2Pac

Tupac (2Pac, June 16, 1971 - September 13, 1996), formerly known as Tupac Amaru Shakur, American rapper and actor with over 75 million record sales worldwide, making him the best-selling hip-hop artist of all time.

The first album of his career "2Pacalypse Now" was released in 1991, and "All Eyezon Mewas" was released on February 13, 1996. It is the first double CD album in the history of Hip-Hop and the best-selling hip-hop album in history. album.

Tupac was involved in hip-hop confrontations between the East and West coasts later in his career; on September 7, 1996, Tupac was shot four times in a car in Las Vegas. He was taken to the University of Southern Nevada Medical Center and died six days later due to respiratory and heart failure.

Tupac's songs centered around the violence and suffering of inner cities, racism and other social issues and the parents and other family members of the Black Panther Party; his songs embodied his ideals.

Ranked second on MTV's "Greatest Rapper of All Time" list, and Rolling Stone ranked him the 86th greatest artist of all time.

Chinese name: Tupac Amaru Shakur

Foreign name: Tupac Amaru Shakur

Alias: 2Pac (Tupac), Makaveli

Nationality: United States

Height: 1.75m

Weight: 75kg

Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York

Date of birth : June 16, 1971

Date of death: September 13, 1996

Occupation: rapper, actor, poet, activist

Representative works : "CaliforniaLove", "lifegoeson", "Dearmama"

Main achievements: Guinness Hip-Hop Sales Record, ended in 1997

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Early life

Tupac Amaru Shakur was born on June 16, 1971, in New York City, East Harlem, Manhattan. He was named Túpac Amaru, after an indigenous name who led an eighteenth-century South American revolution against Spanish rule.

His mother Afeni Shakur and his father Billy Garland were active members of the Black Panther Party in New York in the late 1960s and early 1970s. A month after Tupac was born, his mother was acquitted and they Paid a $150 fee for charges of "conspiracy against the Government of the United States and the Government of New York" in the New York Leopard 21 case. Tupac's childhood was an environment where criminal cases were common.

At the age of twelve, Tupac attended a show at the Apollo Theater, played a role in a play at the 127th Street Assembly in Harlem. The family moved to Maryland in 1986. After completing his sophomore year of high school at the Paul Lawrence Dunbar School, he transferred to the Art School in Baltimore, where he studied acting, poetry, jazz dance, and ballet. He performed the role of the Mouse King in Shakespeare's ballet "The Nutcracker." Tupac performed rapping with one of his friends, Dana "Mouse" Smith. His beatboxing won many rap competitions and he was considered the best singer in school. While in art school, he became a member of the Baltimore Communist Youth League.

In June 1988, Tupac and his family moved to a residential community in Marin City, California, 8 kilometers north of San Francisco. He attended Tamalpais High School in nearby Mill Valley; he entered a poetry contest in 1989; that same year Steinberg performed a concert in which he served as a touring band manager and backup dancer with a hip-hop group member.

Acting Career

1991_1993

Tupac's acting career began in the early 1990s, when he released a rap recording "SameSong" (the same song song), which was later released as an EP, his first EP, and Tupac appeared in the music video. After his rap debut, he released his first solo album "2Pacalypse Now", which did not win any awards. Although the album was originally released on Universal Records, the rights are now owned by Amaru Entertainment. The album's title is a reference to the 1979 movie Apocalypse Now.

His second album "MyN.I.G.G.A.Z." was released in February 1993. The album debuted on the Billboard200 rankings. The album emphasized Tupac's political and social views. This was Tupac's first effort at an independent rap-oriented sound. It enabled "KeepYaHeadUp" and "IGetAround" to achieve platinum certification. According to statistics in 2004, its sales volume reached 1,366,000.

In December 1993, Tupac was accused of sexual abuse for being with a woman in a hotel room. On February 7, 1995, the court convicted 2Pac in the sexual assault case, and 2pac was sentenced to prison. 4 years later, Tupac vehemently denied any wrongdoing.

The day before the sentencing, Tupac was shot five times in a Manhattan recording studio lobby. After the shooting, Tupac later suspected B.I.G., Diddy and Andre Harrell in the attempted murders. In addition to his rival in the rap industry, Christopher Wallace (B.I.G), Tupac also suspected that it was B.I.G. Former friend Walker. This began a long-running feud between coast-to-coast rappers.

1994_1995

Tupac began serving his sentence in February. Soon, his platinum album Me Against the World began selling. Released in March of the same year. From prison, he married his girlfriend Keissa Morris. He also began to find time to read about Machiavelli's deeds and works, and wrote a script called "LIVE2TELL" in prison.

While Tupac was in jail, he was furious at the derogatory comments made about him by B.I.G. and PuffDiddy in VIBE magazine. After all his legal troubles, Tupac said he wanted to quit RapGame, but B.I.G’s words inspired him to come back. As part of an ongoing feud between B.I.G. and 2pac's former friends, 2pac boasted about B.I.G.'s wife, who he slept with, and wrote a satirical song about B.I.G., "Hit 'Em Up."

At the end of 1993, Tupac and some of his friends began to produce the album "ThugLife", including Big Syke, Macadoshis, and his half-brother Mopreme Shakur. Released on September 26, 1994, it was immediately certified gold record. Due to criticism of gangsta rap at the time, the original version of the album was canceled and re-recorded with many of the original songs cut. Although the original version of the album was unfinished. But "OutonBail" won the Source Award in 1994. The album sold 2,439,000 copies.

"Dearmama" was released as the album's first single in February 1995. It was the most successful single in the album, and peaked at ninth on the Billboard Hot 100. It was certified platinum in July and later placed at #51 on the year-end rankings. "SoManyTears" was released in June and ranked 44th on the Billboard Hot 100.

After serving eleven months in prison, Tupac was released on bail by Marion "Suge" Knight, the head of the record production house "DeathRow Records". In exchange for SugeKnight, Tupac would have to release three records under the name DeathRow Records.

1996

"All Eyezon Mewas" is Tupac's fourth album. It was released on February 13, 1996. It is the first double CD album in the history of Hip-Hop. The singles "HowDoUWantIt" and "CaliforniaLove" were on the Billboard Hot 100. The album topped the Billboard 200 and the R&B/Hip-Hop Album Chart. It sold 566,000 copies in its first week of release. The album won the 1997 Soul Train R&B/Soul or Rap Album of the Year award. Tupac also won Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Artist at the 24th Annual American Music Awards.

Tupac has stated that his future plans include gradually moving away from the rap scene (he is tired of life as a rap star) and instead releasing high-quality, in-depth albums every five years or more. 's record. He is also eager to give back more to society and hopes to establish a small organization to encourage and guide young black children to follow the right path. In his early years, he also established "The Underground Railway", an organization that tried to use music to keep black children away from drugs. Tupac's mother Afeni Shakur established a Tupac Amaru Shakur Center (Arts) in Atlanta in 2005, hoping to achieve their goals by helping those young people.

Tupac also mentioned that he would start his own film production company Euphanasia, as well as a new record label not only for himself but also for the Outlawz, Makaveeli Records. On the back of the 7Day Theory album, it was about to The logo of Makaveli Records was born.

The fifth studio album "The7DayTheory", his first album was released posthumously before his death. The album was fully produced during July and August 1996. The album reached number 200 on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. Album sales were 664,000.

The shooting incident

On September 7, 1996, Tupac planned to return to Los Angeles. He was determined not to go to Las Vegas (Las Vegas), but in Atlanta (Atlanta) in order to solve the problem Due to some problems between relatives, Suge asked him to change his plans. Tupac told Kidada in the morning that there was going to be a heavyweight boxing match at the MGM Hotel that night, and he had agreed to go to the fight with Suge a week ago. He also said he didn't want to go, but he had promised Suge. He told Kidada that he must go and there would be no fight. He didn't plan to let Kidada go with him, but at the club party Suge said that he had control of the entire city and that if Kidada was with Tupac, everything would be safe. thing.

They returned to Tupac's house in Calabasas, and Kidada started packing. When she was holding Tupac's bulletproof vest, Tupac said, "No, it's too hot to wear that," and she put it down. They stopped at a gas station and Tupac bought five gun magazines, which he read before arriving at the Luxor Hotel. Tupac went to Suge's apartment in the southeast part of the city. They stayed for a while, and Tupac recorded a video inviting Keisha and other girls.

In the evening, Tupac came to the MGM Hotel to watch the boxing match between Mike Tyson and Bruce Seldon. He was very angry because Suge didn't show up until the last minute of the game. Then he went backstage and hugged Tyson. At 8:45 pm, members of DeathRow were walking around the hotel gardens. Travon Lane (Tray) pointed out Orlando to Tupac, and Tupac ran down the hallway and said to Orlando, "Are you from the South?" before he could finish his sentence, he started hitting him. The fight was eventually stopped by hotel security. Olando was picked up by police for questioning and released when he agreed to withdraw the charges. Afterwards, Tupac gave him a ticket stub marked with $1,000 and said: "You go to the game, kid, are you satisfied?"

Tupac left at 8:55, Getting ready to go back to the hotel. He sat in Hammer's car and told what had happened. Hammer asked him some questions about the incident, and Tupac said it was settled and not to worry about it, then sat in the car and boasted about how Tyson punched him 50 times and he knocked him out with only 3 punches. Morita appears. Tupac's bodyguards told him to wear a bulletproof vest when he was in trouble, but he often refused to do so. He never wears them at night. Since they arrived in Las Vegas, they can no longer legally carry guns, but they still keep them with them. However, because he left the scene of the fight in such a hurry, the bodyguard forgot to bring his gun with him.

Two hours later, Suge drove his black BMW 750 car and left the apartment, with Tupac sitting in the passenger seat and 10 cars following them. The BMW contains Tupac's "The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory". At 10:55 pm, Tupac rolled down the window and the photographer took advantage of the red light to take a photo of Tupac and Suge in the car. At 11 o'clock, they parked the car on Las Vegas Street. The patrol officer stopped them because the stereo in the car was too loud and they were driving without a license. They explained that the license plate was in the rental car and they were let go after a while.

At a red light on Flamingo Road, near Koval Lane, two girls in front of the Maxim Hotel were excited to see Tupac and Suge, who were on the driver's side of the car. At 11:15, one or two new white four-door Cadillacs parked next to their car. Tupac stood up through the roof window. At this time, two men got out of the Cadillac holding Glock 40 caliber pistols and fired 13 shots at the side of the passenger seat of the BMW 750. Tupac tried to roll over into the back seat, but Suge pushed him down, and the bullet ricocheted into Tupac's right hip, lung, and right hand. Suge only suffered a minor head injury.

The Cadillac quickly drove south on Koval Lane after the shooting. Suge turned the car around and drove into the alley on the left and sped west toward Las Vegas Street. Suge told Tupac to take him to the hospital, and Tupac said, "Do I need to go to the hospital? Your head was damaged by a bullet."

The patrol reported hearing gunshots near the Maxim Hotel voice and need support. Two other officers followed the BMW to Las Vegas Street, where patrol officers called an ambulance on Harmon Street. The BMW was stained red with blood and surrounded by fragments of Tupac's gold jewelry. In the car, two people lay tiredly. Medical staff carried Tupac out and laid him flat on a stretcher. Tupac kept saying, "I can't breathe, I can't breathe." The ambulance took Tupac and Suge to Nevada Central Medical College. Sergeant Kevin Manning was assigned to the incident, and Cathy Scott was assigned to receive reporters covering the shooting. The police asked the bodyguard if anyone fired back at the time, and the bodyguard responded that Tupac and Suge did not order anyone to fight back.

Another person told the Compton police that at Club 662, he heard Tray say that the murderer was Orlando's uncle Dwayne Keith Davis (KeefeeD).

Tupac lost 22 ounces of blood on the way to the hospital. When he was taken to the emergency room, he said, "I'm going to die." Tupac was determined not to be out of danger. His injuries included a large accumulation of blood in his chest due to the gunshot, the bullet that hit his right thigh had entered his abdomen, and his right finger was also fractured by the bullet. Gunshot wounds to the abdomen and chest were still bleeding after surgery. Just before midnight, Tupac was transferred to the UMC Trauma Center and placed in the recovery room. By this time, he had lost 2 liters of blood in his chest.

His pulse was very weak and his blood pressure was initially low and dropped rapidly. He was immediately taken to the operating room for surgery. Doctors stopped the bleeding and then removed a bullet from the pelvis. The operation was performed at midnight and ended at 2:35 a.m. on the 8th. At 6:25 p.m., he underwent another surgery, which lasted an hour. This operation was very risky. After the operation, the internal bleeding in his punctured right lung stopped. Tupac was returned to the hospital room at 7:45 p.m.

Tupac was in a coma after the surgery. I woke up once.

On Friday the 13th, doctors tried several times to wake Tupac up, but to no avail. He stopped breathing forever at 4:03 p.m. His bodyguard came to Suge's room and told Suge about Tupac's death. Suge became very excited about this and kept blaming Tupac for not bringing a gun. After a while, Suge told the bodyguard that it was nothing, he was already dead. Suge's voice was hoarse as if he was about to cry. At 5:10 p.m., morgue staff transported Tupac's body to the Clark County Coroner's Office. They performed an autopsy on the body and confirmed that there were no drugs in the body. The autopsy report is kept in the office. The results of the autopsy and ballistic analysis have not been made public. There are also six photos of the body in the report. Tupac was eventually cremated.

On the 14th, Afeni scattered part of Tupac’s ashes on the hills of Los Angeles and the other part in her garden. Tupac's relatives held a small funeral in Las Vegas. On the 15th, a memorial service was held at Lord Pentecostal Church in Brooklyn. Since Tupac did not leave a will, Afeni administered Tupac's estate in accordance with the court's decision.

Cathy took a photo of Tupac being dissected on a table, which was purchased by TheNationalEnquirer for $100,000.

Main works

Musical works

Participation in movies

Knowing the law and breaking the law - 1997-10-08, playing Det. Rodriguez

Murder WastheCase-1997-01-29, as Ezekiel 'Spoon' Whitmore

Murder WastheCase-1996-10

MurderWastheCase-1995-02-14 , playing Snoop Dogg Charlie Murphy Emilio Rivera

Above the Rim-1994-03-23

Justin Si who writes poetry-1993- 07-23

The Brothers Harley-1992-01-17

24 Hours in the Haunted House-1991-02-15, as Digital Underground member (as2PacShakur)

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Major Achievements

In a poll launched by Rolling Stone magazine in 2005, Tupac was named 86th among the "100 Immortal Artists in History". He is ranked number 2 on MTV's list of the greatest MCs of all time. Tupac joined the Hall of Fame in 2002.

In 2003, MTV's "22 Greatest MCs" countdown listed Shakur as the "No. 1 MC", elected by audience voting.

A 2004 VIBE magazine poll showed that Tupac was named "the greatest rapper in history."

In 2008, the National Recording Association of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame recognized him as an influential artist and added him to its Decisive 200 list.

In 2010, "DearMama" was added to the U.S. National Recording Preservation Board, which praised the song as "very touching and a tribute to his own mother and to those struggling with addiction, poverty, and social neglect." Mothers struggling to survive have made the best tribute."

Character Evaluation

In the early days, Tupac became popular for his songs about love, women and other themes. of. It wasn't until he survived being shot six times, and then spent several years in jail on rape charges, that his style changed to a fierce and tough street hardcore style, which also led to the gangsta rap trend represented by him.

To some, Tupac was just a gangsta rapper, to others, he was the best guy in rap.

For more people, he is an endless source of knowledge. Although his life was short, he left many people with lyrics that guided and inspired their lives.

Mainstream people accused Tupac of dissonant and dark content in his lyrics, but in fact, Tupac just discovered the truth and stated it truthfully. Tupac didn't create these shadows, he just exposed them.

Unlike many Hiphop singers who dare not confront the mainstream rap circle, Tupac not only positioned himself as a rap musician who entertained the public, he also extended his perspective to social events as a whole. This also leads to his lyrics often causing panic among the crowd because they are too real. This is why Tupac is controversial but has become and will always be an icon in the hip-hop music circle. This is also why it is difficult for another hip-hop artist to achieve such a huge influence.

Commemorative works

Documentary

"Rhyme & Reason" was released in the United States on March 5, 1997.

"Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme" was released in the United States on April 14, 2000.

"Welcome to Death Row" was released in the United States on September 25, 2001.

"Tupac Shakur: Thug Angel" was released in the United States in March 2002.

"Biggie and Tupac" was released in the United States on January 11, 2002.

"2Pac4Ever" was released in Australia on August 20, 2003.

"Tupac: Resurrection" was released in the United States in January 2003. Won the 77th Academy Awards (2005) and the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature (nominated).

Music work

"Napoleon Val Johnny-J" was created in 2004. Napoleon, one of the outlawz members, invited Johnny-J and ValYoung to collaborate on a piece in memory of Tupac. .

Others

At the 2012 Coachella Music Festival, the organizers used holographic 3D imaging technology to make 2Pac and another rapper Snoop Dogg appear at the Coachella Music Festival. This is the proposal of the famous American musician Dr. Dre; by studying Tupac's performance data during his lifetime, and then letting real people perform these usual gestures and movements, and then using "motion capture" to combine it with the computer-generated Tupac body, and finally The effect satisfied everyone, and even the effect of the metal necklace around his neck swinging with movement was particularly realistic. Tupac became the first singer to be "resurrected" and perform live. After this performance, his past albums topped the iTunes best-selling list.