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  1. Demetrius Shipp Jr. is an American actor who portrayed Tupac Shakur in the 2017 biopic All Eyez on Me. He also appeared in other films and TV shows, such as Cut Throat City, All American, and Hip Hop Family Christmas.

    • 2 min
    • Nicole Sands
    • 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. Demetrius Shipp Jr. is known for All Eyez on Me (2017), Cut Throat City (2020) and Imani (2023).

    • Actor, Producer
    • 2 min
  3. 307K Followers, 1,148 Following, 121 Posts - Demetrius Shipp Jr. (@dshippjr) on Instagram: "Whole lotta Everything."

  4. Watch the full interview with Demetrius Shipp Jr, the actor who portrayed Tupac Shakur in the biopic “All Eyez On Me”. He talks about the pressure, the preparation, and the feedback from Tupac's family and friends.

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    • 970.5K
    • BigBoyTV
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  6. Jun 14, 2017 · NEW YORK — If you think Demetrius Shipp Jr. is the spitting image of Tupac Shakur, you're far from the first to say so. "It's every day at this point, everywhere I go," Shipp says. While no...

  7. 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.