Hip Hop Vibe Staff Writer
Shortly following the premiere of Notorious, Afeni Shakur announced she had green-lighted a bio-pic about Tupac. After all, there was more fame that came with Tupac Shakur than with The Notorious B.I.G. Last year, the initial story about the Tupac bio-pic was released.
Currently, the film is casting for the roles of Suge Knight and Jada Pinkett Smith. Suge Knight came into Tupac's life following his 1995 arrest and signed him to Death Row. Jada, on the other hand, was a childhood friend of Tupac's. The casting calls for a man in his mid-30s who is enormous and intimidating. For Jada, a regal, stunning, young woman between 17 and 20 years old.
Along with casting information, the synopsis of the film has been released to the public. The rise and fall of Tupac Shakur is chronicled, from his days attending the Baltimore School of the Arts as a teenager, to his decision to leave his mother's dead-end life behind and embrace the Thug Life in California, to his wild success as a rapper and his dangerous war against the East Coast scene. A true poet who was waylaid by fame's trappings, his earliest ambition was to change the world and make a difference in people's lives, and before his tragic murder in Las Vegas in 1996, that's exactly what 2Pac did.
Filming for the Tupac Shakur bio-pic is set to begin this spring.