Tupac Shakur: Last News

Tupac Shakur fans with an appetite for food — and his legacy — can satisfy their hunger, courtesy of the late rapper's estate.The late rapper's family opened a pop-up restaurant at L.A. Live in downtown Los Angeles that's set to run until June 30.

Mike Tyson was not short of famous visitors after being sentenced to six years in prison during the middle of his boxing career - and his fellow inmates were delighted to see iconic rapper Tupac Shakur. Iron Mike was sentenced to six years after being convicted of a rape charge back in 1992, but the serious nature of the crime did not stop his celebrity acquaintances in dropping in for a quick visit at the formerly named Indiana Youth Center.

Snoop Dogg wasn’t expecting to see Tupac Shakur in such terrible shape when his fellow rapper was in the hospital after his 1996 shooting in Las Vegas.

Jada Pinkett Smith says behind some seemingly strong women hides a «terrified little girl,» and that's her.The 50-year-old actress revealed as much in the latest episode of  with her co-hosts, Willow Smith and Adrienne «Gammy» Banfield-Norris. In the episode — titled «How Destructive Mothers Damage Their Daughters: Could This Be You?» — the three panelists are joined by author Kelly McDaniel as they sort out mother-daughter issues, and it's during this conversation when Jada grows emotional after revealing that growing up fast and dealing with adversity so young is what has led her to feel like a «terrified little girl» is hiding underneath.«So, I had to, like, deal with a lot of stressful adult things at a young age,» Jada explained.

Kendrick Lamar is literally kicking back after releasing his first album in five years.

Dear Mama, will highlight the relationship between the iconic musician 2pac and his mother, Afeni Shakur.In celebration of Mother’s Day, the popular network released the teaser trailer for the five-part docuseries directed by Allen Hughes. Dear Mama – named after the late rapper’s song of the same name – will examine both Afeni and Tupac’s vision of the world they lived in, as well as their respective journeys to better themselves and people around them.“It was my responsibility to teach Tupac how to survive his reality,” Afeni said in a recorded quote during the docuseries’ montage.  “So, if Tupac do something wrong – take your little sorry self in that corner, get the New York Times – and let’s have a debate about it.

Dear Mama, which centres around 2Pac (Tupac Shakur) and his mother Afeni, has been released by FX – watch below.The brief teaser for the five-part docuseries was released to coincide with Mother’s Day in the US. It shows images of Shakur, with a voiceover from Afeni describing a lesson she taught her son.“It was my responsibility to teach 2Pac how to survive his reality,” Afeni Shakur says in the clip.

You know the story of Tupac Shakur, the now-legendary hip hop icon: uber-prolific, courting fame, controversy, and a rock n’ roll lifestyle of superstardom, Shakur’s hip hop reign was all too brief and he was gunned down by rivals when his career was still ascending. What’s lesser-known to many is the story of Tupac’s mother, Afeni Shakur, an American political activist and former member of the Black Panther Party, their love, their sometimes strained relationship, but also the way her political defiance influenced the music of her son.

Kodak moment. As a tsunami wave of controversy continues to plague the “Girls Trip” star and husband Will Smith, 53, in the wake of the latter’s career-threatening Oscars 2022 slap, rapper Kodak Black, 24, is weighing in on their marital mayhem with a both a reprimand and a proposal for Pinkett Smith, 50. In doing so, the always controversial Kodak also managed to take a bombshell swipe at the street cred of late hip-hop legend Tupac Shakur, TMZ first reported.“Jada Pinkett, baby you is out of pocket,” Kodak chastised Saturday during a foul-mouthed Instagram Live, which is now going viral on Twitter.“Come f–k with Kodak. That’s what you need to do, because you’re on some bulls–t,” he added.

Kodak Black didn't bother being romantic as he tried to woo Jada Pinkett Smith in a bizarre Instagram Live video from earlier this weekend.The 24-year-old rapper — who could barely be seen in the dark clip — said Jada, 50, was 'out of pocket' and urged her to 'come f*** with me' at the start of his video.He also seemed to criticize her for staying married to Will Smith, 53, while alluding to her admission about carrying on a relationship with another man while she was married to the Oscar winner. Presumptuous: Rapper Kodak Black, 24, said in an Instagram Live clip from this weekend that Jada Pinkett Smith, 50, should leave her husband Will Smith, 53, to be with him instead; seen in 2017'That s*** you doing ain't real, bro.

Deadline, with John Davis and Catherine Davis through their Davis Entertainment production company.While the project is still in the very early stages, the filmmakers are still focusing on trying to secure the life rights of Clinton before they start writing the script and casting the movie in its entirety. The film will follow Clinton, 80, and his childhood in North Carolina in the 1940s to the creations of his legendary collective Parliament-Funkadelic.The biopic will also chronicle his influence on singers of the hip-hop generation including Tupac Shakur, Dr.

Angelique Jackson Academy Award-nominee Eddie Murphy is in talks to play funk legend and Parliament-Funkadelic leader George Clinton in an upcoming biopic.Dubbed the Godfather of Funk, Clinton is a Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, as well as a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winner and widely regarded as one of the most important innovators of the musical genre, along with James Brown and Sly Stone.The developing project is said to chronicle Clinton’s life and legacy, from his childhood in 1940s North Carolina, to the formation of his groundbreaking bands Parliament and Funkadelic in the late 1960s. The movie will also explore Clinton and the bands’ impact of the future of hip-hop and artists like Tupac Shakur, Dr.

EXCLUSIVE: Eddie Murphy is in early talks to play Parliament-Funkadelic leader George Clinton. Murphy will also serve as producer with John Davis and Catherine Davis through their Davis Entertainment banner. They are tying down rights with the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winner, and they will then set writers and shop the project. Murphy has a three-picture deal with Amazon that came after the success of Coming 2 America. This is a passion project for Murphy.

Tupac Shakur’s childhood poetry book is currently up for auction at Sotheby’s.The previously unpublished book features haiku poems written by a young Tupac aged 11, as well as illustrations.Sotheby’s describe it as “an unpublished booklet of haikus written and illustrated by Tupac Shakur when he was just 11 years old, on offer from his godfather, Jamal Joseph, a Black Panther activist who was gifted the booklet by Tupac 40 years ago while incarcerated with fellow Panthers at Leavenworth Prison.” You can see a video of Joseph discussing the poems below.The collection of items for the late rapper also includes a “selection of love letters from Tupac to a cherished sweetheart” written at the age of 17 before his career began.The public can bid on the piece here as part of an auction dedicated to hip hop until March 30.

“Life After Death” — his second and final studio album — the rapper was making plans to hypnotize London in support of the ambitious double LP. And while the bottles were popping at Vibe magazine’s post-Soul Train Awards party in Los Angeles, he was trying to convince DJ Clark Kent to be his spinning sidekick across the pond.“He was like, ‘Yo, you gotta go on the road with me. We gonna go to London for this new album,’ ” Kent — who at the time was senior vice president of A&R at Motown Records — told The Post.

Naman Ramachandran Premium documentary titles featuring iconic musicians including John Lennon, Freddie Mercury, Tupac Shakur and Amy Winehouse have sold widely for BBC Studios.Rogan productions’ feature-length documentary for BBC Two, “Freddie Mercury: The Final Act,” charts the final chapter of Queen frontman Freddie Mercury’s life story. International sales include the U.S.

Tupac Shakur, has been announced.Peace, Love & Respect; the Afeni Shakur/Panther 21 story will follow a crucial two years in her life between 1969 and 1971, and her involvement in the Black Panther Party.Afeni, who passed away in 2016, was a prominent member of the organisation. She joined in 1968 and was arrested as a part of the ‘Panther 21’, who were put on trial accused of organising bomb attacks in New York before they were acquitted.The new biopic is set to be executive produced by Jasmine Guy and Jamal Joseph, while Dina LaPolt is producing.

Seven-time Grammy winner Madonna spent Monday cheering on her toyboy Ahlamalik Williams and her 16-year-old son David Banda Mwale as they played on the full basketball court at her $19.3M seven-bedroom Hidden Hills mansion.The 63-year-old Queen of Pop wore large shades and was bundled up in a black hooded puffer vest over a black sweater, tweed pants, and black studded boots.Madonna - who boasts 46.1M social media followers - Instastoried several videos of the pair shooting hoops with four other young men as she exclaimed: 'Good one, wooo!' 'BallerZ!' Seven-time Grammy winner Madonna spent Monday cheering on her toyboy Ahlamalik Williams (R) and her 16-year-old son David Banda Mwale (M) as they played on the full basketball court at her $19.3M seven-bedroom Hidden Hills mansionAt one point, the twice-divorced mother-of-six cringingly asked if one of the young men was 21 before saying: 'Y'all are in shape, yo!'Michigan-born Madge (last name Ciccone) began dating the 27-year-old Sacramento native in 2018 - three years after she hired him (then 20) to dance in her 82-date, $169.8M-grossing Rebel Heart Tour. The self-made superstar's videos were set to her late ex-boyfriend Tupac Shakur's 1996 hit All Eyez On Me as well as Jay-Z's 2000 track I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me).Madonna was joined by her 16-year-old daughter Chifundo Mercy James, whom she adopted from Malawi in 2009.

Magic Johnson, Kobe Bryant and John Salley, musicians like Prince, Tupac Shakur and Snoop Dogg, and celebrities like Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall and Mike Tyson. In ET's exclusive clip, Torry details his move from St. Louis to Los Angeles, and how he immediately spied a need for somewhere for Black comedians to flaunt their talent. The comedian explains how Black comics were suffering from the still-rising tensions rippling through the city after the 1992 Los Angeles uprising. Agents and executives were wary of traveling «in the hood» for fear of their own safety, which limited opportunities for Black talent to be seen.

Juice, the feature film written and directed by Ernest R. Dickerson was released to a national audience.

2Pac and photographs of the late rapper have gone on auction for an expected sell price of up to $1million (£753,405).The documents, stored on a hard drive belonging to Tupac Shakur’s old bodyguard and friend, Frank Alexander, who has since passed away, are on auction by Gotta Have Rock and Roll. Those interested can submit a bid here (starting at $10,000 [£7,533]) before the auction closes in nine days’ time.According to the auctioneers, the 83GB hard drive contains unreleased 2Pac content including music, photos, videos and legal documents.