2Pac, also known as Makaveli, and of course Tupac Shakur, lives in hip-hop lore with a legacy of powerful albums that shaped the genre and enhanced perspective on both personal storytelling and ...

Tupac Shakur was born in Harlem in 1971 to two members of the Black Panther Party. Taking the name MC New York when he first began rapping, Shakur spent a few of his formative years in Baltimore, and ...

In a recording career that spanned barely five years, 2Pac released four solo albums that made him an icon of the burgeoning West Coast rap scene, topping the charts in a blur of controversies, court ...