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Hip-Hop's First Jukebox Musical Debuts: Tupac's 'Holler If Ya Hear Me' | Music News | Rolling Stone by Christopher R. Weingarten

Holler If Ya Hear Me is the first hip-hop jukebox musical in Broadway history " and possibly the first in theater history " a genre that's been kind to Abba, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, Green Day and Fela Kuti. There isn't a single rapper more suited for the concept than Tupac Shakur, the most emotionally rich, psychologically complex, lyrically candid figure hip-hop has seen its 40-year history. Watching thi…

SOURCE: Rolling Stone at 09:24PM on June 19, 2014

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