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It seems like the late Tupac Shakur may be posthumously hit with a lawsuit over his hit song “Dear Mama.” <a href="https://apple.news/AiVwCn3uRRi2aKbKR93hSFQ">Reports say</a> that DJ Master Tee filed the lawsuit and cited copyright infringement against Interscope, Universal Music Group, and Tony D. Pizarro. In the lawsuit he has accused the party of “conspiring to withhold royalties from the song Dear Mama.” The lawsuit reads, “A self-serving group, led by an upstart music producer, Tony D. Pizarro, conspired with executives at Interscope Records and Universal Music Group, misappropriated Master Tee’s publishing copyright and master recording copyright and assumed the identity of writer/publisher of Dear Mama’s music.” The lawsuit also reveals that in a 1996 interview, Tupac said that he received the beat from Master Tee. “He gave me the beat and I wrote it in the bathroom on the toilet, like on one of them early morning sit down for sessions. I just wrote it down and it came out like, like tears, you know, right?”DJ Master Tee is also requesting compensation for the royalties and damages for copyright infringement, theft of intellectual property, unjust enrichment and declaration that he is a co-writer and co-producer of the 1995 hit song.What are your thoughts on this?

Tupac Posthumously Being Sued For Copyright Infringement

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On Friday, Nov 3, a street in Oakland, California, was renamed for <a href="https://www.wbls.com/wbls-news/las-vegas-home-searched-in-connection-to-tupacs-murder">Tupac Shakur</a>, 27 years after the killing of the hip-hop luminary.A section of MacArthur Boulevard near where he lived in the 1990s became Tupac Shakur Way, following a ceremony that included his family members and Oakland native MC Hammer.https://www.instagram.com/p/CzNK278thFg/"Let his spirit live on the rest of these years in these streets and in your hearts," Shakur's sister Sekyiwa "Set" Shakur told the crowd, wiping away tears at the end of a nearly two-hour ceremony. The sign for Tupac Shakur Way was unveiled moments later.MC Hammer said in his remarks that Shakur was "hands down, the greatest rapper ever, there's not even a question of that."The "U Can't Touch This" musician spent many of Shakur's final months with him before the rapper was shot to death at age 25.Shakur collaborator Money-B and Oakland hip-hop legend Too Short also spoke at the ceremony.The "I Get Around" rapper was born in New York and was raised there and in Baltimore. He then moved with his mother to the San Francisco Bay Area in the late 1980s. He lived in Oakland in the early 1990s and embraced it as an adopted hometown."He claimed Oakland," said City Councilwoman Carroll Fife, who led the effort to rename the street. "He said Oakland gave him his game."The ceremony came the day after a former street gang leader <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2023/11/01/duane-keith-davis-loses-lawyer-murder-charge-arraignment/71414431007/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">pleaded not guilty to murder</a> in the 1996 Las Vegas shooting death of Shakur.

Oakland Street Named In Tupac's Honor: 'Tupac Shakur Way'

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Jada Pinkett-Smith sets the record straight about her relationship with the late Tupac Shakur. In a recent <a href="https://www.insider.com/jada-pinkett-smith-says-no-chemistry-between-her-and-tupac-2023-10?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=news_tab">interview</a>, the actress said that the late rapper was her soulmate but they had no chemistry. "There are all kinds of definitions of 'soulmates,'" she said "If there is such a thing as past lives, I definitely think that Pac and I have traveled a few together."She was later asked if she has any regrets about not getting romantically involved with Tupac. She laughed and responded, “It just wasn’t possible. There was no chemistry between us.”Pinkett-Smith said that they had a “friendship-love” chemistry and considered them to be a “dynamic duo.” "It was like God made us that way. It was like, 'Look, I'm going to put you all together, right?" the actress said. "'But I'm going to tell you right now, I'm going to make it so you all are not going to be able to get together because that just wasn't the purpose.'"Jada Pinkett-Smith and Tupac Shakur attended the same school, The Baltimore School of Arts in the 80’s. The actress went on to marry Will Smith in 1997 and year after Tupac died. In 2020, the Bad Boys actor revealed that he was jealous of his wife’s friendship with the rapper. This news comes after it was revealed that Will and Jada have been <a href="https://www.wbls.com/wbls-news/jada-pinkett-smith-reveals-shes-been-separated-from-will-smith-for-seven-years">separated since 2016.</a>What are your thoughts on this?

Jada Pinkett-Smith Clarifies Her Relationship With Tupac Shakur

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It seems like Jada Pinkett-Smith is in the hot seat again after she posted throwback videos of her and the late Tupac Shakur dancing to Will Smith’s “Parents Just Don’t Understand.” In the video, the actress shared the fun video with the caption that reads “CHAPTER-Advanced Degree. Not in a million years would I have dreamed that the Fresh Prince and I would become, um, very acquainted. Not in a million years did I imagine three lives, their fates, would be so intertwined. And… I never would have imagined that this video would become a tangible memory of the last time Pac and I were simply kids together. Pac and I lip syncing Parents Just Don’t Understand by Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince during our Junior year in high school. Who would have thought? <a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/ourworthyjourney/">#ourworthyJourney</a>.”https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cxa7J2BR2aV/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==In the second video, Jada wrote, “Here is part of the original video of Pac and I doing a terrible job at lip syncing Parents Just Don’t Understand😄”https://www.instagram.com/reel/CxbPJw2yYsu/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==However, fans flooded her comment section to share how they felt about the videos. See some of their reactions below. https://x.com/itmustbjam/status/1704875082403770676?s=46&t=f45LpfSMP2bWXL9mF3rs_Qhttps://x.com/purp_stax/status/1704864839313559729?s=46&t=f45LpfSMP2bWXL9mF3rs_Qhttps://x.com/yunglittlefoot/status/1704604654707880358?s=46&t=f45LpfSMP2bWXL9mF3rs_Qhttps://x.com/mrwaynewoo/status/1704885422386475104?s=46&t=f45LpfSMP2bWXL9mF3rs_Qhttps://x.com/laflameps5/status/1704787225802621302?s=46&t=f45LpfSMP2bWXL9mF3rs_Qhttps://x.com/mr_fatsax/status/1704900376648941627?s=46&t=f45LpfSMP2bWXL9mF3rs_QWhat are your thoughts on this?

Social Media Share Mixed Reviews On Jada Pinkett-Smith And Tupac Shakur Video

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Hip Hop's most pivotal players are up for nominations this year at the 75th <a href="https://www.wbls.com/wbls-news/adam-blackstone-donald-glover-sheryl-ralph-lee-among-emmy-nominees-for-2022">Primetime Emmy Awards</a>.Announced on Wednesday, this year's nominees have been revealed and some of the rappers being acknowledged on the big night, include Jay-Z, Notorious B.I.G, Tupac Shakur and Kid Cudi.<a href="https://www.wbls.com/wbls-news/history-making-jay-z-becomes-the-most-grammy-nominated-artist-of-all-time">Jay-Z</a> earned his fourth nomination for co-directing for Rihanna’s Super Bowl LVII Halftime Show. The performance received a total of five nominations including Outstanding Variety Special (Live) and Outstanding Production Design For A Variety Special. Last year, the Roc Nation founder won the Emmy for Outstanding Variety Special for the Super Bowl LVI show, which included Dr. Dre, <a href="https://www.wbls.com/wbls-news/snoop-doggs-snoop-cereal-to-be-available-in-walmart-july-2023">Snoop Dogg</a>, <a href="https://www.wbls.com/wbls-news/mary-j-blige-announces-new-childrens-book-mary-can">Mary J. Blige</a>, Eminem, and Kendrick Lamar, along with special guests 50 Cent and Anderson .Paak.Dear Mama, the FX series about <a href="https://www.wbls.com/wbls-news/the-new-dear-mama-docuseries-set-to-focus-on-afeni-and-tupacs-relationship">Tupac Shakur</a> and his mother Afeni Shakur, is nominated for Outstanding Documentary Or Nonfiction Series. In the A.I space, a virtual reality concert that brought <a href="https://www.wbls.com/wbls-news/the-notorious-b-i-g-s-brooklyn-apartment-hits-the-market-for-1-7-million">Notorious B.I.G</a>. back to life is up for Outstanding Emerging Media program. For animation, Kid Cudi’s Netflix show Entergalactic, for example, is nominated for Outstanding Animated Program.https://twitter.com/KiDCuDi/status/1679156217187569671The 2023 Emmys will be held on September 18 at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, broadcasting live at 5 p.m. PT/8 p.m. ET.