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Tupac Shakur

  • Blogs

    May 15, 2012

    The Case Against Holograms, Which in Honor of Freddie Mercury Needs to be Made Right Now

    A few days after Tupac Shakur came back from New Mexico appeared as a "hologram" during last month's Coachella festival, cynics wondered aloud about the optical illusion becoming a trend. Somebody even put together a humorous "poster" advertising next year's show, which consisted exclusively of eith ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2012

    Hologram Musicians: The Legal Implications

    There's no denying that the "hologram" of Tupac Shakur that debuted at Coachella this year is provocative. Some see the visual effect as a celebration of a well-regarded rapper's legacy. Others see the spectacle as a disturbing example of the uncanny valley theory on a particularly grand scale. No ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2012

    Tupac Shakur is Still Alive

    Editor: Tef Poe is an artist from St. Louis City. Through powerful imagery and complicated honesty, he has earned a reputation as one of the best rappers telling the story of St. Louis, which is about much more than one place. Poe has been featured in music publications such as XXL and Urb Magazine. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2012

    Best of Coachella's Final Day

    See also: Our complete Coachella coverage By the third day of Coachella's second weekend -- the sixth and final day of this year's festival -- folks had more or less learned to ignore the dust and the heat. Here are our intrepid writers' favorite things about the final hours of the 2012 event.

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2011

    This Is A Real YouTube Genre: "Riding Turtles With Rap Music"

    Here's the great and terrible thing about YouTube: If you have an intensely specific desire to see something, like, say, animals riding very slow turtles with an overdubbed hip hop soundtrack, YouTube's seedy underbelly has probably already turned it into a genre of videos with its own playlist. H ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2011

    Tupac Shakur, Fifteen Years After His Death: Not Just A Thinker, Not Just A Thug

    ​Fifteen years ago today Tupac Shakur died. In the time since, his legacy has been shaped by a ubiquitous moral contradiction: the man who wrote "Keep Ya Head Up" and "Changes" also wrote "How Do You Want It" and "Hit 'Em Up." As such, Tupac seems to embody the escalating internal conflict of hip- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 5, 2011

    Ten Biggest Musician Death Conspiracies

    wikimedia commons​There's always been a sense of glamour in the blur of all that is sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll, and it doesn't end when the music's done, or even when the rock stars die. Instead, an eerie feeling of mystery and unfinished business surfaces when the demise of a music icon is ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 20, 2011

    Highlights From the Second Annual S.L.U.M. Fest

    Lena J and Miss Precious. Photos by Kelsey Whipple.​This weekend's S.L.U.M. Fest, now in its second year, was an overload of talent, controlled chaos and more references to swag than a swag-only dictionary. There were also several jokes about Tupac, countless baseball hats and more proof of th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2011

    Tupac Shakur's 40th Birthday: Lessons in Police/Community Relationships

    Happy birthday, Pac.​Today would have been Tupac Shakur's 40th birthday. In the fifteen years since his death, his songs still slap, and his words still reverberate. He remains an enigmatic figure, whose name rings out from street corners to NPR. Proof of that? Yesterday St. Louis Public Radi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2011

    79-Year Old Woman Assaulted by Cops, Lawsuit Alleges

    Public Enemy, NWA, Tupac... 79-year-old Velma Fortune, shining a light on police brutality.​ Updated at 11:30 a.m. to include a statement from McPherson Police Chief Dennis Shaw. Two McPherson, Kansas, police officers snatched the cane of a 79-year-old woman, handcuffed her and dragged her a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2011

    Social Distortion at the Pageant, 5/4/11: Photos Setlist

    Social Distortion. Photo by Jason Stoff​Taking the stage to 2Pac's "California Love," Social Distortion brought its California hustle and flow to The Pageant Wednesday night and treated the packed house of rowdy punks, jocks, skaters and auto mechanics to almost two hours of unadulterated punk ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2011

    Battle Reuben: East Coast vs. West Coast

    ​Gut Check can think of countless perks of living in a so-called flyover state: no hurricanes, smaller egos and virtually no pressure when confronting the unanswerable question -- 2Pac or Biggie? Here at the crossroads of America, where our most famous rapper was best-known for a singsong cade ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2011

    Living Things Releases a Free Mixtape, Malocchio

    Living Things, which still proudly claims St. Louis as its home, yesterday released a new, free mixtape on its website. Called Malocchio, the release is "influenced by the sounds of Afrobeat and psychedelic-era Nigerian dub," according to a release sent out by the band's publicist. The genesis for ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2011

    Attention St. Louis Thugs: Do Not Follow This Man's Example

    A good look until it backfires.​We know. We know. Placing a gun in your waistband can make you look really tough. Like this picture of Tupac here.But placing a loaded weapon in your drawers also has its disadvantages, especially when it goes off accidentally as one did yesterday on a St. Louis man ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2010

    Gut Check's Week in Tweets

    ​Don't you know? Gut Check has a Twitter account. You can follow us @gutcheckstl.Here's some of what you missed on the Twitter feed this week: Good NYT article on Australian chef David Thompson opening a Thai restaurant in Bangkok. http://nyti.ms/9RmZ38 Alton Brown calls out Man v. Food http:/ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 29, 2010

    Review: Teena Marie Steals the Show at The St. Louis Super Music Fest at the Chaifetz Arena, Saturday, August 28

    ​The first-ever St. Louis Super Music Fest (slated to be an annual event) took place last night at the Chaifetz Arena, and fans couldn't wait to get funked up. The majority of the crowd was over 40; however a respectable showing of 20- and 30-somethings came out to watch a lineup of musical l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2009

    Interview: Hip-Hop Journalist Kim Osorio, Ex-Editor-in-Chief of The Source

    (Article by Kristy Wendt)For those yearning for behind-the-scenes fodder on the battles, beefs, and trysts of hip-hop's high profilers, Kimberly Osorio's memoir Straight From the Source will make you feel like you're looking through their hotel room keyholes; you'll get a tantalizing glimpse, and no ... More >>

  • Film

    January 14, 2009

    Biggie, Small: Notorious B.I.G., made B.L.A.N.D.

    (Article by Kristy Wendt)For those yearning for behind-the-scenes fodder on the battles, beefs, and trysts of hip-hop's high profilers, Kimberly Osorio's memoir Straight From the Source will make you feel like you're looking through their hotel room keyholes; you'll get a tantalizing glimpse, and no ... More >>

  • Music

    November 5, 2008

    Anthony Hamilton

    8 p.m. Sunday, November 9. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2008

    Video: St. Ides Malt Liquor Rap Commercials

    8 p.m. Sunday, November 9. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

  • Blogs

    April 10, 2008

    Los Angeles Times Borrows a Page from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Retraction Playbook

    8 p.m. Sunday, November 9. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2007

    Lyfestile Leaves Queen of Sheba

    8 p.m. Sunday, November 9. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

  • Blogs

    July 23, 2007

    Cafe Soul at Lucas School House: A Review of the Open-Mic

    8 p.m. Sunday, November 9. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

  • News

    January 17, 2007

    The Mexican answers his spiciest question yet.

    Week of January 18, 2007

  • Film

    January 3, 2007

    Film Openings

    Week of January 4, 2006

  • Music

    November 15, 2006

    Lyfe Jennings

    8 p.m. Tuesday, November 21. The Pageant (6161 Delmar Boulevard).

  • Home Entertainment

    November 8, 2006

    Burning the Yule Log

    8 p.m. Tuesday, November 21. The Pageant (6161 Delmar Boulevard).

  • Home Entertainment

    October 11, 2006

    Our top DVD picks for the week of October 12

    8 p.m. Tuesday, November 21. The Pageant (6161 Delmar Boulevard).

  • Music

    December 7, 2005

    Critical Fatwa

    8 p.m. Tuesday, November 21. The Pageant (6161 Delmar Boulevard).

  • Music

    July 20, 2005

    Critical Fatwa

    The LAPD

  • Music

    June 15, 2005

    Various Artists

    The Very Best of Death Row (The Row)

  • Music

    January 12, 2005

    Ol' Dirty Bastard

    Osirus (Sure Shot)

  • Music

    December 8, 2004

    Aqua Boogie

    A local company is leading kids to water. But can it make them drink?

  • News

    October 20, 2004

    Letters

    Week of October 20, 2004

  • Music

    October 13, 2004

    Die, Jeff Buckley, Die!

    It's time to put a bullet through the head of the Jeff Buckley zombie

  • Music

    September 8, 2004

    All Oddz on Me

    Think you know who killed 2Pac? Wanna bet?

  • Film

    March 24, 2004

    Wages of Sin

    DMX is gonna give it to ya in this stripped-down crime story from Donald Goines

  • News

    February 25, 2004

    Letters

    Week of February 25, 2004

  • Calendar

    February 4, 2004

    Injustice for All

    Miller's crossings

  • Calendar

    February 4, 2004

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    Week of February 4, 2004

  • Music

    January 28, 2004

    The Gospel According to Tupac

    Jesus raised the dead. Tupac raised the roof. What's the dif?

  • Music

    December 10, 2003

    Grand Theft Audio

    Radar Station discovers the soundtrack to crime

  • Film

    June 11, 2003

    Hollywood Babble-On

    Ron Shelton tries to mock the LA cop-buddy movie, but the joke's mostly on him

  • Music

    December 4, 2002

    Pointed Criticism

    Pointessential 7 is largely disappointing

  • Music

    December 4, 2002

    Mag Hags

    What's wrong with the state of music journalism -- and how to fix it

  • Music

    November 6, 2002

    Damn, That DJ Made My Day

    Jam Master Jay, 1965-2002

  • Music

    September 25, 2002

    Power Play

    Tech N9ne makes a major move that should push him past (Kansas) city limits

  • Film

    October 24, 2001

    Dust and Bones

    Dickerson digs up an undead Snoop Dogg and every horror cliché he can find

  • Music

    September 19, 2001

    Foxy Brown

    Broken Silence (Island/Def Jam)

  • Music

    September 13, 2000

    Big L

    The Big Picture (Rawkus/Flamboyant)

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