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‘I wanted answers’: the amazing TV homage to Tupac – by the man who got him locked up

Thirty years ago, Tupac Shakur was like a brother to director Allen Hughes – until he was assaulted by him. Ahead of his incredible series on the rapper, Dear Mama, he talks fame, forgiveness and FBI harassment

The Guardian - UK

Fifty years of hip hop

Its widely accepted birth date is 11 August 1973, when a now legendary party was thrown in a community room at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue, a tower block in the Bronx, New York. It was organised by Cindy Campbell, a Jamaican-born teenager, who charged 25 cents for ladies and 50 cents…

The Week

Fox News’ Jesse Watters ridiculed for raving that Trump ‘looks good and looks hard’ in Georgia mug shot

Conservative host felt compelled to say he was complimenting Mr Trump ‘with an unblemished record of heterosexuality’

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‘It was freaking bananas!’: rap luminaries on the defining moments from 50 years of hip-hop

From Brooklyn block parties to globe-trotting glory, some of the biggest names in hip-hop share their personal highlights from five decades of rap, rebellion and raising the roof

The Guardian - UK

Straight from the Blagojevich playbook

Like our disgraced former governor, Chicago’s current mayor thinks he can quote his way out of a tight spot.

Chicago Sun-Times

Johnson quotes Tupac, dances around questions about health chief’s firing

The mayor was asked about Dr. Allison Arwady’s claim of being dismissed without meeting Johnson face to face. Johnson quoted slain rapper Tupac.

Chicago Sun-Times

Las Vegas police videos show moments before home is raided in Tupac Shakur cold case

Dozens of Las Vegas police body camera videos show the moment a man and his wife exited a home raided in July in connection with the cold case killing of rapper Tupac Shakur

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New bodycam footage shows surprise raid of home in Tupac Shakur murder investigation

Las Vegas SWAT team raided home of Duane Keith Davis, who claims to have witnessed Tupac’s murder, on 17 July

The Independent UK

Through space and rhyme: How hip-hop uses Afrofuturism to take listeners on journeys of empowerment

It is perhaps only natural, as hip-hop celebrates its 50th anniversary, that people look to the genre’s future. But for some rappers, the future has always been part of the story.

The Conversation

Charles Ogletree, longtime legal and civil rights scholar at Harvard Law School, dies at 70

Charles Ogletree taught Barack and Michelle Obama and represented Tupac Shakur, Anita Hill and survivors of the 1921 massacre of Tulsa’s Black community.

Chicago Sun-Times

From Killer Mike to Fat Joe, hip-hop stars talk about how first rap song resonated with them

Remember the first rap song you heard

The Independent UK

Who murdered Tupac Shakur? Only one man knows for sure

News last month of a police raid sparked fresh hopes of solving an infamous killing. William Shaw recounts a tragic tale of racism, toxic masculinity and police incompetence

The Guardian - UK

Charles Ogletree, longtime legal and civil rights scholar at Harvard Law School, dies at 70

Law professor and civil rights scholar Charles J

The Independent UK

Quiz of The Week: 15 July - 21 July

It’s been a topsy-turvy week for politics, with three big by-elections and a few controversial pledges. Although Labour stormed to victory in Selby and Ainsty, leader Keir Starmer found himself on the ropes when he promised to maintain a deeply unpopular two-child benefit cap policy.

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The Independent UK

Barack Obama shares his 2023 summer playlist

Along with his music list, Obama has also released a summer reading list

The Independent UK

Who is Orlando Anderson, prime suspect in the Tupac Shakur drive-by shooting

Late Crips gang member is long believed to be mystery gunman who opened fire on rap superstar on Las Vegas Boulevard in September 1996

The Independent UK

Tupac Shakur: Las Vegas police remove computers and hard drives from home raided in connection to 1996 murder

Keefe D, a former Southside Compton Crips gang member, has previously claimed to have been present at Tupac’s murder and knows who pulled the trigger

The Independent UK

Home searched in Tupac Shakur's 1996 killing is tied to uncle of long-dead suspect

A home searched by Las Vegas police investigating the drive-by shooting of Tupac Shakur is tied to the uncle of a long-dead suspect in the killing

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The Independent UK

The most bizarre conspiracy theories surrounding Tupac Shakur’s murder

Wild stories continue to circulate about the gangsta rapper, who was gunned down in a still-unsolved drive-by shooting in Las Vegas in 1996. Joe Sommerlad reports

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11 best Elton John songs to test your speakers

Elton may not be touring anymore, but his legacy lives on through his vast collection of irreplaceable hits.

The Week

Why police have reopened the Tupac Shakur murder case

Nearly three decades after the murder of hip-hop superstar Tupac Shakur, Las Vegas police have reopened their investigation into the unsolved case.

Chicago Sun-Times

Tupac Shakur killing: After nearly 30 years, there’s movement in the slaying case

Authorities in Las Vegas on Tuesday executed a search warrant in connection with the rapper’s 1996 slaying.

Los Angeles Times

Tupac Shakur killing: Vegas-area search linked to man who claims he was in car with killer

A home in a Las Vegas suburb searched Monday night by Las Vegas police in connection with the unsolved slaying of Tupac Shakur is tied to a man who previously said publicly he was in the car with the shooter, sources have told The Times.

Tribune News Service

Resurrected Tupac Shakur murder investigation leads to home connected to former Crip

The Las Vegas-area home searched by metro police investigating the murder of Tupac Shakur reportedly belongs to the wife of former Crip gang member Keefe B, who claims he had a front row seat to the rapper’s killing.

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Las Vegas police investigating Tupac Shakur's 1996 murder have searched a Nevada home

A decades-long investigation into the murder of the rapper appeared to take another turn on Monday after Las Vegas police searched a home in Henderson, Nev.

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