Fans of Tupac Shakur are set for a birthday treat in 2010 thanks to the publishing company which has picked up the late rapper's Death Row back catalogue.
Bosses at music publisher EverGreen have signed a deal with a Canadian development company which acquired the assets of Death Row Records earlier this year, and they now plan to release the lost recordings of the label's biggest name to mark his 39th birthday in June 2010.
EverGreen executives and their partners at WIDEawake have already licensed Shakur's Death Row hit California Love and Snoop Dogg's Gin N Juice for TV shows and movies, and now there are big plans to release Shakur's forgotten tracks, as well as a collector's edition of Dr. Dre's The Chronic and material by Snoop Dogg and MC Hammer.
The new partnership will also make for a great Christmas for rap fans - there are plans to release several box sets this holiday season, including a four-CD collection of previously unreleased Death Row master recordings, according to Billboard.com.
WIDEawake Entertainment Group snapped up Death Row Records from bankruptcy in January. The label was previously owned by hip-hop heavyweight Marion 'Suge' Knight.
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