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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rapper Tupac Shakur holds a notebook as he waits in line to pass through the metal detectors at New York State Supreme Court in ...

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, ...

Sometimes hip-hop history is made by accident. One minute you are recording verses with friends, the next your voice is ...

Tupac Shakur's earliest demo tape and handwritten lyrics from his Born Busy days are now up for auction thanks to longtime friend and collaborator Ge-ology.

At the end of the 20th century, hip-hop was booming, but the mood was dour. Two of the greatest rappers of all time—2Pac and The Notorious B.I.G.—had recently been violently killed. Artists were ...

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 ...

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. Sometimes, it’s hard to believe that it’s not 1995 anymore. Back then I ...