Tupac Shakur Dead at 25 - 1996
Thursday, September 13, 2007
Tupac Amaru Shakur (June 16 1971 – September 13 1996), also known by his stage names: 2Pac, Makaveli, or simply Pac, was an American artist renowned for his rap music, movie roles, poetry, and his social activism. He is recognized in the Guinness Book of World Records as the best selling hip-hop artist, with over seventy-five million albums sold worldwide including over fifty million in the United States alone. Most of Shakur's songs are about growing up around violence and hardship in ghettos, racism, problems in society, and sometimes qualms with other fellow rappers. Shakur's work is known for advocating political, economic, social, and racial equality as well as his raw descriptions of violence, drug and alcohol abuse, and conflicts with the law. Many fans, critics, and industry insiders rank him as the greatest rapper ever.
MTV report on the day of Tupac's death
VH1 - Who Killed Tupac Shakur? pt.1
VH1 - Who Killed Tupac Shakur? pt.2
VH1 - Who Killed Tupac Shakur? pt.3
VH1 - Who Killed Tupac Shakur? pt.1
VH1 - Who Killed Tupac Shakur? pt.2
VH1 - Who Killed Tupac Shakur? pt.3
Labels: celebrity, crime, murder, music, Tupac Shakur
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