--- description: A first glimpse of the film comes on what would have been the rapper's 45th birthday title: Watch the First Teaser for Tupac Biopic 'All Eyez on Me' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch the First Teaser for Tupac Biopic _All Eyez on Me_  by [Eliza Berman](/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Berman is a senior editor at TIME. Jun 16, 2016 2:54 PM CUT  by [Eliza Berman](/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Berman is a senior editor at TIME. Jun 16, 2016 2:54 PM CUT The teaser for the [Tupac Shakur](http://time.com/4028880/tupac-lyrics-auction-sothebys/ "undefined") biopic begins with somber narration. “Like all black men,” the rapper’s mother tells her son, “you have a bulls-eye on your back.” The message serves as foreshadowing for Tupac’s untimely death at age 25 in 1996, but it also places the film squarely in the context of [contemporary issues](http://time.com/3900044/police-misconduct-priming/ "undefined") of race and justice in America. The teaser premiered on the Instagram feed of Los Angeles-based radio host Big Boy on what would have been Tupac’s 45th birthday, The film, which cycled through several directors before landing on the prolific music video director Benny Boom, takes its name from the rapper’s bestselling 1996 double album, widely considered among the greatest and most influential rap albums of all time. It comes two years after a Broadway musical inspired by Tupac’s music, [_Holler If Ya Hear Me_](http://time.com/2983551/tupac-musical-holler-if-ya-hear-me-closing/ "undefined"), closed following poor ticket sales. The teaser, released just six weeks after the death of Tupac’s mother [Afeni Shakur](http://time.com/4316099/tupac-shakurs-mother-afeni-shakur-davis-dies-at-69/ "undefined"), alternates between scenes of his tumultuous childhood and the rapturous crowds that would one day scream his name in sold-out stadiums. Tupac is played by newcomer Demetrius Shipp, Jr., who [told](http://www.tmz.com/2015/12/28/tupac-shakur-demetrius-shipp-target/ "undefined") _TMZ_ he was regularly called “Pac” while in high school and working at his previous job at Target because of his striking resemblance to the rapper. No release date has been announced yet for _All Eyez On Me._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4371390/tupac-biopic-all-eyez-on-me-teaser/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4371390/tupac-biopic-all-eyez-on-me-teaser/"},"headline":"Watch the First Teaser for Tupac Biopic All Eyez on Me","datePublished":"2016-06-16T14:54:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T22:39:11.802Z","description":"A first glimpse of the film comes on what would have been the rapper's 45th birthday","url":"https://time.com/4371390/tupac-biopic-all-eyez-on-me-teaser/","keywords":["movies","Tupac"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliza Berman","jobTitle":"Berman is a senior editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/eliza-berman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4371390/tupac-biopic-all-eyez-on-me-teaser/","name":"Watch the First Teaser for Tupac Biopic All Eyez on Me"}}]}] ```