Hail Mary (2Pac song)

"Hail Mary"
Single by Makaveli featuring Outlawz
from the album The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory
B-side"Life of an Outlaw"
ReleasedFebruary 11, 1997[1]
RecordedJuly 8, 1996
StudioCan-Am Studios (Los Angeles, California)
GenreHorrorcore
Length5:09
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Hurt-M-Badd G Syier Hawkins Brown
Makaveli singles chronology
"To Live & Die in L.A."
(1996)
"Hail Mary"
(1997)
"Wanted Dead or Alive"
(1997)
Music video
"Hail Mary" on YouTube

"Hail Mary" is a song by American rapper Tupac Shakur from his fifth studio album, The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory (1996). It was released after his September 1996 murder under the Makaveli stage name as the album's third single. 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. A music video was shot for the song and can be found on the DualDisc of The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory.

The song captures Tupac zoning out the violence and negativity surrounding him praying to God, and making biblical references. "Hail Mary" appeared on Shakur's Greatest Hits in 1998. A remix of the song was also featured on the album Nu-Mixx Klazzics in 2003. The song debuted on the Billboard charts on January 4, 1997 and peaked at number twelve on the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart on March 8, 1997.

  1. ^ "Billboard". 15 February 1997.