How 21 Rappers Responded To Near-Death Experiences   Date:
November 1994  What Happened? After entering the lobby of Quad
Recording Studios in Manhattan, Tupac Amaru Shakur was shot five
times and robbed of his chain. He was eventually rushed to the
hospital and treated for gunshot wounds to the head, groin, arm
and thigh. Three hours after surgery, he left the hospital
against doctor's orders.  How He Responded: By surviving the
shooting and then leaving the hospital mere hours later, 2Pac
added to the mythology that surrounds him. He later appeared in
Manhattan Supreme Court wearing his bandages, was sentenced to
jail time, and then gave a jailhouse interview in which he
publicly blamed Biggie and Puffy (who were recording in the same
studio complex the night 'Pac was shot) for setting him up.
Later Pac released the song "Hit 'em Up" on which he claimed,
"Five shots couldn't drop me, I took it and smiled." However,
2Pac knew who had really set him up, Jimmy Henchmen. On the song
"Against All Odds" 2Pac rhym