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Tupac Amaru Shakur; born Lesane Parish Crooks, June 16, 1971 – September 13, 1996), of the stage name 2Pac, was an American rapper and actor.
Among the most significant rappers ever, he offered lyrics ranging from gangsta rap to political and revolutionary rap, from party athems to pleas for mercy, often painting portraits of personal disaster wrought by disadvantage and neglect, rhymes felt as voices of the voiceless.
Shakur was born in New York City, moved to Baltimore before high school, and started young adulthood in the San Francisco Bay Area. In 1993, to expand his entertainment career, he moved to Los Angeles. By the time he released his debut album 2Pacalypse Now in 1991, introducing social issues in the genre at a time when gangsta rap was dominant in the mainstream.
Shakur achieved further critical and commercial success with his follow-up albums Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z... (1993) and the critically acclaimed Me Against the World (1995), which has been considered as his magnum opus.
From late 1994 to early 1995, he was shot five times, convicted of sexual assault, and began a prison sentence of up to nearly five years. By year's end, released on bail pending appeal, he joined Death Reath Rows and escalated the simmering rivalry between New York rap and California rap.
His associating double album, All Eyez on Me, was a commercial and cultural juggernaut in 1996.[13] Yet in September, he was fatally shot by an unverified assailant in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas. The Notorious B.I.G., Shakur's friend turned rival, was at first considered a suspect, but was also murdered in another drive-by shooting several months later.
Five more albums have been released since his death, all of which have been certified Platinum.
Shakur is one of the best-selling music artists of all time having sold over 75 million records worldwide. In 2002, he was inducted into the Hip-Hop Hall of Fame. In 2017, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility. Rolling Stone named Shakur in its list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.
Outside music, Shakur also gained considerable success as an actor, with his starring roles as Bishop in Juice (1992), Lucky in Poetic Justice (1993) where he starred alongside Janet Jackson, Ezekiel in Gridlock'd (1997), and Jake in Gang Related (1997), all garnering praise from critics.
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