Tupac

Rapper/Actor/Activist Tupac Amaru Shakur (aka 2Pac) was born in Harlem, the son of two active members of the Black Panther Party. After a brief stay in Baltimore, Maryland, his family relocated to California when he was 16. Shakur began his rap career as a roadie and dancer with Oakland hip hop group Digital Underground. After the 1991 release of his debut album, 2Pacalypse Now, the sensitive provocateur’s rap career skyrocketed. He also garnered critical acclaim for riveting performances in films like Juice and Poetic Justice, in which he played a romantic lead opposite Janet Jackson. Despite repeated arrests, shootings and a prison sentence, Shakur was in the process of turning his life around when was killed at age 25 in a still-unsolved Las Vegas shooting. His legacy as a hip hop legend lives on.

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Cold 187um

Cold 187um, aka Big Hutch, was the front man of gangsta-rap group Above the Law and also appeared on "All Over a H-." In 1999, he became the head beatmaker for Death Row Records, leading production of Tupac's posthumous Until the End of Time. In t...

Master P and Tupac

Master P says Tupac almost enrolled with his No Limit army. “To be honest with you, at one time, I was thinking about signing Tupac,” Master P revealed in an interview. “[Tupac] was liking the movement of what we was doing, but we wasn’t fully the...

Tupac, "Soldier Like Me" feat. Eminem

Loyal to the Game is another posthumous Tupac album, but with a major twist: Emimem produced it, remixing previously recorded Pac songs. This song, which features Em on the hook, is the first on the album, and it rings out like a 21-gun salute. ...

Nate Dogg

Nate Dogg debuted on Dr. Dre's instant classic The Chronic and his laid back, melodious rap-singing made it cool for a gangsta to croon and sealed his voice as one of the most unique in the genre. His first hit was 1994's "Regulate" with Warren G,...

R. Kelly Makes Surprise Appearance at Coachella

Kells remixes "Ignition" with French indie rock band Phoenix.
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