Informative Essay On Tupac Shakur's Life

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Tupac Shakur Hip-hop legend Tupac Shakur was embroiled in a feud between East Coast and West Coast rappers and was murdered in a drive-by shooting in 1996, leaving behind an influential musical legacy at the age of 25. Tupac sold 75 million albums to date, making him one of the top-selling artist.Tupac was gunned down in Las Vegas September 7th, 1996 and died six days after,On March 9, 1997, six months after Tupac died, Biggie Smalls was killed in a drive-by shooting in Los Angeles; his murder has never been solved, either. In September 2017, Suge Knight hinted that Tupac might be alive in an interview. "When I left that hospital me and 'Pac was laughing and joking. His murder never been founded. Las Vegas Metro Police homicide Sgt. Kevin Manning, who headed the investigation, told Las Vegas Sun investigative reporter Cathy Scott that Shakur's murder "may never be solved". …show more content…

It did not yield any hits, it sold a respectable 500,000 copies. As of September 2017, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) listed Tupac as the 44th top-selling artist of all time by album sales and streaming figures.upac’s second album, Strictly 4 My Niggaz, dropped in February 1993. It continued in the same socially conscious vein as his

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