Outlawz Smoked 2Pac's Ashes?

The Outlawz, former affiliates to the late rapper Tupac Shakur, are confirming long-standing rumors that they smoked the ashes of their fallen leader. Current members E.D.I. Mean, Young Noble and Hussein Fatal claim that they cut marijuana with ‘Pac’s remains and smoked it during a beach memorial.

“Yes, it’s definitely true. Think it was the night of his… Had a little memorial for him with his mom and his family and sh*t. We had hit the beach, threw [in] a lot of shit he liked at the beach. Some weed, some chicken wings, he loved orange soda, all that kind of sh*t,” said Young Noble. “‘Pac loved that kind of sh*t, so we were giving him our own farewell and that night, I forgot which one of us came up with it. Had his ashes and sh*t. […] We twisted up some of that great granddaddy California kush and mixed the big homie with it. Flowing through our system, you heard?”

“I came up with that sh*t,” said E.D.I. Mean. “If you listen to ‘Black Jesus,’ he said, ‘Last wishes, n***as smoke my ashes.’ That was a request that he had. Now, how serious he was about it? We took it serious.”

Suge Knight Disses Diddy

Suge Knight hasn't let go of the 1990s. The former Death Row Records head took a shot at Sean "Diddy" Combs in a recent spontaneous interview with TMZ. Suge called Diddy "Bucky" and ranted a little about 2Pac's death. [video here]

"We working on these movies right now. Documentaries..." Suge said when asked about his current projects--before adding, "I ain't like those other dudes in the business. I'm th eone who don't go snitching. Everybody else is telling. That's why I'm the only one to do time [and] everybody else never go. "

A lot of those dudes say they love 'Pac but at the same time, they be doin' sh*t for, like, Bucky--I mean, Puffy--whatever it is," Suge said in an obvious dig to his former rival. Knight also added cryptically, "Once now all the truth comes out on all the people who did 'Pac wrong--we still gotta be back on that mission."

2Pac's "Greatest Hits" Goes Diamond

2Pac's popularity still shows no signs of flagging. The rapper's 1998 posthumous release,Greatest Hits, has crossed the ten-million sales mark. Just weeks after what would have been the rapper's 40th birthday, the double-album has reached diamond certification--making it the best-selling album of his career.

The album has passed 2Pac's popular All Eyez On Me, released in 1996.

The album's single "Changes" was also one of the rapper's most popular posthumous recordings, earning him a Grammy Award nomination for Best Rap Solo Performance.

2Pac Honored In Atlanta

On what would've been the 40th anniversary of the late rapper Tupac Shakur, several celebrities and artists gathered at the Tupac Amaru Shakur Center in Stone Mountain, GA to pay tribute to the fallen rapper/actor, who was shot and later died in September 1996.

Meek Mill, Bun B, Warren G, Too Short, jazz singer/producer Roy Ayers, Rick Ross and Erykah Badu were among those in attendance. The event was hosted by Mike Epps.

"For a lot of lil' dudes in a single parent home [like me] with my mother, Tupac played father for a lot of dudes like me," Rick Ross said to the crowd. "Tupac was the first one that showed me how to be fully committed. I took [aspects of him like] his [loyalty], to his hard work, his ethic, his family with me. When we talk about his record sales, let's not forget the role he played to all the little Black boys around the world."

"My first reaction to Tupac was he's not a rapper, he's not an actor, he's a savior of sorts. But he came at a time when people weren't looking for a savior, they were looking for someone who looked like them," she said. "But saviors, sometimes are just doing the work, they are just doing their job."

Erykah Badu, Mike Epps Celebrate 2Pac

Several notable rappers will be participating in Afeni Shakur's celebration of 2Pac's 40th birthday this June. Bun B., 8 Ball and MJG, DJ Drama, Too $hort and Erykah Badu will all be taking part in the festivities in Atlanta on June 16th.

Actor/comedian Mike Epps has been named host of the celebration, and officials have officially declared June 16th "Tupac Shakur Day."

"I am greatly honored to have been invited by Afeni Shakur to celebrate her son's 40th birthday," Bady said via statement. "I do not take this honor for granted."

“I’m looking forward to another year of preserving Tupac’s legacy by celebrating his life with his fans and furthering his causes by supporting his organization,” Mike Epps said.

2Pac Screenplay Hitting the Screen

The only screenplay written by rapper/actor Tupac Shakur is currently being developed for the big screen. Pac's original script, called Live 2 Tell, will go into production in 2012.

Afeni Shakur, along with Preston Holmes and Ivan Juzang's NStar Studios, are spearheading the project. They also worked together to produce the acclaimed 2003 documentary Tupac: Resurrection.

"[Tupac] was a genius, and the net of it is, he was from this community, he knew the struggles these young people were dealing with," Juzang told Variety. "And he's able to talk to young people in 2011, 2012, the same way he was able to talk to young people in 1995."

The film tells the story of a drug dealer looking to abandon his life of crime.