Tupac Shakurs mother, Afeni Shakur has given her blessing for Tupac's music to appear in a Broadway show.
The musical was initially inspired by the music of Hip-Hop legend Tupac but the musical will not be a biography of his life, instead using the music of Tupac to tell the story of ficitional characters, two childhood friends in the Midwest and their extended families.
The working tiltle for the musical is Holler If Ya Hear Me . Auditions commmenced in New York on Sunday for good rappers that could play guitar. Director Kenny Leon explained his ideas about the musical to The Huffington Post"- "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," he said. "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. So we are going to probably do a big workshop in New York this summer and I'm going to try to bring it to Broadway in the next Broadway season."
