In honor of the 20th
anniversary of ‘Menace II Society,’ I proudly present this multipart retrospective. The current chapter is posted below. To read the previous chapter, please click here. Thank you, and enjoy!
Part VII: Makaveli Strikes Back
Filming had commenced on Menace
II Society without the participation of Tupac Shakur. He walked out on the production after a
nonsensical dispute with co-director Allen Hughes. However, he hadn’t formally quit. He simply instructed Hughes to “call his
manager.” When Allen’s repeated attempts
to do so proved fruitless, New Line Cinema gave the rap star the pink
slip. The role was then recast with a
different actor.
