You guys know that I will take any opportunity to talk about Tupac. He’s my favorite rapper, hands down, and if it weren’t for the fact that he’s been dead for 15 years come September, you’d probably see at least a mention of him every other week or so. He’s magnificent, ok? He’s the Lindsay Lohan of my heart, and I will sing his praises for the rest of my days.

Anyway, you know his friends, The Outlawz? They’re a hip hop group that Tupac founded, and yes, they smoked Tupac’s ashes:

The Outlawz — most famous for the Biggie Smalls diss track “Hit ‘em Up” — said, “Yeah, it’s definitely true” … claiming it all went down at a beach memorial for Pac — and his mom was present at the time.

The rappers claim the idea was inspired by a lyric in one of Tupac’s songs in which he said, “Last wishes n**gas, smoke my ashes.”

So … the Outlawz say they simply followed Pac’s request — explaining, “We twist up some of that great-granddaddy California kush …and mixed the big homie with it … so you know, [Tupac is] flowin’ through our system.”

First of all, poor Tupac, right?  Second of all, is this an actual thing that people do in the world?  I remember when I wrote that story about Courtney Love snorting Kurt Cobain‘s ashes, I found it incredibly disturbing, and also did you see that episode of My Strange Addiction where the woman was eating her husband’s ashes? Is it too much to ask that we just leave the remains of the dead alone, or at least outside of our bodies?

3 Responses to “It Turns Out That Tupac’s Friends Smoked His Ashes”

1. Allie says:

   August 30, 2011 at 4:39 pm

   While eating/snorting ashes seems a bit far out there… I’ve read about getting tattoos using ink mixed with ashes. For some reason that doesn’t bother me at all. As long as you’re being respectful, I guess.

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2. pufinstuf says:

   August 30, 2011 at 6:26 pm

   Not sure how you’d smoke ashes. Technically smoke comes from the process of something being burned and ashes are the end result of something being burned. Therefore, ashes, being already burned, would not catch fire or emit smoke if heated up. Thank you.

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3. Lister says:

   August 31, 2011 at 11:15 am

   Marilyn Manson admitted to doing this years ago and when asked about it, he said it made him “violently ill”. If they did mix his ashes, it would either have been a pointless endeavour (pufinstuf is right) or it would have been apparent immediately.

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