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It has been reported by some sources that the legendary hip-hop artist Shock G had sent a message out about the newly released Tupac album “The Rose: Vol.2”.

We wanted to make sure these words were Shock G’s so we waited until we could get a hold of him to verify what was going on.

At the heart of the matter is Shock G’s song entitled “And 2Morrow” that is on the newly released “The Rose: Vol. 2” album. The album is tracks inspired by the poetry of the late west coast rap icon Tupac Shakur.

Released by Amaru Entertainment, "The Rose, Vol. 2" features 15 fresh tracks from an array of genres, including rap, hip-hop, soul and R&B offerings. The guest artists on "The Rose, Vol. 2" include Ludacris, Lyfe Jennings, Bone Thugs -N- Harmony, The Outlawz, Memphis Bleek, and Talib Kweli, and of course the legendary hip-hop artist Shock G.

Shock G said that the track on the album was not the track he turned in and it had been remixed without his approval.

In the original message that was sent out Shock G (aka – Gregory Jacobs) said:

“I’ve found the perfect scenario to describe my feelings in this Amaru fiasco:

“I feel like an artist who turned in a painting, and then the office staff of the museum painted all over it and then put it on display at a very popular & important art exhibit, and labeled it as my painting. After discovering this and of course becoming outraged, they consoled me by assuring we can replace it with my original painting, but only after 90,000 viewers have passed through to view their version.”

“I turned in one of the best works of my 16-year career, only to have it remixed behind my back by 2 middle-aged women from the Amaru office. Cold. All respect to Afeni Shakur, she wasn’t involved.”

Shock G

When we got at Shock G he said yes that was his statement but wanted to add this to the already made statement:

“Here's my new statement:

(due to the unfair threats to amaru staffers)

“Pac fans please don''t blame or harass Afenis staff at Amaru, they''re simply doing their job and making their deadlines. It's common that things get lost in the shuffle and this time it was my song. I''m alittle upset, but such is life. We just wanted to express our feelings, and let it be known that the album version wasn''t our mix, but truth be told we were late getting our version submitted. Deep down we got love for all of Afeni's people, so please don''t jump in or judge anybody over this. It's just a little family spat. It's just business,

my bad”

shockg”

Shock G is a class act and I would hope that all Tupac fans would respect what he is saying.

“The Rose: Vol.2” hit stores September 20^th so check out Shock G’s track and all the tracks from all the other artists who participated in this project.

Visit Shock G’s site HERE.

Read ThugLifeArmy.com review of “The Rose: Vol.2” – HERE.