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Drake has removed his diss track ‘Taylor Made Freestyle‘ after Tupac’s estate threatened a lawsuit over AI-generated vocals.The ‘Headlines’ rapper was hit with a cease-and-desist letter (per Billboard) and was told by litigator Howard King that his diss track must be taken down in less than 24 hours. If not, Tupac’s estate would go ahead and “pursue all of its legal remedies” against him.The letter – penned by King – read: “The Estate is deeply dismayed and disappointed by your unauthorized use of Tupac’s voice and personality.

Tupac Shakur’s estate have threatened to sue Drake over the use of AI-generated vocals to replicate the late rapper’s voice on his diss track.According to a cease-and-desist letter (per Billboard), the ‘Headlines’ rapper was told by litigator Howard King that his track ‘Taylor Made Freestyle‘ must to be taken down in less than 24 hours. If not, Tupac’s estate would go ahead and “pursue all of its legal remedies” against him.The letter – penned by King – read: “The Estate is deeply dismayed and disappointed by your unauthorized use of Tupac’s voice and personality.

Drake has taunted Kendrick Lamar once again on the new track ‘Taylor Made Freestyle’, making use of AI versions of 2Pac and Snoop Dogg.The song was posted on the rapper’s X account today (April 20), the latest in a string of shots back and forth between the two artists.The first verse on the track has been manipulated to sound like 2Pac, with lines including: “Kendrick, we need ya, the West Coast savior / Engraving your name in some hip-hop history / Fuck this Canadian light-skin, Dot / We need a no-debated West Coast victory, man”.Taylor Made Freestyle pic.twitter.com/OrcdsIb8Wf— Drizzy (@Drake) April 20, 2024That is swiftly followed by the AI Snoop, who also goads Kendrick into defending the West Coast legacy: “I know you never been to jail, or wore jumpsuits and shower shoes / Never shot nobody, never stabbed nobody / Never did nothing violent to no one, it’s the homies that empower you / But, still, you gotta show this fucking owl who’s boss on the West / Now’s a time to really make a power move”.On the final verse, Drake’s true voice comes through: “I guess you need another week to figure out how to improve / What the fuck is taking so long, we waitin’ on you / The rest of y’all are definitely involved, y’all gettin’ it too / Soon as you get the courage to drop, I’m out on the loose“.Drizzy also uses the dominance of Taylor Swift’s new album ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ to mock Kendrick: “But now we gotta wait a fucking week ’cause Taylor Swift is your new top / And if you ’bout to drop, she gotta approve”.Drake was continuing to taunt Kendrick yesterday, telling fans that K-Dot “had nothing to drop” in response to Drizzy’s ‘Push Ups’ diss track.The issue began on the 2023 single ‘First Person Shooter’, when

Tupac Shakur has claimed that his past comments regarding the shooting were simply “entertainment”.Duane “Keffe D” Davis, 60, was charged with the murder of the legendary hip-hop artist this September – 27 years after Shakur was fatally wounded from a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas.A Nevada judge set a June 3, 2024 date for the trial last month. It came shortly after Davis pleaded not guilty to the charge of open murder with use of a deadly weapon with a gang enhancement.As The Guardian reports, Davis – who has been denied bail since he was first arrested – has asked a judge to put him on house arrest ahead of his trial.

Tupac Shakur has been set, nearly 30 years after the rapper was fatally wounded in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas.Per AP, a Nevada judge has set a June 3, 2024 date for the trial, which sees Duane “Keffe D” Davis charged with involvement in Shakur’s 1996 murder. Last week Davis pleaded not guilty to the charge of open murder with use of a deadly weapon with a gang enhancement.Davis, a former member of the gang Compton Crips, is the uncle of the late Orlando “Baby Lane” Anderson who’d previously been identified as a suspect in Shakur’s murder but was never charged with any crimes.

READ MORE: Who killed Tupac? Everything we know about hip-hop’s greatest mystery The road in question forms a section of the MacArthur Boulevard in the city, close to where Tupac lived in the 1990s. An official renaming ceremony was held at the site, attended by members of Shakur’s family as well as a number of Bay Area hip-hop legends, including MC Hammer, E-40, Money-B and Too Short. “Let his spirit live on the rest of these years in these streets and in your hearts,” said Tupac’s sister, Sekyiwa “Set” Shakur, to the gathered crowd.

Tupac Shakur.READ MORE: Who killed Tupac? Everything we know about hip-hop’s greatest mysteryOn September 29, Davis was charged with involvement in the rapper’s murder. He faces a charge of open murder with use of a deadly weapon with a gang enhancement.The BBC reports that he entered his plea during a court appearance in Las Vegas, and a lawyer has been appointed to represent him.Shakur died at the age of 25 on September 13, 1996, several days after he was shot on September 7.

Tupac Shakur‘s time in prison are set to go up for auction.According to a listing on Moments In Time, a never-before-seen mugshot and prison ID is available for interested buyers bid on, with individual prices available upon request.The black and white mug shot is dated February 28, 1995 from when the late rapper served time at Clinton Correctional Facility in New York for sexual abuse charges.According to TMZ, the mugshot could fetch $35,000 (£28,864) at auction. His prison identification – which includes his photo, name, ID number, height, and eyes and hair colour – is expected to go for a much higher bid at around $75,000 (£61,860).The ID card is said to be a replacement after the rapper lost his original one.

Dear Mama, a new five-part docuseries on the life and legacy of Tupac Shakur, is unlike any other deep dive on the legendary artist, says director Allen Hughes.The Disney+ series, which focuses on Tupac and his late mother, Afeni Shakur, tells his story through the lens of her activism and struggles, providing a more rounded exploration of Tupac as opposed to a one-sided portrait of the artist.“I wanted people to know when they saw the title, oh yeah, this ain’t gonna be no typical hip-hop shit,” Hughes told NME over a Zoom call. “If you’re gonna name something with Tupac Dear Mama, you know what you’re getting yourself into.”Hughes, the director of 2017 Netflix series The Defiant Ones, which charts the rise and success of Dr Dre and Interscope Records co-founder Jimmy Iovine, began working on the series after being approached by the estate of the Shakur family.

Tupac Shakur, 27 years after the rapper was fatally wounded from a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas.The identity of the rapper’s killer has remained a mystery for nearly three decades.Shakur died at the age of 25 on September 13, 1996, several days after he was shot on September 7. He was targeted in Las Vegas as he was leaving the Mike Tyson-Bruce Seldon fight at the MGM Grand and was en route to a nightclub with Death Row Records co-founder Suge Knight.A white Cadillac pulled up next to the pair’s vehicle on the passenger side and an unidentified gunman fired 14 shots.

Tupac‘s biological father, Billy Garland, has revealed his disappointment in the recent Hulu docu-series, Dear Mama: The Saga of Afeni & Tupac Shakur.In March, a trailer was released for the upcoming documentary, revealing its premise of exploring the relationship between the Death Row rapper and his mother Afeni, who was a Black Panther.Earlier this month, in a clip from a The Art Of Dialogue interview, Garland revealed that he was somewhat “disappointed” when he saw the Dear Mama docu-series. He recounted how the interview he was filmed for came about, and how if he knew how they would edit it then wouldn’t have taken part.“Allen Hughes [director] asked me to do an interview,” said Garland.

Melle Mel has commented on the late DMX and 2Pac, saying that they were both “better actors than rappers”.The legend from Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five said in a recent interview with The Art Of Dialogue that in order to be a good rapper, you have to adopt a persona – and that’s the same factor is needed to be a good actor.He doubled down on his point, saying that some rap legends were better actors than they were lyricists.“I thought 2Pac was a better actor than he was a rapper,” he said of the late Californian known for his lead roles in cult classics Juice and Poetic Justice. “I thought he was a hell of an actor than a rapper.” He also commented on the late Yonkers-born DMX, who famously made his acting debut in Hype Williams-directed Belly alongside Nas.“I thought DMX was a better actor than he was a rapper,” said Mel.

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.

Tupac Shakur photographs are being released as an NFT (non-fungible token).As Rolling Stone reports, the previously unpublished images were taken during a release party for the late rapper’s debut album ‘2Pacalypse Now’ in 1992. They are being sold by hip-hop journalist/photographer Lawrence “Loupy D” Dotson on the NFT platform Open Sea.Fans can bid on 18 black-and-white pictures of 2pac on the site.

Will Smith has spoken about his “raging jealousy” of 2Pac in his new autobiography, Will, which was released yesterday (November 9).The actor’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, was close with the late rapper after meeting him at the Baltimore School for the Arts in the 1980s.Smith has now admitted that he felt threatened by his wife’s past relationship with ‘Pac and that his “mind was tortured by their connection”.“Though they were never intimate, their love for each other is legendary – they defined ‘ride or die,'” Smith writes in his new book. “In the beginning of our relationship, my mind was tortured by their connection.

2Pac‘s nephew, Malik Shakur, who is an actor, has revealed that he has no desire to ever play his legendary uncle on screen.Speaking in a new interview on the 25th anniversary of his uncle’s death (September 13), Malik, who is the son of 2Pac’s sister Sekyiwa Shakur, shared a few stories about the late rapper, who was shot and killed in a drive-by shooting in 1996.Although he was just a baby when his uncle was murdered, Malik told HipHopDX there are a lot of reminders of him around his house.“It’s funny because there’s two pictures on my mother’s fridge in her house and one of them is me in Atlanta at a protest to the killing of Trayvon Martin, and the other is ‘Pac, a little bit over 18,” Malik said. “In the photo I think he’s [2Pac] in

Tupac in celebration of the late rapper’s 50th birthday.Tupac would have turned 50 yesterday (June 16), and Smith chose to share the poem, titled ‘Lost Soulz’, that he wrote while he was incarcerated via a video on Instagram.“As we prepare to celebrate his legacy,” Pinkett Smith wrote about her longtime friend in a caption on Instagram, “let’s remember him for that which we loved most … his way with words.“Here are a few you may have never heard before✨ Happy ‘you goin’n to be 50 at midnight’ Birthday Pac!

Last Man Standing: Suge Knight And The Murders Of Biggie & Tupac – watch it below.Directed by Nick Broomfield, the new film is the follow-up to his critically acclaimed 2002 film Biggie & Tupac; it is set to be released on July 2 following a worldwide premiere on June 30.A synopsis for the Dogwoof film reads: “Suge Knight, the former CEO of legendary rap music label Death Row Records was recently sentenced to 28 years imprisonment for manslaughter in a long line of violent crimes not typically associated with a highly successful record executive.“Last Man Standing takes a look at Death Row and how L.A.’s street gang culture had come to dominate its business workings as well as an association with corrupt L.A.

Above The Rim on cassette as part of its 30th anniversary celebrations.Death Row dominated the ’90s and was home to some of the biggest names in hip-hop including 2Pac, Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre.