1. 2PAC(TUPAC SHAKUR)
Tupac Amaru Shakur born Lesane Parish Crooks;
June 16, 1971 – September 13, 1996), also known
by his stage names Tupac, 2Pac and Makaveli, was
an American rapper and actor. Shakur sold over 75
million records worldwide, making him one of the
best-selling music artists of all time. His double-disc
albums All Eyez on Me (1996) and his Greatest Hits
(1998) are among the best-selling albums in the
United States. Shakur is consistently ranked as one
of the greatest and most influential rappers of all
time, and he has been listed and ranked as one of
the greatest artists of any genre by many
publications, including Rolling Stone, which ranked
him 86th on its list of The 100 Greatest Artists of All
Time. On April 7, 2017, Shakur was inducted into the
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in his first year of
eligibility.
2. HOW HE BEGAN HIS CAREER
Shakur began his career as a roadie, backup dancer and MC for
the alternative hip hop group Digital Underground, eventually
branching off as a solo artist.Most of the themes in Shakur's songs
revolved around the violence and hardship in inner cities, racism,
and other social issues. Both of his parents and several other
people in his family were members of the Black Panther Party,
whose ideals were reflected in his songs. During the latter part of
his career, Shakur was a vocal participant during the East Coast–
West Coast hip hop rivalry, becoming involved in conflicts with other
rappers, producers, and record-label staff members, most notably
The Notorious B.I.G. and his label, Bad Boy Records.Aside from his
career in music, Shakur was also an actor, starring in six films and
one TV show in the 1990s, including Poetic Justice (1993), Gang
Related (1997) and Gridlock'd (1997).
3. HOW HE DIED
On the night of September 7, 1996, Tupac
was gunned down in a drive-by shooting in
Las Vegas as he headed to a gig at Club
662.
Death Row Records boss Suge Knight
was driving the car and 2Pac was a front
seat passenger as they led a convoy of
cars.
A shooter in a white Cadillac, which pulled
up on the right-hand passenger side of
Tupac's BMW at traffic lights, opened fire
at 11.15pm.
The star was hit four times - in the chest,
arm and thigh - and died six days later.
4. Hours earlier Tupac and his entourage had watched boxer Mike
Tyson fight Bruce Seldon at the MGM Grand casino.
Afterwards in the lobby, Tupac and his crew - some of whom
were associated with LA gang The Bloods - attacked Orlando
"Baby Lane" Anderson after Pac threw the first punch.
Compton-based Anderson was reportedly a rival Crips gang
member who previously robbed a medallion from one of 2Pac's
entourage.
As of February 2018, the car in which Tupac
was killed has been fully restored and put up for sale for £1.2 million