Tupac Amaru Shakur (June 16, 1971 – September 13, 1996), known by his
stage names
2Pac (or simply
Pac) and
Makaveli, was an American
rapper. Shakur has sold over 75 million albums worldwide, making him one of the
best-selling music artists in the world. In the United States alone he has sold 37.5 million records.
Rolling Stone Magazine named him the 86th Greatest Artist of All Time.
In addition to his career as a top-selling rap artist, he was a promising actor, and a social activist. Most of Shakur's songs are about growing up amid violence and hardship in ghettos, racism, other social problems, and conflicts with other rappers during the
East Coast-West Coast hip hop rivalry. Shakur began his career as a
roadie and
backup dancer for the
alternative hip hop group
Digital Underground.
In September 1996, Shakur was shot in the
Las Vegas metropolitan area of Nevada. He was taken to the
University Medical Center, where he died of respiratory failure and cardiac arrest.
Early life
Tupac Amaru Shakur was born on the
East Harlem section of
Manhattan in New York City. He was named after
Túpac Amaru II, a Peruvian revolutionary who led an indigenous uprising against Spain and was subsequently executed.
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