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  • I have heard it called “John Lennon’s murder” but can’t remember hearing it referred to as an “assassination.” But assuming the premise of your question is valid, i can think of two potential influences:

    (1) “assassination” is most often used when talking about politicians or state actors and Lennon was more of a political figure than 2pac; (2) 2pac knew he was likely going to die the death of a “gangsta”–i could reference almost every one of his tracks–this mentality was associated with a gang affiliations, and had a lot of racial implications. It would be hard to imagine a journalist who identified with this mentality, and harder to imagine one that referred to the death of a gangsta as “assassinated,” who are generally “killed” or “murdered.”

    Tldr: assassination is too fancy a term for the death of a gangsta.

    Ps: favorite 2pac track “death around the corner”









  • MJKee9toGaming@beehaw.orgMax Payne
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    Love this series. I still remember playing this game until 3am with my best friend coming up with cheesy dialogue to mimic the game’s, laughing our asses off. Over 20 years later, I still remember my favorite:

    They were suicide killers. I was balls to the wall. It was a deadly concoction… But one I was willing to drink.