Tupac Shakur

Birth Name:

Tupac Amaru Shakur

Birth Place:

New York, New York, United States

Profession

Soundtrack, Actor, Music department

He was inducted into the Library of Congress's National Recording Registry in 2010
In 2002, he was inducted into the Hip-Hop Hall of Fame
On September 7, 1996, he was involved in a drive-by shooting that led to his death six days later
He began his career with hip hop group Digital Underground as a backup dancer
As a child, he enjoyed Shakespeare's work and dreamt of becoming a Shakespearean actor
At the Coachella music festival in 2012, Digital Domain created a virtual projection of him that performed two of his hit songs
He was named after 18th-century South American revolutionary Tupac Amaru

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