April 16, 2012

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Rapper Tupac joined Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg on stage at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Annual Festival Sunday.

Yes, you read that right. The rapper, who died in 1996, was brought to life as a hologram to perform his hits, “Hail Mary” and “2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted.”

Thanks to technology, the hologram even greeted the crowd with a “What’s up Coachella?”

Jeans sagging and bare chested, the hologram may have freaked out some in the audience. One concertgoer wrote on Twitter: “This place just went silent. People are genuinely horrified by the Tupac hologram.”

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Identity said:

“This place just went silent. People are genuinely horrified by the Tupac hologram.”

That looked just like Tupac... I almost cried at the end when the hologram disappeared R.I.P. I love you so much Pac

That hologram was the best rap performance Ive seen in years...

Oh god. This is only gonna fuel the conspiracy nutwings theory about him really being alive and just hiding in Hawaii all this time - watch.

musicjunky318 said:

Oh god. This is only gonna fuel the conspiracy nutwings theory about him really being alive and just hiding in Hawaii all this time - watch.

even worse..now we are going to start seeing this technology used for a lot of deceased singers/celebs etc...Total Recall-Quaid indeed

Wonder if they'll have Michael Jackson "show up" at this event next year. I also wonder if this will start a trend with both dead AND living singers.

So now even celebrities who are alive wont necessarily have to show up for concerts or events—just have their hologram show up and perform for them. People might not be able to tell the difference. I blame Jem & the Holograms for this!

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I just remembered American Idol did this about 5 years ago with Elvis. It was the scariest shit I've EVER seen.

I didn't know what was goin on when he popped up on my screen.

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^

damn she really raped that pretty song

Talk bout having a Bad Trip.

mjscarousal said:

That looked just like Tupac... I almost cried at the end when the hologram disappeared R.I.P. I love you so much Pac

That hologram was the best rap performance Ive seen in years...

I KNOW!!!

Girl I was scared. If they do this with Michael next...

Lawd...

That's fucking creepy.

Identity said:

Thanks to technology, the hologram even greeted the crowd with a “What’s up Coachella?”

Jeans sagging and bare chested, the hologram may have freaked out some in the audience. One concertgoer wrote on Twitter: “This place just went silent. People are genuinely horrified by the Tupac hologram.”

NaughtyKitty said:

Wonder if they'll have Michael Jackson "show up" at this event next year. I also wonder if this will start a trend with both dead AND living singers.

So now even celebrities who are alive wont necessarily have to show up for concerts or events—just have their hologram show up and perform for them. People might not be able to tell the difference. I blame Jem & the Holograms for this!

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This reminds me of that movie about surrogates. This is kind of scary though, but at the same time, alive celebs could get paid double or even triple for concert dates booked on the same date. Oh great, so now we have to go to concerts wondering if we will see the real deal or just the hologram. Things will go insane if they do a MJ one. And let's not get started on Marvin Gaye and Jimi Hendrix showing up to sell out concerts. Eddie Kendrix and David Ruffin back together in concert. Richie Valens, The Big Bopper and Buddy Holly: "Rock 'n Roll is alive and kicking, LITERALLY!!!!" tour.

That is just plain weird.

And I think this youtube comment says it all:

2Pac: Aye Dre.

Dr. Dre: What up, Pac?

2Pac: Have you and Snoop found yourselves another opportunity to make money off my name?

Dr. Dre:...

Snoop Dogg: Nah Pac, it ain't like that.

2Pac: Snoop, go get something to eat, nobody asked you. How about that Detox, Dre? When will it hit stores?

Dr. Dre:...

when 3D statred to become the norm with film, i was think how long it would be b4 something like this would pop up. i think it's cool, kinda spooky in a way, but cool. And they could not of picked a better person, 2PAC!!

I'm not sure what to say here...

'dre

Wow, i'm really impressed by this. scary and amazing at the same time. How do they do this?

Is this from an old video of him or all this all new movements?

Tupac springs back to life at Coachella

Tupac was at Coachella ... in a way.

We've come a long way from Princess Leia's "Star Wars" message and Michael Jackson stepping out of the screen in "Captain EO."

Tupac Shakur seemingly reentered existence last night at Coachella. And the whole thing was pretty convincing, thanks to a carefully imagined hologram.

Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg were on the bill at the music festival, in Indio, Calif., where Eminem made a guest appearance, but it was Shakur's that had everyone talking. A fair share of the U.S. and worldwide Twitter trends last night were devoted to the set, headed by "That Tupac ..." as in "That Tupac hologram is so real it's scary."

"What the f--k is up, Coachella!" the late rapper's hologram bellowed, looking very himself in jeans, boots, a cross and no shirt. Shakur went on to perform an entire song — "Hail Mary" — before launching into a duet with Snoop, who seemed careful to not step too close to the projection of his old friend. (Was he as freaked out as everyone else?)

Snoop and the hologram-Pac teamed up for "2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted" — with its iconic chorus "Ain't nothin' but a gangsta party" — a song released in 1996, the year Shakur was shot and killed. The hologram strutted and danced on the stage alongside Snoop before throwing up a peace sign. He then bowed his head and exploded into what looked like fairy dust.

http://www.nj.com/enterta...hella.html

Saw the animated gifs last night. It's too creepy.

ThruTheEyesOfWonder said:

mjscarousal said:

That looked just like Tupac... I almost cried at the end when the hologram disappeared R.I.P. I love you so much Pac

That hologram was the best rap performance Ive seen in years...

I KNOW!!!

Girl I was scared. If they do this with Michael next...

Lawd...

Yea I know... I have a feeling their going to do him next!

Hologram Pac look like BasedGod.

Timmy84 said:

Hologram Pac look like BasedGod.

Trying to troll on us now Timmy?

RKJCNE said:

Timmy84 said:

Hologram Pac look like BasedGod.

Trying to troll on us now Timmy?

Nah. They didn't do a good job with the "new Pac".

I spit out my beer, when I saw it. The MOST incredible thing, that I have EVER SEEN!!

Timmy84 said:

Hologram Pac look like BasedGod.

Praise be to BasedGod.

Thank you BasedGod.

AsherFierce said:

Timmy84 said:

Hologram Pac look like BasedGod.

Praise be to BasedGod.

Thank you BasedGod.

I swear even his poses are like him.

Timmy84 said:

AsherFierce said:

Praise be to BasedGod.

Thank you BasedGod.

I swear even his poses are like him.

That hologram was swaggerjackin BasedGod.

TUPAC'S MOM Coachella Hologram Was Frickin' AMAZING

Has creepy as it was, it was awesome. So lifelike it's not even funny.