According to reports, Tupac’s hologram performance at Coachella has Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre thinking of taking the late rapper’s CGI likeness with them on tour. Tupac died back in 1996 (well, according to some people ), but he was introduced to a whole new generation of fans thanks to the wizards at Digital Domain. The Hollywood firm created a CGI version of the rapper performing on “Hail Mary” and “2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted” at the Coachella Festival this weekend: Tupac Coachella Performance Using angled reflectors to create the illusion that he was actually alive and on stage, video of the stunt hit the Internet and became a viral sensation Monday. It also looked like Tupac’s been busy at the gym in the afterlife. Anyway, old 2Pac friends and collaborators Dre and Snoop told the Wall Street Journal that the two are considering mounting an arena tour – with digi-Pac. “This is just the beginning,” Digital Domain’s chief creative officer, Ed Ulbrich, told the paper. “Dre has a massive vision for this.” That got us thinking … Talk to THG: If the Tupac Shakur hologram performed at a venue in your hometown, would you pay to go see that crazy mofo? And more importantly, is Tupac even dead?
