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New Tupac Albums Set to Drop
According to reports, the estate of the late Tupac Shakur has finally settled a lawsuit with Death Row Records that went on for five years. As a result, the estate is set to release some new work from the rapper. Court documents noted that Tupac’s estate filed documents saying that both sides have agreed on the matter this week. The suit was filed by Afeni Shakur—Tupac’s mother. She passed away during the process of this suit, but the case still pushed on. According to The Blast, there is enough material available to put out at least three albums from the late rapper. SOURCE
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Tupac Inducted Into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Tupac Shakur will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2017, along with Pearl Jam, Joan Baez, Electric Light Orchestra, Journey, and Yes. The induction ceremony will be held on April 7th, 2017, at Brooklyn‘s Barclays Center. Tupac Shakur will be the sixth hip-hop act to join the ranks of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Run D.M.C., the Beastie Boys, Public Enemy, and NWA have also made the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame cut. SOURCE: VLADTV
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Tupac’s Mother, Afeni Shakur, Dead
The Marin County Sheriff’s office reported on Tuesday morning (May 3) that Afeni Shakur Davis, the mother of late rapper Tupac Shakur, died on Monday night at age 69. A series of follow-up tweets reported that the Sheriff’s Coroners Office will lead the investigation to determine the “exact cause & manner of Afeni Shakur’s death.” Shakur Davis died at her northern California home on Monday night after the Sheriff’s office responded to a report of a possible cardiac arrest at her residence around 9:30 p.m. Shakur (born Alice Faye Williams) was born in Lumberton, North Carolina, on January 10, 1947, and was known as a political activist and former member…
