Quick FactsįULL NAME: Tupac Amaru Shakur (born Lesane Parish Crooks) BORN: JDIED: SeptemBIRTHPLACE: New York, New York SPOUSE: Keisha Morris (1995-1996) ASTROLOGICAL SIGN: Gemini Early Life: Mom, Siblings, and More Police continue to investigate his murder. On September 7, 1996, the 25-year-old was gunned down in Las Vegas and died six days later. It was the last album Tupac would live to see released. On his fourth album, All Eyez On Me, Tupac leaned fully into celebrating the thug lifestyle. The boundaries between his art and life became increasingly blurred, as Shakur faced legal problems and jail time. Tupac began his music career as a rebel with a cause to articulate the still-relevant travails and injustices endured by many Black Americans.
One of the top-selling artists of all time, rapper and actor Tupac Shakur embodied the 1990s gangsta-rap aesthetic and, in death, has become an icon symbolizing noble struggle.
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