The aforementioned gangster persona may have initially started out as an act, but over time, 2Pac not only embraced it but the sobering reality that accompanies such an inherently volatile life-including the way it all too often comes to a sudden end.īased on what fellow rapper Smooth B had to say while discussing his relationship with Shakur in a recent interview with Art of Dialogue, 2Pac had seemingly come to terms with the fact that his time on the planet was fairly limited in the years leading up to his death. The rapper who used the “Thug Life” mentality as the foundation for his image previously had a brush with death when he was shot five times during a visit to New York City’s Quad Studios in 1994 (in what was, depending on who you ask, a robbery gone wrong or a hit that Biggie may have had a hand in organizing), and his lyrics were filled with allusions and overt references to the fate he eventually befell on that fateful night in Sin City. was gunned down in Los Angeles six months after his longtime rival was murdered in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas. The death of Tupac Shakur marked the beginning of the end of an era defined by the divide between rappers on the East and West Coast-one that would all but conclude when the Notorious B.I.G. Fellow MC Smooth B revealed 2Pac predicted he wouldn’t live past the age of 25 a couple of years before the prophecy was realized.The themes of most of Tupacs songs are the violence and hardship in inner cities, racism, other social problems, and conflicts with other rappers during the East Coast West Coast hip hop rivalry. In addition to his career as a rap artist, he was also an actor. Tupac Shakur’s death may have shocked the world, but it appears the rapper knew it was only a matter of time until he passed away Rolling Stone Magazine named him the 86th Greatest Artist of All Time.
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