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Uploaded by on Sep 13, 2008

Rip Tupac Amaru Shakur.

Tupac Amaru Shakur (June 16, 1971 — September 13, 1996), also known by his stage names 2Pac and Makaveli, was an American rapper. In addition to his status as a top-selling recording artist, Shakur was a successful film actor and a prominent social activist. He is recognized in the Guinness Book of World Records as the highest-selling hip hop artist, with over seventy five million albums sold worldwide, including over fifty million in the United States.[2] Most of Shakur's songs are about growing up amid violence and hardship in ghettos, racism, problems in society and conflicts with other rappers. Shakur's work is known for advocating political, economic, social and racial equality, as well as his raw descriptions of violence, drug and alcohol abuse and conflicts with the law.

Shakur was initially a roadie and backup dancer for the alternative hip hop group Digital Underground.[3][4] Shakur's debut album, 2Pacalypse Now, gained critical recognition and backlash for its controversial lyrics. Shakur became the target of lawsuits and experienced other legal problems. Later, he was shot five times and robbed in the lobby of a recording studio in New York City. Following the event, Shakur grew suspicious that other figures in the rap industry had prior knowledge of the incident and did not warn him; the controversy helped spark the East Coast-West Coast hip hop rivalry. After serving eleven months of his sentence for sexual abuse, Shakur was released from prison on an appeal financed by Marion "Suge" Knight, the CEO of Death Row Records. In exchange for Suge's assistance, Shakur agreed to release three albums under the Death Row label.

On September 7, 1996, Shakur was shot four times in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas, and died six days later of respiratory failure and cardiac arrest at the University Medical Center.

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  • we miss u hey whe scream T-U-P-A-C T-U-P-A-C T-U-P-A-C T-U-P-A-C T-U-P-A-C R.I.P 1971-1996

  • 2Pac 4ever the best...love from lithuania

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  • i miss tupac his death is as old as me but his legacy is older but we will never 4get tupac a hiphop revoultionary n pioneer i miss him so much R.I.P. TUPAC SHAKUR

  • Good Song!!!!

  • VOTE 2PAC MTV EMA COPY AND PASTE

  • much love from Iran and The Netherlands... RIP the greatest EVERRR !! we'll always rep' u Pac... like he said, he'll spark the brain, that WILL CHANGE THE WORLD !!

  • R.I.P PAC 4EVER i am From Sicily and i Love Tupac's Music R.I.P 12°Anniversary from SICILY 2PAC the KING of WESTSIDE RAP WESTSIDE NEVER FORGET TUPAC AMARU SHAKUR A ARTIST A RAPPER A LEGEND and a MAN THUG LIFE " The Hate u Give a Little Infant Fuck Everybody " RESPECT 2PAC only Fear of dead is Come Back Reincarneted i got all his Album Original CHANGES is THE BEST a OTHER TUPACS MUSIC

  • Dude I absolutely love Thugz Mansion. And The Videos and the pictures pefectly match to the Song :) Im missing him now for 12 years :'(

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