The early ’90s was a pivotal time in rap. The Juice soundtrack backed the film starring Tupac Shakur, Omar Epps, and others in a hood tragedy that defined the era when east coast boom bap gave way to west coast gangsta rap. The album featured Rakim with the titular track subtitled “Know the Ledge,” an

Easy Mo Bee is the only producer to have worked with both Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G. during their lifetimes. Legendary producer, Easy Mo Bee, produced Biggie’s debut single, “Party and Bullshit”. Mo Bee produced six songs on The Notorious B.I.G‘s debut album Ready to Die, including “Gimme the Loot”, “Warning”, “The What” (featuring Method Man), “Ready to Die”, “Friend of Mine”, and “Machine

Delrey Richardson has a rare photo of Tupac for sale in the NFT space Popular producer Delray Richardson is selling a rare pic of the late Tupac he took 14 days before the rapper’s tragic murder in 1996. Previously speaking to The Baltimore Sun, Richardson detailed that he was showing his friends around Los Angeles

Tupac and Jada Pinkett-Smith both went to the same high school Baltimore School for the Arts. Both Tupac Shakur and Jada Pinkett-Smith went to the same high school The Baltimore School for the Arts, located in Baltimore, Maryland, where they first met and Tupac also took ballet in the 1980’s. The two met on their

Tupac was one of the first rappers to crossover and start making movies. Here are 5 of his best silver screen performances. Each sheds a little bit of light onto who he was as an artist. 5. Murder Was the Case Snoop’s 1995 movie included a cast featuring Dr. Dre, Charlie Murphy, Ice Cube, and

Before Tupac Amaru Shakur was known as 2Pac, Makaveli or just Tupac, he went by the moniker MC New York. Tupac was born in East Harlem, New York. Growing up mainly in Harlem, Pac and his mother moved to Baltimore where he wrote his first raps under the name MC New York and won a rap contest sponsored

Tupac Shakur was once arrested and charged after shooting two off-duty police officers in Atlanta at the age of 22 on Halloween. Tupac had a show that night at Clark Atlanta University and on his way back he saw two men(Mark and Scott Whitwell) fighting a black man and Tupac got involved. Things escalated and

Nas and 2Pac squashed their beef at the 1996 MTV Video Awards on September 4, 1996, just 9 days before Tupac died on September 13, 1996. Nas dissed Biggie on ‘The Message’, the second song on his second album ‘It was Written.’ 2Pac thought the diss was for him so he recorded “Against All Odds.”

Jay-Z recorded a diss record for 2Pac in 1996, and it was about to be released then Tupac passed away. Jay held on to the diss record as a sign of respect for 2Pac. According to Jay-Z’s longtime producer DJ Clark Kent, Jay-Z actually recorded a 2Pac diss and he even performed it once at

Five years ago today, Kendrick Lamar released his third studio album ‘To Pimp a Butterfly’ which was originally titled ‘Tu Pimp a Caterpillar’ in honor of the late hip-hop legend Tupac, but was changed since it abbreviated to TUPAC During a 2015 interview with MTV News, Kendrick Lamar revealed that the title of his profound album was in

Tupac’s All Eyez On Me is the fourth studio album he released during his lifetime. Released under Death Row and Interscope Records, Tupac came home from jail and got right in the studio. All Eyez On Me was released on February 13, 1996. Before releasing the album, Tupac had three other potential titles, other than

Update Dec 30, 2019: Hasbro Toy Company has officially bought Death Row Records after they finished the acquisition today. Maybe some Tupac action figures on the way. This would also make it a fact that.. Hasbro Toy Company owns Death Row Records. Hasbro, the company that owns classic toys and games such as Mr. Potato