comment or rate Tupac Amaru Shakur was an American rapper. In addition to...(More)

comment or rate Tupac Amaru Shakur was an American rapper. In addition to his status as a top-selling recording artist, Shakur was a successful film actor and a prominent social activist. He is recognized in the Guinness Book of World Records as the highest-selling rap artist, with over 75,000,000 albums sold worldwide. 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 political, economic, social and racial equality, as well as his raw descriptions of violence, drug and alcohol abuse and conflicts with the law. Many fans, critics, and industry insiders rank him as one of the greatest rappers ever. On September 7, 1996, Shakur was shot four times in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas, Nevada, and died six days later of respiratory failure and cardiac arrest at the University Medical Center. Discography: 1991: 2Pacalypse Now 1993: Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z. 1993: Poetic Justice 1994: Thug Life 1994: Above the Rim 1995: Me Against the World 1996: All Eyez on Me 1996: The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory 1997: Gridlock'd 1997: Gang Related 1997: R U Still Down? (Remember Me) 1998: Greatest Hits 1999: Still I Rise 2000: The Rose That Grew from Concrete 2001: Until the End of Time 2002: Better Dayz 2003: Resurrection 2003: The Prophet: The Best Of The Works 2003: Nu-Mixx Klazzics 2004: Live 2004: Loyal to the Game 2005: Ready 2 Die 2005: The Rose, Vol. 2 2005: Live at the House of Blues 2006: Pac's Life 2006: Beginnings: The Lost Tapes 1988-1991 2006: Nu-Mixx Klazzics Vol. 2 2006: The Way He Wanted It Vol. 1 2006: The Way He Wanted It Vol. 2 2007: The Way He Wanted It Vol. 3 2007: Best of 2Pac Part 1: Thug 2007: Best of 2Pac Part 2: Life 2008: The Seventh Posthumous Studio Album? Movies 1991: Nothing But Trouble 1992: Juice 1993: Poetic Justice 1994: Above the Rim 1996: Bullet 1997: Gridlock'd 1997: Gang Related 2008: Live 2 Tell Documentaries: 1997: Thug Immortal 1997: Words Never Die 2001: Before I Wake... 2001: Welcome to Deathrow 2002: Thug Angel 2002: Biggie & Tupac 2002: Tha Westside 2003: 2Pac 4 Ever 2003: Resurrection 2004: VS 2004: The Hip Hop Genius 2006: So Many Years, So Many Tears 2007: Assassination(Less)