Tupac Shakur was about that action. For all the conversations about the subject matter of his songs being derogatory, few talk about him as a true rider for the community. Like that one time on Halloween 1993 when Shakur drove past two drunk off duty officers, in Atlanta, and confronted them for uttering a racial […]
Michael Jai White appeared on Vlad TV and talked about the days he used to play other celebrities in pool for money. He recalled the days when he used to play with Tupac Shakur and how the gangsta rap persona was absent until other Black people were present. “Tupac and I would play… And what […]
TheSource.com has put together a classic list honoring the legacy and works of the man who made intelligence cool in Hip Hop music Malcolm X, born Malcolm Little also known to many as El-Hajj Malik El Shabazz, was an African-American Muslim minister and human rights activist born in Omaha, Nebraska, on May 19, 1925. He […]
When you have the same name as one of the biggest icons of the 20th century who is no longer alive, people are bound to accuse you of scamming but this wasn’t the case this week in Kentucky. 46 year old Tupac Shakur became a centerpiece of conversation in Kentucky after Governor Andy Beshear erroneously used […]
A resident from the state of Kentucky recently received an apology from Governor Andy Beshear after being accused of filing a false unemployment application in the name of Tupac Shakur, Lexington Herald-Leader reports. It just so happens that this resident’s legal name is really Tupac Shakur and he was indeed in need of unemployment insurance. […]
Tough times are coming to America so everyone is looking for a quick buck. Highsnobiety reports that a “very close family friend” of Tupac Shakur is auctioning a blue and red bandana owned and worn by him. The outlet reports they’re in “very good” condition and there’s proof that it actually belonged to the late […]
The killing of Tupac Shakur is still a topic of discussion in Hip Hop circles, even though no one was ever charged for the shooting that injured Suge Knight and took the life of rapper, actor and activist Tupac Shakur on September 7, 1996. While choppin’ it up on Instagram Live with BX legend Fat […]
On this date 19 years ago, Tupac’s third posthumous album Until The End Of Time was released on the Amaru/Death Row imprint. Recorded while ‘Pac was an artist on Death Row Records with material taken from studio sessions for All Eyez On Me and Makaveli: The Don Killuminati 7 Day Theory, Tupac’s first double album […]
On this day in Hip-Hop History, the late Tupac Shakur released his third studio LP, Me Against the World. This album came at one of the most pivotal times in ‘Pac’s life and career. Recorded shortly after his near-fatal assassination attempt in New York and released while he was in prison, this album marked a […]
On this date in 1994, famed rapper and actor Tupac Amaru Shakur was sentenced to one and a half to four and a half years at Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, NY on rape charges. Shakur was convicted of first degree sexual abuse charges after a woman claimed that he and his entourage raped her […]
On this date in 1997, just a little more than a week before his untimely death, Christopher Wallace aka Biggie Smalls appeared on the Sway and Tech’s The Wake Up Show, where he discussed the historic, yet tragic beef between him and the late Tupac Shakur. Biggie, who later changed his name to The Notorious […]
On this date in 1993, Tupac Shakur released his second full-length studio album Strictly For My N.I.G.G.A.Z… on Jive Records and T.N.T. Recordings. With the ‘N’ word always having a negative connotation, ‘Pac flipped it to an acronym, meaning Never Ignorant Getting Goals Accomplished with the “Z” in the title making it plural. This album continued on the […]
24 years ago today, the Hip-Hop legend Tupac Shakur officially released his fourth album All Eyez On Me on Death Row Records and Interscope Records. The album featured five singles with two topping number one on the Billboard Hot 100; “How Do U Want It” and “California Love”. It made Hip Hop history as the first double-full-length […]
Either Rick Boss is crazy and has a lot of money to play with or he is here to answer in the affirmative the question that Hip-Hop conspiracy theorists have been asking for over two decades, “Is like Tupac really dead?” In his new film, 2Pac: The Great Escape From UMC, he contends that the Death […]
On this date in 1997, the Vondie Curtis-Hall-directed, Gramercy Pictures-distributed flick Gridlock’d, starring Tim Roth and Tupac Shakur, hit theaters across the country. Taking place in Detroit, this film is about Spoon(Tupac Shakur) and Stretch(Tim Roth), two heroin addicts attempting to change their lives after witnessing their bandmate overdose on drugs the first time she […]
On this date in 1992, Paramount Pictures presented the highly anticipated hood flick Juice, which stars a still rising rap star by the name of Tupac Shakur, who plays a crooked crimie from Uptown by the name of “Bishop”. His co-star, Omar Epps(Higher Learning, In Too Deep), plays a local DJ with industry potential named […]
Megan Thee Stallion wrapped up her vacation with her hottie crew and her fans are eagerly waiting for new music. She previewed an upcoming single presumably titled, “B.I.T.C.H” based on her stylist EJ King’s caption, and it’s sounding fire. Her best friend/assistant Kelsey Nicole, and another friend were in the back twerking as Meg rapped […]
Lifetime aired a limited series titled Hopelessly in Love on January 4th which gives an in-depth look at famous, tumultuous relationships in the past. The show kicked off with a BTS look at TLC rapper Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes’ relationship with football star, Andre Rison in the 90s. According to the documentary, Lisa and Rison […]
On this date in 1996, Death Row Records, led by then CEO Suge Knight, dropped an exclusive Christmas project for the holiday season. Sadly, this album was released just shy of three months after the tragic shooting death of Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas. The album featured all of Death Row’s favorite acts including Michel’le, […]
On this date in 1995, Death Row Records released one of the label’s most successful singles featuring Dr. Dre, Tupac Shakur and Zapp frontman, the late Roger Troutman aptly titled “California Love” from ‘Pac’s All Eyez On Me LP. As Tupac’s first single as a Death Row artist and as a free man after his […]
