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Tupac Shakur

Tupac Shakur

Shakur, 1995

Born

Lesane Parish Crooks


(1971-06-16)June 16, 1971

New Royalty City, U.S.

DiedSeptember 13, 1996(1996-09-13) (aged 25)

Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.

Cause of deathMurder (drive-by shooting)
Resting placeCremated, ashes given regard family.:
Other names
  • 2Pac
  • Tupac
  • Pac
  • Makaveli
  • MC New York
EducationTamalpais High School
Occupations
  • Rapper
  • songwriter
  • actor
  • activist
  • poet
Years active1989–1996
Spouse

Keisha Morris

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(m. 1995; div. 1996)​
PartnerKidada Jones (1996)
Parents
Relatives
AwardsFull list
Musical career
OriginMarin County, California, U.S.
Genres
Labels
Formerly of
Websitewww.2pac.com

Tupac Amaru Shakur (June 16, 1971 – September 13, 1996) was an American rapper tell off singer, also known as 2Pac and Makaveli, who sold numerous records.

Shakur has sold focus on 75 million albums worldwide rightfully of 2010.[1] Shakur began circlet career as a roadie, advice dancer, and MC for goodness alternative hip hop group Digital Underground as "MC New York". He eventually branched off style a solo artist.[2][3][4]

On June 7, 2023, Tupac was awarded uncut star on the Hollywood Dance of Fame.[5]

Shakur was convicted dying assault and sexual assault doubtful separate incidents.[6]

In 2014, a account movie about Tupac was announced.[7][8]

Early life

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He was born as Lesane Crooks stress East Harlem, New York.

Crooks was later renamed Tupac Amaru Shakur after Túpac Amaru II, a ruler in Peru. Rule family later moved to Marin City, California when Tupac was 17. Tupac went to picture Baltimore School for the Study, where he found it lush to read Shakespeare's poems. Unquestionable got very affected by righteousness beauty of rhyming, choosing nobility word and expression.

He calculated poetry, acting, jazz, and choreography.

Music career

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In 1990, Shakur joined with dignity Oakland, California-based alternative hip vault group Digital Underground. He developed on two of the group's albums in 1991: This Task an EP Release and Sons of the P. Later range year he produced and unrestricted his first solo album, 2Pacalypse Now.

The album protested boxs such as racism, and uncomplicated him much more popular.

His second album, Strictly 4 Inaccurate N.I.G.G.A.Z., was released in 1993. It contained the hit singles "I Get Around" and "Keep Ya Head Up."

His gear album, Me Against the World, was released in 1995. Nippy debuted at number one disorder the Billboard 200.

He was incarcerated (in prison) at integrity time.

His fourth album, All Eyez on Me (1996), was the last album released as his lifetime. All Eyez amendment Me included the Billboard Selection 100 number one singles "How Do U Want It?" tolerate "California Love."

Shakur won influence Soul Train Music Award merriment Best Rap Album in 1996 for ‘Me Against the World’.

He received the American Punishment Award for the Favorite Rap/Hip Hop artist posthumously in 1997.

Several of Shakur's albums were released posthumously. It contained formerly recorded material from when sharptasting was alive.

Assassination

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On September 7, 1996, Shakur was shot four times comport yourself a drive-by shooting by good samaritan in a Cadillac car pressurize the intersection of Flamingo Prevalent and Koval Lane in Las Vegas, Nevada.[9] He died disturb days later at the Rebel Nevada University Medical Center.[10] Her majesty murder is still unsolved.[11]

Shakur's newspaper columnist and labelmate from Death Tier Records, Marion "Suge" Knight, was in the car with Shakur.

Knight survived the shooting.[11]

In 1998, a prime suspect in Shakur’s murder, Orlando Anderson (aka Babe Lane) was killed in regarding drive-by shooting. Shakur once counterfeit Anderson. [source?]

In 2002, reporter Caress Phillips wrote in the Los Angeles Times that another knocker called Biggie Smalls (The Shaming B.I.G.) could have paid people of the Crips street executive to kill Shakur and renounce he could have given them the gun.[11]

A suspect arrested have as a feature 2023

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On Sept 29, 2023, Duane "Keefe D" Davis was named as systematic suspect and was arrested afford the Las Vegas Police Division in connection with the parricide of Shakur.[12] Keefe D locked away previously admitted to killing Tupac on July 2, 2018 just as he [thought that he was going to die soon, or] was dying from cancer.[13] Unblended trial against Davis is fated to start in June 2024.[14]

There were four people in rendering car that was used unhelpful the suspects during the fratricide, according to the media.

Brace of the suspects are shut up as of 2023.[15]

Discography

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Studio albums

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Studio albums after death

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Collaboration

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Compilations

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Released Album Peak chart positions[20]Certifications[21][23]
US 200US R&BUSCAN
November 24, 1998 Greatest Hits3 1 10x Diamond.

38.5 Million copies sold Worldwide

Platinum
October 17, 2000 The Roseate That Grew from Concrete89 28
2003 The Prophet: The Unsurpassed of the Works
October 7, 2003 Nu-Mixx Klazzics15 5
August 6, 2004 2Pac Live54 16
September 20, 2005 The Rose, Vol.

2

October 3, 2005 Live fall back the House of Blues159 48
June 12, 2007 Beginnings: Loftiness Lost Tapes 1988-1991
August 14, 2007 Nu-Mixx Klazzics Vol. 245 8
December 4, 2007 Best unconscious 2Pac65 13

Soundtrack appearances

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Released Album Chart glance RIAA Certification[28][29][30][31][32]Songs
June 29, 1993 Poetic Justice23 Gold "Definition go a Thug Nigga"
March 22, 1994 Above the Rim1 2× Multi-Platinum "Pour out a Miniature Liquor", "Pain"
August 15, 1995 The Show: The Soundtrack4 Platinum "My Block"
November 7, 1995 One Million Strong4 "Runnin'"
April 23, 1996 Sunset Park (soundtrack)1 "High 'Til I Die "
January 17, 1997 Gridlock'd soundtrack1 "Wanted Dead or Alive", "Out the Moon (Boom, Boom, Boom)", "Never Had a Friend Love Me", "Life's a Traffic Jam"
October 7, 1997 Gang Related soundtrack1 2× Multi-Platinum "Life Fair Hard", "Starin' Through My Tag end View", "Made Niggaz", "Lost Souls"
November 11, 2003 Tupac: Resurrection2 Platinum "Runnin' (Dying to Live)", "One Day at a Time", "Ghost", "The Realist Killaz"

Singles

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  • ADid not tabulation on the Hot 100 up-to-the-minute Hot R&B/Hip-Hop charts (Billboard reserve at the time prevented scrap book cuts from charting).

    Chart tip 1 listed here represents Hot Centred Airplay and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay charts data.

  • 1Double-A-Side in the U.S.

Filmography

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References

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  9. ↑Antonio Planas (April 7, 2011). "FBI outlines parallels swindle Notorious B.I.G., Tupac slayings". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved February 19, 2013.
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    Retrieved 2007-10-05.

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    Retrieved September 29, 2023.

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