My dad's Nigerian, and I remember going to Nigeria, and all of these kids and adults and everyone in-between knew who TuPac was. They had TuPac t-shirts, TuPac posters, TuPac cassettes... everyone knew TuPac, and sometimes that was the only English that they spoke, was TuPac lyrics.

Annie Ilonzeh

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I want to touch the world through my performances on screen but also off screen.

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performances want world

You can go as far as you want to go.

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want

I feel like decades ago it was either youre black, white, Asian or Hispanic, or whatever, but today we see more of an acceptance for people with multi-nationalities.

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acceptance white people

As they say, real legends never die. Tupac is huge; he's an inspiration. Arguably, he's probably the biggest, most analyzed and loved artist of all time.

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artist inspiration real

Fearless what that means to me, knowing your enough, when you know in your heart and your mind that you're enough you're fearless. It's not just a magazine, it's a lifestyle, right? So embrace that - I am fearless!

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knowing heart mean

I come from an interracial family: My father is from Nigeria, and so he is African-American, and my mother is American and white, so I rarely see skin color. It's never an issue for me.

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skin-color mother father

I have always wanted to do something high octane. I've wanted to tackle an action role where I play a tomboy but empower myself as a woman.

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empowering roles play

I know stories of Tupac, but I was really, really young when he passed. The fact that he was such a thespian, and so passionate about his craft, was shocking to me in a way. I'm shocked to see that here's this man that passed at 25 that we're still talking about, 20 plus years later. That's an eye-opener for me.

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passionate men

Being pampered is great, but sometimes I like to do those things myself because it's a little therapeutic and gives me some downtime for myself - and I need that.

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great myself me sometimes

I relate to both my Caucasian side and my African side, and I love that.

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both side relate love

I've been introduced to some huge designers that I could never afford. It's really cool.

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afford some never cool

I'm really good with sweats, not really good with heels, and not really good with accessorizing yet.

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sweats really good heels

I'm proud - or really more thankful than anything - for all the work that I've gotten.

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more proud work thankful

I'm not going to have beautiful curves or Kim Kardashian's body. I just have to accept that.

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accept curves body beautiful

I'm a super tomboy.

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super tomboy

'Graceland' getting canceled was definitely a shock and disappointing for all of us. One minute it's this. The next minute it's that.

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minute us shock next

I was a manicurist in another life.

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another life

I think Pac is one of those artists that generations on generations know who this guy is, as an artist, as an activist, as an actor - entertainer across the board. I think the new generations of entertainers and artists can be influenced by him just as much as people in the '90s.

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new think know people

To know that someone decades later is still just as impactful as they were when they were alive, we need pioneers like that.

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need someone know alive

Your legacy makes a difference.

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makes your difference legacy