Shakur, Tupac, 1971-1996.
Person
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Globe Poster collection
Collection — Mapcase folder 1: [Barcode: 31924113938033]
Identifier: 8470
Dates:
1987-1995.
Kevin Powell archive
Collection — Box ? (17 unprocessed boxes and loose records)
Identifier: 8097
Dates:
circa 1991-2013.
Marketing plan for the "All Eyes On Us" tour
Collection — Manuscript box 89 - Folder 1: [Barcode: 31924116195334]
Identifier: 8163
Dates:
1996
Phyllis Pollack papers
Collection
Identifier: 8130
Scope and content
Papers include magazine and newspaper articles, photographs, posters, photocopies and ephemera documenting Hip Hop in the 1980s and 90s. Included are FOIL copies of the FBI's files on Tupac Shakur and Eazy-E, a recording contract for an album featuring Bushwick Bill of the Geto Boys, a press release for NWA's "Straight Outta Compton" video, which was banned by MTV. Other documentation focuses on the rise of gangsta rap, the censorship of rap lyrics and the controversy over the Recording...
Dates:
circa 1985-2000.
Tupac Shakur and Digital Underground fan mail
Collection
Identifier: 8132
Scope and content
156 fan letters written to Tupac Shakur within their original envelopes, the majority of which are unopened, variously address c/o Interscope Records, Atlantic Recording Corporation, and others, ca. 1995 and 442 envelopes with content relating to the Digital Underground, mostly unopened, the majority containing fan voting ballots for the Humpty Dance Awards (where fans voted for their favorite song containing a Humpty Dance sample), most addressed to The Humpty Dance Awards, 1993.
Dates:
1993-1995.
Tupac Shakur letter and photograph
Collection — Manuscript box 89 - Folder 1: [Barcode: 31924113876712]
Identifier: 8134
Dates:
1995.
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- Hip-hop. 5
- Rap (Music). 3
- Rap (Music) -- Social aspects. 2
- Rap musicians. 2
- African American journalists. 1
- African American youth -- Social life and customs. 1
- African Americans -- Social conditions. 1
- African Americans. 1
- American poetry -- African American authors. 1
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Politics and government -- 21st century. 1
- Concert tours 1
- Gangsta rap (Music). 1
- Go-go (Music) 1
- Hip-hop -- Influence. 1
- Hip-hop -- United States. 1
- Human rights advocacy. 1
- Journalists. 1
- N.W.A. (Musical group). 1
- Popular culture. 1
- Popular music -- United States -- History -- 20th century. 1
- Popular music -- United States -- Pictorial works. 1
- Popular music. 1
- Posters. 1
- Rap (Music) -- Political aspects. 1
- Rap musicians -- California. 1
- Rap musicians -- United States -- Biography. 1
- Rhythm and blues music. 1
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