The year was 1993 and the world was about to witness greatness in the making with the release of Menace II Society, a true 90’s cult classic. That’s when we were introduced to actor, Tyrin Turner, who played the lead character, “Caine.” We were also introduced to some of “Caine’s” boys in the film: the neighborhood gangsta, “O-Dog” (Larenz Tate), and his awakened pro-Black conscious friend, “Shareef” (Vonte Sweet). Little did we know at that time, there was some major drama happening during the making of the film.
The Violent Altercation On Set
It wasn’t until later, that the world found out Tupac was actually originally cast as “Shareef” and that the directors, The Hughes Brothers, fired him following a violent altercation on the set. ‘Pac wasted no time blasting the Hughes Brothers and letting the world know that he’d given them a serious beatdown, but we never really knew the intricate details behind the fight.
(Video) What Started The Tension With Tupac On Set
Now, Tyrin Turner has revealed what really happened between the Hughes brothers and ‘Pac that day and he also explained why he couldn’t stand ‘Pac at that time. In an interview with Vlad Tv, Tyrin exposed how it all started. It was during their table reading and Tupac apparently didn’t like the lack of depth his character, “Shareef,” lacked. According to Tyrin, ‘Pac would consistently interrupt the readings and burst out with questions toward the Hughes brothers as to why “Shareef’s” back story, of being a street kid, wasn’t incorporated into the film, to explain why he became a conscious, peaceful cat. In other words, ‘Pac didn’t want to represent a character that appeared to be too soft and righteous, without any street cred.
After constantly being a disruption with his complaints, Tyrin said that’s when one of the Hughes brothers called him out.
“Tupac come into the room, me, Lorenz, Jada, and Tupac was like. No I can’t get into this character. I need more meat. And Allen Hughes was like, Tupac, you’re interuppting the session, let’s finish reading. So we started reading again, and Tupac was like, nah, I can’t get into this. Allen Hughes again was like, Tupac, why are are you acting like a b*tch.”
‘Tupac Was F’king Things Up’
They stepped outside, exchanged words, as the rest of the cast was sitting around at the table and Tyrin said ‘Pac never returned to the set. Tyrin says, that was the last time I seen Tupac. Tyrin says that Allen didn’t say anything back to Tupac. And he figured that he and Allen had a relationship. That was the last time Tupac was associated with the film.
“I didn’t know Tupac at the time. I was young and fresh from my own block. And I was like, who is this n*gga coming up here interrupting, like we’re trying to do the movie, and I’m staring in it. Whoever this n*gga is, is f**king up my *ish. I’m like I need this movie to go. So at the time, Tupac was just another n*gga trying to rap.”
(Video) The Fight Details
Surprisingly though, the fight didn’t break out that day. According to Tyrin, Tupac returned with some of his crew, on the day they some of the cast were filming Spice 1’s video for the film and that’s when all HELL broke lose. Tyrin said that one of the Hughes brothers got into with ‘Pac again and ‘Pac started punching and kicking that particular bother. However, the interesting thing was that according to Tyrin, the other Hughes brother saw what was happening to his twin, and decided to flee the scene, instead of help his twin, who was by that time, on the ground getting the mess pounded outta him by ‘Pac and friends.
Tyrin revealed that after that he was not feelin’ Tupac, because he felt that he was nothing but trouble. It wasn’t until years later that he ran into ‘Pac at a club and Pac apologized to him for actin’ a fool on set, and that’s when the two of them became cool. See Tyrin tell the full story of what really went down in the video below…
Geesh! Had they all let the world know all of this went down at that time, that would’ve made the film even more drama filled and interesting. Y’all know controversial always sells.
