Wilson Speaks Out About Vandalizing Tupac's Statue
 Monday, June 23rd, 2008

We were just thinking about Tupac Shakur: last week would have been the rapper's 37th birthday. Yesterday we came across an article on LiveSteez about the vandal that defaced Tupac's statue at the Tupac Amaru Shakur Center for the Arts in Stone Mountain, Georgia last year.

The vandal's name is Kenneth Anthony Wilson, and he was not charged with a hate crime because he is also an African American. 43-year old Wilson turned the Tupac statue from this:

To this:

Is that Tommy Hilfiger underwear on its head? Yikes. Anyhow, Kenneth has spoken out about his crime, saying, "Yes, I defaced that statue of Tupac Shakur because the center is a cancer on the community. For we reap what we sow...Tupac Shakur is no messiah...his center of the arts is in the business of molesting the young minds of our youths into believing that Thug Life is the American Dream. Afeni Shakur [Tupac's mother]...resurrects a statue of Tupac Shakur dressed as a reverend with the Holy Bible in his right hand...[he] was not only weak, he was a complete fool who never for one minute practiced what he preached."

Wow, that's a lot of hate (there's actually more than that in the article). Pac was an artist...a lot of his lyrics were very deep and meaningful. In fact, we just had "Changes" as the video of the day on our forum last week. The statue being in a preacher's costume was probably overboard, but does that justify Kenneth's actions?

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