TupacShakur

In the '90s, every hip-hop-themed movie had its own original soundtrack. Classics like 'Colors,' 'Boyz N the Hood' and 'Menace II Society' came strapped with sound pieces that matched the tone of the films perfectly. Though they ranged in quality from life-changing to "say what...

Commemorating the late Tupac Shakur's thirty-ninth birthday, the famed Madame Tussauds wax museum brought together the wax statues of Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G. at their Washington, D.C. branch yesterday morning (June 16). This marks the first time that the replicas of the West Coast and East Coast emcees have been presented side by side...

He once went by the moniker Lil Bow Wow, but after dropping the Lil from his name a few years back its obvious that the 23-year-old rapper is ready to prove he's all grown up. With added profanities and stories of escapades with various women in his lyrics, it's evident Bow Wow is showing his fans another side of him...

With Tupac Shakur's legend firmly cemented in not just hip-hop but music history, it's unsurprising that a big-time biopic is finally on the way. The film is going to be directed by former music video and 'Training Day' director Antoine Faqua and is slated to begin shooting in September...

In March 2007, Maurice Patterson, an incarcerated drug dealer currently on trial for first-degree murder charges, wrote a cryptic letter to some associates on the outside. Just days after the delivery, a man named Eric Sawyer was found shot to death at the hands of those very associates...

Bun B, Rick Ross, Too Short, Roscoe Dash, and Pill are among the list of rappers scheduled to perform at the second annual Tupac Shakur Birthday Concert in Georgia on June 16. The June 16 benefit concert will be hosted at the Tupac Amaru Shakur Center for the Arts in Stone Mountain, Ga...

In 2009, notorious Los Angeles-based label, Death Row Records, was acquired by Toronto's WIDEawake Entertainment Group for $18 million after facing bankruptcy. Now, the reincarnated label -- WIDEawake Death Row Records -- is in the process of releasing the classic music stored in its vaults...

A May 10, court hearing for Afeni Shakur Davis -- the mother of late rapper Tupac Shakur -- has been delayed until the summer. 63-year-old Davis was apprehended by North Carolina state alcohol agents in mid-April for drug possession. She was slapped with multiple charges, including felony possession of marijuana, maintaining a vehicle, dwelling or place for controlled substance and simple possessi

Afeni Shakur Davis, the mother of late rap legend, Tupac Shakur, was arrested earlier this month on drug possession charges in Lumberton, North Carolina. ABC News reports that 63-year-old Davis was nabbed by state alcohol agents and hit with multiple charges on April 16, including felony possession of marijuana, maintaining a vehicle, dwelling/place for controlled substance and simple possession o

From California to ... well, mostly just California ... the West Coast has given birth to some of hip-hop's most vital scenes and important voices. Touré, host of Fuse's 'Hip-Hop Shop,' takes a trip this week to the land of gin and juice in search of the very best of the West. Here ...