Johnny J was a multi-platinum songwriter, music producer & rapper who was perhaps best known for his production on Tupac Shakur's albums All Eyez on Me and Me Against the World.

Among other things, the podcast featured the band's thoughts about their 2005 South American tour, some information on their new album, a mash-up of " Drive " and Tupac Shakur's " Better Dayz ", a cover of Soundgarden's " Black Hole Sun ", and a few live interludes.

Much of the album's production was being handled by famed Tupac Shakur's producer Johnny " J ".

Prior to its release, Brown had been in negotiations with rapper Tupac Shakur to get signed to Shakur's new label Makaveli Records.

Tupac Shakur's bodyguard, Frank Alexander, produced a documentary about the murder, Tupac Shakur: Before I Wake, in which he stated that it would be inconceivable that Suge, who was the driver of the car in which Tupac was killed, and a very large man, would put himself in the path of bullets if he knew they were coming.

Soon Knight would sign rapper Tupac " 2Pac " Shakur, incarcerated on a sexual abuse conviction, after agreeing to post Shakur's bail.

* Bishop, the last name and nickname of Tupac Shakur's character in Juice ( film )

He was referenced by Richie Rich in Tupac Shakur's song " Rather Be Ya Nigga ", in the line, " Smoke blunts, but leave them stunts up to Super Dave ," in the Ice Cube song " Wicked ", with the line " We'll have to break his ass up like Super Dave ," in the A Tribe Called Quest song " The Chase, Part II " with the lyric, " We flippin ' on niggas like we Super Dave ," in the Cool Calm Pete song " Lost " with the line " You ( r ) fake stunts that's strictly for Super Dave ".

This came after Madonna and producers decided to remove Tupac Shakur's rap ( which he did while he and Madonna were dating in 1994 ), after he had criminal charges filed against him.

They had both eventually left the crumbling Death Row Records in 1999 after Daz left due to long-lasting internal struggles on the label after friend and labelmate Tupac Shakur's murder in 1996.

* Kastro ( born 1976 ), an American rapper and member of Tupac Shakur's rap group, Outlawz

Phyllis Hyman for her Living All Alone album, Go West's version rose high in the adult contemporary charts, and Boyz II Men's version in 2004, Tupac Shakur's " Do for Love ," which samples the lyric, also attained a good deal of popularity.

It placed third, behind Tupac Shakur's eighth posthumous release, Tupac: Resurrection, which moved 430, 000 albums, and Jay-Z's The Black Album, which sold 463, 263 copies.

Parts of the song were also used for the chorus of rap artist Tupac Shakur's ' No More Pain '.

Other famous cover subjects are, Trey Songz, Brandy, Snoop Dogg, Mariah Carey, Beyoncé, Amerie, Jennifer Lopez, Keyshia Cole, Janet Jackson, Lil Wayne, The Fugees, Eminem, T. I., R. Kelly, Michael Jackson ( whom Quincy Jones ' daughter Kidada had dressed in hip-hop clothing, reportedly for the first and only time in the entertainer's career ), Ciara, who also appeared on the cover numerous times and rap legend Tupac Shakur's famous cover story in which he reveals important details about his non-fatal 1994 NYC shooting ( two years before his death in Las Vegas, Nevada ).

Outlawz, formally known as Outlaw Immortalz, is an American hip hop group founded by Tupac Shakur in late 1995 after Shakur's release from prison.

Dramacydal first appeared on the B-side of Tupac Shakur's 1993 single Holler If Ya Hear Me, the track " Flex ".

* In 1996, " The Way It Is " was heavily sampled in Tupac Shakur's hit song " Changes ", which was released in 1998.

Also in 1993, she played the mother of Tupac Shakur's character in Poetic Justice.

* The bassline from " Friends " is sampled in Tupac Shakur's " Troublesome ' 96 ".

He was slated to direct Tupac Shakur's official biopic.

Tupac Shakur made his debut on the latter song and portrayed an African king in the video.

He made his feature film debut with rapper Tupac Shakur as the star of cinematographer Ernest Dickerson's directorial film debut Juice.

Displaying his influence on rap and hip hop, Clinton also worked with Tupac Shakur on the song " Can't C Me " from the album All Eyez on Me ; Ice Cube on the song and video for " Bop Gun ( One Nation )" on the Lethal Injection album ( which sampled Funkadelic's earlier hit " One Nation Under A Groove "); Outkast on the song " Synthesizer " from the album Aquemini ; Redman on the song " J. U. M. P.

In 1995, after doing " California Love ", which proved to be his best selling single ever, Tupac Shakur would do its remix with Dr. Dre again featured, who originally wanted it for his next album, but relented to let it be on the album All Eyez on Me instead.

With the success of Hammer's 1994 album, The Funky Headhunter ( featuring Tha Dogg Pound ), Hammer signed with Death Row Records by 1995, along with Snoop Dogg and his close friend, Tupac.

Late 1993, Tupac Shakur formed the group Thug Life with a number of his friends, including Big Syke, Macadoshis, his stepbrother Mopreme Shakur, and Rated R. The group released their only album Thug Life: Volume 1 on September 26, 1994, which went gold.

The album also included " Thug Luv " with Tupac Shakur.

Tupac immediately began work on his Death Row album, kicking off his tenure by insulting Notorious B. I. G.

With the success of Hammer's 1994 album, The Funky Headhunter ( featuring Tha Dogg Pound ), Hammer signed with Death Row Records by 1995, along with Snoop Dogg and his close friend, Tupac.

Tupac Shakur was paid $ 200, 000 dollars by Death Row Records owner Suge Knight to record a track for the album.

Category: Tupac Shakur album covers

Category: Tupac Shakur album covers

*" Candy " was sampled by Tupac Shakur on his song " All Bout U ", Will Smith on his song " Candy ", by Mariah Carey on her song " Loverboy ", by Eightball and MJG on " Jus like Candy ", and by The Black Eyed Peas on their songs " Like That " and " Ba Bump " from their album " Monkey Business ", By Master P Album " Mamas Bad Boy " for song " Eyes Of A Killer " and again for His Group Tru album " Tru to the Game " song " Candy ".

Tupac Shakur intended to sign Nice & Smooth to his Makaveli label and even recorded tracks with the duo for the One Nation album.

In 2004, Saadiq produced a remix of the song " Crooked Nigga Too " by Tupac Shakur which is featured on the album Loyal To The Game.

In 2006, he released a 10-year anniversary tribute album for Tupac Shakur called A 2Pac Tribute: Dare 2 Struggle, featuring artists such as Mopreme Shakur, Outlawz, and Imaan Faith.

* " Changes " ( Tupac Shakur song ), a 1998 song by Tupac Shakur on his Greatest Hits album

A similar occurrence occurred with " Manifest Destiny ", sampled in " Who Do U Believe In ", a track by Tupac Shakur from his album Better Dayz.

After the death of Tupac Shakur the label inherited the rights to 2Pacalypse Now, Strictly 4 My N. I. G. G. A. Z, Thug Life Vol.

Among the album's twelve tracks was also a posthumous duet with Tupac Shakur that was assembled from the large cache of unreleased recordings done prior to his murder in 1996.

It managed to save itself from complete bankruptcy by releasing archived Snoop Dogg compilation albums and posthumous Tupac albums.

In 2001, Jay-Z spoke out against Prodigy after he took an issue with a Jay-Z line from " Money, Cash, Hoes " that he felt were subliminal shots at Mobb Deep and referenced Mobb Deep's beef with Tupac Shakur, Snoop Dogg, and Death Row Records.

The album's second single, an anti-racism cultural awareness politico called " Wussup Wit the Luv ," featured a solo from Funkadelic guitarist Michael Hampton, as well as a verse and video appearance from Tupac Shakur.

The show's traditional reliance on the character-driven sketches featuring Damon and Keenen gave way to an increasing reliance upon walk-on cameos and guest appearances, including Nick Bakay, Barry Bonds, James Brown, Rodney Dangerfield, Bret Hart, Sherman Hemsley, Biz Markie, Peter Marshall, Ed O ' Neill, Chris Rock, Macho Man Randy Savage, Tupac Shakur, and players from the National Basketball Association.

It is known to have signed many popular West Coast hip hop artists such as Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, 2Pac, MC Hammer, Nate Dogg and the rap group Tha Dogg Pound consisting of rappers Kurupt and Daz Dillinger also Lisa " Left Eye " Lopes of TLC although most if not all departed from the label after its demise following the murder of Tupac Shakur in 1996.

Though names from Big Daddy Kane and the Wu-Tang Clan to Eric B. and K-Solo were mentioned, the label would never be formed ; three days later, Tupac, Knight and others were caught on surveillance camera at the MGM Hotel-Casino in Las Vegas assailing gang member Orlando Anderson who was a Southside Crip ( which was rumored to provide security for Bad Boy Entertainment artists ).

Exactly one year following Tupac's death, with the money made from Tupac's posthumous albums, Afeni founded the Georgia-based Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation, which provides art programs for young people, and Amaru Entertainment, the holding company for all Tupac's unreleased material.

Shakur was reportedly in Federal Court on July 20, 2007, to file an injunction to prevent Death Row Records from selling any unreleased material from Tupac after the company failed to prove that the unreleased songs were not part of its bankruptcy settlement.

Maryland has produced popular musicians from many fields, including doo wop and hardcore punk, as well as the gangsta rap of Tupac Shakur, the contemporary R & B of Toni Braxton and the pop of Cass Elliott.

The genre-crossing Frank Zappa was also from Maryland, as was Tupac Shakur, who was born in Harlem, though he began his career in Baltimore, eventually becoming one of the most famous rappers in hip hop history.

During Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg's performance in the 2012 show, a projection of deceased rapper Tupac Shakur came up from under the stage and began performing " Hail Mary " and " 2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted ".

Other notable fans of the Versace fashion house are Tupac Shakur, Carlos Coy, Elizabeth Hurley, Axl Rose, Beyoncé and Princess Diana, who was offered, but declined, £ 1, 000, 000 to appear on the catwalk in Versace to celebrate her divorce from Prince Charles.

Tupac Inca Yupanqui from the Inca Empire is credited with leading a circa 10 month-long voyage of exploration into the Pacific around 1480.

In the wake of the " Cop Killer " affair, Warner Bros. distanced itself from gangsta rap and in late 1995 it sold its 50 % stake in Interscope Records and its controversial subsidiary Death Row Records ( Tupac Shakur, Snoop Dogg ) back to co-owners Jimmy Iovine and Ted Field.

Hip hop music and culture has a big influence on the Namibian youth, with influence from American slain rappers Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B. I. G., and others like Nas, Jay-Z, Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre and Eminem.

When Tupac Shakur recorded " Hit ' Em Up " a diss song towards his former friend and rival, The Notorious B. I. G., he recruited three members from the former group whom he had worked with previously, and was eager to work with them again.

He was always known as Young Noble and was never given an alias from Tupac.