NEW MUSIC VIDEO: Meek Mill x Rick Ross - 'Tupac Back'

To celebrate what would've been Tupac's 40th birthday, Meek Mill and Rick Ross put out this video for 'Tupac Back'.

VIDEO: J Cole Pays Tribute To Tupac & Biggie At Bonnaroo

Roc Nation's J Cole paid tribute to Tupac and Biggie during his performance at Bonnaroo.

The rapper performed Tupac's classic 'I Ain't Mad At Cha' and 'Higher' taken from his mixtape 'Friday Night Lights' which uses the same sample as Big's 'Big Poppa'.

Thanks Rap-Up

NEWS: New Leads Found In Investigation Over B.I.G's Murder

The death of Biggie Smalls, aka B.I.G aka Christopher Wallace still hasn't been solved, but some new leads into the investigation over his death have been found.

 The 13-year-old case was recently "reinvigorated" after some new information was brought forward according to a law enforcerment source, which includes the LAPD, LA County District Attorney's Office and the FBI.

A retired LAPD detective told CNN that he still believes that Suge Knight is responsible for Biggie's death, even though he was in prison at the time:

"Suge Knight ordered the hit," Poole said, adding that he believes it was arranged by Reggie Wright Jr., who headed security for Death Row Records.

Reggie Wright Jr. told CNN he had nothing to do with the murder, and Knight has repeatedly said he had nothing to do with the crime. Poole said he retired early from the LAPD, in part, because he was thwarted in following leads in the Wallace case involving police officers, some of whom worked off-duty for Death Row Records.

"I think I was getting too close to the truth," Poole said. "I think they feared that the truth would be a scandal."

NEWS: Tupac Shakur Biography Authorized By Afeni Shakur

Tupac's mother Afeni Shakur has given author Kevin Powell her blessing for him to study and write about the late rapper's life story for the biography 'Tupac Shakur: The Authorized Biography'.

This biography will be the first written about the rapper 14 years after his murder.

No release date has been given yet for the biography.

VIDEO: ESPN's 'One Night In Vegas' - The Infamous Night Of Tupac's Death

It's been 14 years since rapper Tupac was shot dead after watching his friend Mike Tyson beat Bruce Seldon in a boxing match in Las Vegas.

Last night in the States, ESPN 30 for 30 premiered 'One Night In Vegas' which is a part documentary/part graphic novel, created by Reggie Bythewood. With the help of Mike Tyson Bythewood recaps the story of the infamous night in Vegas and the friendship between the two. Dr Maya Angelou also contributes to the documentary sharing her memories of Tupac and how they first met. Even Suge Knight pops up in to too!

Check out some snippets from the documentary.


R.I.P Tupac

NEWS: New Movie On Tupac Shakur's Last Days

'Training Day' director Antoine Fuqua's much-anticipated documentary about Tupac Shakur will now be made into a film which will concentrate on the rapper's last day, featuring flashbacks that link to Shakur's final day on earth, when he was gunned down in Las Vegas in 1996.

Production on the film is expected to begin in November and Fuqua hopes to cast an unknown as Shakur.

Oscar-nominated screenwriters Stephen J. Rivele told Rolling Stone:

"He was just beginning to shed that anger and look for a purer voice... He was in the process of changing himself, and entering a new phase of his life. He saw the contradiction between the musical persona of 'Thug Life,' and his essential nature as a gentle, sensitive person. And that was partly responsible for his murder: He was not a gangster, but the people around him were."

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Our Top 10 Celebrity Quotes On Love

Tis' the season to be loving and with the pungent sound of hearts beating in the air ( well..seemingly so), who else could you possibly think of to provide us with enduring words on the subject of love, other than the celebrity? After all they take care of all our other needs whether it be to entertain, educate, admire or to simply be the latest victim in our mockery sessions, so why not words on love?

With that said, we at SocialWriters have compiled a list of inspiring, genius and darn right bizarre love quotes from some of our favourite celebs and historical icons, for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy!

Maya Angelou

1. "Love recognises no barriers. it jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at it destinations full of hope"

James Baldwin

2. "Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within"

Martin Luther King

3. "Hatred paralyses life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it."

Michelle Obama

4. "Cutes good. But cute only lasts for so long, and then it's 'who are you as a person?' Don't look at the bank book or the title, look at the heart"

Jada Pinkett Smith

5. "I will throw my career away before I let it break up our marriage. I made it clear to Will. I'd throw it away completely"

Angelina Jolie

6. "We come to love not by finding the perfect person , but by learning to see the imperfect person perfectly"

Tupac shakur

7. "What you won't do, do for love. You tried everthing, but you don't get love"

Common

8. "How beautiful love can be, on the streets love is hard to see. It's the place I got to be. loving you is loving me"

Kanye West

9. "I can't keep my cool, so I keep it true. I got something to lose so I have to move. I can't keep myself and still keep you too"

Tiger Woods

10. " I love to play golf, and that's my arena. And you can characterize it and describe it however you want, but I have a love and passion for getting that ball in the hole and beating those guys"

(**Interpret that how you will, but we know who's words we'll be taking on board**)

RVB

NEWS: Some New Info Into The Deaths Of Biggie & Tupac

It's been over ten years since two of the greatest rappers, Notorious BIG and Tupac, were murdered. There's been a lot of conspiracy around their deaths, but nobody has ever been caught for their murders.

Some new light has been shed by Hip Hip Wired who had an exclusive chat with an 'Ol' G' from the West Coast, who discusses who is responsible for Biggie and Tupac's deaths:

Taken from Hip Hop Wired

“Initially when the East Coast/ West Coast beef started, Puffy and more or less Bad Boy… some of the big wigs from Bad Boy came out to California and they were performing at one of the shows out here. It was one of those concerts when they were out here and the whole East Coast vs. West Coast beef was going on. When they got out here they recruited these dudes from the South Side Crips and a couple other local Crip sets to go out there and to come to the concert.

So they all go to the concert and they get backstage access. So after using their backstage access they hooked up with the big wigs and they met them back at a hotel and the after party. So after they met them at the after party, they called some of the big wigs up and they were asking them how much they were gonna charge them (the Southside Crips) to take out Death Row.

So they came to some kind of agreement. It was something like $20-thousand a chain. For every Death Row chain they snatched, they wanted like $20-thousand."

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Hmmmm...do you believe that this could be the reason why Tupac and Biggie were killed? Let us know your thoughts

May he RIP: Tupac

Although it seems like it was only yesterday that we remember him bowling out the courtroom and throwing up the westside hand sign, today marks 13 years of Tupac Shakur's Death.

Pac left with him a catalogue of material that is timeless, and we at SW thought we would remember Tupac with one of his hits.

Tupac - A revolutionary, an artist, a fighter, RIP.