Tupac Shakur News

Producer/DJ Mike Dean has been working with the some of the biggest names in Hip Hop since the early 1990's.

Odell Ruffin is not the first playwright to tell the story of Tupac Shakur on stage.

Set in the Big Apple, this crime drama stars an all-star ensemble including the likes of Mark Wahlberg, Russell Crowe and Catherine Zeta Jones.

As long as there have been celebrity deaths, there have been celebrity death sightings.

Just days before the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Medgar Evers in Jackson, Mississippi, the city's voters have elected longtime black nationalist organizer and attorney Chokwe Lumumba to become mayor.

Nothing religious is off limits in hip-hop. Rappers have done everything from incorporating Bible scriptures in their verses to comparing themselves to higher powers.

J. Cole's first album debuted at No. 1, helping ignite a new movement in hip-hop. But for his follow-up, he's taken on a new set of challenges.

According to an Equity casting notice, a new musical inspired by the work of Tupac Shakur , titled HOLLER IF YA HEAR ME, will get an NYC developmental workshop this Summer.

Money B has been a Hip Hop legend for over 20 years wit' the funk-heavy rap group Digital Underground.

Tupac Shakur has been noted as one of the most prolific MCs that hip-hop has ever seen, the West Coast native's early days of poetry were omnipresent in his music.

Having spent 34 years on the lam before being added to the Federal Bureau of Investigation's list of most wanted terrorists, the first woman to achieve that level of notoriety, Joanne Chesimard, also known as Assata Shakur, makes for an unlikely idol.

Music has often been used to analyze thoughts and ideas surrounding a higher power.

Exclusive: Long time Wu-Tang Clan collaborator and Big Daddy Kane disciple Shyheim reveals his favorite Hip Hop records, including two emcees he famously freestyled with back in 1993.

The 8 Ball 05.24.13: The Top 8 Rap Lyricists Posted by Jeremy Thomas on 05.25.2013 From Tupac Shakur and Eminem to Big Daddy Kane, Nas and more, 411's Jeremy Thomas counts down the top 8 rap lyricists of all time! Welcome, one and all, to the 8 Ball in the Music Zone! I'm your host Jeremy Thomas and as always, I will be tackling a topic and ... (more)

As long as there have been celebrity deaths, there have been celebrity death sightings.

Christopher "Notorious B.I.G." Wallace was gunned down on March 9, 1997, just two months shy of his 25th birthday.

Sean "Diddy" Combs has denied a report by the Los Angeles Times that his associates were responsible for the 1994 robbery and shooting of Tupac Shakur at a New York recording studio, and that he knew about the attack in advance.