Last month, Tupac Shakur’s mother agreed to have Jeff Jampol’s Jampol Artist Management oversee her son’s estate. Tom Whalley will work on music projects and attorney Peter Paterno will handle legal matters. Jampol will be exploring new ways to bring Shakur to the new generation of audiences. He doesn’t envision a hologram tour–instead he is thinking something more along the lines of the Pink Floyd laser shows. Since the estate has already licensed out many of its key rights and released most of the music the rapper left behind, Jampol is aiming to create fresh sources of cash for the estate.
Right after his death, Tupac was known for advocating thug life, but in recent years, his image has evolved and the focus is now on his intellectual and activist activities during his life. Jampol hints that this will play a role in his estate’s future moves.
See Zack O’Malley Greenburg, Tupac Has New Management, But Don’t Expect a Hologram Tour, Forbes, Mar. 1, 2013.
