The 2015 film Straight Outta Compton shows Shakur recording the song in a scene which takes place in 1995, one year before it was released.
While the song is playing, 2Pac's picture is seen in Jody's room. The song was played when Jody, the lead, had a dream about being gunned down by the police or being locked up in prison with his girlfriend and son visiting him. The film was released in 2001 by John Singleton, but because Shakur was no longer alive, Singleton had him replaced by Tyrese Gibson. The song was played in the film Baby Boy, in which Shakur himself was supposed to play the lead. The track moved 13,000 downloads that week for a 1,530% sales increase. Dre and Snoop Dogg at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. On April 15, 2012, "Hail Mary" was performed as the opening of the Shakur's hologram performance alongside live performers Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg rapped this song as one of three songs they performed as a tribute to 2Pac with the crowd singing the chorus. This song was played as a tribute to Shakur during the Up in Smoke Tour in 2000.
The music video was released on March 16, 1997. "Outlawz on a paper chase, can you relate?." was originally going to be the hook, but then Shakur suggested putting it in the end. Hurt-M-Badd made the beat in 20 to 30 minutes. It took about 15 minutes to write and about five minutes to lay. "Hail Mary" took under one hour to complete. The song debuted on the Billboard charts on Januand peaked at number twelve on the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart on March 8, 1997. A remix of the song was also featured on the album Nu-Mixx Klazzics in 2003. "Hail Mary" appeared on Shakur's Greatest Hits in 1998. The song captures Tupac zoning out the violence and negativity surrounding him praying to God, and making biblical references. A music video was shot for the song and can be found on the DualDisc of The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory. Hail Mary features rap verses by Kastro, Young Noble and Yaki Kadafi of the Outlawz rap group and vocals from reggae musician Prince Ital Joe. It was released after his September 1996 murder under the Makaveli stage name as the album's third single. " Hail Mary" is a song by American rapper Tupac Shakur from his fifth studio album, The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory (1996).
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