Published: Friday - June 20, 2008
Words by Allen Starbury
The man, who vandalized the bronze Tupac statue at his mother's Center for the Arts in Georgia last October, released a manifesto this week in an attempt to justify his criminal behavior.
He is Kenneth Anthony Wilson, and he refers to himself as a "writer," "artist," and "supa-hero," who claims the defacement was "my way of
Wilson's defacement of the Tupac statue Photo: ThugLifeArmy.com
declaring an intellectual and artistic war against the gangsta rap community."
"Yes I defaced that statue of Tupac Shakur because the center is a cancer on the community," Wilson said in a statement. "For we reap what we sow ... Tupac Shakur is no messiah, that's why when he stuck his dumbass on his album cover and claimed he was not disrespecting Jesus Christ, God crucified his evil ass before the album came out."
43-year-old Wilson goes on to say that his actions are justified, because he believes the late rapper and his mother, Afeni Shakur, are misleading the youth through Tupac's image and message.
"Tupac Shakur is not only a rapist and murderer of his own people, his center of the arts is in the business of molesting the young minds of our youths into believing that 'Thug Life' is the American dream," the man explained. "Since Afeni Shakur insists on lying to the youth at her center that her son is the messiah and he died for the sake of them ... So she resurrects a statue of Tupac Shakur dressed as a reverend with the Holy Bible in his right hand ... Death Row Records did not destroy Tupac Shakur; smoking crack when he was in her womb did. Tupac Shakur was not only weak, he was a complete fool who never for one minute practiced what he preached."
As far as criminal consequences of his actions, Wilson says he plans to claim his actions are justified on moral grounds.
"I have every intention of proving in a court of law not only the hypocrisy of the Tupac Shakur center, but also its immorality, injustice, and illegality," Wilson said.
It's not immediately known when Wilson will get his day in court.
He was arrested in late October 2007 and charged for defacing Tupac's statue with handbills of threats against the center, other rappers, and record labels, as well as placing a noose around the statue's neck.
Although it was initially considered a hate crime, the charges were dropped due to Wilson being black and there being no racial motivation in the threats.
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