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Pharoh Tasby

Weddle

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30 April 2019

Why Tupac Shakur Is The Greatest Rapper Of All Time

Tupac Amari Cooper was born June 16,1971 in East Harlem New York. Tupac was an

American rapper, writer, and Actor with the stage name 2pac and Makaveli.

With Tupac being the great rapper, writer and actor that he was, he had a big impact and

influence on the Hip Hop culture today. Who was Tupac? Some might ask. Tupac was an

influential rapper who came around in the early 90s; selling over 75 million albums to date,

making him one of the top selling artists of all time. What makes Tupac great is his

musical/acting accomplishments, his death, and his role in Digital Underground.

Tupac also had many Musical/Acting accomplishments. Tupac's first achievement would

be his very first album “2Pacalypse now”. This album was PACs first most political album.

While being a very talented rapper 2pac also started an acting career, staring in his first movie

“Juice”. Bishop ( pacs character) was a troubled teenager who normally skipped school and hung

out with his friends and did mischievous things. 2pac also played a role in the movie poetic

justice with Janet Jackson which was nominated for outstanding actor in motion pictures award.

Tupac wasn't really focused on his achievements he wanted to explain to everyone what was

really going on in the world. Tupac has a tattoo on his stomach that says “THUG LIFE” which

means “The Hate You Give Little Infants F**** Us Lll”. In Tupac's interview he states that in
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his song when he says “i live the thug life baby i'm hopeless” one person might hear that and like

the way it sounds but, 2pac is really doing it for the kid that is really living the thug life and feels

like life is hopeless.

Sadly Tupac Shakur died on September 13, 1961 at the age of 25 of Gunshot wounds to

the body in a Las Vegas drive by shooting, Tupac’s murder case is still unsure to this day some

might say that shakur is still alive somewhere because his killer has not yet been found or

charged. Tupac remains one of the most respected And recognizable faces in Hip Hop.

Mr. shakur was into a lot of things, like shakespeare. Studying Shakespeare would define pacs

entire career. Tupac studied Shakespeare when he attended the Baltimore School Of Fine Arts

2pac said “i love Shakespeare he wrote some of the rawist stories, man. I mean look at romeo

and juliet, that some serious ghetto s**t.”

Also before Tupac was famous he a was part of a small group called Digital underground

with Shock G and Money B. 2pac is also known for his deep inspirational quotes like “Reality is

wrong, Dreams are for real”, ​My mama always used to tell me: 'If you can't find somethin' to live

for, you best find something' to die for. According to Rolling Stone magazine, before 2pac was

famous Before he was an icon and movie star, Tupac was doing the “Humpty Dance” with

Oakland’s own funkadelic freaks of the industry. In his years with the group, Digital

Underground would give Tupac his first tour (with Big Daddy Kane), his first released verse

(“Same Song”) and his first movie role (1991’s ​Nothing but Trouble​).

After Tupac’s troubled past he became one of the greatest rap artist in the world, Tupac

won awards sold millions of albums copies, mad movies, and even joined one of the most

dangerous record labels in America (Death Row Records).

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Work Cited

“2Pac - Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z.” ​Discogs,​ 1 Jan. 1998,

www.discogs.com/2Pac-Strictly-4-My-NIGGAZ/release/387547.

Allah, Sha Be. “2Pac Dropped His Debut Album '2Pacalypse Now' 27 Years Ago.” ​The Source,​

12 Nov. 2018,

thesource.com/2018/11/12/today-in-hip-hop-history-2pac-dropped-his-debut-album-2pac

alypse-now-27-years-ago/.

Allah, Sha Be. “Today in Hip-Hop History: Tupac Shakur's Fourth LP 'All Eyez On Me'

Dropped 23 Years Ago.” ​The Source​, 13 Feb. 2019,

thesource.com/2019/02/13/today-in-hip-hop-history-tupac-shakurs-fourth-lp-all-eyez-on-

me-dropped-23-years-ago/.

“Tupac Shakur.” ​Biography.com​, A&E Networks Television, 19 Apr. 2019,

www.biography.com/people/tupac-shakur-206528​.

“Tupac Shakur's First Ten Albums.” ​Tupac Shakur | Albums​,

madeira.hccanet.org/project1/seiden1/albums.html.