All Eyez on Me

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All Eyez on Me is a biographical drama directed by Benny Boom (Next Day Air). Demetrius Shipp Jr. stars as iconic rap star Tupac Shakur while Kat Graham, Lauren Cohan, Hill Harper, and Danai Gurira co-star.

The feature film All Eyez on Me sheds new light on the events behind the meteoric rise and tragic fall of charismatic rapper Tupac Shakur (Shipp Jr.). Inspired by his activist mother (Gurira) and close high-school friend Jada Pinkett (Graham), Tupac embarks on a prolific and turbulent career marked by hit records, film roles, violence, imprisonment, bitter rivalries and a complex relationship with music mogul Suge Knight (Santana). Packed with Shakur’s incendiary music, All Eyez on Me tells the untold story of a prodigiously gifted artist cut down in the prime of life.

Demetrius Shipp Jr. had no real acting experience before being cast in the film, so he had to to a lot of homework to portray the rapper as faithfully as possible. “I read all the books Tupac read, watched The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution documentary. At home, all I’d watch were Tupac interviews. Before I went to sleep, it was Tupac. In the shower, I’m listening to Tupac. I wanted to take on Tupac’s mannerisms within my own self every day. It got to the point where my grandfather asked me, ‘Why are you talking with your hands so much now, all of a sudden?’ For months straight, I literally ate, slept and breathed Tupac.”

All Eyez on Me is rated 14A.