One Night in Vegas

One Night in Vegas by Reggie Rock Bythewood

6.30

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.

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Mike Tyson

Mike Tyson as Self

Ernest R. Dickerson

Ernest R. Dickerson as Self

Nas

Nas as Self

Mickey Rourke

Mickey Rourke as Self

Mopreme Shakur

Mopreme Shakur as Self

Tupac Shakur

Tupac Shakur as Self (archive footage)

Chris Connelly

Chris Connelly as Self

Suge Knight

Suge Knight as Self

Eric Adams

Eric Adams as Self (as Senator Eric Adams)

Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou as Self

Michael Eric Dyson

Michael Eric Dyson as Self

Jamal Joseph

Jamal Joseph as Self

Al Sharpton

Al Sharpton as Self

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