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Music Boulevard: Armor All (1997-12-01)
SPINby Julie Taraska Hip-hop’s rapid growth industry: bulletproof street gear Back in the day, personal security for the hard-core hip-hopper consisted of a posse of hulking bodyguards and a few armored sport utility vehicles. But now, in the wake of Tupac Shakur and the Notorious B.I.G., more and more artists are investing in an extra...
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Music Boulevard: Exposure – So Sue Me (1997-08-01)
SPINexposure The hardest working man in show business may be Suge Knight’s lawyer. From cofounder Suge Knight’s string of assault and weapons charges to Snoop Doggy Dogg’s murder case, the hip-hop giant known as Death Row Records has been almost as famous for its run-ins with the law as it has been for its multiplatinum...
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Music Boulevard: The Long Arm of the Law Catches Up to 2Pac (1996-05-01)
Music Wireby Peter Hagopian Tupac “2Pac” Shakur pled guilty last week to a weapons charge dating back to 1994, according to Reuters. As part of the plea, the rapper, whose most recent album is All Eyez On Me , agreed to perform a benefit concert and do community service in the weeks prior to his...
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Music Boulevard: Tupac Shakur Couldn’t Escape Violence (1996-09-01)
Music Wireby Lynda Lane Even the bright lights of the entertainment world couldn’t blind violence to of the troubled life of late rapper Tupac Shakur. Shakur, 25, died September 13, 1996 in a Las Vegas, Nevada hospital, of injuries sustained from four bullets — some of which necessitated the removal of one of his lungs...
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Music Boulevard: Tupac Shakur Shooting Update (1996-09-01)
Music Wireby Lynda Lane Rapper Tupac Shakur had to have his right lung removed due to internal injuries sustained from several gunshot wounds, including three in his chest, when an assailant opened fire on the car he was riding in on Saturday, September 7, 1996. He underwent surgery on Sunday evening at the University Medical...
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Music Boulevard: Tupac Shakur, 1971-1996 (1996-11-01)
SPINby Julia Chaplin SOUNDBITESby Julia ChaplinTupac Shakur, 1971-1996 Gangsta rapper Tupac Shakur died in a Las Vegas hospital on September 13, six days after he was gunned down in a drive-by shooting. He was 25. Shakur was riding a BMW driven by Death Row Records head Suge Knight on the night of September 7 when...
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Rap Artist Shakur for Violence
Sierra Leone Government Blames Rap Artist Shakur for Violenceby John Munoru The Sierra Leone an government says opponents in the Revolutionary United Front are inspired by the song of the late African -American rapper Tupac Amaru Shakur. According to the government more than 100 rebels of the Revolutionary United Front last week raided the northern...
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The Making of Who Do You Luv
by Adario Strange It was the latter half of 1993, just one week before Tupac made headlines by being accused of rape in a Manhattan hotel room. I had just come back from a six month stay in the Bay Area, and I was now producing tracks at a Mid-town, Manhattan studio on 36th street...
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Tupac Shakur: A Soldier Misunderstood (1998-11-11)
By Brian Castillo “…I got crucified to the media.” -Tupac Shakur Tupac Shakur left behind a lyrical legacy that is abhorrently misinterpreted by those unfamiliar with his work. The media has served to blemish Tupac’s image in the eyes of these people, concealing what is the true worth of his work. Many make the mistake...
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Vibe Magazine: All Eyes
Then I was in Los Angeles interviewing the Death Row posse, I was told Tupac Shakur wasn’t available to talk. But after Randy “Stretch” Walker was killed, I felt the need to contact Shakur. What I thought would be a five-minute conversation lasted well over an hour. “Lemme get my cigarettes,” Shakur said as he...
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