Where: (click below to visit venue on Foursquare) Can Am Studios Tarzana, CA 18730 Oxnard Street When: August 1996 What: The fifth and final studio album from the iconic Tupac Shakur was finished in a total of seven days, barely a month before his death. « PREVIOUS NEXT » In celebration of Black Music Month, TheUrbanDaily’s “It’s All Black Music” presents 100 Rewarding Black Music Moments , sponsored by Southwest Airlines . Each Black Music Moment is associated with an actual place that you can visit. During the month of June, check in to at least three of these places on Foursquare to unlock TheUrbanDaily’s exclusive “It’s All Black Music” Badge . Check out the locations and details on our Foursquare page !
Where: (click below to visit venue on Foursquare) Can Am Studios Tarzana, CA 18730 Oxnard Street When: August 1996 What: The fifth and final studio album from the iconic Tupac Shakur was finished in a total of seven days, barely a month before his death. « PREVIOUS NEXT » In celebration of Black Music Month, TheUrbanDaily’s “It’s All Black Music” presents 100 Rewarding Black Music Moments , sponsored by Southwest Airlines . Each Black Music Moment is associated with an actual place that you can visit. During the month of June, check in to at least three of these places on Foursquare to unlock TheUrbanDaily’s exclusive “It’s All Black Music” Badge . Check out the locations and details on our Foursquare page !
BET networks has now given us ten years of the BET Awards Show . As usual there were many conversation points throughout the broadcast. From Kevin Hart’s hilarious hosting to the outfits (did you see Cee-Lo’s wig and Rick Ross’s curtain shirt?) viewers were given plenty to chat ( and Tweet ) about. Here are some of the notable performances from the 2011 BET Awards. Jill Scott shows off her “Rolling Hills” to Idris Elba Chris Brown makes us all “Look At Him Now.” Alicia Keys heats things up with Bruno Mars and Rick Ross. Trey Songz and Kelly Rowland look quite motivated. MJB reminds us why she is the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul R.I.P Tributes To Nate Dogg, Gil Scott-Heron and Clarence Clemons. RIP211626225543 by yardie4lifever2 Beyonce beamed in live via satellite from the Glastonbury Festival in England. Bey21162623163 by yardie4lifever2 Nicki Minaj & Britney Spears Get Into Altercation At Femme Fatale Tour?! BLACK MUSIC MOMENT #44: Isaac Hayes Wins Academy Award For “Shaft” Score 1972 FACT OF THE DAY: Tupac Shakur Studied Ballet
We all know the queen is blessed with many different talents which is why she is always working. Queen Latifah started out beatboxing for a female rap group Ladies Fresh. Later she became an original member of Flava unit, a crew of MCs and a producer named DJ Mark the 45 King who recorded Latifahs first demo. The demo got in the hands of Fab 5 Freddy who help Latifah get signed to Tommy Boy records after heard by employee Dante Ross. Recent Post: Did Queen Latifah & Her “Girlfriend” Breakup Over Eating Habits? Queen Latifah As Ursula Nicki Minaj & Britney Spears Get Into Altercation At Femme Fatale Tour?! BLACK MUSIC MOMENT #44: Isaac Hayes Wins Academy Award For “Shaft” Score 1972 FACT OF THE DAY: Tupac Shakur Studied Ballet
Gabourey Sidibe sat down with Conan O’Brien to talk about having a dressing room full of people who would “do” Conan, molesting Joey Fatone’s hand, and more. They seem to be having a lot of fun but did I hear someone do a Urkel snork? I am sure it was Gabourey. Check out the video below! Recent Post: Gabourey Sidibe Loses 50 Pounds? Gabourey Sidibe Spotted Out With Her Boyfriend Nicki Minaj & Britney Spears Get Into Altercation At Femme Fatale Tour?! BLACK MUSIC MOMENT #44: Isaac Hayes Wins Academy Award For “Shaft” Score 1972 FACT OF THE DAY: Tupac Shakur Studied Ballet
Queen MJB started out singing back up for Father MC. Mary J. Blige signed with Uptown in 1989, becoming the company’s youngest and first female artist. In Blige’s career early years she worked as a background vocalist for Jeff Reed. A year later, she sung the hook on Father MC ‘s hit “I’ll Do 4 U” and was featured at the end of the video singing below. Recent Post: Mary J. Blige ft. Nicki Minaj “Feel Inside” [NEW MUSIC] Mary J. Blige Auctioning Off Jay-Z Internship For Charity Jerry Wonda Working On Mary J’s “My Life 2″, Hopes Fugees Reunite [VIDEO] Nicki Minaj & Britney Spears Get Into Altercation At Femme Fatale Tour?! BLACK MUSIC MOMENT #44: Isaac Hayes Wins Academy Award For “Shaft” Score 1972 FACT OF THE DAY: Tupac Shakur Studied Ballet
Queen MJB started out singing back up for Father MC. Mary J. Blige signed with Uptown in 1989, becoming the company’s youngest and first female artist. In Blige’s career early years she worked as a background vocalist for Jeff Reed. A year later, she sung the hook on Father MC ‘s hit “I’ll Do 4 U” and was featured at the end of the video singing below. Recent Post: Mary J. Blige ft. Nicki Minaj “Feel Inside” [NEW MUSIC] Mary J. Blige Auctioning Off Jay-Z Internship For Charity Jerry Wonda Working On Mary J’s “My Life 2″, Hopes Fugees Reunite [VIDEO] Nicki Minaj & Britney Spears Get Into Altercation At Femme Fatale Tour?! BLACK MUSIC MOMENT #44: Isaac Hayes Wins Academy Award For “Shaft” Score 1972 FACT OF THE DAY: Tupac Shakur Studied Ballet
The formidable subject of Buck shares his initials and ideals with another, even more imposing romantic hero. Black Beauty, a horse with a human range of intellect and emotion, is the title character and narrator of Anna Sewell’s 1877 novel. His life story is marked by hardship and hard work, all of it at the mercy of morally variable owners. Sewell wanted her readers in horse-dependent 19th-century England to see their mounts, carriage-pullers, and field-plowers not as insensible beasts but creatures worthy of respect and compassion. Buck Brannaman, a Wyoming horse trainer with a resume that includes inspiring the Nicholas Evans novel that became Robert Redford’s 1998 movie The Horse Whisperer , is the 21st-century embodiment of that same cause.
If not for his untimely death at the age of 25, Tupac Shakur would have turned 40 today. The West Coast rapper had already reached legendary status in the hip-hop world before his tragic ( and still unsolved ) murder in 1996 after just five living years in the game, during which time he’d released five studio albums and established himself as one of the most fascinatingly enigmatic, troubled, and complex figures of his generation. But he’d also demonstrated talent and depth in six feature film roles. On his 40th birthday, revisit his brief but memorable film work.
Iconic rapper would have turned 40 years old on Thursday. By Alvin Blanco, with reporting by MTV News Tupac Shakur in 1992 Photo: Amalgam Digital Had he lived, Tupac Shakur would have turned 40 years old on Thursday (June 16). The sometimes enigmatic, always fiery rapper would have been a grizzled veteran looking back with nostalgia at the exploits that made him the model of hip-hop machismo and passion. But in an interview with MTV News in 1992, the late rapper expressed eloquently why he wanted no part of the “role model” title he was destined to be tagged with. “I say I don’t want to be a role model in the song, because if I let somebody put the role-model label on me, that limits me,” Tupac explained, referring to his song “Ghetto Gospel.” “Because look at those words, ‘role’ and ‘model.’ Both of those are fake words, to play a role and to model, that’s fake. I’m real. Being real, I drink, I hang out, I party — I do things that a 21-year-old does. And even worse, because I didn’t have a childhood, I’m reliving my childhood. I live life to its fullest, I make mistakes, but I do some stuff that some college kids wouldn’t do, because I live from my heart. I have fun. I don’t want to be a role model, I just want to be real.” If Tupac was anything, it was real. He openly admitted his flaws in interviews and his rhymes, and was known for being fiercely loyal, almost to a fault. The “California Love” rapper never wanted his success to prevent him from being relatable to his friends in the “outer city.” (“It’s the outer city because we’re always left out,” he said.) Never forgetting where he came from was a theme heard throughout ‘Pac’s music and was a trait inherent in people he saw as heroes. ” ‘Role model,’ that’s the word that they make. In the outer city, we don’t have it,” Tupac said. “We had [Mike] Tyson, Tyson was the perfect outer-city hero because he was always on the edge, they always wanted to make him a different type of person. But he would never be that, he would always be on the edge, and they hated him for that. They punished him because he never legitimized himself. He hung in clubs. He was the only person I knew that had millions that hung around with rappers. The only black person I know that made it to that millionaire status and then treated rappers with dignity.” ‘Pac continued, “Every entertainment person who has money looks at rappers as ignorant people with mics, holding our jocks, wearing Kangols and big gold chains. Mike Tyson was the only person I can remember being a millionaire and a real brother. And he was my hero, and I want to be like that. And I want more people like that.” Tragically and ironically, Tupac would be shot multiple times on September 7, 1996, after attending the Mike Tyson vs. Bruce Seldon boxing match at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas. Although one of hip-hop’s most recognizable stars would succumb to his injuries about a week later, his legend has only risen since his sudden death nearly 15 years ago. Share your memories of Tupac in the comments below. Related Videos ‘RapFix Live’ With Juelz Santana Related Artists Tupac
