{"id":3599,"date":"2017-06-01T19:05:59","date_gmt":"2017-06-02T02:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onewestmagazine.com\/magazine\/?p=3599"},"modified":"2017-06-01T19:05:59","modified_gmt":"2017-06-02T02:05:59","slug":"dj-quik-pens-open-letter-tupac-shakur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onewestmagazine.com\/magazine\/dj-quik-pens-open-letter-tupac-shakur\/","title":{"rendered":"DJ Quik Pens Open Letter to Tupac Shakur"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, west coast hip-hop superstar, <strong>DJ Quik<\/strong>, penned an open letter to the late, great <strong>Tupac Shakur<\/strong>. DJ Quik and Tupac were labelmates at <strong>Death Row Records<\/strong> and the two made music history together (<strong>see &#8216;2pac &#8211; All Eyes On Me\/Heartz of Men&#8217;<\/strong>). Even today, the legend Tupac Shakur&#8217;s influence reverberates, and resonates deep within myriads of souls worldwide. Follow DJ Quik on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/djquik\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>. Only on One West Magazine.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/madsciencerecordings.socialinsomniadashboard.com\/post\/inspiration\/445-mastersmonday-with-tupac#.\" target=\"_blank\">Read DJ Quik&#8217;s open letter to Tupac Shakur Here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/djquik\/status\/869572875606413312<\/p>\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Recently, west coast hip-hop superstar, DJ Quik, penned an open letter to the late, great Tupac Shakur. 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