MVSW — 2Pac ~ “How Do You Want It“(ft. K-Ci & JoJo) Tupac died 15 years ago yesterday, 6 days after being shot 4 times while leaving a Mike Tyson fight in Las Vegas. Samples Quincy Jones ~ “Body Heat“ Brian McKnight ~ “Up Around My Way“ Lyrics [... more info

ContactMusic — Snoop Dogg and Run DMC have paid tribute to Tupac Shakur on the 15th anniversary of his death Sweat rapper Snoop and Reverend Run of the New York hip hop group both took to twitter to pay tribute to the rap star who was shot dead in a gang relate... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — It's been 15 years since Tupac Shakur maybe-died in a Las Vegas hospital. Twitter has been commemorating his legacy in in 140-character missives, as Twitter is wont to do. For his part, Carmelo Anthony chose a lyric. More » Post from: Crushable more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Tupac Shakur is remembered 15 years after his death more info

VH1 Blog — Fifteen years ago today, Tupac Shakur was shot and killed in Las Vegas, NV following a boxing match at the MGM Grand. His murder, and that of the Notorious B.I.G. six months later, sent dual shockwaves through the hip-hop community. Yet while Diddy i... more info

Stereogum — Tupac Shakur died 15 years ago tomorrow, and the L.A. Weekly is marking the anniversary by running a series of interviews about Tupac. The latest of those interviews is with ’80s soft-rock don and Bon Iver influence Bruce Hornsby. Hornsby never met... more info

ContactMusic — Tupac Shakurs rap group The Outlawz have vowed never to talk about smoking the tragic stars ashes ever again after accusing the media of putting a negative spin on their bizarre big reveal The bandmates stunned fans last month Aug11 by confirming lon... more info

NME — Spokesperson for Afeni Shakur she would "never participate" in such an action more info

The Independent — Tupac Shakur's group, The Outlawz, smoked his ashes. more info

Guardian Music — Tupac Shakur's devotees smoked his. And Timothy Leary's cremated remains were blasted into spaceSometimes an urn just isn't edgy enough. This week members of Outlawz, a hip hop collective founded by Tupac Shakur confirmed that during a beachside memo... more info