Birth of Tupac Shakur

Tupac Shakur was born on 16 June 1971 in East Harlem. An American rapper and actor, Shakur was born in New York and moved to California as a teenager, where he became one of the best-known figures in hip-hop. His debut album 2Pacalypse Now in 1991 addressed poverty, police brutality and racial injustice, and later albums such as Me Against the World and All Eyez on Me brought him huge commercial success, with songs including Dear Mama and California Love. He also acted in films including Juice and Poetic Justice. In September 1996 he was shot in a drive-by in Las Vegas and died six days later. The crime remained unsolved for decades, until a suspect was charged in 2023.

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