2Pac‘s sister is none too pleased that Donald Trump’s attorney attempted to draw a a parallel between the former president and the late legendary rapper.
In a conversation with TMZ, Set Shakur called Alina Habba’s comments “blasphemous” after she said her client’s legal trouble will boost his poll numbers just like Pac’s record sales went up following his bid.
“My brother was measured by his integrity, his principles and personal and collective responsibility,” Set said, while noting that her brother took accountability during his 1994 sexual abuse trial – unlike Trump.
She also added that he didn’t get popular because of his time in prison, but instead because people listening to his music “were able to measure him by his words and actions that aligned.”
Habba’s comparison arrived as Trump prepares to turn himself in for the reported hush money he gave to Stormy Daniels in 2016.
“Donald Trump is Tupac. Donald Trump’s Biggie Smalls, he’s better than Tupac. I’m east coast, so I love Biggie,” she said on The Benny Show on Monday morning (April 3). “Donald Trump is his own brand. He is everything. This is just gonna boost him, we’ve seen it in the polls. It’s not a question, it’s a fact.”
She’s actually not the first person to draw the comparison, as Chris Rock said something similar while presenting Adam Sandler with the Mark Twain Humorist award at an event last month.
“Are you guys really going to arrest Trump? Do you know that this is only going to make him more popular?” Rock joked. “It is like arresting 2Pac. He’s just going to sell more records. Are you stupid? He slept with a porn star and paid off someone so his wife wouldn’t find out. That’s romantic.”
Trump has arrived in New York City ahead of his arraignment hearing on Tuesday (April 4), when the disgraced politician will be the first ever U.S. president to be criminally charged.
