10 Things You Should Know About Tupac Shakur
Today would have marked Tupac Shakur’s 48th birthday however we lost him at a very young age of 25 years! As saddening as it is, we want to look at his life for what he was and did while he was with us and in fact even when he wasn’t. Here are the 10 things you should know about Tupac Shakur you might have not known.
1. The rapper was the last leader of the Peru’s Incan empire. His names come from the Arabic language, Tupuc translates to ‘Shining Serpent’ and Shakur to ‘Thankful’. (Photo by Steve Granitz Archive/WireImage)
2. Rapper and actor 2Pac feels like as if he was ‘a tragic hero in a Shakespeare’s play’. Almost true, considering his life’s journey. A boy coming from a poor background to being a star and dying violently yet being famous. (Photo By Raymond Boyd/Getty Images)
3. Tupac is immortalized in wax at Madame Tussauds. The artists researched hours of videos of the rapper to gain an idea of his physique. They even painted his tattoos by hand. (Photo by Al Pereira/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
4. 2Pac returned to us digitally via a hologram in 2012 at Coachella Music Festival even though he died in 1996. (Photo by Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)
5. Before Tupac Shakur became 2Pac, he was a backup dancer and MC in a hip-hop group called Underground.(Photo by Al Pereira/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
6. Tupac Shakur has ‘Thug Life’ inked across his stomach which is the hip-hop group name he was part of. The band included Syke Stretch, Mopreme Shakur, The Rated R, Macadoshis and Kato. (Photo By Raymond Boyd/Getty Images)
7. Tupac’s debut album ‘2Pacalypse Now’ was one of his most political work. “There’s no reason for a record like this to be released. It has no place in our society.” criticized the US Vice President Dan Quayle. (Photo by Al Pereira/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
8. Well, here’s an interesting fact. Tupac’s mother smoked his ashes, yes! She mixed it with another substance and consumed it. However, it was learned later that the ashes did not belong to 2Pac. (Photo by Gramercy Pictures/Getty Images)
9. Tupac Shakur has not vanished after his death. Five more albums have been released since, all of which have been certified Platinum. (Photo by Time Life Pictures/DMI/The LIFE Picture Collection via Getty Images)
10. Tupac Shakur is one of the best-selling music artists of all time having sold over 75 million records worldwide. (Photo By Raymond Boyd/Getty Images)
By : Aatira Kakroo
