Coming from where I'm from there is two days on my calendar where I take time to reflect on the events of my past. Its not Christmas and New Years. Those have their own importance and I'll make that clear later. For me, the day is March 9th and November 17th. The two greatest rappers ever died less than 6 months apart. At the time I was a highschool senior, just itching to get outta Florida and go to college already. The rap game really changed after that for me. It went from "these niggas are loosing their damn minds" to "government conspiracy", and the "Tupac and Biggy is in witness protection because the record industry wants them dead." It seems the last one is the most correct and most flawed.
But back to March 9th, 1997 can you remember what you were doing that day? I had school, taking the bus to work (I had just crashed my car...go carrot!), and more work to do. Life goes on, but some memories stay with you for the rest of your life.
As for New Years, a lot of youth died for me on that day in 1996.
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