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2pac's Legacy Lives on

Selling more than 75 million recordsalso opened him up to charges of
world-wide in his all-too-short career,exploitation. Signing with Death Row
the legend that is Tupac ShakurRecords in late 1995, 2Pac released the
continues to live on today. 2Pac becamedouble-album All Eyez on Me in the
the unlikely martyr of gangsta rap whenspring of 1996, and the record, as well
he died on September 13, 2006, six daysas its hit single "California Love,"
after being shot during a drive-byconfirmed his superstar status.
shooting.Although Shakur was selling records and
2pac's young life and career began inearning praise for his music and acting,
relatively normal fashion. He did wellhe began having serious altercations
in school, stayed out of trouble and waswith the law (prior to becoming a
interested in acting, music andrecording artist, he had no police
entertainment. Before he could graduaterecord). He was arrested in 1992 after
from high school, Shakur's family movedhe was involved in a fight that
to Marin City, CA, when he was 17 yearsculminated with a stray bullet killing a
old. Over the next few years, 2pac livedsix-year-old bystander; the charges were
on the streets and began hustling.later dismissed. 2Pac was filming Menace
Eventually, he met Shock-G, the leaderII Society in the summer of 1993 when he
of Digital Underground. Theassaulted director Allen Hughes; he was
Oakland-based crew decided to hire himsentenced to 15 days in jail in early
as a dancer and roadie, and as he toured1994.
with the group, he worked on his own2pac was shot just after seeing the Mike
material.Tyson-Bruce Seldon fight at the MGM
At the onset of his career, it didn'tGrand. As he was leaving the hotel,
appear that he would emerge as one of2Pac got into a fight with an unnamed
the definitive rappers of the '90s -- heyoung black man. It has been suggested
started out as a second-string rapperthat this was the cause of the drive-by
and dancer for Digital Underground,shooting, and it has also been suggested
joining only after they had alreadythat Knight's ties to the mob and to
landed their biggest hit. 2Pac made hisgangs were the reason; another theory is
first recorded appearance on the group'sthat the Notorious B.I.G. arranged the
spring 1991 record, This Is an EPshooting as retaliation for 2Pac's
Release, and he also appeared on theircomments that he slept with Biggie's
second album, Sons of the P. Thewife, Faith Evans. Either way, Shakur
following year, he released his ownwas shot four times and was admitted to
debut, 2Pacalypse Now. The album becameUniversity of Nevada Medical Center. He
a word-of-mouth hit, as "Brenda's Got adied six days later.
Baby" reached the R&B Top 30 and theThe music of 2pac continues to live on
record went gold.today. He is remembered as a true
His escalating outlaw reputation helpedinnovator, who would stop at nothing to
his 1995 album Me Against the Worldget his views heard and his message
enter the charts at number one, and itacross.



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