Twenty-three years ago today, the music industry lost one of it's most gifted artists, Tupac Shakur. To honor his life and legacy, we're throwing it back to 1996, just a year before his death, when we spent a day with Tupac at Venice Beach andTabitha Soren interviewed him about music, purpose, and prophecy. | MTV News

In 1992 MTV interviewed Tupac Shakur to discuss a song he was recording for the Special Olympics called ‘A Very Special Christmas Vol 2.″ However, Tupac faced some legal woes that year, (Ronald Ray Howard, 19, shot a Texas trooper and his attorney claimed 2Pacalypse Now incited him to kill) his song was dropped from the Christmas album and the interview never aired. In this candid moment he shares some personal memories about Christmas in Baltimore and the challenges of growing up Black in the i

Let's take a look back at this unforgettable #VMA moment at the 1997 Video Music Awards where Diddy performed "I'll Be Missing You" as a tribute to Biggie. ✨ Be a part of the 2019 #VMAs Monday at 8p on MTV! ❤️ | MTV