Where: (click below to visit venue on Foursquare) Baltimore School for the Arts. 712 Cathedral Street, Baltimore, MD 21201-5298 When: June 25, 1986 What: In 1986, Afeni Shakur relocated her daughter and son Tupac from Harlem to Baltimore. After two years at Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, the late rapper transferred to the Baltimore School […]
Yesterday Dexter Isaac wrote a formal letter to all who would listen claiming that he was the shooter in Tupac Shakur’s robbery at Quad Studios in New York City in 1994. He states: I want to apologize to his family [Tupac Shakur] and for the mistake I did for that sucker [Jimmy Henchman]….. I am […]
Famed hip-hop director Hype Williams has made a career out of his flashy approach to music videos. His two most recent clips, Kanye West’s “All Of The Lights” and Lil’ Wayne’s “6’7” draw heavily from movies you may have seen. “6’7” was obviously inspired by Christopher Nolan’s Inception, and “All Of The Lights” borrows from […]
Even though hip-hop has become modern day pop music, it’s still quite the WTF moment when a hip-hop artist teams up with a teenybopper pop star.
In recognition of Pac’s born day, the Tupac Amaru Shakur Center for the Arts in Stone Mountain held their second annual 2nd Annual 2Pac Birthday Celebration. Our Radio One partners at Hot 107.9 in Atlanta covered the event. Comedian Mike Epps and Tupac’s mother, Afeni Shakur, hosted the celebration. Despite a downpour of rain halting […]
In honor of 2Pac, who would have been 39 today, we pulled some of our favorite quotes. “I’m not saying I’m going to change the world, but I guarantee that I will spark the brain that will change the world.” “I’m tired of being a nice guy, i’ve been poor all my life, but don’t […]
On the extended version of his 1988 single “I Wish U Heaven,” Prince sang “Take this beat / I don’t mind / Got plenty others / and they’re so fine!”
VIA: www.theurbandaily.com It’s always been very interesting to me that 2Pac got his start in the group Digital Underground, known more for their party anthems than for the gritty street tales that made Tupac Amaru Shakur a household name. By now, we all should know that Tupac’s first released verse was on D.U.’s “Same Song,” […]
