TUPAC SHAKUR

Jayden de Laura accounted for three touchdowns and had his fifth 300-yard passing game of the season as Arizona upset ninth-ranked UCLA 34-28 Saturday night, snapping an eight-game road losing streak against ranked teams.

Peyton Henry made a 22-yard field goal with 8 seconds left to cap a 92-yard scoring driving, and Washington held off No. 24 Oregon State 24-21 to preserve its hopes in the Pac-12 championship game race.

Jada Pinkett Smith has a lifetime of thoughts she’d like to set down.

"Girls Trip" actress Jada Pinkett Smith tells all in her new untitled memoir, which covers "a rollercoaster ride from the depths of suicidal depression to the heights of personal discovery."

Until now, jaywalkers in California could receive a fine of up to $198, which can end up costing even more in court fees. But that’s about to change, although police officers can still stop pedestrians from jaywalking if they are creating an imminent risk of collision with an automobile. This is already the unofficial norm in many large cities and it was once the norm throughout the country, including in California. "It should not be a criminal offense to safely cross the street," said California Assembly Member Phil Ting, a Democrat from San Francisco, who sponsored the Freedom To Walk Act. Plus, we should be encouraging people to get out of their cars and walk for health and environmental reasons."

Civil rights lawyer John Burris is Northern California's go-to attorney when it comes to police brutality.

Caples, dubbed “The First Lady of Death Row Records,” died around 5 a.m., Reggie Wright Jr., the former head of Death Row security, told Vibe, which was the first outlet to report the singer’s death. Caples’ manager, Timothy Beal, confirmed Caples’ death in a statement to Entertainment Tonight on Saturday. Jewell Caples, Death Row Records Singer and Tupac, Dr. Dre, and Snoop Dogg Collaborator, Dead at 53 https://t.co/R5YrMgSgxM — People (@people) May 7, 2022“Jewell was a very special woman with a big heart. Goodbye to a great great friend and a very loving woman. Her solo career began after she signed with Death Row Records in 1992.

Rapper Nas and Tupac were not friends in much of the ’90s. While the world focused on the East Coast-West Coast beef, circulating it around […]

Label owner: Snoop Dogg has bought Death Row Records, the label that launched his career in the 1990s. (Stephen J. Cohen/Getty Images)Snoop Dogg has bought the record label that launched his career. Snoop Dogg Acquires Death Row Records, Label That Launched His Career https://t.co/bGt4C6UHWg — The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) February 9, 2022Death Row was founded in 1992 by Dr. Dre, Suge Knight, the D.O.C. “I am thrilled and appreciative of the opportunity to acquire the iconic and culturally significant Death Row Records brand, which has immense untapped future value,” Snoop Dogg, 50, said in a statement. “We are excited to put the Death Row Records brand back in the hands of a legend like Snoop Dogg,” Kestnbaum said in a statement.

Snoop Dogg has taken over a popular record label that launched his stellar career.

Oregon knocked off a top-five team for the second time in two games, beating No. 5 Southern California 79-69 behind Will Richardson’s career-high 28 points.

Jacob Young scored a season-high 23 points and Oregon edged No. 3 UCLA 84-81 in overtime to give coach Dana Altman his 700th career victory.

Rapper Yo-Yo has fans in an uproar after claiming she and Tupac shared a truer and deeper love than the slain emcee and Jada Pinkett […]

White went from the streets of Baltimore to the philharmonic. In his memoir "I'm Possible," he tells the story of how he transformed his life -- and and about his love for making great music.

Britain Covey returned a punt 78 yards for a touchdown on the final play of the first half, giving Utah 14 points in 27 seconds and a 28-0 lead, and the No. 24 Utes ended No. 4 Oregon’s College Football Playoff hopes with a 38-7 victory Saturday night.

Music Tupacs Exhibit FILE - Rapper Tupac Shakur attends a voter registration event in South Central Los Angeles on Aug. 15, 1996. The Shakur Estate announced Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021, that the "Tupac Shakur. Wake Me When I'm Free" will open on Jan. 21, 2022, in Los Angeles. The Shakur Estate announced Tuesday that the " Tupac Shakur. The exhibit is described as a fully immersive, thought-provoking museum experience that explores the life and legacy of the late rapper.

Tupac Shakur’s handwritten lyrics from classic songs such as “California Love” and “Dear Mama” along with galleries that pay homage to his upbringing and late mother are among the features in a massive touring museum exhibit.

Rapper Shock G died from accidental overdose Shock G, left, shown with George Clinton, died of an accidental overdose, according to a medical examiner's report released Thursday, (Monica Morgan/WireImage)TAMPA, Fla. — Rapper Shock G, found dead in a Florida hotel in April, died from an accidental overdose of fentanyl, alcohol and methamphetamine, officials said Thursday. >> ‘Humpty Dance’ rapper Shock G dead at 57Jacobs was staying at the Vista Inn and Suites in north Tampa and was due to check out on April 22, the Tampa Bay Times reported. First responders attempted to revive him but he was pronounced dead, the Times reported. Shock G and Chopmaster J formed Digital Underground with Kenny K in the late 1980s, Variety reported. The group broke through in 1989 with singles “Doowhutchyalike” and “The Humpty Dance,” the video that featured Shock G in a blubbery, cartoonish voice performing with a fake nose and glasses.

TAMPA, Fla. — Rapper Shock G, a producer and the frontman for the 1990s group Digital Underground, was found dead in a Florida hotel, his father said Thursday. Shock G’s death was confirmed by Digital Underground co-founder Chopmaster G in an Instagram post. “Our son, brother and friend, Gregory Jacobs, also known as Shock G, suddenly passed away today,” the rapper’s family said in a statement. Please keep us in your prayers at this very difficult time.”RIP Shock G. Can’t believe we lost another hip-hop icon. Oh No, Not Shock G (and his alter ego Humpty Hump).

Fascination with Túpac Amaru persists in Peru, where past guerrilla groups and government leaders have appropriated his name.

Shock G, who blended whimsical wordplay with ’70s funk as leader of the off-kilter Bay Area hip-hop group Digital Underground, has died.

The streets of Houston’s Third Ward echoed with screams filled with the word “justice” in the moments after white former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of murder.

Andrew Cuomo for clemency for Gilbert, one of the oldest and longest held inmates in New York state. Four decades later, advocates for the 76-year-old inmate’s release include San Francisco’s chief prosecutor, the son left behind at 14 months old when both his parents were arrested. Boudin ran a progressive campaign in which he said visiting his parents Kathy Boudin and Gilbert in prison showed him the criminal justice system was broken. Hanchar contends Gilbert helped plan a crime that left a lasting hole in the lives of the slain men’s families. Shakur was convicted of leading a group responsible for a series of armed robberies in New York and Connecticut, including the Brink’s heist.

The social justice movement in college athletics has popped up in most unusual place: gymnastics. From UCLA to Pittsburgh, Black gymnasts and the programs they represent are using their platform to empower and uplift. Her experience at Arkansas was simply reflective of the culture at large in the sport at the time. From Pittsburgh to California, female gymnasts are using their platform to empower, educate and bring light to causes they believe in. “Personally I would say (gymnastics) is a predominantly white sport,” Ward said.

Genesis Be helped ignite a nationwide conversation around the Confederate emblem as part of Mississippi's state flag until the flag was retired in June. (AP Photo/Federica Narancio)NEW YORK The path that brought rapper and activist Genesis Be to a New York City stage, her body draped in a Confederate flag and a noose hung around her neck, was a long one. ___After her stage performance went viral, she gathered a group of high school friends and other Mississippians in 2017 to discuss the state flag. Shes not trying to disrespect anybodys ancestors, her childhood friend, Louis McFall, says in 'Should the Confederate Flag Still Fly in Mississippi?' "That symbol has been in our state flag for 120 years.

and Tupac Shakur are being united for an auction at Sothebys, the first-ever dedicated hip-hop auction at a major international auction house. Bidders will be able to vie for the crown worn and signed by the Notorious B.I.G. They'll also get to bid on an archive of 22 autographed love letters written by Shakur at the age of 15-17 to a high school sweetheart. Onetime friends who became rivals in a hype-fueled war between the East and West Coast rap scenes, Shakur and the Notorious B.I.G. The crown has been in photographer Barron Claiborne's possession since he captured Biggie for the cover of Rap Pages magazine.

Lorinda Lacy, 45, stands outside her party store painted with a mural depicting Martin Luther King Jr. in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, June 30, 2020. There was violence and looting in some places, including Los Angeles, but not in LAs Watts neighborhood, forever linked to an uprising that broke out in the segregated community 55 years ago and became known as the Watts riots. Black residents, people born here and those who work to make life better in Watts spoke to The Associated Press about the challenges they faced and those that remain. He said the legacy of the Watts riots is something he keeps in mind as he tries to make life better for residents. Were not the same California we were 55 years ago or the city of Los Angeles 55 years ago.

(CNN) - Police in Tennessee arrested a man named Tupac A. Shakur, 40, after they say he pulled a knife on them and was found with methamphetamine. Officers attempted to arrest Shakur, but he pulled away and reached for his waistband, the release said. Shakur then turned toward officers with a knife before officers took him down. Officers found a syringe and baggies of meth on Shakur, the release said. Shakur shares the same name, even the same middle initial, as the late rapper Tupac Shakur who was killed in September 1996 at age 25.