TheSource.com has put together a classic list honoring the legacy and works of the man who made intelligence cool in Hip Hop music Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information 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, […]
The Hip Hop community is saddened again for the third time this month as Hip Hop legend Shock G of the legendary Digital Underground passed away in Tampa, Florida today. He was 57 years old. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Shock, whose real name is Gregory Jacobs, helped create the Bay-Area-based Hip Hop band Digital […]
Grandmaster Melle Mel of the iconic Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five spoke with The Art Of Dialogue about two of the most revered emcees of the 20th century, Tupac Shakur and Christopher “Notorious B.I.G.” Wallace. As one of Hip Hop’s most respected lyrical pioneers, Melle Mel had some very unpopular opinions about who has […]
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 […]
With the release of Netflix’s Biggie documentary I Got A Story To Tell, more revelations about the King Of New York and now Fat Joe unveils even more on his IG Live show with Swizz Beatz and Tmbaland. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information In the chop up, Fat Joe revealed that he recorded five songs […]
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. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information […]
On this date a quarter-century ago, the Hip-Hop legend Tupac Shakur officially released his fourth album All Eyez On Me on the Death Row/Interscope imprint. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information 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 […]
On this date in 1995, 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. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Shakur was convicted of first degree sexual abuse charges after a woman claimed that he […]
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. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information 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 […]
Platinum producer Delray Richardson has come forward in an exclusive interview with The Art of Dialogue about the alleged relationship between slain rap icon Tupac Shakur and wife of Brooklyn rap king Biggie Smalls, Faith Evans. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Richardson says that Evans’ version of the story is nothing more than a lie […]
TMZ Sports has reported that Washington Redskins running back J.D. McKissic wanted to show love to some West Coast legends with a unique, artistic commemoration to Tupac Shakur and Nipsey Hussle’s faces designed onto cleats. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information McKissic hired help from Cali artist Joe Castro to spice up his Nike cleats and […]
Mike Tyson and Bruce Seldon went head-to-head in September 1996 in what became Iron Mike’s final heavyweight championship victory. Tupac attended the fight that night and was fatally shot afterward in a drive-by shooting. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information He’s still considered to be one of the best rappers even two decades after his death […]
In an interview on internationally recognized WhyTV, former G-Unit member and Nashville Hip Hop mainstay Young Buck discussed how influential artists like 2Pac, The Hot Boys, Bone Thugs N Harmony, and Eazy-E were on the landscape of Hip Hop in Nashville aka Cashville. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information In the interview, Buck states, “There are […]
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. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information As Tupac’s first single as a Death Row artist and as […]
On this date in 1993, Tupac Amaru Shakur and three other men were arrested and charged with sexual assault after a woman claimed that Shakur and the three men raped her in his hotel room. Even though the cultural icon denied he himself had ever touched her without consent, Shakur was still convicted a year […]
On this day in 1991, one of Hip-Hop’s brightest stars, Tupac Shakur, released his first studio album 2Pacalypse Now. Although it didn’t take the Billboard charts by storm upon its original release, it was the first of many albums that hold a place in the hearts of almost all fans of Hip-Hop across the world. […]
On this date in 1996, Tupac Amaru Shakur posthumously released the final album of his illustrious career. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information 24 years ago today, just two months after the untimely murder of Tupac on the Las Vegas strip alongside Death Row Records CEO Suge Knight, the fifth and final album, Don Killuminati: The […]
Larenz Tate famously starred in the 1995 cult classic Dead Presidents, and apparently, Jada Pinkett Smith was supposed to star in it but turned down the role because of her loyalty to Tupac Shakur. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information “We’re on set in New Orleans talking about that experience. I said, ‘I talked to the […]
Busta Rhymes has been out since the mid-1990s, so you already know that he brushed shoulders with other legends when they were all on the come up together. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information During an Instagram live appearance on The Fat Joe Show, the New York rapper recalled witnessing the late Tupac Shakur choking a […]
In an exclusive interview with AllHipHop, West Coast legend Warren G. spoke in detail about the East Coast vs. West Coast beef that stemmed from the personal beef between the Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur. In the interview, Dr. Dre’s brother and founding member of Snoop Dogg’s 213 said that in an attempt to settle […]
