Tupac Shakur

Freddie Mercury to appear on stage as an 'optical illusion'

Music Gossip

11 May 2012

Freddie Mercury is to appear on stage as an "optical illusion." The late Queen front man - who passed away in 1991 - will seem to perform for an audience at musical 'We Will Rock You', which is based on the band's music, to mark the tenth…

Dr. Dre wants Hendrix and Gaye holograms

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20 Apr 2012

Dr. Dre hopes to see Jimi Hendrix and Marvin Gaye return to the stage as holograms. The rapper was a key figure in developing a hologram of Tupac Shakur - which performed on stage with him at Coachella festival on Sunday (15.04.12), fifteen years…

Tupac Shakur world tour 'makes sense'

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19 Apr 2012

It "makes sense" for Tupac Shakur to go on tour around the world - 16 years after his death. Holographic projection firm Musion, creators of the hologram of the deceased rapper which appeared on stage with Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg at the Coachella…

P Diddy to make Notorious BIG hologram?

Music Gossip

19 Apr 2012

P. Diddy may turn Notorious B.I.G. into a hologram. Late rapper Tupac Shakur made a return to the stage in holographic form at the Coachella festival last weekend, and now Warren G has said he wants to convince P. Diddy to invest in the technology…

Tupac Shakur to go on tour

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17 Apr 2012

Tupac Shakur is set to go on tour - 16 years after his death. The rapper - who was shot dead in a gang killing in 1996 - appeared on stage as a hologram to perform with Snoop Dogg and Dr Dre at the Coachella music festival on Sunday (15.04.12) and…

Tupac Skakur closes Coachella festival

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16 Apr 2012

Tupac Shakur helped close the Coachella festival last night (15.04.12) - 16 years after his death. The rapper - who was shot dead in a gang killing in 1996 - appeared on stage as a hologram to perform with Snoop Dogg and Dr Dre at the annual festival…

Snoop Dogg pays tribute to Tupac

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14 Sep 2011

Snoop Dogg and Run DMC have paid tribute to Tupac Shakur on the 15th anniversary of his death. 'Sweat' rapper Snoop and Reverend Run of the New York hip hop group both took to twitter to pay tribute to the rap star, who was shot dead in a gang…

Tupac Shakur's ashes smoked

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30 Aug 2011

Tupac Shakur's group, The Outlawz, smoked his ashes. The 'California Love' rapper was killed in a 1996 Las Vegas shooting, but at a memorial held to the star shortly afterward, members of hip-hop collective, Outlawz, took the lyrics to his track…

Willow Smith listens to Tupac

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25 Nov 2010

Willow Smith's favourite rapper is Tupac Shakur. The 10-year-old 'Whip My Hair' singer, daughter of actors Will Smith and Jada Pinket-Smitt, likes rappers as well as pop stars, naming the 'California Love' hitmaker - renowned for using foul language…

Notorious

5 Feb 2009

BIOPIC Unlike Nick Broomfield’s irascible 2002 documentary expose Biggie and Tupac, this fictionalised account of the fast times of Christopher Wallace/Biggie Smalls, aka the Notorious BIG (Jamal Woolard) sheds no new light on the hip hop star’s…