Artists Share Memories of Hollywood’s House of Blues, Shutting Its Doors (for Now)
Kevin Morrow (former booker) : “Tupac Shakur and I became friendly because [House of Blues] was doing
all the hip-hop shows and he would constantly come down. We had a
five-night run with The Fugees, and one night a bunch of Bloods [gang
members] showed up, and it became a very tense situation between them
and the police. Out of nowhere, here comes Tupac: ‘Hey, Kevin, can I go
to the show?’ I told him the police were getting agitated, the Bloods
were not leaving and actually kicked the door a couple of times — it’s a
tough scene. He walks down and screams, ‘Listen, you motherfuckers better
get your asses out of here or our homeboy isn’t going to be able to do
any more hip-hop shows.’ They all turned around and left. Eventually
Tupac played his last show at House of Blues.”