In the past decade since his death, theories about late rapper Tupac Shakur still being alive have surfaced. Tupac made his return a couple of weeks ago at Coachella, not as many expected though. He made his return as a hologram performing at an award ceremony with Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg. The three combined to bring back 90’s hip-hop hits, California Love and Hail Mary, which ruled the rap scenes during the famed east-coast and west-coast feud. Many were rejoiced to see Tupac performing again and even made some in the crowd emotional. Tupac’s return was bittersweet for some however. “Seeing him perform again is great and puts a twist on new concert formats, but it doesn’t substitute an actual performance by him” said gym teacher Eric Costanguy. “It made me realize how violence ruined a great performer’s life.” Costanguy continued. The performance should be one of many. The group who designed the hologram is working on getting more performances by Tupac and making them into holograms for concert dates. There has even been rumors that he could potentially do a tour with artists like Dr. Dre or Snoop Dogg. “I think if they did do a tour they could get a lot of money and a lot of fans who would want to go see him” said sophomore Mark Kelleher, “People in our generation were never able to see him live, but we are still huge fans of his stuff.” Kelleher continued. There is no doubt that Tupac still has a huge number of followers. Briefly after the performance at Coachella, the music industry saw a sudden increase in the late rapper’s album sales. Alone, the single “Hail Mary” sold 13,000 downloads last week, a 1,530 percent rise from what it was. The substantial jump is what the creators of the hologram and producers at the record company wanted to see. The actual makeup of the hologram is a solid white sheet reflected by a mirror. This flaw doesn’t make it an actual 3-D hologram, but rather a 2-D projection. The creators are still trying to make it a 3-D hologram. People are wondering how realistic it will look once it’s actually finished. Some people think that Tupac is still alive, and actually recorded this performance, shortly before the concert. Much of this speculation come from the beginning  of the performance when Tupac actually said Coachella.  Although Dr. Dre said this was a mechanically fill in, many still believe it was not.  Another speculation that has risen is will they do it with any other artists that have passed away. “They should work on a Jerry Garcia hologram” said sophomore Tom Crotty. No matter what happens with the Tupac hologram development from here on out, there is no denying the hologram was a huge step for the music industry.