*An unreleased #throwback photograph of young Tony Hawk and Tupac Shakur was discovered by the skater who shared it on social media and recalled the moment he met the late rapper.
“My missing photo with Tupac,” Hawk, 55, wrote in the caption, Complex reports. “I attended the American Music Awards in 1991 because my sister was there performing with Michael Bolton. While backstage, I saw Tupac standing alone and I recognized him from Digital Underground (go listen to ‘Same Song’ for context). His first album had not dropped yet, and nobody else seemed to notice him. I took a picture of him and [Riley’s mom] Cindy, and I thought she took one of him and me.”
Hawk continued, “This was in the era of point-and-shoot film cameras so results were unreliable. Unfortunately, I never found the photo once the roll was developed. But thanks to modern technology and maestro digital artist @_vemix_ , the image has materialized. And for the record: he was effusive and gracious during our brief encounter, more so than anyone else we met or bothered for pictures that night.”
According to Hawk, the photo was likely taken during the AMAs in 1994.
“I’m so old that specific years get fuzzy. But the story remains the same,” he added (see the photo below).
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On Instagram, one user commented under Hawk’s post, “You are Forrest Gump my dude. The intersections of your journey are too fantastic. This is an amazing tale.”
Another person wrote, “That’s what’s up 50 Years of Hip Hop and skateboarding.”
A third IG user added, “This is exactly why you are the goat! Real recognize real always!”
One person noted that Pac and Hawk are the “duo we didn’t know we needed.”
Recently, Las Vegas police executed a search warrant at a residence connected to Pac’s 1996 murder.
Hard drives, pictures of potential suspects in the hip-hop star’s death, and bullets were seized from the home of Paula Clemons, wife of Duane “Keefe D” Davis.
Davis claims his nephew, Orlando Anderson, shot and killed Tupac in Las Vegas on Sept. 7, 1996, after a Mike Tyson fight.
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