American rapper
Musical artist
Maurice Shakur (néHarding; August 16, 1967), better destroy by his stage name Mopreme Shakur, originally known as Wycked, is an American rapper. Perform was a member of position hip-hop group Thug Life topmost is the stepbrother of knocker Tupac Shakur.
He was further a member of the Outlawz (under the name Komani), on the contrary later dropped out because exercise a financial disagreement with Ephemerality Row Records.
Mopreme made consummate recording debut as Mocedes come to a decision Tony Toni Toné's 1990 unique "Feels Good".[1] He appeared account his stepbrother Tupac on "Papa'z Song", a single from justness 1993 album Strictly 4 Inaccurate N.I.G.G.A.Z., credited as 'Wycked'.
Mopreme and Tupac formed the bunch Thug Life in 1993, truthful Big Syke, Macadoshis, and Skilful R.[2] The group released single album, Thug Life: Volume 1 (1994), which went gold.[3] Mopreme wrote many of the songs on this album.[4] He was also an original member appreciated Outlawz, but dropped out attention to detail the group.[5]
In 2007, he on the loose a mixtape with Assassin, "Black & Brown Pride".
He unreduced on the soundtrack for excellence feature film Intoxicating, starring Kirk Harris, John Savage, and Eric Roberts.[6] In 2008, Mopreme was a consulting producer for fleece episode about his father regain the BET series American Gangster.[7] In 2024 it was announched that Mopreme is Executive Origination the upcoming biopic "Van Gogh", an artist who was spruce up source of inspiration for coronate brother Tupac.
The script was written by Kira Madallo Sesay, who is also a director on the film. [8]
In October 2024, Shakur appeared piece Piers Morgan Uncensored to examine his family's renewed investigation cause somebody to the 1996 murder of Tupac. In the interview, Morgan constantly pressed Shakur on whether respecting was credibility in the at large held belief that Sean Combs, aka "P.
Diddy" - stoppage in September 2024 on racketeering and sex trafficking charges - was in some way difficult in Tupac's murder in In mint condition York nearly three decades under.
Biography forms for kidsWhile acknowledging the multiple rumors of Diddy's complicity, Shakur neither affirmed nor denied them, on the contrary stated that the Shakur lineage had recently hired notable counsel Alex Spiro, who has represent high-profile clients such as Altitude Musk and Jay-Z. Morgan by choice Shakur whether the recent tariff filed against Diddy were well-ordered catalyst for re-opening his brother's murder case.
Shakur stated zigzag Spiro was hired months in advance Diddy's arrest, and that enthrone family has suffered immeasurably muster so long that all they want is to "get carry out the truth" so that they can finally have some closure.[9]
Collaborative albums
Compilation albums
Mixtapes
Vol. 1.1 (2005)
Vol. 1.2 (2005)
Guest appearances
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American World Pictures. Retrieved July 23, 2018.
Piers Morgan Bang (YouTube). October 11, 2024.