Tupac Shakur is not just one of the most important rappers in hip-hop history. He is one of the most studied, quoted, debated, and emotionally powerful artists American music has ever produced. Born Tupac Amaru Shakur on June 16, 1971, and killed on September 13, 1996, Tupac lived only 25 years, but his career left a cultural footprint that still feels larger than most artists who recorded for decades. He was a rapper, actor, poet, activist, son of the Black radical tradition, West Coast icon, Death Row superstar, and one…
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