PurrView #45 - Snoop Dogg feat. Tupac - Coachella 2012

(photo: pitchfork.com - Snoop, Left; Tupac, Right)

Snoop Dogg closed out the first weekend of Coachella 2012 on Sunday night, April 16, with help from beloved and dearly-departed fellow West-sider Tupac Shakur. Thanks to the beauty of technology, Snoops’s revolutionary performance with Tupac’s hologram made the onstage collaboration powerful, magical and a bit spooky for audience members.



(photo: Getty Images - "Tupac" onstage at Coachella 2012)

What started out like any normal, smoky performance for Snoop, turned into a tech-savvy recreation of his past onstage chemistry with Tupac. The set included collabos with friends and big-name recording artists Dr. Dre, Eminem and 50 Cent. “The D-O-double G’s” rap-superstar set was also added to by the fresh, young Wiz Khalifa, who blew the audience away at Coachella 2011; he’s been a frequent Top 40 name ever since.

(photo: pitchfork.com - Dr. Dre, Left; Snoop, Right)

On September 7, 1996, Tupac was gunned down in Las Vegas. He died a few days later on Friday the 13^th. Fans continue to mourn the loss of the rapper, and rumors that he is still alive continue to sporadically resurface. But for the first time since Tupac’s death, he has-- in essence-- hit the stage once again to perform "Hail Mary," and to join Snoop for an apropos performance of “2 of Americaz Most Wanted.”

(photo:rap-up.com)

Without a doubt, Goldenvoice Productions should pat themselves on the back for hosting another revolutionary move in the music world. They've left the music festival community and an eclectic mix of fans in shock-and-awe at this hologram performance of one the most respected poets of Gen-Xers and younger.

Check out the amazing, albeit trippy performance at this link before it gets taken down. 

(Fair warning: explicit lyrics)

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