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. Talent. Website Signature Tupac Amaru Shakur (; born Lesane Parish Crooks, June 16, 1971 – September 13, 1996), also known by his 2Pac and Makaveli, was an American rapper, actor and poet. He is considered by many to be one of the greatest artists of all time.
Shakur was born in the Harlem neighborhood of but relocated to in 1988. When he released his debut album in 1991, he became a central figure in, introducing social issues in the genre at a time when was dominant in the mainstream. Shakur achieved further critical and commercial success with (1993) and (1995).
Later that year, after suffering and a, Shakur became heavily involved in the growing. His double-disc album, which was released in 1996, later became one of the. On September 7, 1996, Shakur was by an unknown assailant in a in Las Vegas; he died six days later and the gunman was never captured. Rapper, Shakur's friend turned rival, was at first considered a suspect, but was also fatally shot in in several months later.
Five more albums have been released since his death, all of which have been certified platinum. Outside music, Shakur also gained success as an actor, with his roles as Bishop in (1992), Lucky in (1993), Ezekiel Whitmore in (1997), and Jake Rodriguez in (1997), all of which garnered praise from critics. Shakur is one of the of all time having sold over 75 million records worldwide. Much of Shakur's work has been noted for addressing contemporary social issues that plagued inner cities, and he is considered a symbol of resistance and activism against inequities. Contents. Early life Tupac Amaru Shakur was born on June 16, 1971, into an family in the section of in.
His birth name was Lesane Parish Crooks. The following year, he was renamed after, the 18th-century who was executed after leading an uprising against. His parents, (born Alice Faye Williams in North Carolina) and Billy Garland, were active members of the in New York in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Lesane was born a month after his mother was acquitted of more than 150 charges of 'Conspiracy against the and New York landmarks' in the New York trial. Many people in Shakur's life were involved with the; some were convicted of serious criminal offenses and imprisoned, including his mother. His godfather, a high-ranking, had been convicted of murdering a school teacher during a 1968 robbery, although his sentence was later overturned.
His stepfather, spent four years at large on the list, beginning in 1982. Mutulu was wanted for having helped his friend (no relation) (also known as Joanne Chesimard), Tupac's godmother, to escape from a penitentiary in New Jersey in 1979. Mutulu was caught in 1986 and eventually convicted and sentenced to prison for the 1981, during which two police officers and a guard were killed. Neighborhood of New York City, where Shakur was born Shakur had an older stepbrother, and a half-sister, Sekyiwa, two years his junior. Mopreme performed in many of his recordings. In 1986, the family moved from New York to,.
After completing his second year at, Shakur transferred to the. There he studied acting, poetry, and ballet. He performed in and in the role of the Mouse King in the ballet. Shakur, accompanied by one of his friends, Dana 'Mouse' Smith, as his, won many rap competitions and was considered to be the best rapper in his school. He was remembered as one of the most popular kids in his school because of his sense of humor, superior rapping skills, and ability to mix with all crowds.
Shakur developed a close friendship with (later Jada Pinkett Smith) that lasted until his death. In the documentary, Shakur says, 'Jada is my heart. She will be my friend for my whole life.' Pinkett Smith calls him 'one of my best friends. He was like a brother.
It was beyond friendship for us. The type of relationship we had, you only get that once in a lifetime.' A poem written by Shakur, titled 'Jada', appears in his book, which also includes a poem dedicated to Pinkett Smith called 'The Tears in Cupid's Eyes.' During his time in art school, Shakur became affiliated with the Baltimore. He began dating the daughter of the director of the local chapter of the. Move to California In 1988, Shakur and his family moved from Baltimore to, a small unincorporated suburban community located 5 miles (8 km) north of. He attended in nearby.
Shakur contributed to the school's drama department by performing in several productions. In an English class, Shakur wrote a paper, 'Conquering All Obstacles,' in which he said: our raps, not the sorry story raps everyone is so tired of. They are about what happens in the real world. Our goal is to have people relate to our raps, making it easier to see what really is happening out there. Even more important, what we may do to better our world.
He began attending the poetry classes of in 1989. That same year, Steinberg organized a concert with Shakur's group, 'Strictly Dope'; the concert led to his being signed with Atron Gregory. Gregory set him up as a roadie and backup dancer with the hip hop group in 1990. Career 1987–93: Beginnings and rise to fame Before using his first name as his rap name, Shakur went by the alias MC New York when starting his career in Baltimore. Although Shakur began recording in 1987, his professional entertainment career did not take off until the early 1990s when he debuted in Digital Underground's 'Same Song' from the to the 1991 film; Shakur also appeared with the group in the film.
The song was later released as the lead song of the Digital Underground (EP), the follow-up to their debut hit album. Shakur appeared in the accompanying music video. After his rap debut, he performed with Digital Underground again, on the album. Shakur went on to feature Shock G and Money-B from Digital Underground in his track ', which ranked #11 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.
In November 1991, Shakur released his debut solo album,. Though the album did not generate any hit singles, 2Pacalypse Now has been acclaimed by many critics and fans for its underground feel, with many rappers such as, and having pointed to it as inspiration. Although the album was originally released on, the rights to its distribution are now owned by, the label owned by Shakur's mother.
The album's name is a reference to the 1979 film. 2Pacalypse Now generated significant controversy for numerous reasons. The songs 'Trapped' and 'Brenda's Got a Baby' were widely noted both for their poetic qualities and their strong critiques of unjust social policies. Criticized the album after a Texas youth's defense attorney claimed he was influenced by 2Pacalypse Now and its theme of before shooting a state trooper.
Quayle said, 'There's no reason for a record like this to be released. It has no place in our society.' Shakur stated that he felt he had been misunderstood.
He said, 'I started out saying I was down for the young black male, you know, and that was gonna be my thang,' Shakur said. 'I just wanted to rap about things that affected young black males. When I said that, I didn't know that I was gonna tie myself down to just take all the blunts and hits for all the young black males, to be the media's kicking post for young black males. I just figured since I lived that life I could do that, I could rap about that.' The record was important in showcasing Shakur's political conviction and his focus on lyrical prowess.
On 's Greatest Rappers of All Time list, 2Pacalypse Now was listed as one of Shakur's 'certified classic' albums, along with,. 2Pacalypse Now went on to be certified Gold by the. It featured three singles: ', ', and '. His second studio album, was released in February 1993.
The album did better than its predecessor both critically and commercially, debuting at number 24 on the. The album contains many tracks emphasizing Shakur's political and social views, and there are noticeable differences in production from his first effort.
While 2Pacalypse Now had an indie-rap-oriented sound, Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z. Is generally considered Shakur's 'breakout' album. It spawned the hits ' and ', and reached platinum status.
On vinyl, Side A (tracks 1–8) was labeled the 'Black Side' and Side B (tracks 9–16) the 'Dark Side'. It is Shakur's tenth-biggest selling album, with 1,366,000 units moved as of 2004. 1993–95: Acting and rise to prominence. The single for ': the platinum single is among the top ranked songs in hip-hop history. In late 1993, Shakur formed the group with a number of his friends, including (Tyruss Himes), Macadoshis (Diron Rivers), his stepbrother, and the Rated R (Walter Burns). The group released their only album on September 26, 1994, which went gold.
The album featured the single 'Pour Out a Little Liquor', produced by, who went on to produce a large part of Shakur's album. The group usually performed their concerts without Shakur. The album was originally released by Shakur's label Out Da Gutta Records, though has since gained the rights to it. Among the notable tracks are 'Bury Me a G', ', 'Pour Out a Little Liquor' (which also appears on the soundtrack to the 1994 film ), 'How Long Will They Mourn Me?' And 'Str8 Ballin'. As a result of criticism of at the time, the original version of the album was scrapped and re-recorded with many of the original songs being cut. The album contains ten tracks because Interscope Records felt many of the other recorded songs were too controversial to release.
Although the original version of the album was not completed, Shakur performed the planned first single from the album, 'Out on Bail' at the 1994 Source Awards. Thug Life: Volume 1 was certified Gold. The track 'How Long Will They Mourn Me?' Later appeared on 2Pac's posthumous album.
Shakur's third album, was released in March 1995 and was very well-received, with many calling it the magnum opus of his career. It is considered one of the greatest and most influential hip-hop albums of all time.
It is Shakur's fourth-best-selling album with 3,524,567 copies sold in the United States as of 2011. Me Against the World won best rap album at the 1996 Soul Train Music Awards. ' was released as the album's first single in February 1995, along with the track 'Old School' as the. It would become the album's most successful single, topping the chart and peaking at the ninth spot on the. The single was certified platinum in July 1995, and later placed at #51 on the. The second single, ', was released in June, four months after the first single. The single would reach number six on the Hot Rap Singles chart, and number 44 on the Billboard Hot 100.
', released in August, was the third and final single from the album; it would be the least successful of the three released, but still did fairly well on the charts, reaching number 68 on the Billboard Hot 100, number 35 on the, and number 13 on the Hot Rap Singles charts. 1995–96: Final recordings. 'California Love' is perhaps Shakur's best-known and most successful song, earning the number one spot on the Billboard Hot 100 and two posthumous nominations. Was the fourth by 2Pac, recorded in October 1995 and released on February 13, 1996,.
The album is frequently recognized as one of the crowning achievements of 1990s rap music. Steve Huey of AllMusic stated that 'despite some undeniable filler, it is easily the best production 2Pac's ever had on record'. It was 5× platinum after just two months in April 1996 and 9× platinum in 1998. The album featured the number one singles ' and '. It featured five singles in all, the most of any 2Pac album. Moreover, All Eyez on Me (which was the only Death Row release to be distributed through by way of ) made history as the first double-full-length hip-hop solo studio album released for mass consumption.
It was issued on two compact discs and four LPs. Chartwise, All Eyez on Me was the second album from 2Pac to hit number one on both the Billboard 200 and the charts. It sold 566,000 copies in the first week of its release and was charted in the top 100 for one-week Soundscan sales since 1991. By the end of 1996, the album had sold 5 million copies. The album won the 1997 Soul Train R&B/Soul or Rap Album of the Year Award. Shakur also won the Award for Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Artist at the 24th Annual American Music Awards., commonly shortened to The 7 Day Theory, is Shakur's fifth and final studio album and was released under his new stage name Makaveli.
The album was completely finished in a total of seven days during the month of August 1996. The lyrics were written and recorded in three days and mixing took an additional four days. In 2005, MTV.com ranked The 7 Day Theory at #9 on their greatest hip hop albums of all-time list and, in 2006, recognized it as a classic.
The emotion and anger showcased on the album have been admired by a large part of the hip hop community. George 'Papa G' Pryce, former Head of Publicity for Death Row, claimed that ' Makaveli, which we did was sort of tongue-in-cheek and it was not really to come out and after Tupac was murdered, it did come out.
But before that, it was going to be a sort of an underground record.' The album peaked at number one on the chart and the Billboard 200. The album generated the second-highest debut-week sales total of any album that year.
It was certified 4× Platinum on June 15, 1999. Other ventures Death Row Records In October 1995, Shakur was released from prison after serving nine months of a sentence for sexual assault and formed a new group called. Shakur joined the Death Row label, under which he released the single 'California Love'. On February 13, 1996, Shakur released his fourth solo album,. This double album was the first and second of his three-album commitment to Death Row Records. It sold more than nine million copies. The record was a general departure from the introspective subject matter of Me Against the World, being more oriented toward a thug and gangsta mentality.
Shakur continued his recordings despite increasing problems at the Death Row label. Left his post as in-house producer to form his own label,. Shakur continued to produce hundreds of tracks during his time at Death Row, most of which would be released on his posthumous albums,.
He also began the process of recording an album, One Nation, with the New York-based and their label Duck Down Records. On June 4, 1996, he and Outlawz released the ', a scathing lyrical assault on and others associated with him. In the track, Shakur claimed to have had sexual intercourse with, the wife of Wallace, and attacked 's street credibility. Shakur was convinced that some members associated with Bad Boy had known about the 1994 attack on him due to their behavior that night and the information that his sources gave to him. According to a 2005 interview with, in Vibe magazine, after the attack, Shakur immediately accused Henchman, an associate of Bad Boy CEO Sean Combs, of orchestrating the attack. Shakur, therefore, aligned himself with Suge, Death Row's CEO, who was already bitter toward Combs over a 1995 incident at the Platinum Club in Atlanta, Georgia, which culminated in the death of Jake Robles, the friend and bodyguard of; Knight was adamant in voicing his suspicions about Combs' involvement. In the years following their killings, associates of both Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G.
Made comments indicating the pair, were it not for their deaths, would have reconciled. Collaborator claimed in 2015 that Shakur defended him against Suge Knight, who had insisted that the East Coast rapper could not come with him to on the grounds of the ongoing hip hop rivalry. Shakur asserted that he would not board the plane unless accompanied by Buckshot and was described by the fellow rapper as looking 'discomforted' while they recorded a song together in a studio after Shakur 'tore up the plane tickets'. During an August 15, 1996, appearance at the Brotherhood Crusade Rally, which featured several artists discussing the importance of voting, Shakur compared the sales of Death Row records to voters in the U.S. And the influence he and other artists had over an adoring fanbase.
Main article: September 1996 shooting On the night of September 7, 1996, Shakur attended the boxing match with at the in Las Vegas, Nevada. After leaving the match, one of Knight's associates spotted, an alleged gang member from, in the MGM Grand lobby. Earlier that year, Anderson and a group of Crips had robbed a member of Death Row's entourage in a store.
Knight's associate told Shakur, who attacked Anderson, assisted by his and Knight's entourage. The fight was captured on the hotel's. After the brawl, Shakur went with Knight to Death Row–owned Club 662. Shakur rode in Knight's 1996 black sedan as part of a larger convoy. East Flamingo Road and Koval Lane, where the murder happened At 11:00–11:05 p.m.
, they were halted on Las Vegas Boulevard by Metro bicycle police for playing the car stereo too loudly and not having license plates. These were found in the trunk of Knight's car and the party was released without being ticketed. At 11:15 p.m. , when they were at a stop light, a white, four-door, late-model with unknown occupants pulled up to the right side of Shakur's sedan. Someone inside rapidly fired gunshots at Shakur. He was hit four times, twice in the chest, once in the arm, and once in the thigh.
One of the bullets went into Shakur's right lung. Knight was hit in the head. Shakur's bodyguard, Frank Alexander, was not in the vehicle; he said that Shakur had asked him to drive the car of Shakur's girlfriend,. After arriving at the scene, police and paramedics took Knight and the wounded Shakur to the. According to an interview with music video director Gobi, while at the hospital, Shakur received news from a Death Row marketing employee that the shooters had called the record company and threatened Shakur. Gobi informed the Las Vegas police but said that the police claimed to be understaffed.
No attackers came. At the hospital, Shakur was heavily sedated, placed on life-support machines, and ultimately was put under a - to keep him in the bed.
While in the, on the afternoon of September 13, 1996, Shakur died from. He was pronounced dead at 4:03 p.m. The official causes of death were noted as respiratory failure and cardiopulmonary arrest in connection with multiple gunshot wounds. Shakur's body was cremated the next day. Some of his ashes were purportedly later mixed with and smoked by members of the. However, E.D.I.
Mean claimed in a 2014 interview that the ashes did not belong to Shakur. His fifth album, was released two months later, and numerous other posthumous albums followed. Aftermath In 2002, the published a two-part story by investigative reporter, titled 'Who Killed Tupac Shakur?' , based on yearlong research that reconstructed the crime and the events leading up to it.
Information gathered by the paper indicated that: 'the shooting was carried out by a Compton gang called the Southside Crips to avenge the beating of one of its members by Shakur a few hours earlier., the Crip whom Shakur had attacked, fired the fatal shots. Las Vegas police discounted Anderson as a suspect and interviewed him only once, briefly.
He was later killed in an unrelated gang shooting.' The article also reported the involvement of East Coast rapper, Shakur's rival at the time, and several New York criminals. Before they died, The Notorious B.I.G.
And Anderson denied any role in the murder. In support of their claims, Biggie's family produced computerized invoices suggesting that he was working in a New York recording studio the night of the drive-by shooting. His manager Wayne Barrow and fellow rapper (James Lloyd) made public announcements denying Biggie's role in the crime and claimed further that they were with him in the recording studio the night of the event. The called the evidence 'inconclusive', noting: The pages purport to be three computer printouts from Daddy's House, indicating that Wallace was in the studio recording a song called Nasty Boy on the afternoon Shakur was shot. They indicate that Wallace wrote half the session, was In and out/sat around and laid down a ref, shorthand for a reference vocal, the equivalent of a first take. But nothing indicates when the documents were created.
And Louis Alfred, the recording engineer listed on the sheets, said in an interview that he remembered recording the song with Wallace in a late-night session, not during the day. He could not recall the date of the session but said it was likely not the night Shakur was shot. 'We would have heard about it,' Mr. In 2011, pursuant to the, the released documents revealing its investigation of the for making death threats against Shakur and other rappers. Since his death, Tupac has become an international, a symbol on the level of or, whose life has inspired Tupacistas on the streets of, memorial murals in and, and bandanna-wearing youth gangs in.
Vinyl Ain't Final: Hip Hop and the Globalization of Black Popular Culture Shakur is held in high esteem by other: In the book, (Philip Martin) notes that Shakur 'mastered every element, every aspect' of rapping and (Fred Scruggs) of says Shakur 'was a master of the flow.' 'Every rapper who grew up in the Nineties owes something to Tupac,' wrote (Curtis Jackson). 'He didn't sound like anyone who came before him.' , for their part, named Shakur the most influential rapper ever.
Writes that 'the slaying of Tupac Shakur silenced one of modern music's most eloquent voices—a ghetto poet whose tales of urban alienation captivated young people of all races and backgrounds. The 25-year-old Shakur had helped elevate rap from a crude street fad to a complex art form, setting the stage for the current global hip-hop phenomenon'. To preserve Shakur's legacy, his mother founded the Shakur Family Foundation (later renamed the Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation or TASF) in 1997. The TASF's stated mission is to 'provide training and support for students who aspire to enhance their creative talents.' The TASF sponsors essay contests, charity events, a day camp for teenagers and undergraduate scholarships.
The Foundation officially opened the (TASCA) in, Georgia, on June 11, 2005. On November 14, 2003, a documentary about Shakur entitled was released under the supervision of his mother and narrated entirely in his voice. It was nominated for at the. Proceeds will go to a charity set up by Shakur's mother Afeni. On April 17, 2003, co-sponsored an academic symposium entitled 'All Eyez on Me: Tupac Shakur and the Search for the Modern Folk Hero'. The speakers discussed a wide range of topics dealing with Shakur's impact on everything from entertainment to sociology. (TO), Many of the speakers discussed Shakur's status and public persona, including English professor who gave the talk 'Thug Nigga Intellectual: Tupac as Celebrity Gramscian' in which he argued that Shakur was an example of the 'organic intellectual' expressing the concerns of a larger group.
Professor Neal has also indicated in his writings that the death of Shakur has left a 'leadership void amongst hip-hop artists.' Neal further describes him as a 'walking contradiction', a status that allowed him to 'make being an intellectual accessible to ordinary people.' Professor of Communications Murray Forman, of, spoke of the status about Shakur's life and death. He addressed the and mythology surrounding Shakur's death in his talk entitled 'Tupac Shakur: O.G.
(Ostensibly Gone)'. Among his findings were that Shakur's fans have 'succeeded in resurrecting Tupac as an ethereal life force.' In 'From Thug Life to Legend: Realization of a Black Folk Hero', Professor of Music at Northeastern University, Emmett Price, compared Shakur's public image to that of the trickster figures of African-American folklore which gave rise to the urban 'bad-man' persona of the post-slavery period. He ultimately described Shakur as a 'prolific artist' who was 'driven by a terrible sense of urgency' in a quest to 'unify mind, body, and spirit'.
In Holler If You Hear Me: Searching for Tupac Shakur, Michael Eric Dyson indicated that Shakur 'spoke with brilliance and insight as someone who bears witness to the pain of those who would never have his platform. He told the truth, even as he struggled with the fragments of his identity.'
At one Harvard Conference the theme was Shakur's impact on entertainment, politics and the 'hero/martyr'. In late 1997, the offered a student-led course entitled 'History 98: Poetry and History of Tupac Shakur.' In late 2003, the line was launched by Afeni. In 2005, Death Row released. The DVD was the final recorded performance of Shakur's career, which took place on July 4, 1996, and features a large number of Death Row artists.
In August 2006, was released. The interactive biography was written. It features unseen family photographs, intimate stories, and over 20 removable reproductions of his handwritten song lyrics, contracts, scripts, poetry, and other personal papers.
Shakur's sixth posthumous studio album, was released on November 21, 2006. It commemorates the 10th anniversary of Shakur's death. He was still considered one of the most popular artists in the music industry as of 2006. According to, in 2008 Shakur's estate made $15 million.
In 2002, they recognized him as a 'Top-Earning Dead Celebrity', coming in at number ten on their list. Placed 2Pac at #1 on their 'The Most Influential Rappers of All Time' list. They then went on to say 'his confounding mixture of ladies' man, thug, revolutionary and poet has forever altered our perception of what a rapper should look like, sound like and act like. In, newcomers like and even his friend-turned-rival Biggie, it's easy to see that Pac is the most copied MC of all time. There are murals bearing his likeness in New York, Brazil, Sierra Leone, Bulgaria and countless other places; he even has statues in Atlanta and Germany. Quite simply, no other rapper has captured the world's attention the way Tupac did and still does.' On April 15, 2012, a ' of Shakur (technically a 2-D video projection) performed his songs 'Hail Mary' and '2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted' with Snoop Dogg at the.
The effect was created using an optical illusion called. The video footage was created by visual effects company.
Dre and Snoop Dogg were in talks of a possible tour involving the two rappers and the projection version of Shakur, which was later turned down by Dr. Tupac's 1998 Greatest Hits album returned to the Billboard 200 the following week for the first time since 2000, reaching No. 129 with 4,000 copies sold according to Nielsen SoundScan (a gain of 571% over the previous week).
The MC's other albums also saw gains, including (2,000; up 95%) and (1,000; up 53%). His singles also saw a boost in sales. His biggest seller of the week was 'Hail Mary'—the song his projection opened with at Coachella. His second biggest seller was his No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 hit ' (featuring Dr.
Dre and Roger Troutman), shifting 11,000 downloads (119% increase). His third best-seller was the second Tupac song that was performed at Coachella – ' (with Snoop). It sold 9,000 (up 881%).
Holler If Ya Hear Me (2014), was a Broadway play based on the lyrics of Tupac. The production lasted 6 weeks before it folded due to being one of Broadway's worst-selling musicals in recent years. It was announced in January 2015 the following month would see an exhibit dedicated to Shakur opened at the. Executive director Robert Santelli praised Shakur as 'one of the most original and important of all hip hop artists', adding that his writings were 'both powerful and provocative'. During a panel for the exhibit, attended by his mother Afeni, cousins and various members of his extended family, rapper said that he was inspired by Shakur to return to school and that Shakur was like a 'father figure' to some. Main article: played Shakur in the biopic, which started filming in in December 2015. Music video director helmed All Eyez on Me, which had been hamstrung by production problems.
With distribution from Morgan Creek Productions, the film had been in development since 2013, with producers Randall Emmett and George Furla having sued Morgan Creek for $10 million, claiming breach-of-contract after the production company allegedly picked a lead, and set a budget and a production schedule without their approval. Morgan Creek also sued Afeni Shakur for the music rights for the film.
Multiple directors were involved with the film before Boom, including. The film was released on June 16, 2017, which would have been Shakur's 46th birthday. It received negative reviews.
Awards and honors In 2003, MTV's '22 Greatest MCs' countdown listed Shakur as the 'Number 1 MC', as voted by the viewers. In 2004, at the Shakur was honored along with, Public Enemy,. A poll in 2004 rated Shakur 'the greatest rapper of all time' as voted by fans. Editors of ranked him No.
5 on their list of the Top 50 MCs of Our Time (1987–2007). In 2012, The Source ranked him No. 5 on their list of the top 50 hip-hop lyricists of all time. In a 2005 magazine vote, Shakur was named No. 86 of the '100 Immortal Artists of All Time' behind,.
MTV ranked him at No. 2 on their list of The Greatest MCs of All Time. Shakur was inducted into the Hip-Hop Hall of Fame in 2002. Ranked him 69th on the VH1 100 Greatest Artists of All-Time. At the First Annual Turks & Caicos International Film Festival held on Tuesday, October 17, 2006, Shakur was honored for his undeniable voice and talent and as a performer who crossed racial, ethnic, cultural and medium lines; his mother accepted the award on his behalf. In 2008, The National Association Of Recording Merchandisers in conjunction with the recognized him as a very influential artist and has added him in their Definitive 200 list.
On June 23, 2010, Shakur was inducted to the Library of Congress's. The seat of the Catholic Church released a list of 12 songs onto the social networking Web site's streaming music service. Among the artists included are, and; the list also includes Shakur's song ', which was released two years after his shooting death on a in 1998. His double album, is one of the highest-selling rap albums of all time, with over 5 million copies of the album sold in the United States alone by April 1996; it was eventually certified 9x platinum in June 1998 by the RIAA.
In July 2014 it was recertified 10x platinum. Shakur's hit song ' is one of 25 songs that were added to the in 2010. The Library of Congress has called 'a moving and eloquent homage to both the murdered rapper's own mother and all mothers struggling to maintain a family in the face of addiction, poverty, and societal indifference.' The honor came seven days after what would have been Shakur's 39th birthday. Shakur is the third rapper to enter the library, outside of the copyright office, behind.
In 2016, Shakur was nominated for induction into the in his first year of eligibility, when on December 20, 2016, it was announced that he and 5 others would be inducted into the Hall on April 7, 2017. At the ceremony, Shakur was inducted by his friend and fellow hip hop artist Snoop Dogg, who shared several stories about their time together and of the time Shakur spent in the hospital before his death. Main articles: and Studio albums. (1991). (1993). (1995).
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