ANGIE MARTINEZ TALKS 2PAC BIOPIC & HIP HOP MEDIA

With the success of the book and with all the amazing stories in it, have you thought about transferring that into a biopic or documentary?

This has come up a few times. I have had some conversations with people and expressed some interest in doing that with the book. I’m totally open to it.

I spent a lot of time on that book. It wasn’t just something that I slapped together. To me, it’s like my baby. I shared the story of my life, my career, and my lessons.

If I were ever to translate that into another medium – whether it be TV, movie or doc – I want to give the same amount of love. I’m totally open to it, and there has been some interest. But nothing that I have to announce yet.

One of the most talked about parts of your memoir is the section covering your interview with 2Pac. There’s an actress playing you in the 2Pac biopic. Have you had the chance to see the movie yet?

I haven’t. I kept trying to do it. I know some people that have seen it, and they told me great things. I was actually in L.A., and I tried to get with [director] Benny Boom because he was going to do a screening for me. We just weren’t able to get it done.

The girl that’s playing me [Lian Amado] – her role is super tiny, so I’m not worried about it. [laughs] I don’t know what it is specifically. Nobody has said, but I think it’s a tiny part.

I heard nothing but good things about it which makes me very happy. That’s a story that has to be told the right way. But I hear they got it right.

I heard it from some solid people. People whose opinions on the matter I would trust. Big Boy from L.A. and Snoop Dogg spoke to me about it.

The 20th anniversary of his passing just happened. I read that you said you often reflect on Pac and in particular that interview you had with him. Did he cross your mind over the last few weeks? What was going through your head about his legacy?

You know what’s interesting? One of the things we talk about a lot is Pac’s legacy, how much it still resonates, and how much people are still connected to him. When you think about it, he was 24 when he passed. Do you know how much life he lived in 24 years?

He lived a life in 24 years that most people don’t live in 50 years. When you think about how young he was…. when we were coming up, we didn’t look at him as young. We just looked at him as one of us.

Now when you’re older and look back, it’s like “Wow. He was 24 and did all that.” It’s really fascinating and unimaginable. It makes you wonder about what he would have been able to accomplish with just a few more years.

What are your thoughts about this ongoing conversation on the difference between 90’s Hip Hop and today’s rap music?

I’m not one to be like, “Oh, it was better then. Or it was better this time. Or the 80’s were better. Or the 90’s were better. Or the 2000’s were better.” I just think Hip Hop is a fluid thing that is always changing and evolving.

There are moments when I was a little kid listening to stuff in the 80’s that I thought was the illest. There are moments in the 90’s that I thought were the illest. Or the 2000’s. Even some of it from now, I like. I don’t necessarily like to compare too much. I feel like it’s forever evolving.

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