Unfortunately, this week marks another sad anniversary for America: the death of Tupac. It was 10 years ago today week that the 25 year old died in LA after being shot up 6 days earlier in Las Vegas. He was in a casino fight, at a Mike Tyson fight, then gunned down off the very visible Vegas strip. That was bad for Vegas the same way Biggie getting gunned down on Wilshire and Fairfax is still a problem for LA. They brought their ghetto shit to the nice neighborhoods and then paid the price. You can take the rapper out of the hood, but....

I have read no less than three articles this morning proclaiming Tupac is the white Elvis. Nick Cannon told Blender "I think his legacy will be greater than Elvis..." J-Mac from the Mad Hatta show made the same comparison and also threw in Kurt Cobain for good measure. Kurt Cobain had one posthumous hit, Elvis had none. Tupac has had no less than 5 platinum records in death. Not bad for a back up dancer/actor. Hell P-Diddy is doing pretty good for a dancer, too.

So where were you when you heard Tupac died? I know only because I worked with his biggest white fan. The kid had matching cross and back tattoos; I know because he brought this rap magazine to the tattoo parlor. He knew everything about Tupac. He liked that my favorite songs were Hail Mary and Hit 'Em Up.Since he was bigger than me and knew how to roll blunts, I could never challenge him when we were in the delivery van- it was always Tupac mix tapes.

He came in through the loading dock and we just hugged. It was the wierdest thing, but he loved that guy. To each his own, but Elvis? Kurt? It's like comparing Gold to Platinum or Tupac to BIG. I'm just pissed we'll never have the pay-per-view East/west dance off... Suge Knight could be the Randy Jackson character.