2Pac



Tupac Amaru Shakur was born June 16th 1971 in New York City. Tupac was one of the most well known Hip-Hop artists of all time not only for his music, but also because of his tragic death.

Tupac had an amazing music career. Despite only being involved with music from 1989 to 1996 he has sold 75 million albums to date and is one of the best-selling music artist in the world. Tupac was also a promising actor before choosing music and also was a social activist. Like most Hip-Hop songs his songs are about the hardships and violence he experienced while growing up in the ghettos as well as the racism and problems in society.

Tupac also experienced a number of legal problems and became the target of lawsuits. He was shot five times and robbed in New York City while he was recording his music. He was also convicted as a sex offender for touching a woman's buttocks but was released from prison when he agreed to release three albums for the CEO of Death Row Records, a record label created by Dr.Dre and Suge Knight.

Tupac's life was tragically cut short when he was shot four times during a drive-by shooting on September 7th 1996. Tupac died six days later of cardiac arrest.

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