2pac

Tupac Amaru Shakur (/tuːpɑːk ˈəmɑːruː ʃəkʊər/ TWO-pahk ə-MAH-roo shə-KORE; June 16, 1971 - September 13, 1996), also known by his stage names 2Pac and Makaveli, was an American rapper and actor. He is regarded as one of the most influential rappers of all time, and has released four studio albums in his lifetime. His music includes themes of police brutality, teenage pregnancy, poverty, and systemic oppression. Along with music, his breakthrough role in acting was Juice (1992), where he portrayed Roland Bishop, a volatile and violent young man who spirals down into a path of self-destruction. His performance has been praised in retrospective reviews.

Early life

Tupac Shakur was born Lesane Parish Crooks on June 16, 1971, in Upper Manhattan, New York City. His mother renamed him Tupac Amaru Shakur—after the descendant of the last Incan ruler, Túpac Amaru II—at age one. His parents Afeni Shakur and Billy Garland split when he was young, causing him to be raised by his mother. Afeni was an activist and a member of the Black Panther Party. She explained the meaning behind Tupac's name, "I wanted him to have the name of revolutionary, Indigenous people in the world. I wanted him to know he was part of a world culture and not just from a neighborhood."[1]

Discography

Main article: Discography

Filmography

Main article: Filmography


Awards and nominations

Main article: List of awards and nominations


References

  1. ↑ Walker, Chuck (Feburary 26, 2014). "Tupac Shakur and Tupac Amaru".
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2Pac
Albums
Studio
Posthumous
Live
Compilation
  • Greatest Hits
  • The Rose That Grew from Concrete
  • The Prophet: The Best of the Works
  • The Rose, Vol. 2
  • The Prophet Returns
  • Beginnings: The Lost Tapes 1988-1991
  • Best of 2Pac, Part 1: Thug
  • Best of 2Pac, Part 2: Life
Mixtapes
  • Nu-Mixx Klazzics
  • Nu-Mixx Klazzics Vol. 2
Filmography
  • Nothing but Trouble
  • Juice
  • Poetic Justice
  • A Different World
  • In Living Color
  • Above the Rim
  • Murder Was the Case: The Movie
  • Saturday Night Special
  • Saturday Night Live
  • Bullet
  • Gridlock'd
  • Gang Related
  • Baby Boy
  • Tupac: Resurrection
  • Notorious
  • Straight Outta Compton
  • All Eyez on Me
  • Unsolved
  • Dear Mama
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2Pac songs
Studio albums
2Pacalypse Now
Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z...
Me Against the World
  • "Intro"
  • "If I Die 2Nite"
  • "Me Against the World"
  • "So Many Tears"
  • "Temptations"
  • "Young N-ggaz"
  • "Heavy in the Game"
  • "Lord Knows"
  • "Dear Mama"
  • "It Ain't Easy"
  • "Can U Get Away"
  • "Old School"
  • "Fuck the World"
  • "Death Around the Corner"
  • "Outlaw"
All Eyez on Me
  • "Ambitionz Az a Ridah"
  • "All Bout U"
  • "Skandalouz"
  • "Got My Mind Made Up"
  • "How Do U Want It"
  • "2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted"
  • "No More Pain"
  • "Heartz of Men"
  • "Life Goes On"
  • "Only God Can Judge Me"
  • "Tradin' War Stories"
  • "California Love"
  • "I Ain't Mad at Cha"
  • "What'z Ya Phone #"
  • "Can't C Me"
  • "Shorty Wanna Be a Thug"
  • "Holla at Me"
  • "Wonda Why They Call U Bitch"
  • "When We Ride"
  • "Thug Passion"
  • "Picture Me Rollin'"
  • "Check Out Time"
  • "Ratha Be Ya N-gga"
  • "All Eyez on Me"
  • "Run tha Streetz"
  • "Ain't Hard 2 Find"
  • "Heaven Ain't Hard 2 Find"
The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory
R U Still Down? (Remember Me)
  • "Redemption"
  • "Open Fire"
  • "R U Still Down? (Remember Me)"
  • "Hellrazor"
  • "Thug Style"
  • "Where Do We Go from Here (Interlude)"
  • "I Wonder If Heaven Got a Ghetto"
  • "Nothing to Lose"
  • "I'm Gettin' Money"
  • "Lie to Kick It"
  • "Fuck All Y'all"
  • "Let Them Thangs Go"
  • "Definition of a Thug N-gga"
  • "Ready 4 Whatever"
  • "When I Get Free"
  • "Hold On, Be Strong"
  • "I'm Losin' It"
  • "Fake Ass Bitches"
  • "Do for Love"
  • "Enemies with Me"
  • "Nothin' but Love"
  • "16 on Death Row"
  • "I Wonder if Heaven Got a Ghetto"
  • "When I Get Free II"
  • "Baby Starry Night"
  • "Only Fear of Death"
Still I Rise
  • "Letter to the President"
  • "Still I Rise"
  • "Secretz of War"
  • "Baby Don't Cry (Keep Ya Head Up II)"
  • "As the World Turns"
  • "Black Jesuz"
  • "Homeboyz"
  • "Hell 4 a Hustler"
  • "High Speed"
  • "The Good Die Young"
  • "Killuminati"
  • "Teardrops and Closed Caskets"
  • "Tattoo Tears"
  • "U Can Be Touched"
  • "Y'all Don't Know Us"
Until the End of Time
  • "Ballad of a Dead Soulja"
  • "Fuck Friendz"
  • "Lil' Homies"
  • "Let 'Em Have It"
  • "Good Life"
  • "Letter 2 My Unborn"
  • "Breathin'"
  • "Happy Home"
  • "All Out"
  • "Fuckin' wit the Wrong N-gga"
  • "Thug N U Thug N Me"
  • "Everything They Owe"
  • "Until the End of Time"
  • "M.O.B."
  • "World Wide Mob F-ggaz"
  • "Big Syke Interlude"
  • "My Closest Roaddogz"
  • "N-ggaz Nature"
  • "When Thugz Cry"
  • "U Don't Have 2 Worry"
  • "This Ain't Livin'"
  • "Why U Turn on Me"
  • "LastOnesLeft"
  • "Thug N U Thug N Me"
  • "Words 2 My First Born"
  • "Let 'Em Have It (Remix)"
  • "Runnin' on E"
  • "When I Get Free"
  • "Until the End of Time (Remix)"
Better Dayz
  • "Intro"
  • "Still Ballin'"
  • "When We Ride on Our Enemies"
  • "Changed Man"
  • "Fuck Em All"
  • "Never B Peace"
  • "Mama's Just a Little Girl"
  • "Street Fame"
  • "Whatcha Gonna Do"
  • "Fair Xchange"
  • "Late Night"
  • "Ghetto Star"
  • "Thugz Mansion (Acoustic)"
  • "My Block (Remix)"
  • "Thugz Mansion"
  • "Never Call U Bitch Again"
  • "Better Dayz"
  • "U Can Call"
  • "Military Minds"
  • "Fame"
  • "Fair Xchange (Remix)"
  • "Catchin Feelins"
  • "There U Go"
  • "This Life I Lead"
  • "Who Do U Believe In"
  • "They Don't Give a Fuck About Us"
  • "Outro"
Loyal to the Game
  • "Soldier Like Me"
  • "The Uppercut"
  • "Out on Bail"
  • "Ghetto Gospel"
  • "Black Cotton"
  • "Loyal to the Game"
  • "Thugs Get Lonely Too"
  • "N.I.G.G.A. (Never Ignorant in Getting Goals Accomplished)"
  • "Who Do You Love?"
  • "Crooked N-gga Too"
  • "Don't You Trust Me?"
  • "Hennessey"
  • "Thug 4 Life"
  • "Po N-gga Blues (Scott Storch Remix)"
  • "Hennessey (Red Spyda Remix)"
  • "Crooked N-gga Too (Raphael Saadiq Remix)"
  • "Loyal to the Game (DJ Quik Remix)"
Pac's Life
  • "Untouchable (Swizz Beatz Remix)"
  • "Pac's Life"
  • "Dumpin'"
  • "Playa Cardz Right"
  • "What'z Next"
  • "Sleep"
  • "International"
  • "Don't Sleep"
  • "Soon As I Get Home"
  • "Playa Cardz Right"
  • "Don't Stop"
  • "Pac's Life (Remix)"
  • "Untouchable"
  • "Dear Mama (Remix)"
  • "Scared Straight"
Live albums
Live at the House of Blues
  • "Ambitionz Az a Ridah"
  • "So Many Tears"
  • "Troublesome"
  • "Hit 'Em Up"
  • "Tattoo Tears"
  • "All Bout U"
  • "Never Call U Bitch Again"
  • "Freek'n You"
  • "How Do U Want It"
  • "What Would U Do"
  • "Murder Was the Case"
  • "Tha Shiznit"
  • "If We All Gone Fuck"
  • "Some Bomb Azz (Pussy)"
  • "Ain't No Fun (If the Homies Can't Have None)"
  • "New York"
  • "Big Pimpin'"
  • "Do What I Feel"
  • "G'z and Hustlas"
  • "Who Am I? (What's My Name?)"
  • "Me in Your World"
  • "For My N-ggaz and Bitches"
  • "Doggfather"
  • "Gin and Juice"
  • "2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted"
Other
Compilation
  • Greatest Hits
  • The Rose That Grew from Concrete
  • The Prophet: The Best of the Works
  • The Rose, Vol. 2
  • The Prophet Returns
  • Beginnings: The Lost Tapes 1988-1991
  • Best of 2Pac, Part 1: Thug
  • Best of 2Pac, Part 2: Life
Mixtapes
  • Nu-Mixx Klazzics
  • Nu-Mixx Klazzics Vol. 2
Singles
As lead artist
As featured artist
  • "Call It What U Want"
  • "Gotta Get Mine"
  • "Slippin' into Darkness"
  • "Thug Luv"
  • "Smile"
  • "Stop the Gunfight"
  • "Be the Realist"
  • "Homies & Thugs"
  • "Are U Still Down"
  • "Worldwide"
  • "California (Remix)"
  • "Hip Hop"
  • "Playa Cardz Right"
Promotional
  • "Brenda's Got a Baby"
  • "2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted"
  • "Unconditional Love"
  • "Still Ballin'"
  • "One Day at a Time (Em's Version)"
  • "Thugs Get Lonely Too"
  • "Untouchable (Swizz Beatz Remix)"