Celebrity
Tupac Amaru Shakur was born June 16, 1971 and die 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.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.Shakur's debut album, 2Pacalypse Now, gained criti...