Tupac Created ‘Juice’ Character From Life Experience

‘Bishop didn’t make Tupac; Tupac made Bishop,’ Treach tells ‘RapFix Live’ 20 years after film’s release.
By Rob Markman, with additional reporting credit by Sway Calloway

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“Juice”

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When “Juice” was released 20 years ago on January 17, 1992, the performance of noted rapper but first-time actor Tupac Shakur took critics by surprise. The socially aware, politically driven MC lit up the screen as fiery, gun-crazed thug Bishop. It was a departure from the rapper hip-hop had come to know through more positive songs like “Brenda’s Got a Baby.”

A year after “Juice” premiered, ‘Pac went on to release …

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