Allen Hughes Thinks 2Pac Would've Won Multiple Oscars, Been Denzel's Competition

Allen Hughes recently sat down on The Rich Eisen Show, where he spoke about his newly released five-part FX series, Dear Mama, which takes a closer look at 2Pac and his relationship with his mother, Afeni Shakur. 

Around the 16:38 mark in the above video, Rich Eisen asks Allen where he thinks 2Pac would be today if he were still alive, and Allen revealed that he thinks 2Pac was headed toward A-list status in the acting world. He explained, "If he had been here, I think Denzel would have some stiff competition."

Hughes then added, "He was that talented. Denzel and 2Pac share one thing in common, and I’ve seen them all. I’ve been with world-class pimps, charismatics all over the world, storytellers. The ‘it’ thing — you know, in streets or in the movie business — Denzel and 2Pac possessed. When they walk in a room, emotional intelligence was off the charts, the social intelligence was off the charts. Genius level of social intelligence."

Allen then compared the two, stating, "The difference is, Denzel is very wise and can control his emotions and 2Pac [couldn’t]. But 2Pac would’ve been one our greatest leading men, would’ve been a multiple Academy Award winner. And the music would’ve been secondary. I’m sure he would’ve still continued doing music, but he would be huge in the film world."