Two of the biggest nineties relics went 3D this weekend: the melodramatic blockbuster Titanic, and rapper Tupac Shakur, whose hologram appeared onstage with Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg to close out the festivities at Coachella—leaving everyone who witnessed the resurrection of Makaveli scratching their heads.
Well, not everyone. Pop wonder woman Katy Perry may or may not have cried. LeBron James felt “chills run through [his] body.” Afeni Shakur, the late rapper’s mother and overseer of his intellectual property, granted Dr. Dre the rights to use Pac’s image, and was more than pleased by the results. Which came at a hefty price. AV Concepts, the hologram’s architects, claim the projection cost somewhere between $100,000 – $400,000.
But for that price, Pac’s projection seemed closer to a real life performance, even if a real life performance might not have included a visit to Coachella. Nevertheless the weeded out masses watched in some confusion as the glowing specter of thug life did two songs, swapping ad-libs with Snoop Dogg and pulling at his crotch before returning to the cosmic radioactive berth responsible for his reincarnation – the Internet.
Whether you were there in person or streaming it online, let us know what you think: is Tupac back, or should he be laid to rest?
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