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 ...

The post Classic Album Review: 2Pac Ascended to Icon with Me Against the World appeared first on Consequence of Sound. On November 18th, 1993, 2Pac was accused of rape, a charge he vehemently denied.

The album has been praised as 2Pac’s best and most poignant album. It also broke major records for 2Pac as an artist and for the hip hop industry overall. ‘Me Against The Wolrd’ featured 2Pac’s first ...

Imagine creating a work of art -- something that will truly stand the test the time -- but not being able to present your masterpiece to the public once it debuted. That is what Tupac Shakur faced ...

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Over the course of a professional rap career that stretched just five years before his tragic death in 1996, Tupac Shakur unloaded a wide range of material that kept him unattached to any rap ...

R&B superstar R Kellly has recently claimed that Jay-Z was not the original choice for the “Best of Both Worlds” collaboration album and that the late Tupac Shakur was. In an interview with XXL ...

On this day in 1991, one of Hip-Hop’s brightest stars, Tupac Shakur, released his first studio album 2Pacalypse Now. Although it didn’t take the Billboard charts by storm upon its original release, it ...

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 ...

Tupac Shakur is widely revered as a legend and an icon. In less than five years, the thoughtful-yet-volatile rapper became a flashpoint for rage and awareness, in equal measure. With Shakur's ...