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Tupac Amaru Shakur (/ˈtuːpɑːk ʃəˈkʊər/ TOO-pahk shə-KOOR;[1] born
Lesane Parish Crooks; June 16,
1971 –
September 13,
1996), also known by his stage names
2Pac and briefly as
Makaveli, was an
American rapper, songwriter, and actor.[2] Shakur has sold over 75 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time.[3] His double disc albums
All Eyez on Me and his
Greatest Hits are among the best selling albums in the
United States.[4] He has been listed and ranked as one of the greatest artists of all time by many magazines, including
Rolling Stone which ranked him 86th on its list of
The 100 Greatest Artists of All
Time.[5] Consistently ranked as one of the greatest rappers ever, he was ranked number 2 by
MTV in their list of
The Greatest MCs of All-Time in
2006.[6] 2Pac is also ranked as the most influential rapper of all time.[
7][8][9][10][11]
Shakur began his career as a roadie, backup dancer, and MC for the alternative hip hop group
Digital Underground, eventually branching off as a solo artist.[12][13][14] The themes of most of Shakur's songs revolved around the violence and hardship in inner cities, racism and other social problems. Both of his parents and several other of his family were members of the
Black Panther Party, whose ideals were reflected in his songs.
During the latter part of his career, Shakur was a vocal participant in the so-called
East Coast–
West Coast hip hop rivalry, becoming involved in conflicts with other rappers, producers and record-label staff members, most notably
The Notorious B.I.G. and the label
Bad Boy Records.[15]
On
September 7, 1996, Shakur was shot multiple times in a drive-by shooting at the intersection of
Flamingo Road and Koval
Lane in
Las Vegas, Nevada.[16] He was taken to the
University Medical Center of
Southern Nevada, where he died six days later.
Upon his release from
Clinton Correctional Facility in
1995, Shakur immediately went back to song recording. He began a new group called
Outlaw Immortalz. Shakur began recording his first
album with Death Row and released the single "
California Love" soon after.
On
February 13, 1996, Shakur released his fourth solo album,
All Eyez on Me. This double album was the first and second of his three-album commitment to
Death Row Records. It sold over nine million copies.[68] The record was a general departure from the introspective subject matter of
Me Against the World, being more oriented toward a thug and gangsta mentality. Shakur continued his recordings despite increasing problems at the Death Row label.
Dr. Dre left his post as house producer to form his own label,
Aftermath. Shakur continued to produce hundreds of tracks during his time at Death Row, most of which would be released on his posthumous albums
Still I Rise,
Until the End of Time,
Better Dayz,
Loyal to the Game and
Pac's Life. He also began the process of recording an album with the
Boot Camp Clik and their label
Duck Down Records, both
New York – based, entitled
One Nation.[69]
On June 4, 1996, he and
Outlawz released the diss track "
Hit 'Em Up", a scathing lyrical assault on
Biggie and others associated with him
. In the track, Shakur claimed to have had sexual intercourse with
Faith Evans, Biggie's wife at the time, and attacked
Bad Boy's street credibility. Shakur was convinced that some members associated with Bad Boy had known about the '94 attack on him beforehand due to their behavior that night and what his sources told him.
After the attack, Shakur immediately accused
Jimmy Henchman (an associate of Bad Boy
CEO Sean Combs) of orchestrating the attack, according to a
2005 interview with Henchman in
Vibe magazine. After 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
Suge Knight's friend and bodyguard,
Jake Robles;
Knight was adamant in voicing his suspicions of Combs' involvement.[70]
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" while they recorded a song together in a studio after Shakur "tore up the plane tickets".
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