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*Will Lisa “Left-Eye” Lopes reunite with TLC next year as a hologram? The surviving bandmates are reportedly thinking seriously about utilizing the technology that resurrected Tupac on stage to bring back Left Eye for upcoming performances surrounding a planned biopic. “The hologram is something we talked about and thought about years ago, obviously timing is [...]
*According to the Associated Press, the company responsible for creating the Tupac hologram filed for a Chapter 11 after going public less than a year ago and agreed to sell the core of its business to a private investment firm for $15 million. Founded by James Cameron, Digital Domain Media Group Inc. is best known [...]
*Now that James Rosemond is in trouble and facing an ungodly amount of time behind bars, he’s admitting that he had some involvement in Tupac’s death. Evidence reported in the Village Voice is pointing the blame at James “Jimmy Henchman” Rosemond for causing the death of both Tupac and Christopher “Notorious B.I.G.” Wallace. Like EURweb [...]
*The hologram treatment was just what the industry doctor ordered for Tupac Shakur’s album sales. Just after his ‘appearance’ at Coachella Music Festival, the deceased rapper’s album sales skyrocketed 571%. The boost took his 1998 album all the way back to the charts to the 129th spot on the Billboard 200 chart. Last week, over [...]
*Now that the Tupac hologram has been tested, it’s time to make room for the world’s favorite Pop star, Michael Jackson. Indeed, a hologram of MJ could very well be going on tour with his crew of brothers some time soon. The Jacksons will be on the road beginning June 18 in Louisville. The “Unity [...]
*Ever since Sunday when Tupac Shakur, who died 15 years ago, appeared on stage and freaked out attendees at this year’s Coachella Arts and Music Festival, folks have been wondering how the hey-yell did they do that? No, Tupac is not the second coming. The mind-blowing performance was the product of modern technology and an [...]
*Warren G said he was rendered speechless during rehearsals for the Coachella Music Festival finale with Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg when he saw the Tupac Shakur hologram flash on stage for the first time. “It gave me chills,” he told MTV. “I was like, ‘Whoa, wow,’ because it looked like him, it talked like [...]
*Rihanna, who reportedly at least 14 tattoos, added two more Wednesday night when paid a visit to her tat man, Mark Mahoney. Natrally, being a Twitter fiend, she had to share her “#TATnight” as she called it, with the world: The singer, 23, got the words “Thug Life” written on her knuckles, an homage to [...]
*You would think in death, some people would get a little more respect. But anything about a star is worth collecting, maybe. Anyway, after a bidding war between porn companies, an unnamed individual who for some unknown reason had a sex tape featuring the late great Tupac Shakur, sold the footage to a “private collector.” [...]
*While the details of the Tupac Shakur biopic are still being worked out, John Singleton is in negotiations about possibly directing the flick. The opportunity comes almost 20 years after he directed “Poetic Justice” starring Tupac and Janet Jackson. Both the director and rapper became close friends during filming, which would definitely give the director [...]
*TMZ is claiming to have seen a recently-surfaced videotape showing Tupac receiving oral sex while rapping and dancing during a house party. According to the website, the footage was shot in 1991 and begins with a gaggle of groupies in a living room during a get together. TMZ reports: Tupac walks into the room with [...]
*It looks like the news that spread so fast that Antoine Fuqua was no longer a part of a Tupac biopic isn’t true at all. It was reported that the director was pulling out of the production to direct another film starring Eminem called “Southpaw.” But it turns out he’s doing both. In fact, he [...]
*Tupac is about even more highly profiled than he is now, thanks to a project that would land the rap legend in comic books. Titled the ‘Comeback Kings,’ the comic book would embrace Tupac’s return to the stage as a superhero, alongside martial artist Bruce Lee, singers Elvis Presley and Jim Morrison and comedian [...]
*PBS officials say hackers have cracked the network’s website, posting a phony story claiming dead rapper Tupac Shakur was alive in New Zealand, and a group that claimed responsibility for the hacking complained about a recent “Frontline” investigative news program on WikiLeaks. PBS confirmed Monday that the website had been hacked. The phony story had [...]
*So, we’ve heard the filmmakers of the upcoming Tupac Shakur biopic are looking for someone to play the lead. Well, after Soulja Boy decided he would be the one to reprise the fallen rapper’s role in the film “Juice,” in which he received some flack, his talent agency emailed him with some interesting news. “I [...]
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