Хип-хоп исполнитель, продюсер и актёр из Гарлема, Нью-Йорк. Является одним из величайших и наиболее влиятельных хип-хоп исполнителей в истории. По состоянию на 2007 год, Шакур продал более 75 миллионов записей по всему миру. Его двойной студийный альбом, All Eyez on Me, а также сборник хитов входят в список самых продаваемых альбомов в США. Журнал Rolling Stone поместил Шакура на 86 позицию в списке The 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. Шакур оказал колоссальное влияние на множество хип-хоп исполнителей, включая Eminem, Snoop Dogg, Nas, Wiz Khalifa, Lil Wayne, Drake, Kendrick Lamar, 50 Cent, The Game, ASAP Rocky и многих других.
“They gon’ feel all eleven months of what I went through in this album. I’m gonna hit ‘em with nothing but trouble, but good trouble.”
-Tupac
All Eyez on Me was released on this day in 1996. What is your favorite song on the album?
All Eyez on Me is officially being recognized as one of this year’s GRAMMY Hall of Fame inducted recordings. Thank you to the @recordingacademy and to the @grammymuseum for this incredible honor!
Link in bio for tickets to the Grammy Gala celebration.
On this day, 34 years ago, Tupac starred as “Bishop” in the film Juice.
“The storyline is like this… four young Black males tight like glue now. We want to see what happens when these four Black males try to grow up and we all go in different directions. It deals with a lot of fear, peer pressure. It deals with a lot of young Black males being trapped in today’s society and the kind of reactionary things that we do to get out of it.”
-Tupac (during the promotional tour for Juice)
There’s no need for you to fear me
If you take your time to hear me…
…maybe you can learn to cheer me.
It ain’t about Black or White… ‘cause we human.
I hope we see the light before it’s ruined.
My ghetto gospel.
-2Pac