In 2024, the conditions Pac rapped about have not vanished. They have digitized. The "hate" is now the school-to-prison pipeline, the housing crisis, and the algorithmic extraction of Black culture by corporate America.
The code consisted of 26 rules designed to bring order to the chaos. It included mandates such as: 2Pac - Thug Life
To live the Thug Life is not to fire a gun. To live the Thug Life is to survive the hate that was given to you as a child—and to tell the story without flinching. In 2024, the conditions Pac rapped about have not vanished