Word: shakur
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...think there's much chance that Tupac Shakur's murder could have been the work of militant Christian vigilantes intent on rubbing out the most prominent corrupters of American youth. After all, nobody has taken a shot at Calvin Klein...
...love, not violence or money, was on Shakur's mind at the end, according to Knight. "We were in the hospital, and I was sittin' on the bed," he says, in one of his first interviews since Shakur's death 1 1/2 weeks ago, "and he called out to me and said he loved...
...wake of the still unsolved murder of Shakur, all eyes have been on Knight, 30. He is a major player in the world of pop music--Death Row is rap's most successful label--and he is a key figure in the life, and death, of Shakur, a young rapper villainized by millions and idolized by millions more...
Kevin Powell, a Brooklyn-based music writer who is working on a book of essays that will deal, in part, with hip-hop and American culture, says Shakur, who grew up fatherless, was drawn to the charismatic Knight as a father figure. Knight, for his part, says the relationship was a bit more equal: "He was the little brother, and I was the big brother." The tie was cemented when Knight posted a $1.4 million bond last year, releasing Shakur from prison while he appealed his conviction on a sexual-assault charge...
...Before Shakur signed with Knight, his records were relatively thoughtful; his first release for Death Row, All Eyez on Me, was filled with the label's typical violent posturing. But Kidada Jones, Shakur's fiance (and daughter of show-biz mogul Quincy Jones), says that before his death Shakur was changing his ways--going out less, staying in more, watching movies like Les Miserables on laser disc. "Instead of going to strip clubs, he'd be cooking," says Jones. Shakur planned to move away from music and into acting, Jones adds. She says his last recording, Makiaveli, completed before...