream. When he released his debut studio album “ 2Pacalypse Now” in 1991, immediately he became a central figure in the West Coast. Tupac was born in East Harlem district of Manhattan in New York City on Jand relocated to Los Angeles in 1988. People are still fascinated by the meanings of Tupac’s tattoos and what they represent till this day. He had almost 18 tattoos that are known to all and all of them had deeper meanings and strong messages. Tupac actually started the trend by showcasing his body art to the world. It’s a trend in the industry to get tattoos these days but until the late 90’s tattoos weren’t very popular in the Hip-hop culture. He is considered to be one of the greatest hip hop artists of all time who influenced countless people even after his death. Tupac Amaru Shakur also known by his stage names 2Pac and Makaveli was an American rapper and actor. ![]()
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