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  1. Demetrius Shipp Jr. (born November 20, 1988) is an American actor. He portrayed rapper and actor Tupac Shakur in the 2017 biopic All Eyez on Me, as well as gang leader Tyrone Moore in All American. Shipp was cast in the role of Tupac in 2011, after a friend suggested he audition given his strong resemblance to the legendary hip-hop artist.

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    • He's always turned heads because of his resemblance to Shakur. "At this point, there's just too much to pinpoint only one," he says of being stopped because of his similarities to Shakur.
    • His dad had a hand in Shakur's music. Shipp Jr. 's father, Demetrius Shipp Sr., produced music for Tupac on the album The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory for the song "Toss It Up."
    • He waited until the last minute to send in his audition tape. Though he was "hesitant" to try out for the part because acting was never a career he had in mind for himself, Shipp Jr.
    • He took home life lessons after portraying Shakur. In September 1996 when Tupac was shot to death in the passenger seat of fellow rapper Marion "Suge" Knight's white Cadillac while driving down the Las Vegas strip, Shipp Jr.
  2. Actor: All Eyez on Me. Demetrius Shipp Jr. is known for All Eyez on Me (2017), Cut Throat City (2020) and Imani (2023).

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  3. Jun 8, 2017 · Demetrius Shipp Jr. is a 28-year-old first-time actor who looks and sounds like the late rap legend Tupac Shakur. He talks about his journey from working odd jobs to landing the role of a lifetime in All Eyez on Me, a film about 2Pac's life and death.

  4. 309K Followers, 1,090 Following, 116 Posts - Demetrius Shipp Jr. (@dshippjr) on Instagram: "Whole lotta Everything."

  5. Sep 13, 2016 · Demetrius Shipp Jr drops by the Neighborhood to chat about starring as Tupac Shakur in new movie “All Eyez On Me” Pressure of living up the legacy of Pac, Working with Tupac's family/friends to...

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  7. Jun 14, 2017 · He submitted an audition tape at the behest of his cousin, who saw the uncanny resemblance to Shakur, which was later brought to movie producer L.T. Hutton by his father, Demetrius Shipp Sr.