ContactMusic — Soulja Boy has been approached to play Tupac Shakur in a biopic about the late rapper. The 20-year-old star - real name DeAndre Cortez Way - is "thinking" about taking part in the project, which would follow on from him playing the same... more info

NME — Rapper wrote script in prison in 1995 more info

ContactMusic — A screenplay written by slain rapper Tupac Shakur has been given the green light to be made into a movie. Live 2 Tell, which the hip-hop star wrote while he was in jail on weapons charges, centres around a teenage drug lord who tries to turn his b... more info

The Hip Hop Chronicle — The FBI have released the murder files of Tupac Shakur. The document says that the late rapper was the target of an extortion scheme by the Jewish Defence League who would make death threats against rappers and would then offer their protection servi... more info

Guardian Music — Documents linked to unsolved 1997 shooting of rapper revealed as part of Freedom of Information ActNow is your chance to solve the murder of Notorious BIG. Fourteen years years after the death of Christopher "Biggie" Wallace, the FBI has released mor... more info

Guardian Music — Producers searching for someone with 'the right mix of raw charm and charisma' to portray the late rapperTupac Shakur lookalikes have been offered the chance of screen stardom after a website invited online auditions for the lead in a biopic of the l... more info

ContactMusic — Movie producers have launched an online hunt to find an actor to play slain rapper Tupac Shakur on the big screen. The hip-hop hero was gunned down and killed in Las Vegas in 1996 and the new film will tell Tupac's life story. Film bosses at Mo... more info

NME — 'In Search Of Tupac' scheme running until April 30 more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Producers are looking for individuals who think they exemplify 2Pac to upload their five-minute video auditions online by April 30. more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Calling all Tupac Shakur doppelgangers –- with acting chops. Morgan Creek Productions along with Skee.TV and Karmaloop.TV have teamed together to launch an online casting call to fill the shoes of the slain polarizing rapper in the anticipated (and... more info