Articles Tagged with: 2Pac

Rapper’s Music the Focus of “Holler If Ya Hear Me”
6:00AM ET February 29th, 2012
Contributor : Stephen Willis
A Rocky Williform Company

2Pac’s life and music is the inspiration behind a new musical that will begin casting soon in New York City. “Holler If Ya Hear Me,” a project being directed by Broadway director Kenny Leon, will feature the late rapper’s songs and is being described “American musical inspired by and featuring the music Tupac Shakur.”

Leon, who has worked with talents like Angela Bassett and Samuel L. Jackson. He previously discussed the project late in 2011.

“A long time ago, maybe eight or nine years ago, I’ve been talking about that with Tupac’s mother, Afeni, and so we’ve become fans of each other and she sort of entrusted me with her son’s music” Leon said. “The idea was always to make a musical inspired by his music and not to do an autobiographical approach to his life or anything like that. And because I always thought that Tupac was a prophet and I thought if everybody could hear his words and hear his stories, they would see what I see.”