TUPAC SHAKUR'S BIOGRAPHY

TUPAC SHAKUR’S BIOGRAPHY

TUPAC'S ORIGINS

Tupac Amaru Shakur was born on June 16, 1971, in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City. His mother, Afeni Shakur, had been a political activist and member of the Black Panther Party who was arrested in 1969 on charges of planning coordinated attacks on police stations and offices in New York City. She became pregnant by Tupac while out on bail and was acquitted in 1971 after defending herself in court.

TUPAC'S NAME

When Tupac was 1 year old, Afeni changed his name to Tupac Amaru in honor of a Peruvian revolutionary killed by the Spanish. He said of the name: “I wanted it to be named after revolutionary indigenous peoples around the world. I wanted him to know that he was part of a global culture and not just a neighborhood”.Tupac later took the surname from his sister Sekyiwa father, another Black Panther named Mutulu Shakur. Tupac also had a half-brother, Mopreme.

CALIFORNIA LOVE

California Love" is a song by American rapper 2Pac featuring fellow American rapper-producer Dr. Dre and American singer Roger Troutman of the funk group Zapp. The song was released as 2Pac's comeback single after his release from prison in 1995 and was his first single as the newest artist of Death Row Records. The first recording sessions for "California Love" began in November 1995. The original was released as a double-A single along with "How Do U Want It" and intended for Dr. Dre's album The Chronic II. The song was made and written in Dr. Dre's in-house studio, 2Pac came in and wrote his verse right away; It took him only 15 minutes to write his verses. The weekend after the song was completed, the video was recorded.

THE MOST POPULAR 2PAC’S ALBUM: GREATEST HITS

Greatest Hits is a posthumous double-disc greatest hits album by American rapper 2Pac, released by Death Row Records, Interscope Records, and Jive Records on November 24, 1998 . Greatest Hits debuted at number five on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 268,000 copies in its first week. In January 1999, the album reached its peak at number three on the chart. On October 16, 2000, it was certified 9× platinum.In June 2011 it was certified by the RIAA for shipments of over 10 million, the late rapper's first RIAA Diamond award. Still today with 5.33 million units sold it remains the best-selling rap greatest hits compilation of all time and the twentieth best-selling rap album.

2PAC GREATEST HITS ALBUM TRACKS DISC 1

TEMPTATIONS

2 OF AMERIKAZ MOST WANTED

KEEP YA HEAD UP

ME AGAINST THE WORLD

HAIL MARY

GOD BLESS THE DEAD

2PAC GREATEST HITS ALBUM TRACKS

DISC 1

SO MANY TEARS

UNCONDITIONAL LOVE

TRAPPED

HIT EM UP

Lorem ipsum-LOREM IPSUM

LIFE GOES ON

HOW DO U WANT IT

HIT EM UP

2PAC GREATEST HITS ALBUM TRACKS

DISC 2

CHANGES

TROBULESOME '96

BRENDA'S GOT A BABY

I'AIN'T MAD AT CHA

I GET AROUND

ALL BOUT U

PICTURE ME ROLLIN

HOW LONG WILL THEY MOURN ME ?

TOSS IT UP

DEAR MAMA

2pAC GREATEST HITS ALBUM TRACKS

DISC 2

TO LIVE AND DIE IN L.A

HEARTZ OF MEN

A CURIOSITY ABOUT 2PAC

In November 1993 he met a 19-year-old girl in a club in New York: they went to her hotel room and had sexual intercourse. They arranged to meet again a few days later, at the end of one of his concerts, in his hotel. The next day the woman said that Tupac and other men on his staff had repeatedly raped her. The trial began only a year later, in November 1994 Tupac was acquitted of several of the charges, but convicted of first-degree sexual assault. He continued to maintain his innocence but admitted that he had not prevented the woman from being raped.

TUPAC'S DEATH

Tupac died in Las Vegas on September 13, 1996, from gunshot wounds inflicted six days prior.On September 7, Tupac was in Las Vegas with Suge Knight to watch a Mike Tyson fight at the MGM Grand hotel. There was a scuffle after the bout between a member of the Crips gang and Tupac. Knight, who was involved with the rival Bloods gang, and members of his entourage piled in. 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. Tupac later died at the hospital at 25 years old.

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