[9] He was pronounced dead at 4:03pm. [143], Shakur was charged with two counts of aggravated assault. [217] The papers presented cover his ranging influence from entertainment to sociology. A Mature Perspective During your life, never stop dreaming. His mysterious legacy is about to get even more wild now that a highly-anticipated biopic, All Eyez On Me, is slated for theaters on November 11. MTV Raps interview where Shakur boasts that he had "beat up the director of Menace II Society". [10] Five more albums have been released since Shakur's death, including his critically acclaimed posthumous album The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory (1996)[11] under his stage name Makaveli, all of which have been certified Platinum in the United States. [15], Shakur was born on June 16, 1971, in the East Harlem section of Upper Manhattan, New York City. 2006: MTV staff placed him second on its list of "The Greatest MCs Of All Time". In 1995, Shakur served eight months in prison on sexual abuse charges, but was released pending an appeal of his conviction. [120] The Fruit of Islam and former members of the Black Panther Party stood guard to protect him. He drew his pistol but dropped it in the melee. [136] Shakur and Jones attended Men's Fashion Week in Milan and walked the runway together for a Versace fashion show. What isn't up for dispute is his legacy at Tamalpais High School in Oakland. [134] Their daughter Rashida Jones responded with an irate open letter. [44][45] In nearby Mill Valley, he attended Tamalpais High School,[46] where he performed in several theater productions. "It has no place in our society." On the gold-certified single "Keep Ya Head Up," he empathized with "my sisters on the welfare," encouraging them to "please don't cry, dry your eyes, never let up.". 1 on both the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and the pop albums chart, the Billboard 200,[6] it sold 566,000 copies in its first week and was it was certified 5 Multi-Platinum in April. On the inflammatory song, Tupac spat venom at artists including Biggie Smalls, Lil Kim, Junior M.A.F.I.A. [184][185], Civil rights activist and fierce rap critic C. Delores Tucker sued Shakur's estate in federal court, claiming that lyrics in "How Do U Want It" and "Wonda Why They Call U Bitch" inflicted emotional distress, were slanderous, and invaded her privacy. However, Sekiyas father, Mutulu Shakur, did not stick around, either. He soon stepped up to the mic, making his recording debut in 1991 on Same Song, which soundtracked the Dan Aykroyd comedy Nothing but Trouble. On June 7, his sentence was deferred via appeals pending in other cases. [62] An overall more hardcore album, it emphasizes Tupac's sociopolitical views, and has a metallic production quality. Image Source: Hip Hop Wiki. In 1984, his family moved to Baltimore, Maryland where he became good friends with Jada Pinkett Smith. [31] He transferred to the Baltimore School for the Arts in the tenth grade, where he studied acting, poetry, jazz, and ballet. He spent much of his childhood on the move with his family, which in 1986 settled in Baltimore, Maryland, where Shakur attended the elite Baltimore School for the Arts. In 2014, the play Holler If Ya Hear Me, based on Shakur's lyrics, played on Broadway, but, among Broadway's worst-selling musicals in recent years, ran only six weeks. [151][152] He was also visited by Al Sharpton, who helped Shakur get released from solitary confinement. [44] In 1990, Gregory placed him with the Underground as a roadie and backup dancer.[44][51]. He is widely considered one of the most influential and successful rappers of all time. In 1992, he starred in Juice, where he plays the fictional Roland Bishop, a militant and haunting individual. In February 1995, he was sentenced to 18 months to .mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}4+12 years in prison by a judge who decried "an act of brutal violence against a helpless woman". Reportedly, B.I.G. That's why he was making songs like that. [101], In 1993, Shakur starred alongside Janet Jackson in John Singleton's romance film, Poetic Justice. The second single, "So Many Tears", was released in June 1995,[75] reaching No. He studied geology at The Ohio State University, specializing in the study of Earth composition. Shakur was described as one of the top two American rappers in the 1990s, along with Snoop Dogg. School employees have been . On transfer to the Baltimore School for the Arts, he studied acting, poetry, jazz, and ballet. She had a cameo in his music video for 'Strictly 4 My Niggaz. [240], In 2006, Shakur's close friend and classmate Jada Pinkett Smith donated $1 million to their high school alma mater, the Baltimore School for the Arts, and named the new theater in his honor. [111][112], In his 1995 interview with Vibe magazine, Shakur listed Jada Pinkett, Jasmine Guy, Treach and Mickey Rourke among the people who were looking out for him while he was in prison. [50][44] Steinberg organized a concert for Shakur and his rap group Strictly Dope. On his album Life Goes On, Tupac rapped about his funeral; his song I Aint Mad at Cha was released two days after he died. Tupac's first album as a solo artist was 2Pacalypse Now. Police found a semiautomatic pistol in the car, a felony offense because a prior conviction in 1993 in Los Angeles for carrying a concealed firearm. [68] Reportedly, Shakur's mother promptly received $15,000. His skill in doing so made him a spokesperson not just for his own generation but for subsequent ones who continue to face the same struggle for equality. [163] The accusations were significant to the East-West Coast rivalry in hip-hop; in 1995, months after the robbery, Combs and B.I.G. Rolling Stone's Peter Travers calls him "the film's most magnetic figure". Tupac Shakur. December 16, 2006. 2001)", "I Spent Six Days Protecting Tupac on His Deathbed", "Detailed information on the fatal shooting", "Notorious B.I.G. We'll talk in a bit regarding why these holes exist, but for now, here is the rant, all in the words of Tupac Shakur. [207] In 2020, former California Senator and current Vice-president Kamala Harris called Shakur the "best rapper alive", which she explained because "West Coast girls think 2Pac lives on".[214][215]. Shakur soon stopped by his hotel room and then headed with Knight to his Death Row nightclub, Club 662, in a black BMW 750iL sedan, part of a larger convoy. It has no place in our society." [73] It is the album's most successful single, topping the Hot Rap Singles chart, and peaking at No. She later changed the date to June 16, 1997 Tupac's 26th birthday as well as the anniversary of the 1976 Soweto uprising. It carries the single "Pour Out a Little Liquor", produced by Johnny "J" Jackson, who would also produce much of Shakur's album All Eyez on Me. [117] In 1995, Pinkett contributed $100,000 towards Shakur's bail as he awaited an appeal on his sexual abuse conviction. Bebeto Matthews/AP. [157] Mark Whitwell resigned from the force seven months after the shooting. Tupac Shakur was an American rapper and actor who came to embody the 1990s gangsta-rap aesthetic, and who in death became an icon symbolizing noble struggle. [14][247][248], In January 2022, the exhibition Tupac Shakur: Wake Me When I'm Free opened at The Canvas at L.A. Live in Los Angeles.[249]. Afterward in the lobby, someone in their group spotted Orlando "Baby Lane" Anderson, an alleged Southside Compton Crip, whom the individual accused of having recently tried to snatch his neck chain with a Death Row Records medallion in a shopping mall. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100. She was acquitted of over 150 charges. (In 1995, Walker-Teal's family brought a civil case against Tupac, but settled out of court after an unnamed record company thought to have been Death Row offered compensation of between $300,000 to $500,000.). Its title, Me Against the World, could not have been more apt. Even more important, what we may do to better our world" [Cliff Mills, Tupac (New York: Checkmark, 2007)]. They are about what happens in the real world. Even in death, 2Pac remains a transcendental rap figure. [68] Shakur welcomed B.I.G. He moved to Oakland when he was 16 and living in one of the worst projects in America at that time. As of September 2017, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) listed Tupac as the 44th top-selling artist of all time by album sales and streaming figures. It was in Marin City that Afeni succumbed to crack addiction a drug her son, Tupac, would sell on the same streets where his mother bought her supply. Shakur claimed the bat was a part of his show and there was no criminal intent. As a child, Tupac moved from New York to Baltimore to Marin County, CA , and thus experienced a wide array of educational institutions from general public to private arts schools. His mother announced she would scatter her son's ashes in Soweto, South Africa, the "birthplace of his ancestors," on the 10th anniversary of his murder. He attended eighth grade at Roland Park Middle School, then two years at Paul Laurence Dunbar High School. The woman, Ayanna Jackson, alleged that after she performed oral sex on Shakur at the public dance floor of a Manhattan nightclub, she went to his hotel room a later day, when Shakur, record executive Jacques "Haitian Jack" Agnant, Shakur's road manager Charles Fuller and an unidentified fourth man apprehended forced her to perform non-consensual oral sex on each of them. In August 1992, Tupac was attacked by jealous youths in Marin City. I wanted him to know he was part of a world culture and not just from a neighborhood. ", "Tupac's 'Hit 'Em Up': The Most Savage Diss Track Ever Turns 20", "RIAA Gold & Platinum Searchable Database March 09, 2015", "Music News, Interviews, Pics, and Gossip: Yahoo! [74] It ranked No. [90], At the time of his death, a fifth and final solo album was already finished, The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory, under the stage name Makaveli. His murder has never been solved. In conclusion, the famous song "Dear Mama" by Tupac Shakur deserves to be in the Western Literary Canon. "Everything in life is not all beautiful," he told journalist Chuck Phillips. In this venomous tirade, the proclaimed "Bad Boy killer" threatens violent payback on all things Bad Boy B.I.G., Sean Combs, Junior M.A.F.I.A., the company and on any in the East Coast rap scene, like rap duo Mobb Deep and rapper Chino XL, who allegedly had commented against Shakur about the dispute. [44], Shakur's second album, Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z, was released in February 1993. [54] Afeni Shakur sued to stop the sale of the recordings but the suit was settled in June 2001 and rereleased as Beginnings: The Lost Tapes 19881991. Talib Kweli, New York University. On November 21, 2017, A&E aired the six-part Biography Presents: Who Killed Tupac?, which followed civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump on his investigation into key theories behind Tupac's 1996 killing. Still, along with Stretch, Tupac would perform the first planned single, "Out on Bail", which was never released, at the 1994 Source Awards. BroBible's publisher and a founding partner . Mopreme became a member of the hip-hop group Thug Life, which Tupac started and which released the album Thug Life: Volume 1 in 1994. ", which Shakur took as a mockery of his shooting and thought they could be responsible, so he released a diss song, "Hit 'Em Up", in which he targeted B.I.G., Combs, their record label, Junior M.A.F.I.A., and at the end of "Hit 'Em Up", he mentions rivals Mobb Deep and Chino XL. Soon after his marriage to Morris ended, Tupac began dating Kidada Jones. Within two months of its release, All Eyez on Me had been certified five-times double-platinum. "[210], According to music journalist Chuck Philips, Shakur "had helped elevate rap from a crude street fad to a complex art form, setting the stage for the current global hip-hop phenomenon. Shakur's accuser later filed a civil suit against Shakur seeking $10million for punitive damages which was subsequently settled. Dunbar was known for its strong academic and athletic programs. 35 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks, and No. 86 among the "100 greatest artists", New York rapper 50 Cent appraised; "Every rapper who grew up in the Nineties owes something to Tupac. You always was a black queen, Mama. Fans have speculated that Tupac faked his death. [156] Prosecutors ultimately dropped all charges against both parties. Mama catch me, put a whoopin' to my backside. In early 1994, Shakur served 15 days in jail after being found guilty of the assault. [9] The official causes of death are respiratory failure and cardiopulmonary arrest associated with multiple gunshot wounds. Tupac later took his surname from his sisters Sekiya's father, another Panther called Mutulu Shakur. [171][172][173] Philips then named Isaac as one of his own, retracted article's unnamed sources. Sexual assault case, prison sentence, appeal and release. [164][165][166][167][168], In March 2008, Chuck Philips, in the Los Angeles Times, reported on the 1994 ambush and shooting. The song was cited as a motivation for a real-life cop killing by a teenage car thief called Ronald Ray Howard and was condemned by the then-U.S. Vice President Dan Quayle. Hearst Magazine Media, Inc. Site contains certain content that is owned A&E Television Networks, LLC. Tupac claimed Oakland as his own and pushed the community to fight for change. At the request of Steinberg, Digital Underground co-founder Jimi "Chopmaster J" Dright worked with Shakur, Ray Luv and Dize, a DJ, on their earliest studio recordings. Later, as a car that Tupac was sharing with Knight stopped at a red light, a man emerged from another car and fired 13 shots, hitting Tupac in the hand, pelvis and chest. [115], In 2009, drawing praise, the Vatican added "Changes", a 1998 posthumous track, to its online playlist. In August 2019, a docuseries directed by Allen Hughes, Outlaw: The Saga of Afeni and Tupac Shakur, was announced. [107], Shakur played a gangster called Birdie in the 1994 film Above the Rim. Instead, Shakur is known largely for his indelible, tumultuous rap. Tupac often complained that he was misunderstood. In January 1991 Shakur debuted under the stage name 2Pac on Digital Underground, under a new record label, Interscope Records, on the group's January 1991 single "Same Song". [125] Rourke recalled that Shakur "was there for me during some very hard times. [30] In 1984, his family moved from New York City to Baltimore, Maryland. However, conspiracy theories have raged ever since Tupac was shot, as his murder has never been solved. [234] It was released on June 16, 2017, on Shakur's 46th birthday,[235] albeit to generally negative reviews. Tupac maintained that he had not raped the girl, although he confessed to the Vibe magazine journalist Kevin Powell that he could have prevented others who were present in the suite at the time from doing so. More than twenty years after his death, the rapper's legacy is still felt. "[77] Treach was also a speaker at a public memorial service for Shakur in 1996. [118] On October 12, he bonded out of the maximum security Dannemora Clinton Correctional Facility in the process of appealing his conviction,[34] once Suge Knight, CEO of Death Row Records, arranged for posting of his $1.4million bond. [203][204] He is widely credited as an important figure in hip hop culture, and his prominence in pop culture in general has been noted. A judge threw out her suit, citing a release that Madonna signed in 2004. It continued in the same socially conscious vein as his debut. By the time Tupac moved to the Bay Area, he had already immersed himself in poetry and theater while living in East Harlem and Baltimore. The only thing that comes to a sleeping man is dreams. [180], In 1994, Shakur was arrested in Los Angeles, when he was stopped by police on suspicion of speeding. "[59][60], In any case, 2Pacalypse Now was certified Gold, half a million copies sold. [154] The Atlanta police claimed the shooting occurred after the brothers were almost struck by a car carrying Shakur while they were crossing the street with their wives. [24][25], Other family members who were involved in the Black Panthers' Black Liberation Army were convicted of serious crimes and imprisoned, including Shakur's stepfather, Mutulu Shakur, who spent four years among the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives. However, the charges were dropped after it emerged in court that the policemen had been drinking, had initiated the incident and that one of the officers had threatened Tupac with a stolen gun. [184][185], About 100 yards (90 meters) away in a schoolyard, Qa'id Walker-Teal, a boy aged 6 on his bicycle, was fatally shot in the forehead. onto stage to rap with him and Stretch. We strive for accuracy and fairness.If you see something that doesn't look right,contact us! Tupac lived in the Bay Area for only four years, but in those four years he set the foundation for the rest of his career - a career that pushed people to seek change and hold onto hope for those who are less fortunate. In October 1993, Tupac shot and wounded two white off-duty cops in Atlanta one in the abdomen and one in the buttocks after an altercation. [68] During this period, at his own live shows, Shakur would call B.I.G. I never meant to hurt you., Tupac also apologized. It closed in 2015. [70] It is now hailed as his magnum opus, and commonly ranks among the greatest, most influential rap albums. Dr. Dre, who had pioneered g-funk with NWA, produced the album's first single, "California Love" which went to No. [36] Also known for his humor, he could mix with all crowds. [58], US Vice President Dan Quayle said, "There's no reason for a record like this to be released. His mother, Afeni, was raising two children on her own and struggled for money. It reached No. All Rights Reserved. The letter was put on auction in July 2019. The rapper would not see his father again until he was 23. [56], Shakur's debut album, 2Pacalypse Nowalluding to the 1979 film Apocalypse Nowarrived in November 1991. [23] A month before Shakur's birth, his mother was tried in New York City as part of the Panther 21 criminal trial. [54][55], Shakur's early days with Digital Underground made him acquainted with Randy "Stretch" Walker, who along with his brother, dubbed Majesty, and a friend debuted with an EP as a rap group and production team, Live Squad, in the Queens, New York. 's Mothers", "Chuck Philips demands apology on Tupac Shakur", "Remembering the Time Tupac Shakur Sued the Oakland Police for $10 Million", "Rapper Tupac Shakur to face assault charge", "TUPAC'S TEMPER: FIVE GREATEST FREAKOUTS, FROM MTV TO JAIL TIME", "Rapper Sentenced for Violating Probation", "Jail Term Put On Hold For Rapper Tupac Shakur", "Marin slaying case against rapper opens", "Settlement in Rapper's Trial for Boy's Death", "Rap critic sues Shakur's estate for defamation", "C. Delores Tucker; William Tucker, Her Husbandv.richard Fischbein; Belinda Luscombe; Newsweek Magazine; Johnnie L. Roberts; Time Inc.c. "There is absolutely no reason for a record like this to be published," Quayle said. [190] At about 11:15pm at a stop light, a white, four-door, late-model Cadillac sedan pulled up to the passenger side and an occupant rapidly fired into the car. Released as a single in June 1996, How Do You Want It was more famous for its B track, Hit Em Up, which aired Tupacs West Coast feud with East Coast Bad Boy rivals. Quite simply, no other rapper has captured the world's attention the way Tupac did and still does. They struck up a conversation about Winnie Mandela. In 2006, the Shakur album Pac's Life was released and, like the previous, was among the recording industry's most popular releases. It is estimated that Tupac's family moved to Baltimore, Maryland, when he was 15 years old. [110] Shakur was introduced to him at a Queens nightclub. Yet in Shakur's "terrible sense of urgency", Price identified instead a quest to "unify mind, body, and spirit. Tupac believed his rap rival Biggie Smalls was behind the shooting, for which nobody has ever been charged. [14] Rolling Stone ranked Shakur among the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. In my death, people will understand what I was talking about. (1993) | Retrospective Tribute", "Remebering Tupac: His Musical Legacy and His Top Selling Albums", "How Tupac and B.I.G. Tupac was born on June 16, 1971, in Harlem, New York. It also led to rumors that new arrest warrants were pending, but the LVMPD shot down those rumors in July, saying that they were reviewing the details of what "remains an open homicide case.". Maybe he knew he wasn't going to be around seven years later.[52], From 1988 to 1991, Dright and Digital Underground produced Shakurs earliest work with his crew at the time, Strictly Dope. [227][228] There were talks of a tour,[229] but Dre refused. Tupac's father, Billy Garland, was also a Panther but lost contact with Afeni when Tupac was five years old. asked Shakur to manage him, whereupon Shakur advised him that Sean Combs would make him a star. After completing his second year at Paul Laurence Dunbar High School Tupac transferred to Baltimore School of The Arts where he met long time friend Jada Pinkett Smith. Police matched the bullet to a .38-caliber pistol registered to Shakur. [106], Director Allen Hughes had cast Shakur as Sharif in the 1993 film Menace II Society, but replaced him once Shakur assaulted him on set due to a discrepancy with the script. [222] In 2008, his estate made about $15million. [186] The case was later dismissed. 11 on the pop singles chart, the Billboard Hot 100. [53] The recordings were rediscovered in 2000 and released as The Lost Tapes: Circa 1989. Now it's worth millions. Tupac's love for hip hop would steer him away from a life of crime (for a while, at least). 2005: Shakur was voted No.1 on Vibe's online poll of "Top 10 Best of All Time". Knight, who was involved with the rival Bloods gang, and members of his entourage piled in. [103][104] For the lead role in the eventual 2001 film Baby Boy, a role played by Tyrese Gibson, Singleton originally had Shakur in mind. [139][140] Shakur was also charged with illegal possession of a firearm as two guns were found in the hotel room. The bill would give district employees a $25,000 incentive for each year they're certified as so-called school guardians, or staff who can carry a gun in school. The TASF sponsors essay contests, charity events, a performing arts day camp for teenagers, and undergraduate scholarships. When Tupac's third solo album came out on March 14, 1995, he was in jail. While Tupac was not charged for Walker-Teal's death, he was reportedly inconsolable. In the lobby, three men robbed and beat him at gunpoint; Shakur resisted and was shot. The case was settled for about $43,000. [64], In late 1993, Shakur formed the group Thug Life with Tyrus "Big Syke" Himes, Diron "Macadoshis" Rivers, his stepbrother Mopreme Shakur, and Walter "Rated R" Burns. [29], In the 1980s, Shakur's mother found it difficult to find work and she struggled with drug addiction. "If Pac would have stayed in Baltimore, he probably would have gone to a school where there was a theater program," Powell said. Philips's 2002 article also alleges the involvement of Christopher "Notorious B.I.G." [244][245], In 2015, the Grammy Museum opened an exhibition dedicated to Shakur. In 2005, MTV.com ranked The 7 Day Theory at No. Our goal is, have people relate to our raps, making it easier to see what really is happening out there. ', Pinkett-Smith was featured in the 2017 movie on Tupac All Eyez on Me. In September, 1983, the 12-year-old Tupac joined a Harlem theater group and in hs first performance he played Travis in "A Raisin in the Sun". 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Pratt, Jailed Panther Leader, Dies at 63", "The colourful life of Tupac's mother Afeni Shakur", "Art and Activism in Charm City: Five Baltimore Collectives That Are Facing Race", "Tupac Shakur in Baltimore: Friends, teachers remember the birth of an artist", "Happy birthday to our brother and comrade, #TupacShakur! While serving time in prison, Tupac wrote a letter to Madonna, where he ended relations with the pop star because of her race. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and remains Tupac's best-known song. Legendary rapper Tupac Shakur died 20 years ago today, six days after being shot on the Las Vegas strip. "[126], Shakur had friendships with other celebrities, including Mike Tyson[127] Chuck D,[128] Jim Carrey,[129] and Alanis Morissette. Tupac Shakur was embroiled in a feud between East Coast and West Coast rappers and was murdered in a drive-by shooting in 1996, leaving behind an influential musical legacy at the age of 25. They moved to Baltimore, where Tupac enrolled at the prestigious Baltimore School for the Arts, at which he felt "the freest I ever felt.". Later renamed the Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation, or TASF, it launched with a stated mission to "provide training and support for students who aspire to enhance their creative talents." But there was vulnerability, too lead single, "Dear Mama," was a tear-jerking tribute to his mother, Afeni, that hit number 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 in April 1995. [71][72], The lead single, "Dear Mama", was released in February 1995 with "Old School" as the B-side. [8][9], Shakur's double-length posthumous album Greatest Hits (1998) is one of his two releasesand one of only nine hip hop albumsto have been certified Diamond in the United States. [115] She appeared in his music videos "Keep Ya Head Up" and "Temptations. [233] In development since 2013, a Shakur biopic, All Eyez on Me, began filming in Atlanta in December 2015. With the release of his debut album 2Pacalypse Now in 1991, he became a central figure in West Coast hip hop for his conscious rap lyrics. Tupac was born on June 16, 1971, in Harlem, New York. [56] Stretch was featured on a track of the Digital Underground's 1991 album Sons of the P. Becoming fast friends, Shakur and Stretch recorded and performed together often. A sensitive, precociously talented and troubled soul, Tupac was gunned down in Las Vegas on September 7, 1996 and died six days later. Where did Tupac go to school in Baltimore? In the text you're about to read, the rap legend discusses all the holes that have yet to be filled by the public education system. [98] On June 15, 1999, it was certified 4 Multi-Platinum.[99]. "I felt I needed a daddy to show me the ropes and I didn't have one.". [105] Ultimately, the set design includes a Shakur mural in the protagonist's bedroom, and the film's score includes Shakur's song "Hail Mary". Members of his old band, Outlawz, made the controversial claim that they had smoked some of his ashes in honor of him. Tupac died in Las Vegas on September 13, 1996, of gunshot wounds inflicted six days prior. [26], Shakur's godfather, Elmer "Geronimo" Pratt, a high-ranking Black Panther, was convicted of murdering a school teacher during a 1968 robbery. [212] But Dyson adds, "Some, or even most, of that criticism can be conceded without doing damage to Tupac's martyrdom in the eyes of those disappointed by more traditional martyrs. With standout production, the album has more party tracks and often a triumphant tone. This may seem surprising as he later helped to fuel a deadly feud between the East Coast and West Coast, with Pac choosing to rep the latter . [35] With his friend Dana "Mouse" Smith as beatbox, he won competitions as reputedly the school's best rapper. [68] Reportedly, B.I.G. [187], On the night of September 7, 1996, Shakur was in Las Vegas, Nevada, to celebrate his business partner Tracy Danielle Robinson's birthday[188] and attended the Bruce Seldon vs. Mike Tyson boxing match with Suge Knight at the MGM Grand.
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