He released his first album 2Pacalypse Now in 1991, followed by starring roles in the films Juice and Poetic Justice. His second album contained the player anthem 'I Get Around' and the ode to struggling sisters 'Keep Your Head Up.' In addition to his rising celebrity status, Tupac also saw numerous run-ins with both sides of the law.

Tupac's murder remains unsolved.Greatest Hits is a posthumous double-disc greatest hits album by American rapper 2Pac. Changes earned 2Pac the first and only posthumous Grammy Award. Me Against The World (1995) debuted at No.

By: Sheldon Pearce.Later, as a high-school student, he led rallies for AIDS awareness and spoke out against violence in inner-city neighborhoods.At 19, he released his debut album, the politically and socially charged “2Pacalypse Now,” and by 21, he had formed a group called Underground Railroad dedicated to helping disenfranchised youths get off the streets and interested in music.Then, at 25, on Sept. The song makes references to the war on drugs, the treatment of black people by the police at the time, racism (explicitly the reconciliation between the black and white races in America), the perpetuation of poverty and its accompanying vicious-cycle value system in urban African American culture, and the difficulties of life in the ghetto.While in elementary school, Tupac Shakur organized a boycott to support a teacher who was fired because of the school’s financial issues.An excerpt from the new oral history Changes in which the late rappers friends, colleagues, and admirers imagine what could have been. Changes' is a hip hop song by 2Pac featuring Talent. Numerous theories continue to surround his murder some blame Bad Boy, others think Suge set him up, while legions of believers think he is still alive.

Today, he could have been a husband and a father.What is perhaps most interesting, is how seamlessly Tupac would fit into the current climates of both pop culture and politics. At the time of his murder, which remains unsolved, he was engaged to the daughter of famed producer Quincy Jones and the sister of actress Rashida Jones, Kidada Jones. A legend that — like most — was taken too soon.Now, 20 years after his death, it is hard not to wonder what he could have been. 13.Tupac Shakur was known as many things in his short life — a poet, a rapper, a producer, an actor, an activist, 2Pac, Makaveli.

He had his feuds, his legal run-ins and he offended his fair share of the public.In 1991, he received $43,000 after winning a civil suit against the Oakland Police Department following his allegations that police beat him for jaywalking. He inspired women with songs like “Keep Ya Head Up,” and provided commentary on society at large in “Changes.”But despite presenting himself as an observer, Tupac was not without personal controversy. Tupac was able to articulate hardship through music in a way that was uniquely his own. His words — at times gently, at others aggressively — illustrated stories as well as any great artist could.Listeners could feel Brenda’s pain as she struggled to raise her child in “Brenda’s Got a Baby” and the sense of hopelessness the narrator felt in “Trapped” in 1991. His songs and poetry shared a snapshot of the harsh realities of the inner-city neighborhoods that surrounded his youth.

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