Tupac Shakur’s biopic has been put on hold indefinitely, with complete support of the late rapper’s family, until director John Singleton believes it is right to continue.
In a recent XXL interview, Singleton announced, “I’m putting my involvement on hold right now because we’re trying to figure out some things. I got a script and I got the blessings from his family. We’ll see… We’ve got to get it right.”
He continues, explaining, “I think the picture is not going to be good unless it’s offensive to some people…. When I’m making my movies, John Singleton movies, it’s really just my voice. So I can’t be listening to all the other suggestions of all these other people and s**t.”
Singleton’s biopic was scheduled to begin production this June. A few of his credited films include Boyz In The Hood (1991), Four Brothers (2005), and Poetic Justice (1993), which starred Tupac as a postal worker named Lucky. The movie became the basis for Kendrick Lamar’s song of the same name.
“It’s not just that I worked with Pac,” said Singleton, “but we grew up in a similar environment. You can’t really understand Tupac unless you were born black in America. What he stood for is far beyond the music he made, it’s what he stood for as a black man in America.”
Tupac was tragically shot and killed at the age of 25 by a still-unknown gunman on the streets of Las Vegas during a 1996 drive-by.
