Mike Tyson

Ernest R. Dickerson

Mickey Rourke

Mopreme Shakur

Tupac Shakur

Chris Connelly

Suge Knight

Eric Adams

Maya Angelou

Michael Eric Dyson

Jamal Joseph

Al Sharpton

Reggie Rock Bythewood

Shanele Alvarez

Bill Simmons

Woody Stubblefield

Deirdre Fenton

Joan Lynch

Arvin Bautista

Jabari Ali

Michael Tollin

Scott Brinson

Solange Morales

Connor Schell

Denzil Xavier

Carlos Germosen

Phil Hernandez

Damon Bingham

Halima K. Gilliam

Mitch Wright

Joel Beckerman

Chris Maxwell

John Dahl

Cliff Charles

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.