Rapper Tupac Shakur was killed in 1996. His estate has released 6 posthumous albums and authorized a hologram likeness of him to perform at last year's Coachella Music Festival. Now, his mother has turned over management of his estate to a new group of managers who have worked with the estates of other artists such as Janis Joplin, Otis Redding, and Henry Mancini.
The new managers have thankfully ruled our a hologram tour, but are considering the use of his music in a Pink Floyd-esque laser light show. Yawn. Almost everything Tupac recorded has been released in the past 16 years and only snippets of recordings remain in the vault. Nonetheless, his mother stated of the management change , "I believe it is our responsibility to make sure that Tupac's entire body of work is made available for his fans." Translation: it is her desire to make as much money as possible off her son's music.
