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Tupac Shakur

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2012

    Was Tupac Shakur a Homophobe? Three Signs Makaveli Loved Gay People

    At six feet, four inches and nearly 300 pounds, Suge Knight was once hip-hop's most respected feared label executive. The Death Row Records capo was often ruthless and his questionable business practices regularly involved physical violence. Rumors that he threatened to throw Vanilla Ice off a hot ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2012

    Tupac's Temper: Five Greatest Freakouts, From MTV to Jail Time

    Tupac may be dead, but his temper lives on forever. After Allen and Albert Hughes fired Pac in 1993 from their seminal film, Menace II Society, Shakur spearheaded a physical attack on Allen. A few years ago, the brothers opened up to Complex magazine about the infamous altercation. "Tupac hit h ... More >>

  • News

    April 26, 2012

    Michael Jackson, Jimi Hendrix, and Kurt Cobain Onstage

    Tupac may be dead, but his temper lives on forever. After Allen and Albert Hughes fired Pac in 1993 from their seminal film, Menace II Society, Shakur spearheaded a physical attack on Allen. A few years ago, the brothers opened up to Complex magazine about the infamous altercation. "Tupac hit h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 24, 2012

    Tupac's "Live" Performance Will Bring Back More Dead Artists

    Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke marvels at the technology that brought Tupac back to life. The lifelike image of Tupac Shakur performing onstage at Coachell ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2012

    Tupac Hologram? Boring! Top Five Dead Musicians That Should Be Digitally Resurrected

    We tried to warn you people back in January: Coachella Music Festival Totally Sucks. But, no ... You refused to heed our warning, shelled out the dough, plopped on your Spirit Hood, and spent the weekend getting ripped off by hippie dealers peddling research chemicals. And then you had to sit thro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2012

    Video: Tupac Rises From the Dead and Performs Live With Snoop Dogg at Coachella 2012

    A resurrection of biblical proportions -- Tupac Amaru Shakur rises from the dead for a three-song set with his homie Snoop Dogg at Coachella 2012. In miraculous fashion, the unbelievable happened last night in the desert. In front of a massive Coachella crowd, a shirtless Tupac 3D hologram virtual ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2012

    Tupac Shakur's Broadway Musical: Is There a Stage for a G?

    ​Yeah, you read that right. Broadway's about to get hood as fuck. Playbill.com has announced an open casting call for an upcoming "American musical," tentatively titled Holler If Ya Hear Me, "inspired by and featuring the music of Tupac Amaru Shakur." You know, because lyrics like "They say pussy ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 19, 2011

    Miami's Best Albums of 2011: Rick Ross and Maybach Music Group's Self-Made, Vol. 1

    ​To close out the year, Crossfade is picking its favorite albums by 305 artists. Check out the full list of Miami's Best Albums of 2011. Don't no one got grind like The Boss. When it comes to the post-gangsta rap game, Rick Ross is the hardest working man in show biz. His mantra is "Every day, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 24, 2011

    Four Haters Behind the Conspiracy to Destroy Juggalos

    Jacob Metcalf's FlickrJuggalos are people too.Though Juggalo parties are loaded with titties and soda pop, and their signature battle cry mating call, "Whoop! Whoop!," would seemingly convey unabashed pride, it's safe to assume that it ain't easy being down with the clown. Everyone loves to rag on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 17, 2011

    Tupac's Sex Tape Features Unreleased Track Worth $1 Million

    ​From the day TMZ revealed the existence of an amateur sex tape featuring West Coast gangsta rap martyr Tupac Shakur getting, ahem, polished in public, Crossfade has been obsessed with unmasking the pornographic video's anonymous owner. We have a list of prime smutspects. And evidently, so does M ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2011

    Tupac's Sex Tape: TMZ Releases Photos and Afeni Shakur Is Pissed (NSFW)

    ​It's embarrassing to admit, but Crossfade isn't any closer to deducing the identity of the "anonymous owner" threatening to release a sex tape featuring '90s West Coast gangsta rap martyr Tupac Shakur. Our drive to apprehend the culprit is insatiable. And while constantly refreshing the internet ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2011

    Who Leaked Tupac Shakur's Sex Tape? Crossfade's Top Five Smutspects

    ​Ever since yesterday's announcement of a Tupac Shakur sex tape featuring the rapper broing down with Digital Underground bandmates, a blunt, and a blowjob, Crossfade has been going certifiably insane trying to figure out the identity of the anonymous source planning to comercially release this X- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 3, 2011

    Tupac Shakur Sex Tape! Makaveli's Much-Anticipated Final Release

    ​​Even though it's been 15 years since quintessential West Coast gangsta rapper and Death Row Records artist Tupac Shakur was tragically murdered, 'Pac still manages to release about an album a year. Of course, these compilations are mostly sloppy, unnecessary greatest hits packages. So ... Ar ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2011

    Celebrate Tupac's 40th Birthday in ATL With Afeni Shakur, Erykah Badu, and Mike Epps

    ​On June 16, 1971, a little thug by the name of Tupac Amaru Shakur came screaming into this world. He was the son of Black Panther Party members, a scrawny kid with a big mouth, who grew up in the streets during the crack epidemic, studied ballet and jazz at a fancy Baltimore arts school, and b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2011

    What Exactly Do Rick Ross and "Tupac Back" Have to Do With the Real Tupac Amaru Shakur?

    The Boss Rick Ross and North Philly rookie Meek Mill.​Last week, Crossfade contributor Arielle Castillo reported on Rick Ross's Self-Made: Maybach Music Vol. 1 and "Tupac Back," the record's lead single featuring North Philly rookie Meek Mill. The song is OK. (Well, maybe good. But definitely no ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2011

    Rick Ross Says It's Maybach Music Month! Check Out These Five Self-Made Tracks

    ​In a fit of alliterative inspiration, Rick Ross and company have dubbed May as the official Maybach Music Month. Rap lately has been all about the label clique and compilation album -- just see the recent blockbuster success of Diddy's Dirty Money record, and Lil Wayne's Young Money posse cuts.&n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2011

    Soulja Boy Officially Kills Hip-Hop Once and For All

    Via alacoolb​​Despite repeated CPR attempts by Nas, it appears hip-hop officially flatlined last week, suffering a painful, humiliating death at the hands of an assailant known as Soulja Boy. The murderer suffers from a massive delusional disorder and he's known for many inexplicable ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2010

    Top Ten Songs For Smoking Weed

    Yes, WTF indeed.​In the great words of ... Wait, who said that, dude? Who said that stuff about the weed? And the music? And how they go together? and how one makes the other better? But they're both still awesome by themselves? That together they're like a ... What's that word for super amazing? ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2010

    We Remember: Tupac Shakur Died 14 Years Ago Today; Check Out Some of His Best Videos

    ​The afternoon Tupac Shakur died of cardiopulmonary arrest and respiratory failure due to multiple gunshot wounds on September 13, 1996, the rap game changed instantly. The words "Thug Life" and "Makaveli" were never the same, and hip-hop enthusiasts the world over mourned the loss of a great musi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2010

    American Black Film Festival Brings T.I., Mike Tyson, Tupac, and The Wire to Miami

    Starting today, the American Black Film Festival takes over the Ritz-Carlton as its headquarters and will screen films at Lincoln Road's Colony Theatre and the Española Way's Miami Beach Cinematheque through Saturday. But with 17 films, a shorts competition, workshops, and symposiums, you can't mak ... More >>

  • Music

    May 6, 2010

    Mixtape of the Week: Gunplay's new project with P-Cutta

    Starting today, the American Black Film Festival takes over the Ritz-Carlton as its headquarters and will screen films at Lincoln Road's Colony Theatre and the Española Way's Miami Beach Cinematheque through Saturday. But with 17 films, a shorts competition, workshops, and symposiums, you can't mak ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2010

    This Weekend: Candace Bushnell, Drag Queens, Pogo Punk, Flo Rida, and Roller Derby

    We're cuckcoo for Coco.​FridayGot a week's worth of aggression pent up? Feel the release of watching someone else get their face pummeled at Friday's New Generation boxing and MMA contests at the Miami Beach Convention Center.OK, so the Sex and the City movie wasn't half bad and we'd be lying if w ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 29, 2010

    Poetry in Motion

    We're cuckcoo for Coco.​FridayGot a week's worth of aggression pent up? Feel the release of watching someone else get their face pummeled at Friday's New Generation boxing and MMA contests at the Miami Beach Convention Center.OK, so the Sex and the City movie wasn't half bad and we'd be lying if w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2010

    Tupac Live On Stage For Night of Hip Hop Theater

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnseb/ / CC BY 2.0Live on wax.​"The hate you gave little infants f**ks everybody" is the breakdown of the THUG LIFE acronym Tupac Shakur had tatted on his belly. Before exploding metal cylinders sent his body to the pavement and his soul to Heaven's ghetto, he'd alre ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 22, 2010

    Thugs, Bones, Harmony

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnseb/ / CC BY 2.0Live on wax.​"The hate you gave little infants f**ks everybody" is the breakdown of the THUG LIFE acronym Tupac Shakur had tatted on his belly. Before exploding metal cylinders sent his body to the pavement and his soul to Heaven's ghetto, he'd alre ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2009

    Video: Broward County's Macknifa$ent, Tupac "Hit Em' Up" Remix

    Broward County's Macknifa$ent has just uploaded a new video where he raps his remix to Tupac's song "Hit Em' Up."Macknifa$ent is from Ft. Lauderdale and represents Pairadice Music. You can hear more of his songs at myspace.com/macknifasent.

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2009

    PPR101 Miami Rap Music Conference and Showcase In Pictures and Video

    PPR101 is a rap industry conference and showcase that tours the country giving paying entrants an opportunity to ask questions of music industry professionals from DJ's to PR experts, to print and web based media representatives. Registered artists also get the opportunity to perform in front of t ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 23, 2009

    All Eyez on He

    PPR101 is a rap industry conference and showcase that tours the country giving paying entrants an opportunity to ask questions of music industry professionals from DJ's to PR experts, to print and web based media representatives. Registered artists also get the opportunity to perform in front of t ... More >>

  • Film

    January 15, 2009

    Biggie, Small

    Notorious B.I.G., made B.L.A.N.D.

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2009

    Head Spins: DJ Affect

    One gets the impression that if there were eight days in a week, DJ Affect would be spinning each and every one of 'em. Hell, it's a bet he'd be spinning every day of the week if there were 10 or 12 or 20 -- that's how driven the cat is. When you're already spinning seven out of seven, what's a few ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 12, 2008

    Q&A With Keyshia Cole, Performing at AAA on Sunday

    She's landed four Grammy nominations, seven number-one singles, and two platinum-selling albums, all in only three years. Thus, it's safe to say Keyshia Cole deserves a place in that illustrious echelon of female artists known as Divas, though she may not realize it yet. But not the "get me my Evi ... More >>

  • Music

    September 18, 2008

    The Game

    LAX (Geffen)

  • Blogs

    August 8, 2008
  • Culture

    July 24, 2008

    Tupac Shakur Onstage

    A Kendall theater company’s new show does the rapper justice.

  • Calendar

    July 10, 2008

    Makaveli Forever

    A Kendall theater company’s new show does the rapper justice.

  • Blogs

    March 14, 2008

    The Cool Kids Black Punk Done Right

    A Kendall theater company’s new show does the rapper justice.

  • Blogs

    November 27, 2007

    Throwback Tuesdays: RIP Sean Taylor

    A Kendall theater company’s new show does the rapper justice.

  • Blogs

    September 25, 2007

    Throwback Tuesdays--Brenda's Got a Baby

    A Kendall theater company’s new show does the rapper justice.

  • Calendar

    August 23, 2007

    Microphone Fiend

    Do you have “Ice, Ice Baby”?

  • Music

    August 23, 2007

    Purple Popcorn

    Do you have “Ice, Ice Baby”?

  • Calendar

    August 9, 2007

    Good, Old, and Heavy

    Macy Gray and the Brand New Heavies satisfy your soul

  • Music

    April 26, 2007

    Criminal Minded

    Local hip-hopper Jediah has a debut album ready to drop, a penchant for feuds, major-league hype — and a lot of tattoos

  • Music

    August 25, 2005

    Black Star

    Local hip-hopper Jediah has a debut album ready to drop, a penchant for feuds, major-league hype — and a lot of tattoos

  • Music

    January 6, 2005

    Basshead

    God Body

  • Calendar

    July 8, 2004

    Props to Hip-Hop

    Artist captures a culture

  • Music

    August 15, 2002

    Thug Paradise

    Tricky Daddy Dollars brings a little of Northwest Miami to South Beach

  • News

    February 5, 1998

    News of the Weird

    Tricky Daddy Dollars brings a little of Northwest Miami to South Beach

  • Music

    December 19, 1996

    Rotations

    Tricky Daddy Dollars brings a little of Northwest Miami to South Beach

  • Music

    March 23, 1995

    Rotations

    Tricky Daddy Dollars brings a little of Northwest Miami to South Beach

  • Film

    January 22, 1992

    Freddy's Back

    Tricky Daddy Dollars brings a little of Northwest Miami to South Beach

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