Release Date
07 Sep, 2010
Runtime
00:53: (HH:MM)
Synopsis
On the evening of Sept. 7, 1996, Mike Tyson, the WBC heavyweight champion, attempted to take Bruce Seldon’s WBA title at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. At this point in his career, Tyson’s fights had become somewhat of a cultural phenomenon, where the ever present hype of the professional boxing scene would come face to face with the worlds of big business, Hollywood, and hip hop. Sitting ringside was controversial rapper Tupac Shakur. Shakur and Tyson were friends, a feeling of kinship linked them as each rose to stardom from poverty only to be thrown in prison. Following Tyson’s victory, Shakur and “Iron Mike” were to celebrate at an after party, but the rap star never arrived. Shakur was brutally gunned down later that night, and the scene in Las Vegas quickly turned from would-be celebratory revelry to ill fated and inopportune tragedy.
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Actors
Mike Tyson
Ernest R. Dickerson
Nas
Mickey Rourke
Tupac Shakur
Chris Connelly
Suge Knight
Eric Adams
Maya Angelou
Michael Eric Dyson
Al Sharpton
Crew
Reggie Rock Bythewood
Bill Simmons
Michael Tollin
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