By Maurice Bobb

You don’t have to holler to hear what the upcoming Tupac Shakur musical, “Holler If Ya Hear Me,” sounds like.

All you need to do is press play.

Three of the Broadway musical’s songs, which include the title track, “California Love” and “Unconditional Love,” were released Friday (May 30).

While the trio of ‘Pac’s hits feature his indelible lyrics, they are delivered by the actors in the Kenny Leon-directed production, which include the talented multi-hyphenate Saul Williams in the starring role.

Williams is best known for his seminal work as embattled poet Raymond Joshua in the independent film “Slam,” which won the Grand Jury Prize for a Dramatic Film at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival. With that same passion, Williams spits Dr. Dre’s opening verse a capella on “California Love,” before the beat and harmonizing voices of his co-stars kick in to deliver the late rapper’s closer.

While the new show is inspired by the All Eyez On Me MC and his sonic legacy, it tells a non-biographical story of friendship, love, family and hope.

“Holler If Ya Hear Me” begins preview performance at the Palace Theatre on June 2.

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As if the embarrassment from throwing a wildly off-target first pitch at the New York Mets game earlier this week wasn’t bad enough, the honor-turned-viral-moment also nearly got 50 Cent in trouble with the law.

“I actually got pulled over by New York City police,” he admitted on “Good Morning America” on Friday morning (May 30). “The pulled me over in my car. He pulled me over and I said, ‘I got my license,’ right, because I was a little nervous. As soon as he pulled me over, I was like, ‘What’d I do?’ And then, he said, ‘You know that pitch was terrible.’”

Luckily, Fif wasn’t actually in trouble with the law.

“He didn’t give me no ticket, no nothing,” he said. “He said, ‘Just go ahead, go ahead. I don’t wanna mess up your day. I’m just saying, ’cause you made me laugh.’”

Not just you, Mr. Officer. Let’s all watch the pitch again. And again.

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reporting by Cory Midgarden

Have all of those secrets on “Pretty Little Liars” left you feeling conflicted about the Liars themselves? Did that controversial, Photoshopped to death GQ shoot sour you on the “realness” of the actresses who play them? Well, fear not, because Lucy Hale is poised to set the record straight on June 3, when her long-awaited debut album Road Between finally arrives.

“A lot of people know me as Aria from ‘PLL,’ but a lot of people don’t know Lucy,” Hale told MTV News. “They don’t know my story, and the things that I’ve been through, and what I stand for. I think after listening to the album, they’ll get a clear idea of who Lucy Hale is as a human being.”

One thing that many of Hale’s television devotees probably don’t know is that this album — an 11-track country-pop collection that features songs penned by Kacey Musgraves and former Whiskeytown member Mike Daly — is a long time coming. Hale got her start as a singer back in 2003 when she placed in the top five on Fox’s “American Juniors,” then quickly changed paths when a move to Los Angeles found her booking acting gigs instead. Still, the Tennessee native never lost sight of what she truly wanted — and the end result, she says, will expose her fans to sides of Lucy that had previously remained as hidden as the identity of A.

“I’m a pretty happy person in general and I’ve been told I’m bubbly ...

The people have spoken, and Ab-Soul’s These Days album will drop on June 24.

He made the announcement on Friday (May 30), at the end of a short music video for his recently released track “Stigmata.”

The visuals, directed by Dave Free and APLUS FILMZ, interpret the song’s lyrics literally. “I carried the cross/ If Virgin Mary had an abortion/ I’d still be carried in the chariot, by stampeding horses,” he raps on the chorus, borrowing lines from Nas’ 2002 track “The Cross.” In the video, Soulo carries a cross up a hill.

Earlier this month, it was announced that the album would be dropping in June — but TDE’s label head, Top Dawg, gave fans the chance to pick which date. The full version of the song, also dropped earlier this month, features Action Bronson, as well.

Check out what appears to be the artwork below.

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Bret Michaels was forced to cancel his Friday night show in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, after becoming “violently ill” in the middle of a show on Thursday.

Michaels, who has type 1 diabetes, was performing at the Palace Theater in Manchester, New Hampshire, on Thursday night when he was “dragged” off the stage. Details of his condition were slim last night — a statement by by guitarist Pete Evick merely cited “extremely low blood sugar” — but doctors have determined that the singer was suffering from a combination of low blood sugar, insulin shock and dehydration as a result of the flu.

Evick took to Michaels’ Facebook page to give an update on Friday (May 30). He said Michaels is still hoping to perform in Albany on Saturday.

“As previously announced, Entertainer Bret Michaels was physically forced to leave the stage last night at the Palace Theater in Manchester, New Hampshire due to complications involving insulin shock & severe low blood sugar, along with other conditions which doctors later determined included exhaustion/dehydration/fever and the noro flu virus. Michaels attempted to return to the stage to finish the show however it was clear to the band, crew, and audience that he would not be able to continue, as he walked of the stage and became violently Ill.

Paramedics present at the show immediately responded and 911 was notified. Unable to keep substance in his system complications with his insulin levels and inability to balance his blood sugar levels arose. Michaels was rushed by ambulance to ...

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