Despite the release of various biopics on music artists, one artist who hasn’t gotten his life story told on the big screen is Tupac Shakur. Carl Franklin will be the next director taking the challenge. With episodes of “House Of Cards,” “Bloodline,” “Homeland” and “The Affair” under his belt , Franklin seems like a good […]
Rosie Perez explained on The View Thursday that she is responsible for Tupac Shakur and Madonna dating in 1994 after setting them up on a date. Perez explained that ‘Pac took her to the 1993 Soul Train Awards after her original date stood her up. He happened to call her after the actress learned she […]
Dr. Phil Wants A Do-Over Interview With Nick Gordon Meeting with Nick Gordon once just wasn’t enough for Dr. Phil. Apparently the good doctor wants another…
Chris Brown had a vision — a vision to paint the lyrics of Tupac‘s “Lord Knows” on an already-gorgeous, $500,000 Lamborghini. He would… and he did! According to TMZ, it took the artist, Huero, 16 hours to give Brown’s visual inspiration life. He hand painted the lyrics on the roof and the hood. Nevertheless, the […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Tupac Shakur fans, keep ya head up: The Broadway musical Holler If Ya Hear Me that uses songs from one of hip-hop’s greatest artists is closing after less than two months. Producers said late Monday that the show will close Sunday at the Palace Theatre after playing just 17 previews and […]
A second biopic about the late Tupac Shakur is in the works, to be developed by the rapper’s cousin. Director John Singleton is already in production on one with the blessing of Pac’s mother, Afeni Shakur. Now the rapper’s cousin, William Lesane, reveals he’s planning to turn his script for The Rise And Fall Of […]
Saul Williams just landed the role of a lifetime! The actor, poet, artist and musician will star in the upcoming Broadway musical “Holler If Ya…
Jada Pinkett-Smith has been very vocal about her relationship with slain rapper-poet-actor Tupac Shakur and her appearance on Friday’s Arsenio was no different. “Pac was probably…
NEW YORK (AP) — A musical inspired by Tupac Shakur songs is going to bring gangsta rap to Broadway. Producers said Wednesday that “Holler If Ya Hear Me” will open at the Palace Theatre in June under the direction of Kenny Leon, who helmed the Broadway hits “Fences” and “The Mountaintop.” The new musical sets […]
The latest edition of PBS’ “Blank on Blank” web series takes on previously unreleased audio from a 1994 interview with Tupac Shakur, originally captured on microcassette. The video starts off with the late Shakur telling Entertainment Weekly reporter Benjamin Svetkey that his best case scenario in 15 years is “sprinkled in ashes, smoked up by […]
The long-gestating Tupac Shakur biopic has finally set a shooting date, with producers/financiers Morgan Creek and Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films announcing plans to begin principal photography on the film next spring, notes The Hollywood Reporter. The two companies held a reception for friends and supporters of the late hip hop artist at the Zanzibar in Santa Monica […]
Chris Brown’s in trouble again? Given his recent history, that’s hardly a surprise. In his latest encounter, after partying into the wee hours in a D.C. nightclub, Brown allegedly got into a confrontation with two young men who wanted to take a picture. Accused of throwing both gay slurs and ‘bows that broke one man’s […]
