Wyclef Jean's "April Showers" video has been
banned from YouTube, and Tupac Shakur is to blame. As in the image of a dead
Tupac's corpse that haunts the video.
The
track, featuring Mobb Deep, features what sure looks like a shot of the
rapper's autopsy at one point, resulting in its removal from the video sharing
website.
An infamous photo of Tupac's corpse, partially cut open
during his autopsy back in 1996, was published in Cathy Scott's book, The Killing of Tupac Shakur.
Scott was convinced the image was the real deal and had
Wyclef's video yanked from YouTube as a result; she's the one who lodged the
complaint.
However, 2Pac impersonator Richard Garcia says it's him!
Garcia says he was hired to re-create the autopsy for the
video - which actually has an anti-gun violence theme, despite its grisly
imagery - and obliged.
Makeup artist Autumn McHugh also confirms personally to THG
that she was behind the (incredible) makeup work you see in "April
Showers." It's not 'Pac.
Even though he only appears for a quick
moment (blink and you'll miss it above), the faux 'Pac says it took eight hours
of McHugh's work to recreate the photo.
Looks like it worked, and then some.
Scott is still convinced, even after hearing Garcia's
account, that it is the actual photo of the rap star from her book, believing
it is just too realistic.
Well done, makeup artists.
We'd imagine the video is back up on YouTube in its entirety
soon. As for whether Tupac is alive, we'll leave that up to his old friend Suge
Knight.
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