John Singleton: I’m Not Making the Tupac Movie

John Singleton was behind the making of the 2pac movie but he has been replaced by Carl Franklin! 

Singleton has directed multiple urban classics such as Boyz in the Hood, Baby Boy, and Poetic Justice. He had been working closely with Afeni Shakur,  Tupac’s mother in the development of the movie.

Well all that change when hollywood executives fired John and are in the process of suing Shakur’s mother for the rights to his music. Singleton took to his instagram to share his thoughts on the recent changes.

A photo posted by JOHN SINGLETON (@realjohnsingleton) on Apr 7, 2015 at 3:53pm PDT

Real talk! The reason I am not making this picture is because the people involved aren’t really respectful of the legacy of Tupac Amaru Shakur. I won’t say much if you want you can read my articles in Hollywood Reporter on authenticity in Black Storytelling … To Pac’s real fans just know I am still planning a movie on Tupac … It doesn’t matter what they do mines will be better… Tupac was much more than a hip hop artist … He was a black man guided by his passions … Of most importance was his love of black people and culture … Something the people involved in this movie know nothing about… Real talk! How you gonna make a movie about a man when you suing his mother to get the rights to tell his story?! They have no true love 4 Pac so this movie will not be made with love! And that’s why my ass isn’t involved ! If Tupac knew what was going on he’d ride on all these fools and take it to the streets… But I won’t do that … I’ll just make my own project. What Yall think about that?!!

I hope this biopic doesn’t end up like Aaliyah’s. That movie was terrible. I look forward to Singleton’s story telling of 2pac.

Thoughts?