Check the Rhyme Forum
Thu, Jan 22
|Los Angeles
So Many Tears: Was 2Pac wrong about Delores C. Tucker?
Time & Location
Jan 22, 2026, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Los Angeles, 6027 Ladera Park Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90056, USA
About the event
Topic: So Many TearsQuestion: Was 2Pac wrong about Delores C. Tucker?
Hip-Hop has always been more than music—it’s been a mirror, a megaphone, and at times, a weapon. In our upcoming Check the Rhyme Live Podcast, we’re opening a conversation many have avoided: the tension between 2Pac’s defense of thug life and Delores C. Tucker’s warnings about the long-term impact of gangster rap on our communities.
In “So Many Tears,” Pac wrestled with pain, paranoia, and survival—tears shed in a system designed to break him. But when Delores Tucker challenged the culture, was she really the enemy… or was she sounding an alarm we weren’t ready to hear?
This question is echoed in a few bars from King Ruler’s upcoming The Jewelry Box project, on the track “I Get It”:
“2 Pac confusedDelores Tucker with Uncle RukusBut did living that thug lifeI know bugged right”
Those lines aren’t a diss—they’re a diagnosis. They suggest that Pac,…
Tickets
General Admission
Includes entry to the Check the Rhyme Live Podcast, light snacks, and access to powerful dialogue around Hip-Hop, healing, and hood-based trauma. FREE with active HealPTHD.com membership plans. Come vibe, learn, and be part of the conversation.
$20.00
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