Tupac Shakur’s life and music is the inspiration behind a new musical that will begin casting soon in New York City.
“Holler If Ya Hear Me,” a project being directed by Atlanta-based Broadway director Kenny Leon, will feature the late rapper’s songs and is being described as an “American musical inspired by and featuring the music of Tupac Shakur.”
Leon previously discussed the project late in 2011. “A long time ago, maybe eight or nine years ago, I’ve been talking about that with Tupac’s mother, Afeni, and so we’ve become fans of each other and she sort of entrusted me with her son’s music,” Leon said. “The idea was always to make a musical inspired by his music and not to do an autobiographical approach to his life or anything like that. And because I always thought that Tupac was a prophet and I thought if everybody could hear his words and hear his stories, they would see what I see.”
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