How did Tupac change or effect hip hop, and education and how did he expand the archival imagination? Tupac Shakur was an American rapper. Tupac affected the hip hop business, changed the lives of many, and it is still an unsolved mystery of who shot Tupac in drive-by shooting. Who was Tupac Shakur and what was he known for? Tupac Shakur was an American rapper and actor who came to embody the 1990’s gangsta-rap aesthetic and in death became an icon symbolizing noble struggle. HIs skill in doing so made him a spokesperson not just for his own generation but for subsequent ones who continue to face the same struggle for equality. When was Tupac born? Tupac was born in Harlem, New York, on June 16, 1971. Was Tupac married? Tupac was not married and had no kids. …show more content…
Tupac was born as Lesane Parish Crooks. After joining the black panther party, his mother changed his first name to Tupac Amaru, after an 18th-century Peruvian revolutionary who was killed by the spanish. He then took his surname from his sisters Sekiya’s father, another panther called Mutulu Shakur.
What was one of Tupac’s challenges? In life, his biggest battle was sometimes with himself.
What was Tupac’s accomplishments in the music industry? He has sold 75 billion albums to date, making him one of the top-selling artists of all time. The Rolling Stone Magazine named Tupac the 86th greatest artist of all time. Tupac became the first artist ever to have an album at a number one on the billboard 200 while serving a prison sentence. Hip-hop legend Tupac Shakur was embroiled in a feud between East coast and West coast rappers and was murdered on a drive by shooting in 1996, leaving behind and influential musical legacy at age 25. A sensitive, precociously talented and troubled-soul, Tupac was gunned down in Los, Vegas on September 7th, 1996 and died six days