Defiant Ones Director Sets Tupac Shakur Docuseries as Follow-Up

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One of 2018’s best documentaries is set to have a follow up. The Defiant Ones, which chronicled the careers of and partnership between Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre will next focus on one of the most tragic and best rappers of all time, Tupac Shakur.

Allen Hughes, who directed The Defiant Ones  has reached a deal with the estate of Tupac Shakur that will grant him full access to all of the late rap icon’s recordings and writings which will lead to a five-part docuseries on Shakur.

While there’s not yet an outlet set for the project, this is the first time the Shakur Estate has offered its full cooperation on such an endeavor. Shakur was murdered in 1996 in Las Vegas at the age of 25. His brief career remains a point of public fascination, as he has sold 75 million records worldwide to date.

The deal grants the filmmakers access to recordings both released and unreleased, as well as Shakur’s poetry and other writing.


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