European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 16, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                By Kevin Robinson staff writer ours before the am Erikka s most wanted tour performed recently in Hanau Germany most of the americans at the concert Hall were buzzing about the Fate of the show s missing Star rapper actor tupac shakur.  / earlier that Day shakur who had starred in the movies juice poetic Justice and above the rim was shot five times by gunmen during an apparent robbery before being shot shakur had been advertised As ice cube s replacement to join Public enemy and ice to on the european tour. For rapper actor ice to the news about shakur had to be a Jolt because they tread Sirlilar paths in the entertainment business. Both men Are rappers who have successfully expanded their careers to the Silver screen and both walk a thin line Between celebrity and controversy. To dealing with the tupac situation said ice to backstage before his performance in Hanau. In the business we Are in where you talk crazy and you draw attention to yourself staying alive is something you really think about every Day. ". People Don t like Chuck d of Public enemy. People Don t like me he said. I might walk in an Airport and there could be a thousand people who like me and two who Don to and they might be the ones with the  " ". As a self professed Street Hustler who left the South Central gangs and found Mucho dollars in the rap game ice to just like shakur has incurred the Wrath of the establishment. Ice to made headlines when president Bush  Flag against ice s cop killer rap. Shakur s dropping the cop Drew similar criticism but tupac s song was t Woven into the political intrigue of a National election like ice to s. For is Kevin Goss ice to performed on the am Erikka s most wanted Lour. In june 1992, police everywhere rallied against time Warner inc. To drop ice to s title track cop killer from the album with his thrash Metal band body count. The song was eventually pulled from the album. V it was just a record ice to said of cop killer. It was t a new idea somebody. Saying kill the police the Black panthers said it for years. It the juror Over the song was More of a Willie Morton Type situation. And they used us As a political Issue. Let s pick this record a record that had been out for a year and make it into an Issue i was just in the  so far with his five Solo albums the rapper said he s done his share of raps about political issues. For example he said he had rapped for years about conditions that later erupted in 1992 As the la. Riots before they exploded nationally on television screens. Gang violence he said is another hot topic that still needs More attention. Ice to said that Senate hearings on gangsta rap should be replaced with sessions on gang  maybe then he adds there May be a solution to help those who want to escape the violence. There was a time when people did t want to know that gangs existed he said. In the movie colors actor director Dennis Hopper wanted to shoot it in la and All the people at Orion pictures said there Are gangs in los Angeles and that year 3137 kids were  the reality of gang violence spawned a hip hop explosion that the Media labelled gangsta  this Forron of rap music ice to prefers to Call it reality rap had its roots on the West coast he said where  and others took a Chance at something critics said would never hit " \ a -.". It reality rap was not a proven method of getting paid he said. It was swimming upstream. Everybody said you can t curse on records. You can t say you sold ". Ice of the movie Star has already appeared in four motion pictures new Jack City Ricochet trespass and survive the came. He s currently working on his fifth film Johnny Mnemonic a futuristic film with Henry Rollins Keanu Reeves and do Mph Lundren. The character of Odessa in Coc Iet typifies the real ice he said. His toughest acting work appeared in surviving the came he added because it was a physical movie and the first one where i was put out . A Star and t got to act with a lot of higher Echelon actors Charles Dutton Rutger Hauer and Gary Busey. I be had a Lucky career because i be gotten to work with Wesley Snipes,.earlydenzel Washington Academy award Winner of Murray Abraham another Academy award Winner i m not crying at All. Then i worked with Walter Hill in trespass one of my favorite directors. I be been very  despite the similarities Between ice to and shakur there Are glowing differences. Ice has admittedly mellowed with age and fatherhood. And there seems to be More maturity than madness around him my main goal is to try and maintain my integrity and live to see my kid grow up he said. If i m not rapping making movies whatever i just want to stay somewhere i can have a Job making a Little loot so i can take care of my Ltd my girl or whatever. ". Fame and All that i be done it All. I be had a Good run. If i fall off tomorrow rap has been Good to me i be taken it for a ride that few people have taken it for. I want to see my kid grow up i want to be  pop singles 1. Here comes the hot stepper Ini a mob 2. On bended knee Boyz ii men 3. Another night real mccoy4. Always Bon Jovi 5. Creep tic 6. I la make love to you Boyz ii men 7. Secret Madonna 8. All i Wanna do Sheryl Crow 9.1 Wanna be Down Brandy 10. You want this 70s love Groove Janet Jackson top albums 1. Miracles the Holiday album Kenny g. 2. Ii Boyz ii men 3. Merry Christmas Marian Carey 4. Hell freezes Over the eagles 5. Mtg unplugged in new York nirvana 6. The lion king1 soundtrack various artists 7. Smash offspring 8. Doodle Green Day 9. My life Maryj. Blige 10. Duets ii Frank Sinatra country singles. 1. Pickup Man Joe Diffie 2. Take me As i am Faith Hill 3. When love finds you Vince Gill 4. Untanglln1 my mind Clint black5. The big one George Strait 6. Now i know Lari White 7. When the thought of you catches up withe David Ball 8. If you be got love John Michae Montgomery 9. Not a moment too soon Tim Mcgraw 10. We can t love Uke this anymore Alabama dance Maxi singles 1. Creep tic 2. Another night real Mccoy 3. Here comes the hot stepper Ini Amoze 4. Secret Madonna 5. Bring the pain method man6. Shame zhan67. Flava in a ear Craig Mack 8. The most beaut fullest thing in this world Keith Murray 9. Before a let you go blackstreet10. Be Happy Maryj. Blige 26 the stars and stripes Friday december 16,1994