WHEN TUPAC SHAKUR‘S estate approached Allen Hughes to make a documentary about the iconic rapper, Hughes said thanks, but no. Sure, the Defiant Ones filmmaker and his brother, Albert, had co-directed ...

In the third episode, titled “So Many Tears” -- “Tupac’s legal troubles escalate, with multiple different arrests in different states, culminating in his being charged with sexual assault in New York.

Fourth in a series of Retropolis stories looking back at moments in hip-hop history during the week of the music genre’s 50th anniversary. It was August 1989, and an 18-year-old Tupac Shakur commanded ...

Ever since his childhood, Dean Van Nguyen has felt a connection with Tupac Shakur. The journalist and cultural critic first encountered the late rapper’s music as a student in an all-boys Catholic ...

In the fourth episode, titled “Ambitionz Az A Ridah,” “Tupac spends nearly a year at the notorious Clinton Correctional Facility at Dannemora. He leaves hardened by the experience and immediately ...