Tupac Shakur - Musicians
"Tupac Amaru Shakur" (June 16, 1971 — September 13, 1996), also known by his stage names "2Pac" and "Makaveli", was an American rapper. In addition to his status as a top-selling recording artist, Shakur was a successful film actor and a prominent social activist. He is recognized in the "Guinness Book of World Records" as the highest-selling hip hop artist, with over seventy five million albums sold worldwide, including over fifty million in the United States. Most of Shakur's songs are about growing up amid violence and hardship in ghettos, racism, problems in society and conflicts with other rappers. Shakur's ....more
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Jamal 'Gravy' Woolard is Notorious B.I.G.
Mar 6, 2008, 12:27 GMT
After a long casting search, Fox Searchlight has signed Jamal ‘Gravy’ Woolard for the role of Notorious B.I.G. in the studio’s upcoming biopic Notorious – which will chronicle the life of the slain rapper. ... moreThandie Newton's Tupac penis question
Mar 31, 2007, 7:00 GMT
Thandie Newton was left red-faced after asking Tupac Shakur why he had a 'penis' tattoo. ... moreSuge Knight’s role in Death Row Records coming to an end?
Mar 9, 2007, 17:14 GMT
The label that helped create the West Coast hip-hop sound and cement Tupac Shakur, Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre as icons of rap could be closing its doors. Record mogul Marion 'Suge' Knight has said that he is ready move on from his days at Death Row Records. ... more
Tupac Shakur’s mother to take his ashes to Africa and meet with Nelson Mandela
Aug 9, 2006, 18:09 GMT
Afeni Shakur will carry Tupac Shakur’s ashes to Africa in September for the 10th anniversary of the rapper’s death and is scheduled to meet with Nelson Mandela. ... moreNew police task force to investigate Notorious B.I.G. murder
Jul 31, 2006, 13:05 GMT
In the wake of a wrongful death lawsuit filed by family members, Los Angeles police have assigned a new task force to look into the unsolved 1997 killing of rapper Notorious B.I.G., according to newspaper reports. ... more


