Old thread got lost. This blows. Only movie I was looking forward to more than SOC. Really hope he ends up making his own film. He's the right guy to make it. http://www.rollingstone.com/music/n...ts-tupac-biopic-plans-competing-film-20150409 "The reason I am not making this picture is because the people involved aren't really respectful of the legacy of Tupac Amaru Shakur," wrote Singleton, who directed Shakur in Poetic Justice. He also addressed "'Pac's real fans" and said that he was still planning on making a movie about the rapper. "It doesn't matter what they do, mine will be better," he wrote. "Tupac was much more than a hip-hop artist; he was a black man guided by his passions. Of most importance was his love of black people and culture...something the people involved in this movie know nothing about...real talk! How you gonna make a movie about a man when you suing his mother to get the rights to tell his story?! "They have no true love for 'Pac so this movie will not be made with love," he continued. "And that's why my ass isn't involved! If Tupac knew what was going on he'd ride on all these fools and take it to the streets...but I won't do that. I'll just make my own project." Franklin's arrival to the project, which will be made by Morgan Creek Productions, was announced Thursday. Tupac's mother, Afeni Shakur, is an executive producer, according to The Hollywood Reporter. TobiasFunke-Analrapist
idk man but that legit made me sad. I want that movie to be made so bad. But at there's this: http://www.mtv.com/news/2048552/2pac-biopic-start-filming-june/ and this http://www.mtv.com/news/2164318/2pac-movie-gobi-rahimi-7-dayz/ Not John Singleton blockbuster but might be aight.
Not an authority but I was a huge hip hop fan as a kid. My internal jukebox filled up in the early 2000's though.
DBl you are a fat white dude why do you care more than most black people about a possible movie of tupac?
Guess we can make this the Pac thread. This is a letter from Eminem to Pac's mom. Holy fuck at that penmanship. FUCK ME LARRY FEDORA
And any of you young whippersnappers that want to learn about his background, start here: http://www.assatashakur.org/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assata_Shakur Cliffs: His aunt, Assata, got locked up after a shootout with police. His stepdad, Mutulu, broker her out. He's doing life in prison and she escaped to Cuba and has lived there ever since. Oh they were all leaders of the Black Panthers.
Bump. Tupac's mom died today at 69. http://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/tupac-shakurs-mother-afeni-shakur-dies-at-age-69/254887392
Ehh nevermind. Damn. Afeni, opened the Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation and the Tupac Amaru Shakur Center for the Arts in Stone Mountain in 1997 and resided in the area. The center, which closed recently, offered training to young people in the arts in Atlanta.
Man I haven't had a Sprite in years. Picked one up today and found Pac quotes on the can. Sprite on a creative way to get my money. I'll be buying a 12 pack tonight to try to get a full collection. Will keep buying until I get them all.
they have a few billboards up here with j cole and pac and seeing my two favorite rappers on a billboard makes me happy
$5 for the pair of stickers. Definitely copping. http://plasticcell.bigcartel.com/product/legends-pack
No clue where I'm going to put them. Probably on the back window of my Grand Cherokee and hope they don't fade too bad. Might just go with Pac, though. Big really isn't my dude, even if I appreciate his music.
This trailer looks intense. With Benny Boom directing, I think this movie is gonna have the same vibe as Belly. We'll see how it turns out. I wish they had more of a budget tho
We made it! http://www.rollingstone.com/music/n...rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-2017-class-w456839 Ceremony in Brooklyn on 4/7 and Yankees opening day on 4/10? See y'all in NYC!
I am certainly looking forward to who they have induct him. Kendrick may be a good choice but you could literally pick anyone from any walk of life to do it. Obama would really make a great choice
I hadn't even thought about that. Obviously could have been him mom but she recently passed away. Kendrick is good option. He's the cloest thing to Pac these days and he's open about how much Pac influenced him. He wrote this a few years ago. I thought it was pretty cool. "I was 8 yrs old when I first saw you. I couldn't describe how I felt at that moment. So many emotions. Full of excitement. Full of joy and eagerness. 20 yrs later I understand exactly what that feeling was. INSPIRED, The people that you touched on that small intersection changed lives forever. I told myself I wanted to be a voice for man one day. Whoever knew I was speaking out loud for u to listen. Thank you, K.L."
As Lamar told Rolling Stone, he was eight years old when he sat atop his father's shoulder and witnessed Tupac and Dr. Dre film the video for "California Love" at the Compton Swap Meet. " "I want to say they were in a white Bentley," Lamar said. "These motorcycle cops trying to conduct traffic but one almost scraped the car, and Pac stood up on the passenger seat, like, 'Yo, what the fuck!' Yelling at the police, just like on his motherfucking songs. He gave us what we wanted." Lamar would later shoot a scene at that same swap meet for his "King Kunta" music video, a nod to 2Pac. To Pimp a Butterfly's final track, "A Mortal Man," features a fictional conversation between Lamar and Shakur, pieced together using sound bites from 2Pac's 1994 interview with Swedish journalist Mats Nileskär. On that track, Lamar says to 2Pac, "Being one of your offspring of the legacy you left behind I can truly tell you that there's nothing but turmoil goin' on." Lamar also considered naming his acclaimed LP Tu Pimp a Caterpillar – which would shorten to TuPaC – before deciding to stick with To Pimp a Butterfly.
Man I just love K-Dot so much. Dude is so essential to hip hop rn. If PAC were alive he'd be dudes biggest fan I'm certain of it