Tupac Shakur

Tupac Amaru Shakur (; born Lesane Parish Crooks, 16 Juin 1971 – deed 13 September 1996), kent bi his stage names 2Pac an briefly as Makaveli an aw, wis a American rapper an actor.Levs, Joshua. (September 13, 2006) Growing Tupac's Legacy, 10 Years After His Death. NPR. Retrieved 2011-06-14. Shakur haes selt ower 75 million albums warldwide as o 2010, makkin him ane o the best-sellin muisic airtists in the warld. MTV rankit him at nummer twa on thair eet o The Greatest MCs of All Time an Rolling Stone cried him the 86t Greatest Airtist o All Time. His dooble disc album All Eyez on Me is ane o the best sellin hip hop albums o aw time.

Shakur begoud his career as a roadie, backup dancer, an MC for the alternative hip hop group Digital Underground, eventually branchin aff as a solo airtist.Edwards, Paul, 2009, How to Rap: The Art & Science of the Hip-Hop MC, Chicago Review Press, p. 330. The themes o maist o Shakur's sangs revolvit aroond the violence an hardship in inner cities, racism an ither social problems. Baith o his parents an seevral ither o his faimily wur members o the Black Panther Pairty, thats ideals wur reflectit in his sangs.

Durin the latter pairt o his career, Shakur wis a vocal participant in the sae-cried East Coast–Wast Coast hip hop rivalry, becomin involvit in conflicts wi ither rappers, producers an record-label staff members, maist notably The Notorious B.I.G. an his label Bad Boy Records.Jay-Z: Essays on Hip Hop's Philosopher King, p. 55

On 7 September 1996, Shakur wis shot multiple times in a drive-by shuitin at the intersection o Flamingo Road an Koval Lane in Las Vegas, Nevada. He wis taken tae the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada, whaur he dee'd sax day later.Tupac Shakur's death certificate details  reported by Cathy Scott. Retrieved 2007-10-05.

 Discografie 

Studio albums
 1991: 2Pacalypse Now
 1993: Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z.
 1995: Me Against the World
 1996: All Eyez on Me
 1996: The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory

Collaboration albums
 1994: Thug Life: Volume 1 (wi Thug Life)

Posthumous solo albums
 1996: The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory
 1997: R U Still Down? (Remember Me)
 2001: Until the End of Time
 2002: Better Dayz
 2004: Loyal to the Game
 2006: Pac's Life

Posthumous collaboration albums
 1999: Still I Rise (wi Outlawz)

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