Watch Tupac’s Hologram Perform with Snoop Dogg at Coachella

By Tyler Kane at 9:41 AM on April 16, 2012

Although it’s already been reported that a hologram of Tupac Shakur would appear at Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg’s Coachella appearance, video just emerged online today of the performance of “Hail Mary” and “2 of Amerika’z Most Wanted.”  read more

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John Singleton Signs On To Direct Tupac Biopic

By Adam Vitcavage at 1:12 PM on October 13, 2011

Tupac Shakur continues to be one of the most profitable men in show business even 15 years after his death. Tracks recorded before his murder have since been released to create chart-topping albums, a documentary film premiered in 2003 and script he penned in 1995 is in talks to be made sometime in the near future.  read more

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Prisoner Allegedly Confesses to Involvement in Tupac Shooting

By Riley Ubben at 12:45 PM on June 16, 2011

New York City police are investigating a statement released by Allhiphop.com allegedly written by an inmate revealing his involvement in the robbery and shooting of the late Tupac Shakur....  read more

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Film Bosses Behind Tupac Biopic Ask for Video Auditions for Lead Role

By Wyndham Wyeth at 1:15 PM on March 21, 2011

The Antoine Fuqua-directed biopic Tupac about late West-coast rapper Tupac Shakur is set to begin shooting this summer, but at the moment, the film is lacking an actor to fill the lead role. Those in charge of the film hope to remedy this conundrum with the recently-launched website InSearchOfTupac.skeetv.com....  read more

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Jada Pinkett Smith, Suge Knight Characters to Appear in Tupac Biopic

By China Reevers at 6:00 PM on January 24, 2011

The long-awaited Tupac Shakur biopic is still slowly taking form, but the news of Jada Pinkett Smith and Suge Knight characters added to the film is giving hope to patient fans....  read more

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Oscar-Nominated Nixon Writers to Pen Tupac Biopic

By Beca Grimm at 2:19 PM on August 27, 2010

Stephen J. Rivele and Chris Wilkinson, screenwriters behind 1995’s Nixon, are confirmed to compose a movie chronicling rapper Tupac Shakur’s life. Training Day director Antoine Fuqua joins forces with the pair for the unnamed picture....  read more

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RIP Melvin Bliss

By Caroline Klibanoff at 2:30 PM on July 29, 2010

Melvin Bliss, the man behind the 1973 classic “Synthetic Substitution” that has been sampled in over 94 songs, died Monday, Turntable Lab reports....  read more

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Atlanta Rapper Tity Boi Releases New Mixtape Featuring Lil Wayne Song

By Lindsey Lee at 2:00 PM on April 19, 2010

Tity Boi, an Atlanta rapper and member of Disturbing Tha Peace has put together a new mixtape titled Me Against the World 2: Codeine Withdrawal. The tape features a song about Polo brand boots (“Lo Boots”), hustling (“Can’t Be Broke”), and a Kanye West-produced “banger” the emcee got from Lil Wayne (“Real as They Come”). “[The mixtape] is conceptual. … The subtitle is Codeine Withdrawal,” Tity Boi said in an interview with MTV....  read more

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