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Tupac Amaru Shakur (also known as 2Pac, Pac, Makaveli) whose birth name is Lesane Parish Crooks was born on 16th June, 1971, Tupac was known by his stage names Makaveli and Pac, he was an American rapper. Shakur had sold around 75 million albums globally as of the year 2007, which made him one among the best selling music artists in the globe. In US alone he has sold 37.5 million records.Rolling Stone Magazine named him as the 86th Greatest Artist of All Time.

He was also an actor.The themes of most of Tupac Shakur’s songs are the hardship and violence in the inner cities, conflicts, racism and other social problems with other rappers during the East Coast — West Coast hip hop rivalry. Tupac began his career as a backup dancer and roadie for the alternative hip hop group named Digital Underground.

Tupac Amaru Shakur was born on the East Harlem section of Manhattan in New York City.Tupac was named after Túpac Amaru II, a Peruvian revolutionary person who led an indigenous uprising against the Spain and was subsequently executed.

Shakur’s mother, Mrs. Afeni Shakur, and his father, Mr. Billy Garland, were active members of the Black Panther Party in the New York in the late 1960′s and during the early 1970′s, he was born just 1 month after Afeni Shakur’s acquittal on more than 150 charges of “Conspiracy against the United States government and New York landmarks” in the New York Panther 21 court case.

On September 7, 1996, Shakur was shot 4 times in the metropolitan area of Nevada in Las Vegas and he was taken to the University Medical Center there, where he died 6 days later due to cardiac arrest and respiratory failure.