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December 16, 2005 - Adrien Brody still cherishes the bit of graffiti "bombing" he did as a Queens teen with Tupac Shakur. "If I had more talent, I probably would have done more," he tells Mass Appeal magazine.

July 29, 2005 - After his appearance on 'Total Request Live' earlier this month, Bow Wow answered a few fan questions at MTV.com, including which past or present artist he'd like to work with. "Tupac, because not only do I look up to him but I just feel that Tupac was more than music, he was a movement," Bow Wow said. "I really respect him a lot. I'm a Tupac fan and I definitely believe in what he believed in, and he meant so much to pop culture. I would definitely want to work with Pac, not him being on my record but him writing something for me. I'd love to have that." Read more.

July 19, 2005 - Charlotte Church, who's new pop single 'Crazy Chick' is head-to-head against the Elton John, Tupac Shakur track 'Ghetto Gospel' in the UK singles charts, is lashing out to The Sun about her competition. "Elton John and Tupac are really big... but I think it's crap. Of course I don't like it, it's my competition," she said. "I like Elton, but Tupac - he should stop releasing records, let the man rest in peace for God's sake. Elton John has had enough number ones in his time and I reckon he should let someone else have a go." Read more.

June 27, 2005 - Just days after Tupac Shakur was gunned down, a security boss for his record label vowed to get his Brooklyn-born rap rival Notorious B.I.G. in retaliation, a witness told a federal jury on Tuesday. "In a nutshell, Reggie [Wright Jr., then security chief for Death Row Records] told me: 'We're gonna get those motherfu**ers who downed 'Pac. ... Biggie and his crew ... we're gonna get 'em,'" Shakur's former bodyguard Kevin Hackie said. Read more.

June 27, 2005 - Tupac Amaru Shakur Center for the Arts Peace Garden Grand Opening went down on June 11th in Stone Mountain, Georgia, where the late rapper's mother Afeni Shakur was on hand. Check out pictures from FilmMagic.

May 12, 2005 - The late Tupac Shakur is out with the new video to 'Ghetto Gospel', featuring Elton John, from 'Loyal To The Game'. Watch it online in Win or Real formats.

April 5, 2005 - Faith Evans bristles at people who regard her as the source of the beef between slain rappers Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur. 2pac claimed he had an affair with Evans, which she denies. "It's not the first time that happened to me - to get lied on," she tells Jim Farber of The New York Daily News. "But God knows the truth. And I know the truth." Read more.

March 29, 2005 - The late Tupac Shakur's mother Afeni Shakur was on hand for the Keep the Kids Alive Campaign on Tuesday (March 22) at a private residence in Atlanta, Georgia. Check out pictures from WireImage.

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