Tupac Shakur News

It would be a fitting tribute to a modern day legend who passed before his time.

Pope Benedict XVI, who at 82 still handwrites his speeches rather than use a computer, is tapping YouTube , MySpace and podcasts to lure disenchanted youth into the Churcha s fold.

It's actually the first time the Catholic Church has officially recognized the work of any popular American artist.

Afeni Shakur, the mother for Tupac Shakur has issued a statement following the Vatican naming one of her son`s songs as influential.

Tupac Shakur's mother Afeni Shakur released a statement to AllHipHop.com today , regarding her son's inclusion on a Vatican play list of influential songs.

Almost exactly eleven years after its posthumous release, legendary rapper Tupac Shakur's 1998 hit "Changes" has been selected by the Vatican as one of the institution's "12 Favorite Songs" as part of a playlist for MySpace's new streaming service MySpace Music.

So, who would have thought that the Vatican could be so hip? The blogosphere has been buzzing with news that the late rapper Tupac Shakur , gunned down in Las Vegas in 1996, has been included on the Vatican's official MySpace music playlist .

"Cuz both black and white are smokin' crack tonight." Tupac Shakur VATICAN CITY - This week The Vatican released a playlist on their official MySpace page .

Following the deaths of Tupac Shakur and the Notorious B.I.G., DMX took over as the reigning, undisputed king of hardcore rap.

The court fight over whether a former SIUE student threatened a "murderous rampage" has detoured into a skirmish over whether a lawyer misrepresented the key evidence.

If his playlist is any indication, the Pope has the most catholic of musical tastes.

In just a few short years, the Notorious B.I.G. went from a Brooklyn street hustler to the savior of East Coast hip-hop to a tragic victim of the culture of violence he depicted so realistically on his records.

I feel like reading this will make me dumber, and I'm already dumb enough. posted by xmutex at 12:53 PM on November 29 [ 2 favorites has favorites ] In just over a year, Ice was out of the spotlight, replaced by darker, ultraserious acts like Nirvana.

Rapping in a Belfast accent, hip-hop hopeful Deablo is hoping to break the London stranglehold on the UK urban scene.

The truth comes out in the past 7 years against Mario Knight, otherwise known as Suge.

I first wrote about the assassination of American Rap Music superstar Tupak Shakur almost a decade ago.

If further evidence was needed that the West Coast-East Coast hip hop rivalry has ended here it is: Sean "Diddy" Combs will be in the Bay Area next week.

Despite releasing new and very good material, Snoop Dogg was more than happy to trade on his old numbers Friday at VooDoo Lounge.

After airing Jay-Z 's monumental 9/11 anniversary concert, FUSE TV is providing fans a hip-hop fix every Wednesday.

HOP and rap inspired an exhibition by an internationally acclaimed Bridgwater artist at Bridgwater Arts Centre.