query: who did tupac shakur date?

title: Tupac Shakur

text: Shakur married his long-time girlfriend, Keisha Morris, on April 4, 1995; the couple divorced in 1996. Shakur stated that he married her "for the wrong reasons". In an interview after his release, Shakur claimed to have written only one song during his incarceration. While imprisoned, Shakur became interested in philosophy, philosophy of war, and military strategy by studying the works such as "The Prince" by Italian philosopher Niccolò Machiavelli and "The Art of War" by Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu. The works inspired his pseudonym "Makaveli", under which he released the album "". The album presents a stark contrast to

title: Tupac Shakur

text: in 1994, but later retracted these comments. His bandana tied into rabbit ears was considered by British writer Rob Marriott as one of hip-hop's most recognizable style choices. Shakur was friends with boxer Mike Tyson, Chuck D, Marlon Wayans, Jim Carrey, and Rosie Perez. He befriended fellow rappers Snoop Dogg and Freddie Foxxx, collaborating on songs with the pair and writing to Foxxx while in prison. Shakur married Keisha Morris-Shakur in April 1995; the marriage officially ended in March 1996. His father Billy Garland said Shakur's anger developed from his frustrations in being misunderstood. He particularly reacted when people questioned

title: Tupac Shakur

text: Bishop Lamont (Philip Martin) notes that Shakur "mastered every element, every aspect" of rapping and Fredro Starr (Fred Scruggs) of Onyx says Shakur "was a master of the flow." "Every rapper who grew up in the Nineties owes something to Tupac," wrote 50 Cent (Curtis Jackson). "He didn't sound like anyone who came before him." About.com, for their part, named Shakur the most influential rapper ever. Chuck Philips writes that "the slaying [of Tupac Shakur] silenced one of modern music's most eloquent voices—a ghetto poet whose tales of urban alienation captivated young people of all races and backgrounds. The 25-year-old

title: Tupac Shakur

text: Shakur had helped elevate rap from a crude street fad to a complex art form, setting the stage for the current global hip-hop phenomenon". To preserve Shakur's legacy, his mother founded the Shakur Family Foundation (later renamed the Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation or TASF) in 1997. The TASF's stated mission is to "provide training and support for students who aspire to enhance their creative talents." The TASF sponsors essay contests, charity events, a performing arts day camp for teenagers and undergraduate scholarships. The Foundation officially opened the Tupac Amaru Shakur Center for the Arts (TASCA) in Stone Mountain, Georgia, on

title: Tupac Shakur Legacy

text: written plans, along with directions to where Tupac's ashes were said to be spread. Tupac Shakur Legacy Tupac Shakur Legacy is an official interactive biography of Tupac Shakur released on August 16, 2006. The author of the book is Jamal Joseph, a friend of the Shakur family and a former Black Panther Party member. The book is published by Atria Books a division of Simon & Schuster. It features unseen family photographs, intimate stories, and over 20 removable reproductions of his handwritten song lyrics, contracts, scripts, poetry, and other personal papers. The book includes a 60-minute interview CD with Tupac

title: Tupac Shakur Legacy

text: Tupac Shakur Legacy Tupac Shakur Legacy is an official interactive biography of Tupac Shakur released on August 16, 2006. The author of the book is Jamal Joseph, a friend of the Shakur family and a former Black Panther Party member. The book is published by Atria Books a division of Simon & Schuster. It features unseen family photographs, intimate stories, and over 20 removable reproductions of his handwritten song lyrics, contracts, scripts, poetry, and other personal papers. The book includes a 60-minute interview CD with Tupac along with many reproductions. The reproductions include replicas of Tupac's personal notebooks, letters and

title: Tupac Shakur

text: body was cremated the next day. Some of his ashes were purportedly later mixed with marijuana and smoked by members of the Outlawz. However, E.D.I. Mean claimed in a 2014 interview that the ashes did not belong to Shakur. His fifth album, "", was released two months later, and numerous other posthumous albums followed. In 2002, the "Los Angeles Times" published a two-part story by investigative reporter Chuck Philips, titled "Who Killed Tupac Shakur?", based on yearlong research that reconstructed the crime and the events leading up to it. Information gathered by the paper indicated that: "the shooting was carried

title: Tupac Shakur

text: the mythical status about Shakur's life and death. He addressed the symbolism and mythology surrounding Shakur's death in his talk entitled "Tupac Shakur: O.G. (Ostensibly Gone)". Among his findings were that Shakur's fans have "succeeded in resurrecting Tupac as an ethereal life force." In "From Thug Life to Legend: Realization of a Black Folk Hero", Professor of Music at Northeastern University, Emmett Price, compared Shakur's public image to that of the trickster figures of African-American folklore which gave rise to the urban "bad-man" persona of the post-slavery period. He ultimately described Shakur as a "prolific artist" who was "driven by

title: Tupac Shakur

text: several documentaries, each trying to capture the many different events during his short lifetime, most notably the Academy Award-nominated "", released in 2003. Tupac Shakur Tupac Amaru Shakur ( ; born Lesane Parish Crooks, June 16, 1971September 13, 1996), also known by his stage names 2Pac and Makaveli, was an American rapper and actor. He is considered by many to be one of the greatest hip hop artists of all time. Shakur was born in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City but relocated to Los Angeles in 1988. When he released his debut album "2Pacalypse Now" in 1991, he

title: Tupac Shakur

text: Tupac Shakur Tupac Amaru Shakur ( ; born Lesane Parish Crooks, June 16, 1971September 13, 1996), also known by his stage names 2Pac and Makaveli, was an American rapper and actor. He is considered by many to be one of the greatest hip hop artists of all time. Shakur was born in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City but relocated to Los Angeles in 1988. When he released his debut album "2Pacalypse Now" in 1991, he became a central figure in West Coast hip hop, introducing social issues in the genre at a time when gangsta rap was dominant

title: Murder of Tupac Shakur

text: asked Tupac if he saw the person or people who shot him, Shakur responded by saying, "Fuck you" to the officer as his last words. Paramedics and other officers present at the scene did not report hearing Tupac say those words, nor did Knight or bodyguard Frank Alexander, who were also present. One year after the shooting, Sgt. Kevin Manning, who headed the investigation, told "Las Vegas Sun" investigative reporter Cathy Scott that Shakur's murder "may never be solved". The case slowed early in the investigation, he said, as few new clues came in and witnesses clammed up. He stated

title: Tupac Shakur

text: of Tupac Shakur." In late 2003, the Makaveli Branded Clothing line was launched by Afeni. In 2005, Death Row released "". The DVD was the final recorded performance of Shakur's career, which took place on July 4, 1996, and features a large number of Death Row artists. In August 2006, "Tupac Shakur Legacy" was released. The interactive biography was written by Jamal Joseph. It features unseen family photographs, intimate stories, and over 20 removable reproductions of his handwritten song lyrics, contracts, scripts, poetry, and other personal papers. Shakur's sixth posthumous studio album, "Pac's Life", was released on November 21, 2006.

title: The Killing of Tupac Shakur

text: no idea it would take her on a fast-track trip into the world of rap music, blind witnesses and too many coincidences." TruTV's "Crime Library" quoted the book as saying that, because of unreleased music potentially worth millions, Shakur "was worth more dead than alive." "True Crime Zine" in July 2012 gave the book a five-star review. "The Murder of Biggie Smalls" The Killing of Tupac Shakur The Killing of Tupac Shakur is a biographical, true crime account by American journalist and author Cathy Scott of the 1996 murder of rapper Tupac Shakur. The book made news upon its September

title: Tupac Shakur

text: a terrible sense of urgency" in a quest to "unify mind, body, and spirit". In "Holler If You Hear Me: Searching for Tupac Shakur", Michael Eric Dyson indicated that Shakur "spoke with brilliance and insight as someone who bears witness to the pain of those who would never have his platform. He told the truth, even as he struggled with the fragments of his identity." At one Harvard Conference the theme was Shakur's impact on entertainment, race relations, politics and the "hero/martyr". In late 1997, the University of California, Berkeley offered a student-led course entitled "History 98: Poetry and History

title: Tupac Amaru Shakur Center for the Arts

text: centre was opened. The peace garden was designed as a tribute to Tupac Shakur as well as others who have died. In 2006 the music video for the single Pac's Life for the self-titled album was shot at the Tupac Amaru Shakur Center for the Arts. Tupac's mother Afeni Shakur also went to Africa in 2006 and fostered a relationship between The Tupac Amaru Shakur Center for the Arts and The Nelson Mendela foundation. After 2006 the foundation showed signs of growth as many additional programs were created such as after school programs, dance classes and cultural exchange programs. Fees

title: Murder of Tupac Shakur

text: Murder of Tupac Shakur Tupac Shakur, a highly successful American hip hop artist, was fatally shot on September 7th, 1996, in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was 25 years old. The shooting occurred at 11:15 p.m. Pacific time when the car carrying Shakur was stopped at a red light at East Flamingo Road and Koval Lane. Shakur was struck by four .40 caliber rounds fired from a Glock: two in the chest, one in the arm, and one in the thigh. He died from his wounds six days later. Davis, a Crips gang leader in California, declined

title: Tupac Shakur

text: and public persona, including State University of New York at Buffalo English professor Mark Anthony Neal who gave the talk "Thug Nigga Intellectual: Tupac as Celebrity Gramscian" in which he argued that Shakur was an example of the "organic intellectual" expressing the concerns of a larger group. Professor Neal has also indicated in his writings that the death of Shakur has left a "leadership void amongst hip-hop artists." Neal further describes him as a "walking contradiction", a status that allowed him to "make being an intellectual accessible to ordinary people." Professor of Communications Murray Forman, of Northeastern University, spoke of

title: Tupac Shakur

text: having sold over 75 million records worldwide. Much of Shakur's work has been noted for addressing contemporary social issues that plagued inner cities, and he is considered a symbol of resistance and activism against inequities. Tupac Amaru Shakur was born on June 16, 1971, into an African-American family in the East Harlem section of Manhattan in New York City. His birth name was Lesane Parish Crooks. The following year, he was renamed after Túpac Amaru II, the 18th-century Peruvian revolutionary who was executed after leading an indigenous uprising against Spanish rule. His parents, Afeni Shakur (born Alice Faye Williams in

title: The Killing of Tupac Shakur

text: The Killing of Tupac Shakur The Killing of Tupac Shakur is a biographical, true crime account by American journalist and author Cathy Scott of the 1996 murder of rapper Tupac Shakur. The book made news upon its September 1997 release, on the first anniversary of Shakur's death, because of an autopsy photo included in its pages. It was the first book to be released covering the rapper's death. The book was reprinted in the UK by Plexus Publishing and in Poland by Kagra. Coverage of the autopsy photo, taken of Shakur's body on a gurney in the coroner's examining room,

title: Murder of Tupac Shakur

text: Wallace was recording a song in a New York City recording studio the night Shakur was shot. Wallace's manager, Wayne Barrow, and rapper Lil' Cease publicly denied that Wallace had a role in the crime and said they were with him in the studio the night of the shooting. Six months later, Wallace himself was fatally shot in a drive-by shooting by an unknown assailant on March 9, 1997, and died at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Murder of Tupac Shakur Tupac Shakur, a highly successful American hip hop artist, was fatally shot on September 7th, 1996, in

title: Murder of Tupac Shakur

text: to name the shooter because of the "street code". Tupac Shakur attended the Bruce Seldon vs. Mike Tyson boxing match with Suge Knight, the head of Death Row Records, at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. After leaving the match, one of Suge Knight's associates, Travon "Tray" Lane (A Mob Pirus Bloods) spotted Orlando "Baby Lane" Anderson, a Crips gang member, from Compton, California, in the MGM Grand lobby. Earlier that year, in May 1996, Anderson and a group of Southside Crips had robbed Lane in a Foot Locker store. Lane told Tupac, and Shakur attacked Orlando Anderson. Shakur asked

title: Tupac Amaru Shakur Center for the Arts

text: Tupac Amaru Shakur Center for the Arts The Tupac Amaru Shakur Center for the Arts, based in Stone Mountain, Georgia, was a performing arts center supported through the Shakur Family Foundation. The Shakur Center's mission was to provide opportunities for young people through the arts, and offers programs such as drama, dance, and creative writing classes. The organization also ran a Performing Arts Day Camp for youth ages twelve to eighteen. The center, located off of Memorial Drive was named in honor of the late American Hip Hop artist Tupac Amaru Shakur, and was founded by his mother Afeni Shakur.

title: Tupac Shakur discography

text: released under Shakur's new alias Makaveli. Tupac Shakur discography The discography of Tupac Shakur, an American rapper, consists of ten studio albums. Four were released before Shakur's death on September 13, 1996 and six were posthumously released, the first being "The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory" released on November 5, 1996 (although the album was finished before Shakur's death). As of June 2014, he was the second best-selling rap or hip-hop artist of the Nielsen Soundscan era in the United States with 29,235,000 albums sold. The RIAA has certified Shakur's album tally at 42.5 million copies sold, which includes

title: Tupac Shakur discography

text: Tupac Shakur discography The discography of Tupac Shakur, an American rapper, consists of ten studio albums. Four were released before Shakur's death on September 13, 1996 and six were posthumously released, the first being "The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory" released on November 5, 1996 (although the album was finished before Shakur's death). As of June 2014, he was the second best-selling rap or hip-hop artist of the Nielsen Soundscan era in the United States with 29,235,000 albums sold. The RIAA has certified Shakur's album tally at 42.5 million copies sold, which includes The Don Killuminatti album which was

title: Tupac Amaru Shakur Center for the Arts

text: for these program resemble prices similar to those of joining a local sports league. The foundation has also held Tupac birthday concert celebrations since 2009. The foundation offered acting, after school and dancing classes. In addition, they offer yearly leadership and arts programs. They had also set up cross cultural exchanges with Japan and South Africa. Tupac Amaru Shakur Center for the Arts The Tupac Amaru Shakur Center for the Arts, based in Stone Mountain, Georgia, was a performing arts center supported through the Shakur Family Foundation. The Shakur Center's mission was to provide opportunities for young people through the

title: Murder of Tupac Shakur

text: the investigation was at a standstill. E.D.I. Mean, a collaborator of Shakur's and a member of Outlawz, said he was positive law enforcement knew "what happened" and added, "This is America. We found bin Laden." In 2002, the "Los Angeles Times" published a two-part story by Chuck Philips, titled "Who Killed Tupac Shakur?" based on a year-long investigation. Philips reported that "the shooting was carried out by a Compton gang called the Southside Crips to avenge the beating of one of its members by Shakur a few hours earlier. Orlando Anderson, the Crip whom Shakur had attacked, fired the fatal

title: Tupac Shakur

text: Wayne, newcomers like Freddie Gibbs and even his friend-turned-rival Biggie, it's easy to see that Pac is the most copied MC of all time. There are murals bearing his likeness in New York, Brazil, Sierra Leone, Bulgaria and countless other places; he even has statues in Atlanta and Germany. Quite simply, no other rapper has captured the world's attention the way Tupac did and still does." On April 15, 2012, a "hologram" of Shakur (technically a 2-D video projection) performed his songs "Hail Mary" and "2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted" with Snoop Dogg at the Coachella Music Festival. The effect

title: Unconditional Love (Tupac Shakur song)

text: Unconditional Love (Tupac Shakur song) "Unconditional Love" is a song by 2Pac featuring Nanci Fletcher, released as the second posthumous single from his "Greatest Hits" album. The CD single is rare and was never officially released in an uncensored version. The single peaked at number 73 in the airplay chart. The song was originally written for M.C. Hammer by his friend and fellow rapper Tupac Shakur to revitalize his image when he signed to Death Row Records. However, Shakur recorded a demo of it himself before giving the song to Hammer to record. Hammer's version was first released on "Family

title: Tupac Shakur

text: play based on the lyrics of Tupac. The production lasted 6 weeks before it folded due to being one of Broadway's worst-selling musicals in recent years. It was announced in January 2015 the following month would see an exhibit dedicated to Shakur opened at the Grammy Museum. Executive director Robert Santelli praised Shakur as "one of the most original and important of all hip hop artists", adding that his writings were "both powerful and provocative". During a panel for the exhibit, attended by his mother Afeni, cousins and various members of his extended family, rapper YG said that he was

title: Tupac Shakur

text: June 11, 2005. On November 14, 2003, a documentary about Shakur entitled "" was released under the supervision of his mother and narrated entirely in his voice. It was nominated for Best Documentary at the 2005 Academy Awards. Proceeds will go to a charity set up by Shakur's mother Afeni. On April 17, 2003, Harvard University co-sponsored an academic symposium entitled "All Eyez on Me: Tupac Shakur and the Search for the Modern Folk Hero". The speakers discussed a wide range of topics dealing with Shakur's impact on everything from entertainment to sociology. Many of the speakers discussed Shakur's status

title: Tupac Shakur

text: It wasn't just the rhythm or the cadence. I liked their attitude. It was protest music in a way nobody had ever thought about before. [...]These artists were brave, wise and smart – wickedly smart. Tupac had so many sides. He was unafraid to write about his vulnerabilities." Shakur's debut album, "2Pacalypse Now" (1991), revealed his socially conscious side. On this album, Shakur attacked social injustice, poverty, and police brutality in "Brenda's Got a Baby", "Trapped", and "Part Time Mutha". On this initial release, Shakur helped extend the success of such rap groups as Boogie Down Productions, Public Enemy, X-Clan,

title: Trapped (Tupac Shakur song)

text: Trapped (Tupac Shakur song) "Trapped" is a song by 2Pac that deals with police brutality. It was a single from his debut album, "2Pacalypse Now". The first verse tells a story of 2Pac being harassed by the police, one even shooting at him. He then fires back and says he did it because he was tired of constantly being profiled and abused by police officers. 2Pac then depicts the police chasing after him and eventually cornering him. He then ends the song with the line "I'd rather die than be trapped in the living hell", implying if forced into a

title: Unconditional Love (Tupac Shakur song)

text: stood for. We know that our Bible says that God's love is unconditional. Thank you Tupac for this beautiful, spiritual song." Hammer would later go on to mention his friendship with Tupac and the gift of this song to him in a TBN interview. A video for "Unconditional Love" was filmed between January 11–12, 1999. It features Tha Realest (looking and sounding like 2Pac) recording this song in the studio. Unconditional Love (Tupac Shakur song) "Unconditional Love" is a song by 2Pac featuring Nanci Fletcher, released as the second posthumous single from his "Greatest Hits" album. The CD single is

title: Tupac Shakur

text: chase after her and kill her husband so he can take over the country. After he commits the murder, the dude starts having delusions just like in a Scarface song. I mean the king's wife just screws this guy's whole life up for nothing [...]. In an interview in Spain, American music journalist Chuck Philips said that what impressed him the most about Shakur was that he was a poet. Philips said, "I like sacred texts, myths, proverbs, and scriptures. [...] When Tupac came along, I thought he was quite the poet [...] It wasn't just how cleverly they rhymed.

title: Changes (Tupac Shakur song)

text: incarceration rates for African-Americans. The Chris Hafner-directed music video is a compilation of a number of previous music videos Tupac released in addition to home videos and never-before-seen pictures, similar to the format of The Notorious B.I.G.'s "Dead Wrong", also released in 1999. "Changes" was nominated for Best Rap Solo Performance at the Grammy Awards of 2000 and remains the only posthumous song to be nominated in this category. It was also nominated at the MTV Video Music Award for Best Editing in a Video & Best Rap Video in 1999. Changes (Tupac Shakur song) "Changes" is a hip hop

title: Tupac Amaru Shakur Center for the Arts

text: The center was founded in 1997 by Tupac Shakur's mother Afeni Shakur in the interest of preserving her son's legacy. It is designed to bring quality arts training to young people including some students that face many social-economic issues such as poverty. Many students have enriched their artistic abilities through this center and some have even received part-time jobs. In July 1999 the foundation began its first annual summer session of PA camps with twenty campers. The camp continued to grow throughout the years. On June 11, 2005 The Tupac Amaru Shakur Center for the Arts Peace Garden and visitor

title: Live at the House of Blues (Tupac Shakur album)

text: extras including five full-length music videos for "California Love", "To Live & Die in LA", "Hit 'Em Up", "How Do You Want It" and "I Ain't Mad at Cha". Live at the House of Blues (Tupac Shakur album) Tupac: Live at the House of Blues was 2Pac's last recorded performance. The album was recorded on July 4, 1996 and then released in 2005, 9 years after his death. It includes hit singles to date such as "Hit 'Em Up", "2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted" and "So Many Tears". Since its release it has sold over a million copies and is

text: Live at the House of Blues (Tupac Shakur album) Tupac: Live at the House of Blues was 2Pac's last recorded performance. The album was recorded on July 4, 1996 and then released in 2005, 9 years after his death. It includes hit singles to date such as "Hit 'Em Up", "2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted" and "So Many Tears". Since its release it has sold over a million copies and is certified Platinum. It also features artists such as Snoop Dogg, Tha Dogg Pound, Nate Dogg, Jodeci and Outlawz. A DVD edition is also available, containing the whole concert and

title: Until the End of Time (Tupac Shakur album)

text: Silver (60,000) by BPI. On May 24, 2001 it was certified 2x platinum (200,000 units) in Canada. BET put it number 3 on their list of 'The 25 Best Posthumous Albums of All Time'. Until the End of Time (Tupac Shakur album) Until the End of Time is the seventh studio album, third posthumous album by rapper Tupac Shakur which is certified 4x platinum by RIAA. It follows his previous posthumous albums "R U Still Down? (Remember Me)" and "Still I Rise". The album consists of material recorded while the rapper was on Death Row Records toward the later end

text: Until the End of Time (Tupac Shakur album) Until the End of Time is the seventh studio album, third posthumous album by rapper Tupac Shakur which is certified 4x platinum by RIAA. It follows his previous posthumous albums "R U Still Down? (Remember Me)" and "Still I Rise". The album consists of material recorded while the rapper was on Death Row Records toward the later end of 1996. A majority of the music compositions were remixed from their original state. "Until the End of Time" was very highly anticipated and ended up being one of the best selling hip hop

title: Unconditional Love (Tupac Shakur song)

text: Affair" in 1998. Hammer would later dance and read the lyrics to this song on the first "Vh1 Hip Hop Honors" in 2004. According to the "Family Affair" album insert/bio, "Unconditional Love" lyrics were written and arranged by Shakur (and Johnny Jackson on M.C. Hammer's version). Hammer wrote this about the song: "This song was given to me as a gift from the late Tupac Shakur. He told me this was a song about how true love is unconditional. He wanted me to rap it because it reflected what I stand for. The secret is this is also what he

title: Tupac: Assassination

text: 2017. Tupac: Assassination Tupac Assassination: Conspiracy or Revenge is a documentary film about the unsolved murder of rapper Tupac Shakur produced by Frank Alexander, a Shakur bodyguard who was with the rapper at the time of the shooting, produced and directed by Richard Bond. The film is a series of interviews with key players and witnesses, as well as what the producer told "Rolling Stone" magazine were experts in the fields of law enforcement and rap. Suge Knight owed artists over $104 million and Shakur was threatening to take his masters and leave Death Row after the last album, "".

title: Tupac: Assassination

text: Tupac: Assassination Tupac Assassination: Conspiracy or Revenge is a documentary film about the unsolved murder of rapper Tupac Shakur produced by Frank Alexander, a Shakur bodyguard who was with the rapper at the time of the shooting, produced and directed by Richard Bond. The film is a series of interviews with key players and witnesses, as well as what the producer told "Rolling Stone" magazine were experts in the fields of law enforcement and rap. Suge Knight owed artists over $104 million and Shakur was threatening to take his masters and leave Death Row after the last album, "". According

title: Sanyika Shakur

text: rapper Tupac Shakur (no blood relation, but same revolutionary family). The two immediately became good friends and Shakur mentioned Tupac in the introduction of his book. In 1996, as Shakur was on the run from police for a parole violation, he met up with Tupac on the set of the x-rated version of Tupac's music video "How Do U Want It". This would be the last time that Kody would ever see Tupac. On September 13, 1996, Tupac Shakur died after being shot in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas, Nevada, seven days earlier, allegedly by members of the South

title: Biggie & Tupac

text: the Crip whom Shakur had attacked, fired the fatal shots. Las Vegas police discounted Anderson as a suspect and interviewed him only once, briefly. He was later killed in an unrelated gang shooting.” Biggie & Tupac Biggie & Tupac is a 2002 feature-length documentary film about murdered rappers Christopher "Notorious B.I.G." Wallace and Tupac "2Pac" Shakur by Nick Broomfield. Broomfield suggests the two murders were planned by Suge Knight, head of Death Row Records. Collusion by the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) is also implied. While the film remains inconclusive, when asked "Who killed Tupac?" in a BBC Radio interview

title: Tupac Shakur

text: the Digital Underground extended play (EP) "This Is an EP Release", the follow-up to their debut hit album "Sex Packets". Shakur appeared in the accompanying music video. After his rap debut, he performed with Digital Underground again, on the album "Sons of the P". Shakur went on to feature Shock G and Money-B from Digital Underground in his track "I Get Around", which ranked #11 on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot 100. In November 1991, Shakur released his debut solo album, "2Pacalypse Now". Though the album did not generate any hit singles, "2Pacalypse Now" has been acclaimed by many critics and

title: Tupac Shakur

text: with Atron Gregory. Gregory set him up as a roadie and backup dancer with the hip hop group Digital Underground in 1990. Before using his first name as his rap name, Shakur went by the alias MC New York when starting his career in Baltimore. Although Shakur began recording in 1987, his professional entertainment career did not take off until the early 1990s when he debuted in Digital Underground's "Same Song" from the soundtrack to the 1991 film "Nothing but Trouble"; Shakur also appeared with the group in the film. The song was later released as the lead song of

title: Murder of Tupac Shakur

text: League for extorting protection money from Shakur and other rappers after making death threats against them. In 2017, Knight claimed he might have been the target of the attack that killed Shakur, arguing that it was a hit on him as a staged coup to seize control of Death Row Records. At the time of the shooting, an entourage of around ten automobiles were following Knight and Shakur's vehicle. The year following the shooting, Knight stated during an ABC "Primetime Live" interview that he did not know who had shot Shakur but would never tell officers if he did. Kadafi

title: Tupac Shakur

text: to follow a particular religion, but his lyrics in singles such as "Ghetto Gospel" and "Only God Can Judge Me" and poems such as "The Rose That Grew from Concrete (poetry collection)" suggest he believed in God. Many analysts currently describe him as a deist. He believed in Karma but rejected a literal afterlife and organized religion. Shakur had several family members who were members of the Black Panthers: Mutulu Shakur, his step-father; Assata Shakur, his step-aunt; Billy Garland, his biological father; and Afeni Shakur, his mother. Shakur publicly spoke out against interracial marriage in an interview with "Source" magazine

title: Afeni Shakur

text: Amaru Shakur. Exactly one year following her son's death, with revenue from his albums released posthumously, Afeni Shakur founded the Georgia-based Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation, which provides art programs for young people, and Amaru Entertainment, the holding company for all Tupac's unreleased material. She also launched a fashion clothing line, Makaveli Branded. Tupac Shakur was reportedly in federal court on July 20, 2007, to file an injunction to prevent Death Row Records from selling any unreleased material from Tupac after the company failed to prove that the unreleased songs were not part of its bankruptcy settlement. Shakur traveled across the

title: Tupac Shakur

text: previous works. Throughout the album, Shakur continues to focus on the themes of pain and aggression, making this album one of the emotionally darker works of his career. While in prison, Shakur wrote to Death Row Uncut director Nina Bhadresher about his plans to begin a "new chapter" of his life. According to Kevin Powell, who spoke to Shakur following his release from prison, the performer "seemed like a completely transformed person." Powell recalled Shakur being more dark and menacing, to the extent that Powell wondered whether he had really known him before. On the night of September 7, 1996,

title: Tupac: Assassination

text: originally released as a single release. It was released by Mill Creek in a double "boxed set" with a slightly modified version of "Tupac Assassination: Conspiracy or Revenge" (Known for legal reasons as the "Director's Cut" of part one.) Where "Tupac Assassination: Conspiracy or Revenge" gave a sniper sight into witnesses into the Shakur murder never interviewed by Las Vegas Police and a guide to a "by the moment" look the mechanics of the Shakur killing, "Tupac Assassination II: Reckoning" stopped to consider the human impact of the loss of the rapper to his closest family and friends. Those who

title: Tupac Shakur

text: Shakur gave each of them a name of a dictator/military leader and/or an enemy of America. For himself, Shakur created the alias "Makaveli" from Renaissance Italian philosopher and political theorist Niccolò Machiavelli, whose writings inspired Shakur in prison, but who also preached that a leader could eliminate his enemies by all means necessary. He mentioned Makaveli Records a few times before his death. This was supposed to be a music label for up-and-coming artists that Shakur had an interest in developing or potentially signing, and his own future projects would have been published through it as well. In addition to

title: Tupac: A Thug Life

text: Tupac: A Thug Life Tupac: A Thug Life is an anthology and collection of writings on the rapper Tupac Shakur released in 2005 by Plexus Publishing in the UK. The book was edited by Sam Brown with a foreword by music journalist Kris Ex. The title was taken from a quote by Shakur, who once said, "I didn't choose the thug life; the thug life chose me." The book is divided into five sections to illustrate the rap artist's troubled childhood living in housing projects in Oakland, California and his relationship with his mother Afeni Shakur, his recording and film

title: Tupac: Resurrection

text: album was released, although it only contained nine songs that featured in the movie. The following tracks, listed alphabetically by title, are written and/or performed by Tupac and feature in the film: The following tracks, which Tupac had no input on, are also featured in the film: Tupac: Resurrection Tupac: Resurrection is a 2003 American documentary film about the life and death of rapper Tupac Shakur. The film, directed by Lauren Lazin and released by Paramount Pictures, is narrated by Tupac Shakur himself. The film was in theaters from November 16, 2003 to December 21, 2003. As of July 1,

title: Untouchable (Tupac Shakur song)

text: However, the version with 2Pac can be found online. The song was re-mixed with "The Payback" by James Brown and was played during the final shoot-out in Calvin Candie's house. Portions of the song and its lyrics were used as part of the music of the two trailers used to promote the film "Pacific Rim Uprising", with the music for the first trailer being remixed with the Vince Staples song "War Ready". Untouchable (Tupac Shakur song) "Untouchable" is a posthumous single by 2Pac, featuring Krayzie Bone, from the album "Pac's Life". Remixed by Swizz Beatz, it was the street-single released

title: Changes (Tupac Shakur song)

text: Changes (Tupac Shakur song) "Changes" is a hip hop song by 2Pac featuring Talent. The song makes references to the war on drugs, the treatment of black people by the police at the time, racism (explicitly the reconciliation between the black and white races in America), the perpetuation of poverty and its accompanying vicious-cycle value system in urban African American culture, and the difficulties of life in the ghetto. The song was originally recorded during his tenure at Interscope records in 1992 and was produced by Big D The Impossible (Deon Evans). "Changes" was later remixed during 1997-1998. The song

title: Sanyika Shakur

text: Tupac was planning to leave Death Row Records to start his own record label. In the article Kody stated that he was incredulous after hearing Knight's claim that Tupac died owing him money, despite selling over USD$60 million worth of albums for Death Row Records, and that he knew that all of Tupac's possessions, including his home and his cars, were in Knight's name. At the end of the interview, Knight told Shakur that Orlando Anderson was indeed the person who killed Tupac. Orlando Anderson was killed on May 29, 1998, in an unrelated shooting. In March 2007, Shakur, already

title: Untouchable (Tupac Shakur song)

text: Untouchable (Tupac Shakur song) "Untouchable" is a posthumous single by 2Pac, featuring Krayzie Bone, from the album "Pac's Life". Remixed by Swizz Beatz, it was the street-single released opposite the lead-single, "Pac's Life". The single debuted at number 111 in billboard 200 and number #91 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks and #21 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles sales on the December 2, 2006 issue of Billboard magazine. The record contains lyrics similar to other 2Pac songs, such as: "Untouchable freestyle", "Killuminati" and "War Gamez". "Killuminati" was recorded on 8 July 1996 for "", but didn't make the final cut,

title: Tupac Shakur

text: enter the library, outside of the copyright office, behind Grandmaster Flash and Public Enemy. In 2016, Shakur was nominated for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility, when on December 20, 2016, it was announced that he and 5 others would be inducted into the Hall on April 7, 2017. At the ceremony, Shakur was inducted by his friend and fellow hip hop artist Snoop Dogg, who shared several stories about their time together and of the time Shakur spent in the hospital before his death. Shakur's life has been explored in

title: Tupac Shakur

text: Shakur attended the Bruce Seldon vs. Mike Tyson boxing match with Suge Knight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. After leaving the match, one of Knight's associates spotted Orlando "Baby Lane" Anderson, an alleged Crips gang member from Compton, California, in the MGM Grand lobby. Earlier that year, Anderson and a group of Crips had robbed a member of Death Row's entourage in a Foot Locker store. Knight's associate told Shakur, who attacked Anderson, assisted by his and Knight's entourage. The fight was captured on the hotel's video surveillance. After the brawl, Shakur went with Knight to Death

title: Tupac Shakur

text: Atlanta, two brothers and off-duty police officers, Mark and Scott Whitwell, were with their wives celebrating Mrs. Whitwell's passing of the state bar examination. The officers were drunk and in possession of stolen guns. As they crossed the street, a car with Shakur inside passed them or "almost struck them". The Whitwells argued with the driver, Shakur, and the other passengers, who were joined by a second passing car. Shakur shot one officer in the buttocks and the other in the leg, back, or abdomen, according to varying news reports. Mark Whitwell was charged with firing at Shakur's car and

title: Tupac Shakur

text: movie." Hughes' comments were seen as validation that he had forgiven the rapper since the incident. Larenz Tate, who had several rehearsals with Shakur before his part was recast, recalled Shakur being close to the Hughes brothers but that his actions were the result of "creative differences". According to former Death Row Records sound engineer Rick Clifford, Shakur reportedly read for the role of Mace Windu around the time that George Lucas was holding auditions for "". The role ultimately went to Samuel L. Jackson. Director John Singleton mentioned that he wrote the script for his film "Baby Boy" with

title: Tupac Shakur

text: Suge Knight; Knight was adamant in voicing his suspicions about Combs' involvement. In the years following their killings, associates of both Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G. made comments indicating the pair, were it not for their deaths, would have reconciled. Collaborator Buckshot claimed in 2015 that Shakur defended him against Suge Knight, who had insisted that the East Coast rapper could not come with him to Las Vegas on the grounds of the ongoing hip hop rivalry. Shakur asserted that he would not board the plane unless accompanied by Buckshot and was described by the fellow rapper as looking "discomforted"

title: Tupac Shakur

text: later lying to the police during the investigation. Shakur was charged with the shooting. Prosecutors dropped all charges against the parties. In early 1994, Shakur was found guilty of assaulting Allen Hughes, co-director of "Menace II Society"; he served 15 days in jail. The previous year, Shakur had boasted during an appearance on "Yo! MTV Raps" that he had "beat up the director of Menace II Society", the line later being used against him in court. In November 1993, Shakur and others were charged with sexual assaulting a woman in a hotel room. Shakur denied the charges. According to Shakur,

title: Tupac: Assassination

text: care to know will learn that less than 25% of "Reckoning" was "recycled" (or re-used to bring the audience who had not seen "TA: I" enough information to restate the beliefs of the first movie to understand the context of the interviews of Part II. Tupac's former manager Leila Steinberg, Tupac business partner and video producer Tracy Robinson and Tupac's aunt Gloria Cox (who rarely give interviews of any kind to the media) were interviewed by the production team. Additional interviews with Frank Alexander were shot at the Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation with the blessing of the Shakur Estate- a

title: Tupac: Resurrection

text: Tupac: Resurrection Tupac: Resurrection is a 2003 American documentary film about the life and death of rapper Tupac Shakur. The film, directed by Lauren Lazin and released by Paramount Pictures, is narrated by Tupac Shakur himself. The film was in theaters from November 16, 2003 to December 21, 2003. As of July 1, 2008 it had earned over $7.8 million, making it the 21st-highest-grossing documentary film in the United States - (in nominal dollars, from 1982 to the present). The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature at the 77th Academy Awards. An official 14-track soundtrack

title: Tupac Shakur

text: he had prior relations days earlier with the woman that were consensual (the woman admitted she performed oral sex on Shakur). The complainant claimed sexual assault after her second visit to Shakur's hotel room; she alleged that Shakur and his entourage raped her. At trial, Shakur was convicted of first-degree sexual abuse, and acquitted of the weapons and sodomy charges. The judge described the crimes during the sentencing of Shakur to 1½–4½ years in prison, as "an act of brutal violence against a helpless woman." While appearing on "The Arsenio Hall Show", Shakur said he was innocent of all charges

title: Until the End of Time (Tupac Shakur song)

text: Until the End of Time (Tupac Shakur song) "Until the End of Time" is a posthumous single from the 2001 2Pac album of the same name. The song was very successful and was a big contributor to the album going 4x Platinum. The song features R.L. Huggar from the R&B group Next. An alternate version features Mr. Mister's lead singer and bassist Richard Page on vocals and bass. The music video for the song contains a compilation of unreleased footage of Shakur. It charted at #52 on the "Billboard" Hot 100. The song's beat is a sample of Mr. Mister's

title: Biggie & Tupac

text: Biggie's murder represented in the film. In contrast to Broomfield's implication of Suge Knight in the death of Tupac, a 2002 two-part series by reporter Chuck Philips with the "Times", titled “Who Killed Tupac Shakur?” based on a year-long investigation, reconstructing the events leading up to Shakur's murder including police affidavits, court documents and interviews with investigators, supposed witnesses to the crime and members of the Southside Crips claimed that “the shooting was carried out by a Compton gang called the Southside Crips to avenge the beating of one of its members by Shakur a few hours earlier. Orlando Anderson,

title: Greatest Hits (Tupac Shakur album)

text: at No. 129 with 4,000 copies sold according to Nielsen SoundScan (a gain of 571% over the previous week). The album was certified Platinum by the BPI on 16 August 2002, making it 2Pac's highest selling album in the UK. ! scope="col" style="width:20em;" | Chart (1999) ! scope="col" | Peakposition ! scope="row" | Australia (ARIA) ! scope="row" | US "Billboard" 200 ! scope="row" | US R&B/Hip-Hop Albums ("Billboard) ! scope="col" style="width:20em;" | Chart (2017) ! scope="col" | Peakposition ! scope="row" | US "Billboard" 200 Greatest Hits (Tupac Shakur album) Greatest Hits is a posthumous double-disc greatest hits album by American

title: Greatest Hits (Tupac Shakur album)

text: Greatest Hits (Tupac Shakur album) Greatest Hits is a posthumous double-disc greatest hits album by American rapper 2Pac, released by Amaru Entertainment, Death Row Records, Interscope Records, and Jive Records on November 24, 1998. The album's non-chronological sequence focuses on the highlights of 2Pac's career. 21 of his most popular tracks are accompanied by four previously unreleased songs: "God Bless the Dead", "Unconditional Love", "Troublesome '96", and "Changes". Some tracks have alternate mixes, while the original mix of "California Love" makes its first proper album appearance after initially only being available as a single. "Changes" earned 2Pac the first, and

title: The Killing of Tupac Shakur

text: Scott has not revealed her source. In May 2014, a Wyclef Jean YouTube music video, titled "April Showers", reignited the autopsy photo controversy when Scott lodged a copyright infringement complaint with YouTube because an image in the video was similar to the autopsy photo released in her book. YouTube banned the video. TMZ, which broke the story, reported that the video director, Hezues R', and Scott had settled the matter and agreed that Hezues R' would include a screen credit to the book at the end of the video. A second updated edition of "The Killing of Tupac Shakur" was

title: Biggie & Tupac

text: Biggie & Tupac Biggie & Tupac is a 2002 feature-length documentary film about murdered rappers Christopher "Notorious B.I.G." Wallace and Tupac "2Pac" Shakur by Nick Broomfield. Broomfield suggests the two murders were planned by Suge Knight, head of Death Row Records. Collusion by the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) is also implied. While the film remains inconclusive, when asked "Who killed Tupac?" in a BBC Radio interview dated March 7, 2005, Broomfield stated (quoting Snoop Dogg) "The big guy next to him in the car... Suge Knight." The film alleges that Knight had Tupac killed before he could part ways

title: Tupac Shakur

text: Freedom of Information Act, the FBI released documents revealing its investigation of the Jewish Defense League for making death threats against Shakur and other rappers. At a Mobb Deep concert following the death of Shakur and the release of "The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory", Cormega recalled in an interview that the fans were all shouting "Makaveli", and emphasized the influence of "The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory" and of Shakur himself even in New York at the height of the media-dubbed "intercoastal rivalry".Shakur is held in high esteem by other MCs: In the book "How to Rap",

title: Tupac Shakur

text: April 5, 1996, a judge sentenced Shakur to serve 120 days in jail for violating terms of his release on bail. On the night of November 30, 1994, the day before the verdict in his sexual abuse trial was to be announced, Shakur was robbed and shot five times by three men in the lobby of Quad Recording Studios in Manhattan. Shakur said that he believed the robbery was simply a setup for the attack, wondering why they would take jewelry and leave his Rolex watch. Three hours after surgery for his wounds, Shakur checked out of the Bellevue Hospital

title: Tupac Shakur

text: he was fatally struck by a bullet in the forehead, killing him. Although the police matched the bullet to a .38-caliber pistol registered to Shakur, and although his stepbrother, Maurice Harding, was initially arrested on suspicion of firing the weapon, no charges were filed. Marin County prosecutors have said they were stymied by a lack of witnesses. In 1995, a wrongful death suit was brought against Shakur by Qa'id's mother. The defense attorney acknowledged that the bullet that killed Qa'id was traced by authorities to a gun registered to Shakur. The suit was dropped when Shakur agreed to pay a

title: Tupac Shakur

text: while they recorded a song together in a studio after Shakur "tore up the plane tickets". During an August 15, 1996, appearance at the Brotherhood Crusade Rally, which featured several artists discussing the importance of voting, Shakur compared the sales of Death Row records to voters in the U.S. and the influence he and other artists had over an adoring fanbase. When Shakur recorded "Hit 'Em Up", a diss song toward Biggie, he recruited three members from the former group, Dramacydal, with whom he had worked previously and was eager to do so again. Shakur, with the three New Jersey

title: Tupac: Assassination

text: taking my weapon away for no one!" Shortly after bodyguard Moore left Tupac in the Vegas hotel, Tupac got into a car driven by Suge Knight (which they said he never does) and while waiting at a light (boxed in at the left by Trevon Lane, boxed in the back by Frank's car and to the right by the killers car) the killer(s) shot him. The cast includes Cathy Scott, author of "The Killing of Tupac Shakur", Mopreme Shakur, Tupac's stepbrother, bodyguard Michael Moore, Brent Becker, a Las Vegas police detective, and Donald Erath Jr., a Los Angeles Police Department

title: Murder of Tupac Shakur

text: from the hospital the day following the shooting on September 8, but did not speak until September 11. He told officers he "heard something, but saw nothing" the night of the shooting. A spokesman for the officers said Knight's statement did nothing to help the investigation. Officers at the time of Shakur's hospitalization reported having no leads. Sergeant Kevin Manning said during the week that officers did not receive "a whole lot of cooperation" from Shakur's entourage. Rahimi and members of Shakur's group Outlawz guarded Shakur while he stayed in the hospital due to their fear that whoever shot Shakur

title: Tupac Shakur

text: convinced that some members associated with Bad Boy had known about the 1994 attack on him due to their behavior that night and the information that his sources gave to him. According to a 2005 interview with Jimmy Henchman, in "Vibe" magazine, after the attack, Shakur immediately accused Henchman, an associate of Bad Boy CEO Sean Combs, of orchestrating the attack. Shakur, therefore, aligned himself with Suge, Death Row's CEO, who was already bitter toward Combs over a 1995 incident at the Platinum Club in Atlanta, Georgia, which culminated in the death of Jake Robles, the friend and bodyguard of

title: Tupac Shakur

text: On vinyl, Side A (tracks 1–8) was labeled the "Black Side" and Side B (tracks 9–16) the "Dark Side". It is Shakur's tenth-biggest selling album, with 1,366,000 units moved as of 2004. In late 1993, Shakur formed the group Thug Life with a number of his friends, including Big Syke (Tyruss Himes), Macadoshis (Diron Rivers), his stepbrother Mopreme Shakur, and the Rated R (Walter Burns). The group released their only album "" on September 26, 1994, which went gold. The album featured the single "Pour Out a Little Liquor", produced by Johnny "J" Jackson, who went on to produce a

title: Tupac Shakur

text: indicate that Wallace "wrote half the session", was "In and out/sat around" and "laid down a ref", shorthand for a reference vocal, the equivalent of a first take. But nothing indicates when the documents were created. And Louis Alfred, the recording engineer listed on the sheets, said in an interview that he remembered recording the song with Wallace in a late-night session, not during the day. He could not recall the date of the session but said it was likely not the night Shakur was shot. 'We would have heard about it,' Mr. Alfred said. In 2011, pursuant to the

title: Mutulu Shakur

text: people to struggle against their obstacles. He also recorded a radio PSA for Deejay Ra's "Hip-Hop Literacy" campaign, encouraging reading of books about Tupac. Shakur was interviewed in the Oscar-nominated documentary "Tupac: Resurrection", in which he described how he wrote a "Thug Life Handbook" with Tupac, expressing an anti-drug and anti-violence message. Shakur was one of six Black Liberation Army members to carry out the Brink's robbery (1981). They stole $1.6 million in cash from a Brink's armored car at the Nanuet Mall, in Nanuet, New York, killing a Brink's guard, Peter Paige, seriously wounding another Brinks guard Joseph Trombino,

title: I Get Around (Tupac Shakur song)

text: I Get Around (Tupac Shakur song) "I Get Around" is the second single from 2Pac's second album "Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z.", and features Shock G and Money-B of Digital Underground, the group that introduced him to the world of hip hop. It was produced by Shock G. Allmusic notes that in the song 2Pac "brags about his sexual conquests". Some of the background vocals & additional drums on "I Get Around" are sampled from the 1985 Zapp song "Computer Love", while the other background vocals (the lyric "step up") is sampled from "Step in the Arena" by Gang Starr. The

title: Tupac Shakur

text: without their approval. Morgan Creek also sued Afeni Shakur for the music rights for the film. Multiple directors were involved with the film before Boom, including John Singleton and Antoine Fuqua. The film was released on June 16, 2017, which would have been Shakur's 46th birthday. It received negative reviews. In 2003, MTV's "22 Greatest MCs" countdown listed Shakur as the "Number 1 MC", as voted by the viewers. In 2004, at the VH1 Hip Hop Honors Shakur was honored along with DJ Hollywood, Kool DJ Herc, KRS-One, Public Enemy, Run-D.M.C., Rock Steady Crew, and Sugarhill Gang. A "Vibe" magazine

title: Tupac Shakur

text: inspired by Shakur to return to school and that Shakur was like a "father figure" to some. Demetrius Shipp Jr. played Shakur in the biopic "All Eyez on Me", which started filming in Atlanta in December 2015. Music video director Benny Boom helmed "All Eyez on Me", which had been hamstrung by production problems. With distribution from Morgan Creek Productions, the film had been in development since 2013, with producers Randall Emmett and George Furla having sued Morgan Creek for $10 million, claiming breach-of-contract after the production company allegedly picked a lead, and set a budget and a production schedule

title: Tupac Shakur

text: four times, twice in the chest, once in the arm, and once in the thigh. One of the bullets went into Shakur's right lung. Knight was hit in the head by fragmentation. Shakur's bodyguard, Frank Alexander, was not in the vehicle; he said that Shakur had asked him to drive the car of Shakur's girlfriend, Kidada Jones. After arriving at the scene, police and paramedics took Knight and the wounded Shakur to the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada. According to an interview with music video director Gobi, while at the hospital, Shakur received news from a Death Row marketing

title: Tupac Shakur

text: check on the incident, Shakur was being taken out on a stretcher, giving the finger to those around. On March 17, 2008, Chuck Philips wrote in the "Los Angeles Times" about an alleged order for an attack on Shakur. The article was retracted by the "LA Times" because it relied partially on FBI documents, which were discovered to have been forged; they had been supplied by a man convicted of fraud. In 2011, Dexter Isaac admitted to having attacked Shakur on Henchman's orders. Following Isaac's public confession, Philips named Isaac as one of his unnamed sources for the retracted article.

title: Tupac Shakur

text: $300,000–$500,000 settlement to the parents. On April 5, 1993, Shakur was charged with one count of felonious assault. He was accused of attempting to hit rapper Chauncey Wynn from the group M.A.D. with a baseball bat at a concert at Michigan State University. The incident reportedly began when Shakur became angry and threw a microphone. Shakur pleaded guilty on September 14, 1994, to a misdemeanor in exchange for the dismissal of the felonious-assault charge. He was sentenced to 30 days in jail, 20 of which were suspended, and ordered to perform 35 hours of community service. In October 1993, in

title: Tupac Shakur

text: suit against the Oakland Police Department, alleging that the police brutally beat him for jaywalking. Shakur received approximately $43,000 in settlement money, much of which went to pay his lawyer. On August 22, 1992, in Marin City, Shakur performed at an outdoor festival and stayed for an hour afterward signing autographs and pictures. A confrontation occurred and Shakur drew a legally registered Colt Mustang, and allegedly dropped it. As it was picked up by a member of his entourage, a bullet was discharged. About away, Qa'id Walker-Teal, a 6-year-old boy, was riding his bicycle at a school playground nearby when

title: Tupac Shakur

text: his commitment to the black community and the West Coast. According to his bodyguard and friend Frank Alexander, Shakur's favorite color was green. He wore a green tank-top on the night of his death. Shakur lived with Kidada Jones, his fiancée, daughter of Quincy Jones and actress Peggy Lipton, for several months until his death. Jones was waiting for Shakur in their Las Vegas hotel room when she was notified that he was shot. She rushed to the hospital and remained with him until he died from his injuries six days later. In October 1991, Shakur filed a $10-million civil

title: Tupac Shakur

text: Throughout his career, Shakur expressed an increasingly aggressive attitude on his subsequent albums. The contradictory themes of social inequality and injustice, unbridled aggression, compassion, playfulness, and hope all continued to shape Shakur's work, as expressed in his incendiary 1995 album "Me Against the World". In 1996, Shakur released "All Eyez on Me", and many of the tracks are considered by critics to be classics, including "Ambitionz Az a Ridah", "I Ain't Mad at Cha", "California Love", "Life Goes On" and "Picture Me Rollin". Shakur described "All Eyez on Me" as a celebration of life, and the album was critically and

title: Tupac Shakur

text: Shakur in mind for the lead role. It was eventually filmed with Tyrese Gibson in his place and released in 2001, five years after Shakur's death. The film features a mural of Shakur in the protagonist's bedroom, as well as featuring the song "Hail Mary" in the film's score. Shakur's music and philosophy are rooted in many American, African-American, and world entities, including the Black Panther Party, black nationalism, egalitarianism, and liberty. Shakur's love of theater and Shakespeare also influenced his work. A student of the Baltimore School for the Arts where he studied theater, Shakur understood the Shakespearean psychology

title: Tupac Shakur

text: (1996), "Gridlock'd" (1997), and "Gang Related" (1997). Shakur had been slated to star in the 1993 Hughes brothers' film "Menace II Society" but was replaced by Larenz Tate after assaulting Allen Hughes as a result of a quarrel. Shakur reportedly wanted another type of role, but Hughes would not conform to his wishes, leading to the altercation between the pair which, according to Tyrin Turner, also led members of Shakur's entourage to become physically aggressive toward Hughes. In 2013, Hughes said Shakur would have outshined the other actors had he been in the film, "because he was bigger than the

title: Tupac Shakur

text: rappers and other associates, formed the original lineup of the Outlawz. When Shakur signed to Death Row after his release from prison, he recruited step brother Mopreme Shakur and Big Syke from Thug Life. Hussein Fatal, Napoleon, E.D.I. Mean, Kastro, Yaki Kadafi, and Storm (the only female Outlaw) were also added, and together they formed the original lineup of the Outlaw Immortalz that debuted on "All Eyez on Me". They later dropped the Immortal part of their name after the untimely deaths of Shakur and Yaki Kadafi and moved on as Outlawz without the members of Thug Life. Young Noble

title: Tupac Shakur

text: appears in his book, "The Rose That Grew from Concrete", which also includes a poem dedicated to Pinkett Smith called "The Tears in Cupid's Eyes." During his time in art school, Shakur became affiliated with the Baltimore Young Communist League USA. He began dating the daughter of the director of the local chapter of the Communist Party USA. In 1988, Shakur and his family moved from Baltimore to Marin City, California, a small unincorporated suburban community located north of San Francisco. He attended Tamalpais High School in nearby Mill Valley. Shakur contributed to the school's drama department by performing in

title: Tupac Shakur

text: the most popular kids in his school because of his sense of humor, superior rapping skills, and ability to mix with all crowds. Shakur developed a close friendship with Jada Pinkett (later Jada Pinkett Smith) that lasted until his death. In the documentary "," Shakur says, "Jada is my heart. She will be my friend for my whole life." Pinkett Smith calls him "one of my best friends. He was like a brother. It was beyond friendship for us. The type of relationship we had, you only get that once in a lifetime." A poem written by Shakur, titled "Jada",

title: Tupac Shakur

text: robbery, although his sentence was later overturned. His stepfather, Mutulu Shakur, spent four years at large on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list, beginning in 1982. Mutulu was wanted for having helped his friend (no relation) Assata Shakur (also known as Joanne Chesimard), Tupac's godmother, to escape from a penitentiary in New Jersey in 1979. Mutulu was caught in 1986 and eventually convicted and sentenced to prison for the 1981 robbery of a Brinks armored truck, during which two police officers and a guard were killed.Shakur had an older stepbrother, Mopreme "Komani" Shakur, and a half-sister, Sekyiwa, two years

title: Tupac Shakur

text: captured. Rapper The Notorious B.I.G., known for his feud with Shakur, was at first considered a suspect, but was also fatally shot in another drive-by shooting in Los Angeles several months later. Five more albums have been released since his death, all of which have been certified platinum. Outside music, Shakur also gained success as an actor, with his roles as Bishop in "Juice" (1992), Lucky in "Poetic Justice" (1993), Ezekiel Whitmore in "Gridlock'd" (1997), and Jake Rodriguez in "Gang Related" (1997), all of which garnered praise from critics. Shakur is one of the best-selling music artists of all time