2Pac

Ja Rule is finally out of jail, and we’re finally getting some new releases from him. In addition to releasing new tracks like "Eerrthang," Ja Rule recently made headlines with Irv Gotti by talking about resurrecting the Murder Inc. name...

The mother of late rap legend Tupac Shakur is suing Entertainment One for $1.1 million over unpaid royalties from Pac's music, reports TMZ. Afeni Shakur, who has control of her son's estate, recently filed a lawsuit against E1 alleging the company failed to pay Pac's estate royalties from Beginnings: The Lost Tapes which was released in 2007...

In memory of the 17th anniversary of Tupac Shakur’s tragic death, XXL is issuing a special collector’s issue commemorating the fallen icon’s life and music this month. XXL’s The Best Of 2Pac will feature 114 pages jam-packed with some of XXL’s best Tupac stories, interviews and features that have been in the magazine since its beginnings in 1997, a year after Tupac's tragic death. The premium spe

On this day, September 9, in hip-hop history... 1999: Approximately three years after the tragic deaths of their sons, Afeni Shakur and Voletta Wallace - the mothers of Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G respectively - shared the stage together at MTV's annual Video Music Awards in 1999...

Let's be honest. We all have baggage in our lives. An unfortunate boyfriend or girlfriend that we would rather not admit that we once dated in our younger and more foolish days. There is no shame in admitting that blind, illogical lust clouded our better judgment and lead our hormones down a path of unspeakable embarrassment. ...

Over the past few years, there’s been plenty of chatter surrounding potential films about the life of the late Tupac Shakur, so much so that it seems that several directors are working on their own rendition of the West Coast MC’s saga. To date, t...

Last week, Detroit rapper Danny Brown released 12.12.08, a documentary from 2009 that chronicled his steady hustle in the D's hip-hop scene. While the film felt slightly dated, it certainly captured a moment for Danny, back when he still had braids and a generally different rap style, a far cry from his latest hipster-friendly days as an artist signed to Fool's Gold. Dan...

Rappers like to think of themselves as cool. Hell, they probably actually are. However, that does not mean they always were cool. Unless you were born with the genetic gifts of a child star on a network television show, most of humanity will go through that unfortunate phase when we become living machines built to produce nothing but pure, unleaded awkward. In ...

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Tupac Shakur has inspired a great deal of art in his posthumous career, and the most recent project to re-imagine his music in another art form is the currently in-the-works musical Holler If Ya Hear Me. According to The Hollywood Reporter, a "developmental workshop is underway" for a new show inspired by Pac, with hopes of premiering in the 2013-2014 Broadway season. Holler will be co-

It's been more than 15 years since 2Pac and Biggie Smalls were shot and killed in two separate moments of violence, and those grim anniversaries are the reason for the new book 2pac Vs. Biggie: An Illustrated History Of Rap's Greatest Battle, co-penned by hip-hop writers Jeff Weiss and Evan McGarvey...

Kanye West has become the subject of a new video game—a JRPG, to be exact. Kotaku reports that Mr. West has become the star of a fan-made Japanese role playing game Kanye Quest 3030. The game—whose title is also derived from Del The Funkee Homosapien and Dan The Automator's Deltron 3030 project—finds the G.O.O.D. Music impresario duking i...