Tupac Shakur
American rapper and actor (1971-1996) · United States · Musicians · Died at 25
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Shot dead at 25 in a Las Vegas drive-by that remains unsolved, he sold 75 million records and turned rap into a vehicle for Black political rage and gangsta mythology in equal measure.
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The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day TheoryAlbum released after his death5 November 1996, album by Tupac ShakurInterscope RecordsDied13 September 1996MOBO Awards for Best VideoAwardSoul Train Music Award for Best Rap AlbumAward1993“Accept no substitutes; I bring truth to the youth.”In their words"Holla If Ya Hear Me" (1993).1992“First, I wanna say 'peace' to my mother. She's not here but I gotta give a 'peace out' to her because I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for my mother.”In their wordsMalcolm X Grassroots Movement, Atlanta (1992)“It's not going to stop until "we" stop it. And it's not just white man that's doing this to Brenda. It's not just white man that's keeping us trapped.”In their wordsMalcolm X Grassroots Movement, Atlanta (1992)“What I want you to take seriously is what we have to do for the youth.”In their wordsMalcolm X Grassroots Movement, Atlanta (1992)“You grew up, we grew up B.C. Before crack. That's just saying it all. You understand? You don't have parents...”In their wordsMalcolm X Grassroots Movement, Atlanta (1992)1971Born16 June 1971Also in Deutsch
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East Harlem, the neighborhood of New York City where Shakur was born
Shakur's Baltimore School for the Arts yearbook photo, 1988
The test pressing single for "Dear Mama"; the Platinum single is among the top-ranked songs in hip-hop history.
East Flamingo Road and Koval Lane, where the murder occurred
A statue of Shakur at the MARTa museum in Herford, Germany
Tupac Shakur's star on the Hollywood Walk of FameIn their own words 5
, Accept no substitutes; I bring truth to the youth.
First, I wanna say 'peace' to my mother. She's not here but I gotta give a 'peace out' to her because I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for my mother.
It's not going to stop until "we" stop it. And it's not just white man that's doing this to Brenda. It's not just white man that's keeping us trapped.
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Born in New York to Black Panther parents and raised by his mother Afeni Shakur, he moved to the Bay Area in 1988 and released 2Pacalypse Now in 1991, establishing himself as West Coast hip-hop's sharpest political voice. Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z... and Me Against the World deepened that reputation, but after being shot five times in a New York studio lobby and serving eight months on sexual abuse charges, he signed to Death Row Records in 1995 and pivoted hard. All Eyez on Me, the first double album in hip-hop history, went Diamond and produced two number-one singles, trading introspection for volatile gangsta rap and dragging him into the center of the East Coast-West Coast feud with his former friend the Notorious B.I.G. On September 7, 1996, an unidentified gunman shot him four times in Paradise, Nevada; he died six days later, and B.I.G. was killed six months after that. Five posthumous albums followed, including The Don Killuminati under the name Makaveli, all certified multi-platinum, and he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2017.
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