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Ballin’ With Tupac (1996-11-06)
Directed by Tupac Shakur and Ron HightowerBy Carol Cooper “Ballin’ With Tupac” “How Do U Want It” (adult version) Ah, the problematic marriage of sex and entertainment. When rapper Tupac Shakur decided to turn the video for “How Do U Want It?” into his interpretation of a Player’s Ball, he and the members of Jodeci...
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Feds Probed the JDL for Rap Threats
The FBI “extensively investigated” whether late rap music stars Tupac Shakur and Eric “Eazy-E” Wright were the victims of death threats and extortion plots hatched by individuals aligned with the militant Jewish Defense League. Following a 2-1/2 year probe, bureau officials closed the investigation in May 1999, noting that agents were unable to corroborate information...
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Las Vegas Sun: Behind the scenes of ‘Unsolved’ Shakur mystery (1997-03-14)
By Cathy ScottLAS VEGAS SUN Who shot Tupac Shakur? That’s been the unanswered question since he was mortally wounded in September near the Las Vegas Strip, and now it’s being asked in March 14th’s “Unsolved Mysteries” (8 p.m., NBC). When a producer from “Unsolved Mysteries” called last year and asked me to go on camera,...
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Las Vegas Sun: Book chronicling Shakur murder set to hit stores (1997-09-04)
By Debra D. BassLAS VEGAS SUN When Lesane P. Crooks died nearly a year ago today in Las Vegas, no paparazzi succeeded in snapping a final shot worth thousands of dollars. No nation lowered its flag to half-mast. The multitudes did not gather to lay wreaths and flowers at his former residence, though some paused...
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Las Vegas Sun: Book publisher defends Shakur photo (1997-09-09)
By Ed KochLAS VEGAS SUN The Las Vegas publisher of a book about the slaying of Tupac Shakur today defended the inclusion of a coroner’s autopsy photo of the dead rap star. Anthony Curtis, owner of Huntington Press, which recently released the book “The Killing of Tupac Shakur” by SUN reporter Cathy Scott, made his...
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Las Vegas Sun: Book publisher defends Shakur photo (1997-09-09)
By Ed KochLAS VEGAS SUN The Las Vegas publisher of a book about the slaying of Tupac Shakur today defended the inclusion of a coroner’s autopsy photo of the dead rap star. Anthony Curtis, owner of Huntington Press, which recently released the book “The Killing of Tupac Shakur” by SUN reporter Cathy Scott, made his...
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Las Vegas Sun: Dead Drummer Still Very Active (1997-08-04)
ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN RAFAEL, Calif. (AP) — Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart is beating the skins all over the big screen. The veteran percussionist did the soundtrack to late rapper Tupac Shakur’s last movie “Gang Related,” which opens Wednesday. Director Jim Kouf wanted a powerful, driving background force. “Who better than the guy who’d created...
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Las Vegas Sun: Gangsta Rap Debate Hits Time Warner (1997-05-15)
ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK (AP) — The gangsta rap controversy re-emerged Thursday with critic C. DeLores Tucker slamming Time Warner at its annual meeting for the sexually graphic songs of Lil’ Kim. Her comments, directed at management of the world’s largest media and entertainment company and particularly chairman Gerald Levin, came less than two years...
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Las Vegas Sun: Girlfriend of jailed rap mogul robbed at gunpoint (1997-07-16)
LOS ANGELES (AP) – The girlfriend of rap mogul Marion “Suge” Knight was robbed at gunpoint after walking in on a burglary at the Woodland Hills home rented by the jailed Knight, police said Wednesday. The woman and a female friend were locked in a bathroom by the gunman, who ransacked the home and fled...
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Las Vegas Sun: Inmate claims he helped start Death Row Records (1997-09-01)
LOS ANGELES (AP) – A man convicted of attempted murder who claims to have helped started Death Row Records has emerged as a central figure in a racketeering probe of the rap label, a newspaper reported today. FBI agents have interviewed Los Angeles music executives, asking questions about Michael “Harry O” Harris and his purported...
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