BREAKING: #Tupac Shakur To Win His First #Grammy Awards 27 Years After His Death—Tupac Shakur could make Grammy history nearly 30 years after his untimely death.
The late rapper, whom Jada Pinkett Smith refers to has her ‘soulmate’ in her new memoir, received a nod in the best music film category when the nominations were announced last week.
The hitmaker’s music appears in Dear Mama, a docuseries titled after the name of one of his biggest hits.
The five-episode FX/Hulu show focuses on the relationship between the Changes artist and his mother, Black Panther activist Afeni Shakur, who passed away in 2016.
If he were to win, it would be Tupac’s first Grammy award.
He is not the only artist to receive a posthumous nomination.
David Bowie, whose music was featured in the documentary Moonage Daydream and Little Richard, who was the focus of Little Richard: I Am Everything, were also nominated.
Bowie died after a long cancer battle in 2016, and Little Richard passed away from cancer in 2020.
Rounding out the rest of the nominees in the category are Lewis Capaldi for How I’m Feeling Now and Kendrick Lamar for Live From Paris, the Big Steppers Tour.
The best music film category is ‘for concert/performance films or music documentaries. Award to the artist, video director, and video producer,’ according to the Recording Academy.
The winner will be announced at the Grammy ceremonies on February 5, 2024.
The nomination comes as new attention is being paid to the Tupac Shakur murder case.
Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis, 60, has been arrested for Tupac’s murder in September 1996.
