The Tupac Shakur Shoutout At The Super Bowl Halftime Show Has Fans Talking

When Tupac was mentioned in the opening moments of the Super Bowl halftime show, fans thought for sure their dreams of a virtual Tupac appearance were happening. “I really truly believed that Tupac was going to come out,” @LaurenMcGillOtt posted on Twitter. A hologram appearance would be particularly moving since Snoop Dogg and Tupac were close friends, as the NME reports.

Hopes for a dream-like Tupac cameo in the Super Bowl Halftime show remain just that, a dream, but fans are pleased with the show, nonetheless. “Best. Halftime Show. Ever,” @callmeheadnurse wrote on Twitter. While @AsherbyMarie added, “Can we cancel the 2nd half of the Superbowl and extend the Halftime show? The shout out to Tupac was everything.” So while the hologram appearance never came to be, Tupac fans instead got the reference when Dr. Dre took to the piano and played a bit of “I Ain’t Mad at Cha,” off 1996’s “All Eyez on Me.”

Some, however, could not accept that the rumored Tupac hologram would not come to be. “SUPER ticked that Tupac’s hologram wasn’t there to sing California Love,” @NathanRiojas said on Twitter.

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