FX has announced a new slate of documentary series, including one about Tupac and his mother Afeni Shakur. The network has greenlit Outlaw: The Saga of Afeni and Tupac Shakur, a five-episode series directed by Allen Hughes.
“Told through the eyes of the people who knew them best, Outlaw is an intimate wide-angle portrait of the most inspiring and dangerous mother-son duo in American history, whose unified message of freedom, equality, persecution and justice are more relevant today than ever,” FX said in a press release.
Hughes previously directed HBO’s 2017 miniseries The Defiant Ones, which profiled Dr. Dre and Interscope Records co-founder Jimmy Iovine. According to Deadline, the director secured a deal with the Tupac Estate to access released and unreleased recordings, writings and poetry in May.
Last year, Hughes recalled some of his dealings with the Tupac Estate for his HBO series during an interview with The Wrap.
“The Tupac Estate was — and I know them, they’re all old friends — but there was some stuff with him at the gun range that they were precious about,” he said. “My original cut is not the way it [eventually aired]. The family and the estate were really sensitive about taking things out of context when it came to weapons in his hands, you know? He was at a shooting range and it was pretty explosive in the original cut, and they were very, very, very adamant that we not do it that way.”
FX hasn’t revealed a premiere date for Outlaw. An official announcement is expected in the coming months.
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Could do without his disgusting mother…but this is the tupac story for the one millionth time so could do without the whole thing all together
His mother was a black panther who fought for civil rights and you’re judging her on looks. Let me guess, you’re a nicki Minaj fan arent you
Im judging her by her character she was an absolute POS and a domestic terrorist. But yes she is ugly af too.
Oh brother. She was not a domestic terrorist. She beat 65 counts of racially motivated charges by herself without any lawyers. She also fought for the freedom of her people.
Are you really trying to explain to a racist? You think he’s wired for objective thinking? Not at all! It’s in his DNA. He could have easily skipped this article but nope. He has to recruit for his gang. Were the panthers more of a domestic terrorists than the KKK? They never had 10% of the history of the KKK who are still active today and operate openly. He’s a racist and ignorant thinking everyone here is as uneducated.
Lmaooo his mother was a crackhead who raised aloud mouth clown who got smoked haha fake gangster
A loud mouth who nobody in your family can ever achieve his success. Nonchalantly live oblivion you dummy.
Lmao and?!? Difference between me and pac now is I’m still living cause I didn’t act like a “gangster” lmao take yo old ass to bed before the nursing home gets mad
Fuck you hater! I bet if this series was about Elvis or Elton John,your gay ass would be super excited! Cake ass fuck boy!
friends didnt pac slap the hughes brothers up lol although larenz dod a great o dog
man what they did to pacs legacy is sad
PAC wasn’t going to play O dog. He was suppose to play “sharif”.
This actually sounds good. Cant wait.
Had to take Pac and his mother to pass for the Hughes brothers to work on this!? Smh wow
I swear it seems like there’s a new Pac or Big documentary show out every year
Goddamn. They won’t let that man rest in peace.. still tryna make money off 2pac. Crazy..
Oh god another Tupac film smh let this fake gangster be done. Homie died trying to be real but met some realer dudes who put him to sleep for good lmao could never happen to Gucci
And where do you rate on the ‘realness’ scale’, nerd?
Realness is handling stuff like a real skreet dude. Tupac was hiding behind a group of nobodies and got his ass busted by some REAL killers. Now go back to sleep grandpa and let rich the kid bump
Lol. PAC was thug life way before death row you ignorant moron. Why did you click bitch. You snappy fingers need some shears.
Lmaoo old heads are HEATED haha only clowns I see bumping Tupac today are old heads in they 97 buicks lmao broke and sad smh now run along and make my burgers
Love Tupac , but its a bit of overkill.
Lot of hate coming from this thread of millenials and younger who think Lil Xan is the best out. I’ll never get tired of watching documentaries/stories about 2Pac and his legacy, this is what I grew up on. His legacy needs to be continued on and young idiots like in here haven’t learned respect, always big and bad behind the keyboards!
Pac overrated I’m the GOAT
Lmaooo no one like lil can neither old head. We just know pac was a fake blood who got put to sleep by some REAL gangsters
What an idiot. Pac was street but never a blood. Don’t be fooled by that shit you see in vlad tv. The so called gangster who put him to sleep is also sleeping. Difference is, no one celebrates him. And if you tired about reading about him you can ignore the articles you stupid teenager.
Lmaoo Vlad?!? You old ass clown who watches vlad haha Pac was a ballerina who hid behind death row who was WAXING his pockets haha skraight pussy all the way around
murder is still unsolved….
You must’ve missed the whole Keefe D confession thing. Do your googles meng.
Free R Kelly
You mean more retarded
Internet trolls…is there a sadder existence? At least crackheads and hookers are having brief moments of highs and satisfaction. An Internet troll is literally the weakest thing you could possibly be. Reexamine your life kid. I mean you Hin, and F Queensbridge and all you sad, lonely, angry young men crying out for attention through trolling. Get on with your lives.
Lmaooo old head go to sleep! I know them nursing home hours creeping up haha nobody want to hear about no clown who got smoked in 96 in 2k19 lmao bruh
Yeah I’m going to sleep with your sorry ass comment lol! you should go listen to your gay pop music.
Maybe I didn’t make my self clear to the old heads in the back smh put your hearing aids in clowns. Tupac got smoked trying to be skreet and ended up on the skreet haha they would robbed Tupac’s ol sissy ass in today’s generation haha no one respects a dude laying 6ft
You are funny
As far as problems with the law, there has never been a rapper who has had as many as 2pac.
When he was robbed in the Times Square studio and shot, he attempted to pull his gun on the men who had their guns to his body, when everybody else around him froze. This is why he was shot, and even after he survived the shooting, he continued to taunt his shooters and mock them on his albums. Plus, even as a massive star, Tupac was well-known in black communities such as Compton and Oakland, because he would attend house parties there without any security with him. He also managed to organize the crips and bloods together for the peace picnic in 1992. There’s an old saying in the hood, and it’s “real recognize real”, or “game recognize game”. Tupac was respected in the ghetto, because people recognized him as being real. Few rappers today will ever gain that type of respect worldwide.
Y’all little ignorant lolipop homo skirt wearing soft hating kids need to go back to bed, it’s past your curfew.Tupac before Death Row was super street he’s the only rapper that stood up for his people and did something about it. When the crooked racists cops was beating up an innocent black dude 2Pac got out the car and shot at the cops. Gucci or non of your silly favorite rappers did nothing like that. In New York before Death Row whe they came to rob him he refused to give up his shit and went and reached for his gun and that’s how they shot him up.
He went to Juilliard and learned ballet in acting class. He also was convicted of raaype and sexual assault. A firearm he owned accidentally killed an 8 year old at an event of his. He claimed West Side and West Coast all day but was from NY. Biggie could easily out rap him. That’s what came up on the research. Oh, he accidentally shot himself in the nuts while being robbed. His mom was a life long crack addict. That’s your hero. Congrats. Oh, he had a lawsuit prepared to sue the prison he was in, because he was allegedly raaype while locked up, but backed out because he thought that would ruin his street cred.
Lmaooo ay tell that man haha Tupac a loud mouth who got smoked thinking he was skreet smh and fat ass biggie was the same lmao
Nah dude. Biggie wasn’t the same. All these new cats, with few exceptions, can’t rap. They’ll be in obscurity soon enough. Think Nelly. That’s what Future, Migis, Gucci etc are. Kendrick, Cole… a few can rap, they’re overshadowed by Drake, the Tupac of your young generation. He’s a child actor from Canada. That’s who your Pac is. All you youngsters nowadays are bitches. Can’t, fight, can’t shoot, shit… You barely speak English. All that lean and then pills got y’all trying to rubber duck these bitches. I’ve never had 20 year old pushy so much in my life. Eat a dick, little coward. Face tats used to mean you were a shot caller in the pen, now it means you do dick. Coward.
You obviously did not do your research you little soft girl. 20 years from now nobody is going to talk about migos everybody already forgot about XXXTentacion, lil zan fetty wap etcetera. You are just mad cause your era is straight TRASH and you know it, that’s why you are in a Tupac news comment section spazing out like a little BIATCH!
Lmaooo Tupac the ballerina dancer?!? The clown who got smoked by some REAL crips haha y’all still hanging on to this sad ass dude 20 years later like we care haha now go play some migos before I get mad grandpa
I rather be a old head and had lived through the 90s enjoy 2pac music and that whole era than being a soft young punk listening to garbage music.
This skunk was a domestic terrorist