Features Holograms & AI can bring performers back from the dead – but will the fans keep buying it? Fans can mourn the passing of music legends for years, the hits echoing long after the original voice is silenced. Little wonder, then, that... The ConversationJune 16, 2023
Music Culturalist Theory looks at “Tupac Albums Ranked Worst to Best” Today on Culturalist Theory, host C. Jay Williams dives into "Tupac Albums Ranked Worst to Best." This list does not include group albums or... @HipHopCanadaJune 13, 2023
Features Tupac’s “Dear Mama” endures as rap artists detail complex relationships with their mothers, street life & the pursuit of success In hip-hop music, it sometimes seems as if songs to and about mothers are common enough that audiences might take them for granted. As... The ConversationMay 12, 2023
Features Drink Champs: Marlon Wayans on Tupac, Chris Rock, White Chicks 2, Scary Movie reboot, Trump & more "In this episode of Drink Champs, N.O.R.E, DJ EFN, and Marlon Wayans talk Marlon's new comedy special on HBO Max, the similarities between the... @HipHopCanadaApril 17, 2023
Features Hidden Gems: 2Pac – Pain (ft. Stretch) | Throwback This one will never get old. “Pain” is one of most underrated 2Pac songs of all-time and is a bit rare one since it... @HipHopCanadaOctober 6, 2022
Features Kanye may not like books, but hip-hop fosters a love of literature When Ye – the artist formerly known as Kanye West – stated during a recent podcast that he doesn’t read books, some people questioned... The ConversationSeptember 27, 2022
Features Roe v. rap: Hip-hop artists have long wrestled with reproductive rights Hip-hop culture is often recognized as being born on Aug. 11, 1973. That was about seven months after Roe v. Wade, the landmark decision... The ConversationJuly 12, 2022
Features Tupac in the metaverse: how digital avatars could be the bankable future of band touring It was a technological feat that made history, wowed audiences and brought a dead rapper back to life. In April 2012 at the Coachella... The ConversationApril 19, 2022
Features 25 Years Later: In Tupac’s life, the struggles and triumphs of a generation In the summer of 2017, after the release of the Tupac Shakur biopic All Eyez on Me, Prof. Jeffrey O. G. Ogbar wrote a... The ConversationSeptember 13, 2021
News & Press Releases Holler If Ya Hear Me: Hot Docs to present 2Pac-inspired documentary screening & Toronto Poetry Project performance On Saturday, Sept. 7, The Toronto Poetry Project, the people behind the wildly popular Toronto Story Slam, will present a screening and live performance... @HipHopCanadaAugust 24, 2019