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| Artist: Tupac ft Outlawz |
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HitEmUp.com, The Official Unofficial Tupac Site
HitEmUp.com is the premier source for Tupac news and information in the world. Well respected among peers as well as
fans of Tupac, the site has also received endorsement by his Estate and friends.
The goal of HitEmUp.com is to keep Tupac's Message and Legacy alive in the realest way possible and to carry on his
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| News Archives |
| April 2000 |
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The Four Horsemen |
| Posted Saturday, April 29, 2000 by Jon |
| Killah Priest, Ras Kass, Canibus, and Kurupt are working together as a group called The Four Hoursement and are expected to release an album in the near future. The project has been underway for the last 6 months. Killah Priest's upcoming album "View From Masada" is due in stores on May 9. |
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Bone Thugs go platinum |
| Posted Saturday, April 29, 2000 by Jon |
| Bone Thugs have been certified platinum for their album BTNHRESSURECTION and are ranked 29th on
Soundscan. |
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Xchange |
| Posted Friday, April 28, 2000 by Chris |
| The Outlawz appears on the soundtrack for Xchange which is set to be released on July 7. The first single from the soundtrack is "Story To Tell" by Snoop Dogg and Kurupt. Other guest appearances includes Daz Dillinger, Ras Kass, Stu-B-Doo and Sanyika "Monster Kody" Shakur. For more info visit ABC Productions. |
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DJ Quik Balance & Options |
| Posted Thursday, April 27, 2000 by Chris |
Here's the tracklist for DJ Quik's upcoming album titled Balance & Options which is set to be released on May 16.
01. Change Da Game (featuring Mauseburg, James Debarge & Will Hudspeth)
02. Did Y'all Feel Dat? (featuring Mauseburg & Skaboobie)
03. We Came 2 Play (featuring AMG & James Debarge)
04. Pitch It On A Party
05. I Don't Wanna Party Wit U
06. Motex Records I (Interlude)
07. Sexuality
08. How Come?
09. U Ain't Fresh! (featuring Eric Sermon & Kam)
10. Roger's Groove
11. Motex Records II (Interlude)
12. Quikker Said Than Dunn
13. Straight From The Streets (Interlude)
14. Speak On It (featuring AMG & Mauseburg)
15. Do Whutcha Want (featuring AMG & Digital Underground)
16. Well (featuring Raphael Saadiq & Mauseburg)
17. Quik's Groove V
18. Do I Love Her? (featuring Suga Free)
19. Tha Divorce Song (featuring James Debarge)
20. Balance & Options
(Outro)
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Britney Spears appears on Cosmo Girl |
| Posted Wednesday, April 26, 2000 by Jon |
 Britney Spears is appearing on the June-July "Mega Music" issue of Cosmo Girl. The magazine will hit stands on May 16th. |
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Cypress Hill: Skull and Bones released |
| Posted Wednesday, April 26, 2000 by Jon |
 Cypress Hill released their new cd Skull and Bones on the 25th. You can meet live with Cypress Hill in LA, Thursday, April 27th at 7:30pm. The address is, Wherehouse Music 100 N La Cienaga Dr and the phone number is 310-659-0542. You can also chat live with them on The IRD! April 27, 2000, at 9pm EST. The tracklisting to the cd is as follows: Disc 1
01. Intro
02. Another Victory
03. (Rap) Superstar
04. Cuban Necktie
05. What U Want From Me
06. Stank A** H***
07. Highlife
08. Certified Bomb
09. Can I Get A Hit
10. We Live This S***
11. Worldwide | Disc 2
01. Valley Of Chrome
02. Get Out Of My Head
03. Can't Get The Best Of Me
04. A Man
05. Dust
06. (Rock) Superstar |
You can buy the cd here.
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Tribute To Roger Troutman |
| Posted Wednesday, April 26, 2000 by Chris |
A Roger Troutman tribute album titled Tribute To Roger Troutman is in the works. The first single by A.L.T and JV titled "Player's City" is set to be released on May 23. Here's the tracklist for the album:
01. California Love - 2PAC (featuring Dr. Dre and Roger Troutman)
02. Weak (Bam Jams Jeep Mix) - SMW
03. What ABout Us - Jodeci
04. West Coast Poplock - Ronnie Hudson
05. Ditty - Paperboy
06. He's Mine - Mokenstef
07. Knockin' Da Boots - H-Town
08. Ain't No Future In Yo' Frontin' - MC Breed
09. You Gots To Chill - EPMD
10. Booty Call - Blackstreet
11. In The Hood (Remix) - Donell Jones
12. True Love - Chantay Nelson
13. Cali4yey - TWDY (featuring Too $hort and Dolla Will)
14. Players City - A.L.T and JV
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Still I Rise certified double platinum |
| Posted Wednesday, April 26, 2000 by Chris |
| Still I Rise have now been certified double platinum. |
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The Thug 100 |
| Posted Sunday, April 23, 2000 by Chris |
| The Thug 100 have only been up for five days and has already sent out more than 2000 hits! Join it now! |
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Biggest Tour of the Summer |
| Posted Sunday, April 23, 2000 by Jon |
This comes from Vibe.com
Dr. Dre is gearing up for his "Dr. Dre Hip Hop 2000 Tour." The tour is expected to include Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Warren G, and Ice Cube. MC Ren, Xzibit, and Tha Eastsidaz are also expected to perform on the "Dr. Dre Hip Hop 2000 Tour." The tour is expected to begin late June and run through August. The tour will include between 35-40 tour dates at mostly arenas. Sponsors for the tour include Magic Johnson Productions and Radio Events Group in Phoenix. Hewlitt/Silva Productions in Los Angeles, California. The tour will also include a reunion of rap group 213. 213 is comprised of Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg, and Warren G. |
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Eminem singles hit the internet |
| Posted Saturday, April 22, 2000 by Jon |
 Eminem's new album The Marshall Mathers LP is still set for a May 23rd release. Singles were shipped to radio stations last week and due to net leaks have already become available on the internet. A video has been shot for the first single of the album titled The Real Slim Shady, and is going to debut on MTV Monday night at 11:00pm Eastern time and 8:00pm Pacific. The song is hillarious. It disses quite a few people including Will Smith, Pamela Anderson, boy bands, Tom Green, and refers to Christina Aguilera giving head. In the song Our House, he has a mention to Tupac which I thought was kinda funny.Hey mom, Tupac's on the Jukebox
(So what? He shot 2 cops and raped a little girl while 2 dudes watched)
Nah - Uh, they was trying to frame him
(You and that Tupac Shakur)
No, that ain't how you say his name mom
Ya so lame you don't know anything
(Yeah I know, you probably go and join in a gang)
Yeah right I'm out where's my fuckin' walkman at
(Stop cursing at me!)
Shut up Bitch
(And quit talking black)
Well slam the door and I'm out You can listen and view lyrics to a few songs from the LP, including The Real Slim Shady,
Our House, and Kim at Eminem2000.com. |
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Limp Bizkit and Cypress Hill Free Tour |
| Posted Saturday, April 22, 2000 by Jon |
| Limp Bizkit and Cypress Hill are preparing to kick off a tour free of charge, which is expected to begin in Chicago July 4. A press conference is scheduled for April 24th at which point we'll have more information. Cypress Hill's new album Skull and Bones is scheduled to be released on April 25th. You can advance order the album here. |
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Static: My Tupac Shakur Story |
| Posted Friday, April 21, 2000 by Chris |
 Digital Underground co-founder Chopmaster J. recently released a book about Tupac titled Static: My Tupac Shakur Story. The book contains a lot of information from behind the scenes while Tupac was with Digital Underground as he began his career. The first 10.000 copies of the book are also packaged with The Lost Tapes: Circa 1989, an album that contains some recordings that were done in the basement of a house where Tupac and Chopmaster J. lived together in 1989. |
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Shooting at Money B's release party |
| Posted Friday, April 21, 2000 by Chris |
This is from MTV.com:
A fatal shooting took place early Thursday morning outside a San Francisco club where Digital Undergound member Money B was celebrating the release of his new album, according to local radio station KCBS-AM.
A black male in his mid-30s was shot around 2 a.m. outside The Glas Kat Supper Club. He reportedly died at San Francisco General Hospital a short time later.
San Francisco Police confirmed to MTV News that they are questioning a number of witnesses and said they had made no arrests at press time.
The KCBS report cites witnesses who say a scuffle broke out after one person began banging on an S.U.V. that Money B and his entourage were leaving the party in. KCBS also reports that police believe the fatal shots were fired by someone inside the rapper's vehicle. Police could not confirm that information to MTV News at press time. |
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Fatal to appear on Yukmouth's album |
| Posted Thursday, April 20, 2000 by Jon |
| Yukmouth has stated that Fatal is going to appear on Yukmouth's upcoming album Thuglord The song is titled
We Gone Ride. The first single from the album is Thug Money which features Kool G Rap. Also, Big Syke is currently doing a video shoot so his album should drop sometime soon. |
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Dr. Dre sued by Lucasfilm |
| Posted Thursday, April 20, 2000 by Chris |
This is from MTV.com:
One day after taking legal aim at Napster, Dr. Dre is now the target of a high-profile legal salvo himself.
George Lucas' Lucasfilm, Ltd. production company is suing Dre and charging the hip-hop impresario with various copyright and trademark wrongdoings.
Lucasfilm's suit, which seeks unspecified damages, hinges on Dre's use of something called the "THX Deep Note," a sound trademarked by Lucas' company. According to Lucasfilm, the sound is the first ever to be trademarked; it should be familiar to moviegoers as the sound that accompanies the THX logo before films screened in theaters with THX sound systems.
It should also be familiar to rap fans as the sound that opens Dre's album Dr. Dre 2001, which is precisely the problem, according to Lucasfilm. The production company claims that Dre used the sound without the company's permission, prompting Lucasfilm to file the suit against the rapper as well as his Aftermath Entertainment and Interscope Records.
A spokesperson for Dre's lawyer claimed that the rapper had not yet been served with the suit, and a spokesperson for Interscope offered no comment on the case.
The suit comes on the heels of news that Dre had issued a warning to Napster, Inc., giving the music distribution site until Friday to remove all of his tracks from its pool of potential downloads. |
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The Marshall Mathers LP - New release date |
| Posted Tuesday, April 18, 2000 by Chris |
| The release date of Eminem's upcoming album The Marshall Mathers LP which was originally set to be released May 30, has moved ahead to May 23. |
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More Information on Crazy |
| Posted Sunday, April 16, 2000 by Jon |
| As we reported earlier in the month (No Limit signs Crazy, who sounds like Pac), No Limit has signed a rapper by the name of Crazy, who sounds similar to Tupac. I've received a few emails regarding a Makaveli 7 bootleg in the Baltimore area, which apparantly includes songs, by Crazy, posing as Tupac. I don't have any confirmation on that but I hope it's not true. Here's a couple sound clips thanks to CDnow.com 
Shed Tears for the World
Ballin' Tonight
Also, here is an interview that Crazy did in 1998. |
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New Top Sites List - Thug100.com |
| Posted Sunday, April 16, 2000 by Jon |
| For any webmasters looking to increase their website traffic drastically, join the Thug100 at Thug100.com. Sponsored by MadeNiggaz.com Tupac-Online.com Truthugs.com and of course HitEmUp.com, it's only a matter of time before it blows up. |
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I'm Goin on Holiday |
| Posted Sunday, April 16, 2000 by Rukas |
Im going on holiday for about 2 weeks, so if you needa get in touch with me, e-mail me.
Peace. |
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New Column - Two Pacs ? |
| Posted Saturday, April 15, 2000 by Jon |
| There's another tight new column in the In Our Own Words section. Written by Doc Da Vinci, he takes a look at Tupac "impersonators". |
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New Columns - Dre Day and Mp3 Hype |
| Posted Friday, April 14, 2000 by Jon |
There's 2 new columns in the In Our Own Words section.
Killuminati has written a column regarding the Tupac mp3 hype on the internet, while Doc Da Vinci exposes the myth of the D-R-E. |
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Ask Yukmouth |
| Posted Friday, April 14, 2000 by Rukas |
We are trying to organize an exclusive interview with none other then the Thug Lord himself, Yukmouth.
We want to give you the fans, a chance to ask Yuk the questions you've been dying to know the answers to. So if ya have any questions for Yuk, send them to me ASAP.
Also, check out the ad on the left, courtesy of
Yukmouth.net. |
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Thanks to everyone for the support |
| Posted Thursday, April 13, 2000 by Jon |
| Just want to give a shout out to everybody who has supported the site over the years and all the true Tupac fans that understand what he was about and what he represented. HitEmUp is now getting hits from over 100,000 unique Tupac fans monthly for over 300,000 visits, and we're gonna keep doing what we're doing. Stayin Real and Raising Up. |
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Michael Jackson to team up with Dre? |
| Posted Thursday, April 13, 2000 by Rukas |
Its rumored that Michael Jackson has expressed interest in having Dr. Dre do some work for MJ's upcoming album. This probably means beats, but maybe Dre will be asked to drop a verse or two as well. No word from the Aftermath camp yet.
Feel free to email your comments about this to me. |
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Good old Puffy dissing |
| Posted Wednesday, April 12, 2000 by Jon |
| As I reported earlier, Puff Daddy is scheduled to be shooting a movie called "Made". (See Puffy Acts Hardcore) Puffy told MTV News recently: It's a small role, It's not a huge role, so that's the way I'm starting out my acting career. I'm taking small roles, surrounding myself with quality actors with quality material, and it's a comedy, so it's something that you really wouldn't expect to see me in." The movie is about two boxers, who get caught up in an organized crime ring, lead by Puffy. That's a comedy ? The only thing funny would be watching Puffy act, especially trying to act hardcore. He can't act hardcore in real life how's he going to do it for the TV camera ? |
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Big Pun debut's at No. 3 |
| Posted Wednesday, April 12, 2000 by Jon |
 Big Pun debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard Charts, with his new album, Yeeeah Baby. This ranking is extremely high when you take into consideration that N' Synch and Santana are No. 1 and 2. The album sold 185,000 copies in it's first week. I'm happy to see the album doing well. It's unfortunate that his release party ended when a fight broke out. That's real disrespectful. RIP |
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Tracklisting for The Lost Tapes |
| Posted Tuesday, April 11, 2000 by Jon |
The Lost Tapes is a collection of songs done by Tupac when he was 17, before he joined Digital Underground. He was in a group called Strictly Dope with DJ Dizzy and Ray Luv. The CD is set to be released on April 18th at CDNow.com
Tupac fans might recognize most of these songs on a CD released overseas in Australia and Japan, called Static 1 in 21, or Legends.
Here's the tracklisting
01. Panther Power
02. The Case of The Misplaced Mic
03. Let Knowledge Drop
04. Never Be Beat
05. A Day in the Life
06. My Burnin' Heart
07. Minnie the Moocher
08. The Case of The Misplaced Mic II
09. Static Mix I
10. Static Mix II |
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The next single |
| Posted Monday, April 10, 2000 by Chris |
| "The Good Die Young" is the next single from Still I Rise. |
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Boo Yaa Tribe Mafia Lifestyle |
| Posted Sunday, April 9, 2000 by Chris |
| The FoeGround reports that Boo Yaa Tribe is set to release an album titled Mafia Lifestyle in May. Guest appearances on the albums includes Snoop Dogg, The Lady Of Rage, Treach and E-40. |
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New Columns |
| Posted Friday, April 7, 2000 by Jon |
There's two new columns written in the columns section of the site, titled In Our Own Words.
The first is a column written by Killuminati, which gives an indepth look at the album that took Tupac's career to new levels, All Eyez on Me.
The second is written by Doc Da Vinci in lue of the recent violence in which 5 people were stabbed backstage at the Cashmoney/Ruffryders concert.
Check them out. |
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Outlawz Freestyle |
| Posted Friday, April 7, 2000 by Jon |
| Check out Foesum for a realaudio version of the Outlawz freestyle performance on Rap City. |
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The Billboard Charts |
| Posted Thursday, April 6, 2000 by Chris |
| Still I Rise fell off the top 100 on the Billboard Charts this week. |
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The Outlawz' Lawsuit |
| Posted Wednesday, April 5, 2000 by Chris |
This is from CDNow.com:
The rap group the Outlawz, best known for their work with the late Tupac Shakur, have filed a $4.5 million lawsuit against Death Row Records, the label's incarcerated chief Marion "Suge" Knight, its distributor Interscope Records, Suge Knight Films, and Suge Publishing.
The suit, filed Tuesday (April 4) in Los Angeles Superior Court, cites 11 complaints, including breach of contract, unfair business practices, intentional interference with prospective economic advantages, racketeering, and others. The Outlawz, which signed with Death Row in March 1997 and delivered their first master recordings in January 1998, claim that, "Death Row refused to release said master recordings in retaliation for the Outlawz' refusal to enter into a separate agreement granting to Suge Publishing a publishing interest in the compositions contained in the masters delivered to Death Row."
In July 1998, the group claims that because the label didn't release the recording or give them notice of extending the term of their recording contract that their contract expired on approximately May 6, 1999. The label then released 2Pac + Outlawz' Still I Rise Dec. 21, 1999, while the Outlawz maintain that they were no longer signed to the label. The album debuted at No. 7 on The Billboard 200.
"Beginning prior to the release of Still I Rise and continuing to the present," reads the suit, in part, "Death Row and Knight have falsely asserted to third parties, including representatives of Interscope, that the Outlawz remain obligated under the Recording Agreement; and Death Row and Knight have otherwise interfered with a) the Outlawz' career in the entertainment industry and the value of their trademark, b) the marketing and exploitation of the Still I Rise record, and c) the agreement between the Outlawz and the Estate of Tupac Shakur and Interscope."
The group, which began writing songs with Shakur in 1994 until the rapper's death in 1996, claims that Death Row and Knight had instructed Interscope not to include the Outlawz (formerly known as Dramacydal and Outlaw Immortalz) in any promotion for the album, including videos, radio promotion, street marketing, and press; and that they included their performance in the video Death Row Uncut for Knight Films without any license, authorization, or compensation.
Attorneys for the group sent a cease and desist letter to Death Row and Interscope on Feb. 23 of this year asking them to stop asserting that the group is still signed to the label; to cease interfering with the marketing of Still I Rise; to cease selling the Death Row Uncut video unless the appropriate licenses and releases are issued; and to give the group an accounting of their work with Shakur on the 1997's Gang Related and 1996's Supercop soundtracks, and the aforementioned video, released in 1999.
The Outlawz are credited on Gang Related for three tracks with 2Pac ("Staring Through My Rearview," "Made Niggaz," and "Lost Souls") and one with Daz Dillinger ("What's Ya Fantasy?"). They're credited on Supercop again for "Made Niggaz" with 2Pac.
The full complaint is for unfair business practices, violation of the Lanham Act, intentional interference with prospective economic advantage, violation of civil code 3344, quantum meruit, unjust enrichment/implied contract, negligence, declaratory relief, accounting, breach of contract, and violations the Federal RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization) Statute. |
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Snoops' Greatest Hits cancelled? |
| Posted Tuesday, April 4, 2000 by Jon |
Hot104.com is reporting that, Snoops Greatest Hits was not only put back to an unscheduled release date, but was cancelled. This information comes from an apparent source at Priority Records. You can view the Hot104 post here. Thanks to Mike/aveli for hooking me up with that info.
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No Limit signs Crazy, who sounds like Pac |
| Posted Tuesday, April 4, 2000 by Jon |
| "NWA, I really liked them, but my number one idol in the world is 2 Pac" - Crazy No Limit just signed a rapper by the name of Crazy, who sounds like, and reportedly shows a lot of emotion in his songs like Pac. Maybe now Master P can just say he's biting this guys style. The rapper released his first album in 1992 called CrazyMania. With such a well thought-out, profound title, I can't believe the album didn't blow up. He had decent underground success with his albums I Shed Tears For The World (1998) and Please Don't Kill Me (1999). You can check out his discography at Cdnow.com, they got some sound samples but I couldn't seem to get their server to connect. |
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Doggy's Angel |
| Posted Tuesday, April 4, 2000 by Chris |
| The FoeGround reports that the next project from Dogghouse Records will be Doggy's Angels, a female group which consists of Cognac, Cola and L.A. Chan. Their album is set to be released in June. |
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5 stabbed at Cashmoney/RuffRyders concert |
| Posted Tuesday, April 4, 2000 by Jon |
| Monday, April 3rd, 5 people were stabbed back stage at the Cashmoney/RuffRyders at the FleetCenter in Boston. The incident broke out around 9:45pm in a backstage VIP area. Apparantly between the Boston 'MadeMen' and a group of rappers. The concert was cancelled before Eve and DMX got a chance to perform. David Smith, 34, of Randolph, Mass., was arrested for assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and Benny Reyes, 22, of New York City, was arrested for possession of marijuana with intent to distribute. The show was supposed to be held at Philadelphia’s First Union Spectrum tonight, but the show has been postponed. |
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Who will be the next Tupac Shakur ? |
| Posted Monday, April 3, 2000 by Jon |
| Doc Da Vinci has written a new column portraying his thoughts on the void Tupac Shakur has left and possible candidates to take his place. It's a real good indepth article and you got to love this guys writing style, check it out here. |
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BillBoard Charts 5 Years Ago Today |
| Posted Sunday, April 2, 2000 by Jon |
| Five Years ago today Me Against the world was number 1 on the Billboard Charts. Check out the charts here. |
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ODB in shit again... |
| Posted Sunday, April 2, 2000 by Rukas |
| On March 24, Ol' Dirty Bastard told the Los Angeles Superior court that he was guilty of violating his probation. He is now being sent to the California Department of Corrections to undergo a ninety-day evaluation where prison officials will assess his criminal record and put ODB through a psychological evaluation before sending their recommendations back to the judge. ODB is due back in court on Friday, June 23, where the judge will decided whether to place ODB back on probation or sentence him to serve time. |
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In Our Own Words - Columns |
| Posted Saturday, April 1, 2000 by Jon |
| A new section has opened here titled In Our Own Words. We have several columnists, Doc Da Vinci, DC, Killuminati, plus myself and Rukas who will attempt to keep you informed on issues regarding Tupac and Hip Hop in general. Check it out. |
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Review of Live Kurupt performance |
| Posted Saturday, April 1, 2000 by Jon |
| Kurupt and Nate Dogg performed in my home town last night at the Impulse Cabarat. Click here to view the review of the performance. |
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