Tupac Amaru Shakur
, real name Lesane Parish Crooks (June_16, 1971 - September_13, 1996) was an influential, best-selling rap artist. Some of his handles included 2Pac, Pac, and Makaveli. He was fatally shot in Las_Vegas,_Nevada on September_7, 1996 after attending a boxing match and died in hospital a week later. Earlier acts of violence have said to have been spurred by antagonism between him and other East Coast rappers (namely Notorious_B.I.G.), bred by gangsta_rap. The Las Vegas Metro Police and Compton police, although they never officially solved the case, concluded that Shakur was shot by Southside Crips after the Tyson fight. Hours before, Tupac had been involved in a confrontation between the Death Row entourage and a Southside Crip by the name of Orlando Anderson in the lobby of the MGM after the Tyson-Seldon fight. . A previous assassination attempt led Shakur to seek protection, and Shakur employed bodyguards after getting out of jail in October, 1995. At the time of his death, Shakur was also building on his acting career. John_Singleton wrote the film ''Baby_Boy'' with Shakur in mind for the leading role, but Shakur died before it was made. It was eventually filmed with Tyrese_Gibson in his place, and released in 2001, five years after Shakur's death. From 1991-1996, Shakur acted in 7 films, including the critically acclaimed Juice, Poetic Justice with Janet_Jackson, and Gridlock'd with Tim_Roth. Shakur even wrote a play while in jail. Shakur's mother was Afeni_Shakur, an early member of the Black_Panther_Party and victim of the United States' Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation COINTELPRO against the Black Liberation movement. Much of Tupac's upbringing revolved around the Black Panther philosophy. On '', was released.Discography
#''2Pacalypse_Now'' (1991) #''Strictly_4_My_N.I.G.G.A.Z'' (1993) #'''' (1994) #''Me_Against_the_World'' (1995) #''All_Eyez_on_Me'' (1996) #'''' (1996) #''R_U_Still_Down??'' (1997) #''2Pac's_Greatest_Hits'' (1998) #''Still_I_Rise'' (1999) #''The_Rose_that_Grew_from_Concrete'' (2000) #''Until_the_End_of_Time'' (2001) #''Better_Dayz'' (2002) #''Tupac_Resurrection'' (2003)See also
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