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Tupac Amaru Shakur was one of the most influential rappers and cultural figures of the 1990s. He was born Lesane Parish Crooks on June 16, 1971, in East Harlem, New York City. His mother later renamed him after Túpac Amaru II, an Indigenous leader from Peru who fought against Spanish rule. Tupac’s mother, Afeni Shakur, had been a member of the Black Panther Party, which helped shape his awareness of racism, police brutality, and social justice from a young age. His family struggled with poverty, and he moved several times, living in New York, Baltimore, Maryland, and later Marin City, California. As a teenager in Baltimore, Tupac attended the Baltimore School for the Arts, where he studied acting, poetry, jazz, and ballet. He performed in Shakespeare plays, wrote poetry, and developed his stage presence. There, he became friends with future actress Jada Pinkett (later Jada Pinkett Smith). After moving to California, he joined the rap group Digital Underground, first working as a roadie and backup dancer. He got his first big break as a rapper on their 1991 track “Same Song,” which appeared on the movie soundtrack for Nothing but Trouble. Tupac released his debut solo album 2Pacalypse Now in 1991. The album addressed police violence, life in low‑income neighborhoods, teen pregnancy, and systemic injustice. Some politicians, including then–Vice President Dan Quayle, criticized it, which only increased public attention on Tupac and his message. In 1995, he released Me Against the World, which reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart while he was in prison, making him one of the first artists to top the charts while incarcerated. That album included the song “Dear Mama,” a heartfelt tribute to his mother that was later added to the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress because of its cultural significance. After signing with Death Row Records, Tupac released All Eyez on Me in 1996, one of the first major double rap albums. It went multi‑platinum and featured hits like “California Love” (with Dr. Dre) and “2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted” (with Snoop Dogg). Beyond music, Tupac built a strong acting career. He starred in films such as Juice (1992), Poetic Justice (1993, alongside Janet Jackson), Above the Rim (1994), Bullet (1996), and Gridlock’d (released after his death). Tupac’s life was also marked by legal troubles, a 1994 shooting in New York, and his involvement in the widely publicized East Coast–West Coast hip‑hop rivalry. On September 7, 1996, after leaving a Mike Tyson boxing match in Las Vegas, Nevada, he was shot multiple times in a drive‑by shooting while riding in a car with Suge Knight, the head of Death Row Records. Tupac died six days later, on September 13, 1996, at the age of 25. The case officially remains unsolved, which has led to many theories and continued public interest. Even after his death, Tupac’s impact grew. Multiple posthumous albums were released, and his total record sales reached tens of millions worldwide. In 2017, he was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, becoming one of the first solo hip‑hop artists to receive that honor. Today, Tupac is remembered not only as a rapper and actor, but also as a poet and social commentator who used his art to speak about inequality, hope, fear, and survival in a way that still reaches new generations.
