Tupac Amaru Shakur (June 16, 1971 East Harlem, Manhattan,– September 13, 1996 las vegas), known by his stage names 2Pac (or simply Pac) and Makaveli, was an American rapper, songwriter, actor, record producer, poet, screenwriter, activist . He has sold 75 million albums to date and is one of the best-selling music artists in the world.[1] In addition to his status as a top-selling recording artist, Shakur was a promising actor and a social activist. Most of Shakur's songs are about growing up amid violence and hardship in ghettos, racism, problems in society and conflicts with other rappers. Shakur's work is known for advocating egalitarianism. Shakur was initially a roadie and backup dancer for the alternative hip hop group Digital Underground
Shakur became the target of lawsuits and experienced other legal problems. He was later shot five times and robbed in the lobby of a recording studio in New York City. Following the event, Shakur grew suspicious that other figures in the rap industry had prior knowledge of the incident and did not warn him; the controversy helped spark the East Coast-West Coast hip hop rivalry
On the night of September 7, 1996, Shakur was shot four times in a drive-by shooting in the Las Vegas metropolitan area in nevada after mike tyson boxing match. He died six days later of respiratory failure and cardiac arrest and Shakur's body was cremated. Some of his ashes were later mixed with marijuana and smoked by members of