Talk:Tupac Shakur

Backwards Bandanna?

I think it should me mentioned somewhere in the article. He popularised it, and people identify it with him. --Trevorrrj (talk) 17:43, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

Picture

We need one.--Louis Taylor (talk) 18:37, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

Is that the only picture of Pac available?? Please change it as it is really weak for a man such as Pac== Really Poorly Written ==

The entire article reads as if it were written by 12 year-olds. I'm amazed that someone as well-known as Shakur has a wiki article of such low quality. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jonny Quick (talk • contribs) 07:04, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

Ameen Said Actually a few of us got together and spent nearly 4 weeks completely rewriting this article from scratch about 3 years ago. Our goal was to get this article up to FA status, which we actually almost achieved. We verified all sources in the article, added new verifiable sources where appropriate, wiped off all the fan-boy slobber, reorganized and rewrote large portions using proper spelling, grammar and punctuation, and just generally got the article up to a decent level of quality. A week later it was destroyed again with a huge influx of unverifiable claims, conspiracy theories, and it was completely soaked in fan-boy slobber. Trying to fix this article is a serious losing battle--it's a constant tug-of-war between writers who want to gather quality verifiable information, conspiracy theorists, rabid fans. My favorites are the people who "heard something from cousin Pookie and 'em", but can't be bothered to find a verifiable source :) SqlPac (talk) 06:37, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

I'm really glad I read the above before committing any significant time - it looked like a good challenge, as I had exactly the same impression - really poorly written from beginning to end, and the man deserves much better. But if a group spent a month getting it up to "Good Article" quality, only to watch it go down in flames in a week, I won't waste my time. It's a shame, the man does deserve a much better-quality article, and there really doesn't appear to be a definitive impartial article anywhere in existence.

Is there a way to protect the article at a higher level, or simply revert any changes that aren't properly sourced? If that could happen, I'd definitely have a go at it.DoctorJoeE (talk) 15:01, 17 June 2010 (UTC)

Per'd, also what the hell is up with the pic? What happened to the other one? It was WAY better, and suited the infobox better. Yoshi 7 (talk)

Why isn't there a picture as good as Biggie's page? This is stupid. Get that statue out of there!

yeh i dont understand why people would want the first picture in the article to be a bronze statue rather then a clear picture of the man —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.214.60.207 (talk) 17:06, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

News articles to use as sources

CNN has:

• Rapper dies after last week's shooting and...
• Shakur was target of shooting, police say

Both news articles are from 1996 and are about Tupac Shakur's death. WhisperToMe (talk) 15:45, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

Killuminati explanation

It should be noted, either in discussion of the Makavelli: Don Killuminati album are, the section on his incarceration referencing his reading The Prince, or in his Influences section - that he was greatly influenced in his latter time of his career by learning from inmates about the Illuminati. The Vibe Interview Lost Footage shows 2Pac's own mouth saying why he added the K on it because "I'm killing that [expletive]." This influenced him enough to create an entire album around the theme, and is a re-occurring them in his music. People should know what properly influenced 2Pac's words, actions, and fate. Time and source for the interview would help this argument.

Death

Tupac died *7* days after the drive by shooting. Not 6. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.161.126.27 (talk • contribs) 02:34, 31 January 2010

Do you have any references? Wouldn't the 13th be 6 days after the 7th? Gimmetrow 02:41, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Okay, I can't imagine there will be much debate over this, but can we change "ventilator and respirator" to "ventilator," since those are two names (the latter of them less accurate) for the same thing? 146.203.126.119 (talk) 01:33, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

Picture

Picture is missing from the page. 96.40.147.134 (talk) 21:21, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

2pac died 7 days after being shot 4 times on september 6 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Thug4lyfe786 (talk • contribs) 15:51, 6 March 2010 (UTC)

Put a real picture of 2Pac and not some damn wax figure or drawing please and thank you! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.65.50.143 (talk) 17:25, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

I couldn't agree with you more. I have removed the picture, so if anyone can find a free Tupac picture, it would be very much appreciated. SE KinG. ^{User page.} _Talk. 17:38, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

2pac was born in 1971. Do the math. 1+9+7+1=18. 8-1=7. SEVEN! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.126.209.83 (talk) 01:32, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

Religion

Tupac seemed to be a philosophical individual. I thought he might be a Muslim, and heard this mentioned in his music. Most biographical articles mention a religous background. This may help draw more pieces together about him, and give a more full encyclopedic entry if his faith upbriging is mentioned. After all many of his pieces speak poetically about god, life, and death. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.64.176.126 (talk) 04:30, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

"Sightings"/Conspiracies

I know some may consider it vulgar, but shouldn't there be some mention of all of the conpsiracy theories surrounding his death; there must be coniderable amount of documentation. I'm not saying I agree with it, but I am saying it's interesting, and there should be sufficient documentation. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.237.8.197 (talk) 00:21, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

I agree. The allegations regarding Shakur faking his death are were prevalent enough in the mainstream media, and speculation was provided by notable figures such as Chuck D. 91.216.105.21 (talk) 10:49, 5 July 2010 (UTC)

37.5???

Tupac Shakur has sold 75 plus albums world wide, it is proven in the guiness book of world records. I think it is unjust that it says 37.5 when his sales have well surpassed that number, I would appreciate if this was edited because...well...its incorrect.----Jimenez209

Edit request from Jimenez209, 24 April 2010

{{editsemiprotected}} Tupac sold over 37.5 records according to the guiness book of world records published a few years ago. His album sales surpassed the 75 million mark. I feel it is unjust to display a lower number of sales, he should be rewarded for his work, for his sales, and for his legacy, I request an edit to this please, it would only be correct.

Jimenez209 (talk) 08:20, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

If you could supply us with details - the full title of the book, the date of publication or edition number, the ISBN, publisher, and anything else that might help us track it down - then we may be able to help. If you can supply these details, please reinstate the request. I cannot make the edit for now, without a clearer source. We might have to check the figure too; figures published by reliable sources may need to be verified with certification databases to avoid inflated figures - often a problem with record sales. I can't make the edit, for now; sorry.  Chzz  ►  11:08, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

 Not done

Name

Why is it that in parts of the article we refer to Tupac as "2Pac" and other parts we refer to Tupac as "Shakur"

This article lacks consistency. Refer to him as "Shakur" or "2Pac" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.166.218.254 (talk) 02:30, 9 May 2010 (UTC)

Edit request from 82.10.8.231, 21 May 2010

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tupac amaru shakur was born lasane parish crooks.

82.10.8.231 (talk) 22:05, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

 Not done please re-add this request if reliable sources can be supplied to verify this. Jeffrey Mall (talk • contribs) - 00:12, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

Edit request from 82.10.8.231, 21 May 2010

{{editsemiprotected}} Tupac's first stage name was MC New York. edit by Danny in Scotland

82.10.8.231 (talk) 22:14, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

 Not done please re-add this request if reliable sources can be supplied to verify this. Jeffrey Mall (talk • contribs) - 00:12, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

Edit request from 68.54.122.42, 22 May 2010

{{editsemiprotected}} born june 16 1971-present

68.54.122.42 (talk) 02:11, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

He's dead. ~ Amory (u • t • c) 04:10, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

Edit request from 174.55.164.38, 16 June 2010

{{editsemiprotected}} He live in Newark, NJ and Baltimore, MD Moved to Cali from Baltimore at the age of 17

174.55.164.38 (talk) 15:56, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. SpigotMap 15:58, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

Pending changes

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Note that I am not involved in this project any much more than any other editor, just posting these notes since it is quite a big change, potentially

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Where are the editors (part deux)

Why does it seem like the editors of this page ignore everyone who asks a question? Grow up, don't be angry, help us make this page better and more informative

Besides ignoring most of the queries in this section, someone also deleted the question I asked above. I think it's relevant, it's weird that it was deleted, and it's weirder that most of the questions asked are still being ignored. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.237.8.197 (talk) 05:56, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

Your edit was removed as being pointless. Wikipedia:Reference desk/Humanities would be a good place to ask questions about the subject. However, I have added a search box to the Talk archive at the top to help find previous questions and discussions. Here is a copy of the talk header for guidance as to what this talk page is for.

-84user (talk) 18:29, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

The women

According to the article at 11:10 pm they stopped at a red light and the shooting happened at 11:15? It was red for 5 minutes? I would also like to point out the improbability of the existence of the car with the girls. Although it would indeed be worthy to a man of his profile to be chatting up girls right before his death there is no proof it's happened that way. According to reference, the information was taken from the site Thugz-Network.com and no matter how hard I'm looking at it, it does not seem to be a valid source. I admit if I were to make a movie about his death I would put the girls in, but I don't think that is how it happened. No other sources indicate the existence of the girls. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Q Plung (talk • contribs) 16:09, 24 June 2010 (UTC)

Well, there was an episode of the event on America's Most Wanted. Maybe we could use that. Lord Sesshomaru (talk • edits) 01:39, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

Racial egalitarianism

I have removed this statement. The source (questionable as WP:RS anyway) says nothing about Mr. Shakur's music promoting racial egalitarianism.Mk5384 (talk) 07:51, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

Edit request from CaptainMalarkey, 29 June 2010

{{editsemiprotected}} The link for the greatest hits album clicks through to the meaning of greatest hits and not to the album. The link should be

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greatest_Hits_(2Pac_album)

Thanks.

CaptainMalarkey (talk) 15:28, 29 June 2010 (UTC)

 Fixed CTJF83 chat 18:10, 29 June 2010 (UTC)

Discography

I have added albums, Thug Life and Still i Rise on to the main page as they are albums not compilations featuring mostly Tupac. Also added Resurrection as it contains original songs as well as being a soundtrack. I think it should be added so that when on the Tupac Discography page you can see all of the different categories such as solo, collaboration and compilation. ClaudioProductions (talk) 19:42, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

Birth name

it was Lesane Parish Crooks, later changed to Tupac Amaru Shakur —Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.49.91.204 (talk) 17:13, 5 July 2010 (UTC)

Edit request from 69.136.103.9, 8 July 2010

{{editsemiprotected}} Tupac was convicted of "innapropriate touching" and also, the police department settled and paid shakur for beating him for jaywalking. also, there is no citation for the fake story about the kid getting shot. and, the two off duty drunk cops that got shot were harrasing a black motorist. thats why the charges were dropped. this whole page is made to hurt tupac's legacy. i can go on and on about the mistakes.

69.136.103.9 (talk) 07:34, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Salvio ( ^{Let's talk 'bout it!}) 10:30, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

legal history conflicts with itself

The shooting of the six year old is mentioned twice. The first time, it's listed as a stray bullet after someone dropped a gun and then Mopreme fired into the crowd. The article first says that this bullet killed him. The second time when discussing the wrongful death suit, the article against describes the shooting, but attributes it to a fight between Tupac's entourage and a rival group, and then says that ballistics show it wasn't even the bullet from that gun. Which is it? Whatever the truth is, the wrongful death suit and the shooting should all be discussed in the same paragraph, but it's not. 68.173.64.65 (talk) 00:11, 13 July 2010 (UTC)

I was just going to comment on this same issue. It's been more than two months since this was posted. Why isn't anybody doing anything about this? Neutralityisimportant (talk) 05:35, 27 September 2010 (UTC)

Move requests

The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: Move. Jafeluv (talk) 03:07, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

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2Pac → Tupac Shakur — Since the article itself is called like that and all the categories, the specific songs should be named like this as well. In one case, I have changed "single" to "song" because that's common. I put it here because it's all related to 2Pac/Tupac Shakur and I think that interested people or wikiprojects will more likely see it here rather than on all the album articles. The Evil IP address (talk) 11:17, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

• I Get Around (2Pac song) → I Get Around (Tupac Shakur song)
• Life Goes On (2Pac song) → Life Goes On (Tupac Shakur song)
• Still Ballin' (2Pac single) → Still Ballin' (Tupac Shakur song)
• Trapped (2Pac song) → Trapped (Tupac Shakur song)
• Unconditional Love (2Pac song) → Unconditional Love (Tupac Shakur song)
• Until the End of Time (2Pac song) → Until the End of Time (Tupac Shakur song)
• Untouchable (2Pac song) → Untouchable (Tupac Shakur song)
• Wanted Dead or Alive (2Pac song) → Wanted Dead or Alive (Tupac Shakur song)
• Changes (2Pac song) → Changes (Tupac Shakur song)

• Support these should've been done a long time ago. Lord Sesshomaru (talk • edits) 16:25, 15 July 2010 (UTC)
• Support Long overdue. Skinsmoke (talk) 21:56, 15 July 2010 (UTC)
• Oppose Um, are you kidding me? That's a little too wordy. How about I Get Around (2Pac song) → I Get Around (Tupac song) etc? --WikiDonn (talk) 18:32, 22 July 2010 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

Edit request from 2Pac 1, 17 July 2010

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{{pp-move-indef}} {{pp-pending}} Tupac Shakur Tupac Amaru Shakur (June 16, 1971 – September 13, 1996), known by his stage names 2Pac (or simply Pac) and Makaveli, was an American rapper. Shakur has sold over 100 million albums worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists in the world. Rolling Stone Magazine named him the 86th Greatest Artist of All Time. In addition to his status as the second top-selling rap artist, he was a promising actor and a social activist. Most of Shakur's songs are about growing up amid violence and hardship in ghettos, racism, problems in the society and conflicts with other rappers. Shakur was initially a roadie and backup dancer for the alternative hip hop group Digital Underground. He was later convicted of sexual assault and sentenced to one-and-a-half to four-and-a-half years in prison. In September 1996, Shakur was shot in the Las Vegas metropolitan area of Nevada. He was taken to the University Medical Center, where he died of respiratory failure and cardiac arrest 6 days later. Early life Tupac Amaru Shakur was born on the East Harlem section of Manhattan in New York City. He was named after Túpac Amaru II, a Peruvian revolutionary who led an indigenous uprising against Spain and was subsequently executed. His mother, Afeni Shakur, and his father, Billy Garland, were active members of the Black Panther Party in New York in the late 1960s and early 1970s; he was born just one month after his mother's acquittal on more than 150 charges of "Conspiracy against the United States government and New York landmarks" in the New York Panther 21 court case. Although unconfirmed by the Shakur family, several sources (including the official coroner's report) list his birth name as "Lesane Parish Crooks". This name was supposedly entered on the birth certificate because Afeni feared her enemies would attack her son, and disguised his true identity using a different last name. She changed it later, following her separation from Garland and marriage to Mutulu Shakur. Through Garland, his biological father, Shakur was a great descendant of the royal Garamantes kingdom of northern Africa. The modern Tuareg people of Sub-Saharan Africa are descended from the Garamantes civilization. Struggle and incarceration surrounded Shakur from an early age. His godfather, Elmer "Geronimo" Pratt, a high ranking Black Panther, was convicted of murdering a school teacher during a 1968 robbery, although his sentence was later overturned. His stepfather, Mutulu, spent four years at large on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list beginning in 1982, when Shakur was a pre-teen. Mutulu was wanted in part for having helped his sister Assata Shakur (also known as Joanne Chesimard) to escape from a penitentiary in New Jersey, where she had been incarcerated for allegedly shooting a state trooper to death in 1973. Mutulu was caught in 1986 and imprisoned for the robbery of a Brinks armored truck in which two police officers and a guard were killed. Shakur had a half-sister, Sekyiwa, two years his junior, and an older stepbrother, Mopreme "Komani" Shakur, who appeared on many of his recordings. At the age of twelve, Shakur enrolled in Harlem's 127th Street Repertory Ensemble and was cast as the Travis Younger character in the play A Raisin in the Sun, which was performed at the famous Apollo Theater. In 1986, the family relocated to Baltimore, Maryland. After completing his second year at Paul Laurence Dunbar High School he transferred to the Baltimore School for the Arts, where he studied acting, poetry, jazz, and ballet. He performed in Shakespeare plays, and in the role of the Mouse King in The Nutcracker. Shakur, accompanied by one of his friends, Dana "Mouse" Smith, as his beatbox, won most of the many rap competitions that he participated in and was considered to be the best rapper in his school. Although he lacked trendy clothing, he was one of the most popular kids in his school because of his sense of humor, superior rapping skills, and ability to mix in with all crowds. He developed a close friendship with a young Jada Pinkett (later Jada Pinkett Smith) that lasted until his death. In the documentary Tupac: Resurrection, Shakur says, "Jada is my heart. She will be my friend for my whole life," and Pinkett Smith calls him "one of my best friends. He was like a brother. It was beyond friendship for us. The type of relationship we had, you only get that once in a lifetime." A poem written by Shakur titled "Jada" appears in his book, The Rose That Grew From Concrete, which also includes a poem dedicated to Pinkett Smith called "The Tears in Cupid's Eyes". During his time in art school, Shakur began dating the daughter of the director of the Baltimore Communist Party USA. In June 1988, Shakur and his family moved once again, this time to Marin City, California, where he attended Tamalpais High School. He began attending the poetry classes of Leila Steinberg in 1989. That same year, Steinberg organized a concert with a former group of Shakur's, Strictly Dope; the concert led to him being signed with Atron Gregory who set him up with the up-and-coming rap group Digital Underground. In 1990, he was hired as the band's backup dancer and roadie. Rapping career Shakur's professional entertainment career began in the early 1990s, when he debuted his rapping skills in a vocal turn in Digital Underground's "Same Song" from the soundtrack to the 1991 film Nothing but Trouble and also appeared with the group in the film of the same name. The song was later released as the lead song of the Digital Underground EP This is an EP Release, the follow-up to their debut hit album Sex Packets. Shakur appeared in the accompanying music video. After his rap debut, he performed with Digital Underground again on the album Sons of the P. Later, he released his first solo album, 2Pacalypse Now. 2Pacalypse Now did not do as well on the charts as future albums, spawning no top ten hits. His second record, Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z., was released in 1993. Thug Life In late 1993, Shakur formed the group Thug Life with a number of his friends, including Big Syke, Macadoshis, his stepbrother Mopreme Shakur, and Rated R. The group released their only record album Thug Life: Volume 1 on September 26, 1994, which went gold. The album featured the single "Pour Out a Little Liquor" produced by Johnny "J" Jackson, who went on to produce a large part of Shakur's album All Eyez on Me. The group usually performed their concerts without Shakur. Legal issues Even as he garnered attention as a rapper and actor, Shakur gained notoriety for his conflicts with the law. In October 1991, he attempted to file a $10 million civil suit against the law enforcement of the Oakland Police Department, alleging they brutally beat him for jaywalking. In 1992, a Texas state trooper was killed by a teenager who was listening to 2Pacalypse Now which included songs about killing police. This caused a swirl of media controversy. Dan Quayle, the Vice President of the United States at the time, demanded that the album be withdrawn from music stores and media across the country; Interscope refused. Shakur claimed his first album was aimed at the problems facing young black males, but it was criticized for its graphic language and images of violence by and against law enforcement. Quayle publicly denounced the album as having "no place in our society." On August 22, 1992, in Marin City, California, Shakur rapped at an outdoor festival, and stayed for an hour signing autographs and pictures. Some earlier negative remarks made by Shakur about Marin City had caught up and when arguments started, voices got loud; he pulled a .380 ACP, cocked it, fumbled and it fell. He shouted "Get the gun!" to his brother Mopreme, who shot three to six times. Though nobody in the crowd was shot, about 100 yards away, 6-year old Qa'id Walker-Teal rode a bicycle at a schoolyard and was hit in the forehead, the bullet killing him. Shakur and Mopreme left in their car and were stopped by an angry mob, by chance, in front of a sheriff's substation. The police "rescued" and took the two into custody, who were released without charge. In 1995, a civil case was brought up by Qa'id's mother. Shakur's lawyer said that the festival was a "nasty situation," and Shakur was saddened by the death of the boy. Shakur's record company settled the lawsuit for a figure reported between $300,000 and $500,000. In October 1993, in Atlanta, two brothers and off-duty police officers, Mark and Scott Whitwell, were with their wives celebrating Mrs. Whitwell's recent passing of the state bar examination. As they crossed the street, a car with Shakur inside passed by them or "almost struck them," after which the Whitwells began an altercation with the driver, Shakur and the other passengers, which was then joined by a second passing car. Shakur shot one officer in the buttocks, and the other in the leg, back, or abdomen, according to varying news reports. There were no other injuries, but Mark Whitwell was charged with firing at Shakur's car and later lying to the police during the investigation, and Shakur with the shooting, until prosecutors decided to drop all charges against all parties. In November 1993, Shakur and others were charged with sexually abusing a woman in a hotel room. According to the complaint, Shakur sodomized the woman and then encouraged his friends to sexually abuse her. Shakur completely denied the charges. According to Shakur, he had prior relations days earlier with the woman; she performed oral sex on him on a club dance floor and the two later had consensual sex in his hotel room. The allegations were made after she revisited his hotel room for the second time where she engaged in sexual activity with his friends and alleged that Shakur and his entourage had gang banged her, saying to him while leaving, "Why you let them do this to me?" Shakur stated he had fallen asleep shortly after she arrived and later awoke to her accusations and legal threats. In the ensuing trial Shakur was convicted of sexual abuse. In sentencing Shakur to one-and-a-half years in a correctional facility, the judge described the crime as "an act of brutal violence against a helpless woman." In 1995, a wrongful death suit was brought against Shakur for a 1992 shooting that killed Qa'id Walker-Teal, a six-year old of Marin City. The child had been the victim of a stray bullet in a shootout between Shakur's entourage and a rival group, though the ballistics tests proved the bullet was not from Shakur or any members of his entourage's guns. Criminal charges were not sought, and Shakur settled with the family for an amount estimated between $300,000 and $500,000. After serving part of his sentence upon a conviction, he was released on bail pending his appeal. On April 5, 1996, a judge sentenced him to serve 120 days in jail for violating terms of probation. November 1994 shooting On the night of November 30, 1994, the day before the verdict in his sexual abuse trial was to be announced, Shakur was shot five times and robbed after entering the lobby of Quad Recording Studios in Manhattan by two armed men in army fatigues. He would later accuse Sean Combs, Andre Harrell, and Biggie Smalls—whom he saw after the shooting—of setting him up. Shakur also suspected his close friend and associate, Randy "Stretch" Walker, of being involved in the attempt. According to the doctors at Bellevue Hospital, where he was admitted immediately following the incident, Shakur had received five bullet wounds; twice in the head, twice in the groin and once through the arm and thigh. He checked out of the hospital, against doctor's orders, three hours after surgery. In the day that followed, Shakur entered the courthouse in a wheelchair and was found guilty of three counts of molestation, but innocent of six others, including sodomy. On February 6, 1995, he was sentenced to one-and-a-half to four-and-a-half years in prison on a sexual assault charge. A year later on November 30, 1995, Stretch was killed after being shot twice in the back by three men who pulled up alongside his green minivan at 112th Ave. and 209th St. in Queens Village, while he was driving. His minivan smashed into a tree and hit a parked car before flipping over. On March 27, 2008, the LA Times issued an apology to Combs for blaming him for having a role in the November 1994 shooting. The article stated that Shakur was led to the studio by Biggie's associates to gun him down to make favor with Biggie. The newspaper relied on forged documents that The Smoking Gun proved to be faked. Combs stated that he is disgusted with the LA Times for printing the story. Prison sentence Shakur began serving his prison sentence at Clinton Correctional Facility on February 14, 1995. Shortly afterwards, he released his multi-platinum album Me Against the World. Shakur is the only artist ever to have an album at number one on the Billboard 200 while serving a prison sentence. The album made its debut on the Billboard 200 and stayed at the top of the charts for five weeks. The record album sold 240,000 copies in its first week, setting a record for highest first week sales for a solo male rap artist at the time. While serving his sentence, he married his long-time girlfriend, Keisha Morris, on April 4, 1995; the couple later divorced in 1996. While imprisoned, Shakur read many books by Niccolò Machiavelli, Sun Tzu's The Art of War and other works of political philosophy and strategy. He also wrote a screenplay titled Live 2 Tell while incarcerated, a story about an adolescent who becomes a drug baron. In October 1995, Shakur's case was on appeal but due to all of his legal fees he could not raise the $1.4 million bail. After serving eleven months of his one-and-a-half year to four-and-a-half year sentence, Shakur was released from the penitentiary due in large part to the help and influence of Suge Knight, the CEO of Death Row Records, who posted a $1.4 million bail pending appeal of the conviction in exchange for Shakur to release three albums under the Death Row label. Death Row Records Upon his release from Clinton Correctional Facility, Shakur immediately went back to song recording. He began a new group called Outlaw Immortalz. Shakur began recording his first album with Death Row and released the single "California Love" soon after. On February 13, 1996, Shakur released his fourth solo album, All Eyez on Me. This double album was the first and second of his three-album commitment to Death Row Records. It sold over nine million copies. The record was a general departure from the introspective subject matter of Me Against the World, being more oriented toward a thug and gangsta mentality. Shakur continued his recordings despite increasing problems at the Death Row label. Dr. Dre left his post as house producer to form his own label, Aftermath. Shakur continued to produce hundreds of tracks during his time at Death Row, most of which would be released on his posthumous albums R U Still Down? (Remember Me), Still I Rise, Until the End of Time, Better Dayz, Loyal to the Game and Pac's Life. He also began the process of recording an album with the Boot Camp Clik and their label Duck Down Records, both New York–based, entitled One Nation. On June 4, 1996, he and Outlawz released the diss track "Hit 'Em Up", a scathing lyrical assault on Biggie and others associated with him. In the track, Shakur claimed to have had intercourse with Faith Evans, Biggie's wife at the time, and attacks Bad Boy's street credibility. Though no hard evidence suggests so, Shakur was convinced that some members associated with Bad Boy had known about the '94 attack on him beforehand due to their behavior that night and what his sources told him. Shakur aligned himself with Suge, Death Row's CEO, who was already bitter toward Combs over a 1995 incident at the Platinum Club in Atlanta, Georgia, which culminated in the death of Suge's friend and bodyguard, Jake Robles; Suge was adamant in voicing his suspicions of Combs involvement. Shakur's signing with Suge and Death Row added fuel to building an East Coast-West Coast conflict. Both sides remained bitter enemies until Shakur's death. On July 4, 1996, he performed live at the House of Blues with Outlawz, Tha Dogg Pound, and Snoop Doggy Dogg also headlining. This was Shakur's very last live performance. While incarcerated in Clinton Correctional Facility, Shakur read and studied Niccolò Machiavelli and other published works, which inspired his pseudonym "Makaveli" under which he released the record album The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory. The album presents a stark contrast to previous works. Throughout the album, Shakur continues to focus on the themes of pain and aggression, making this album one of the emotionally darker works of his career. Shakur wrote and recorded all the lyrics in only three days and the production took another four days, combining for a total of seven days to complete the album (hence the name). Shakur had plans of starting Makaveli Records which would have included Outlawz, Wu-Tang Clan, Big Daddy Kane, Big Syke, and Gang Starr. September 1996 shooting and death [[:File:Tupac4.jpg|thumb|The famous photograph of Shakur taken just twenty minutes before the drive-by shooting, from the cover of the book The Killing of Tupac Shakur by Cathy Scott]] On the night of September 7, 1996, Shakur attended the Mike Tyson – Bruce Seldon boxing match at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. After leaving the match, one of Suge's associates spotted 21 year-old Orlando "Baby Lane" Anderson, a member of the Southside Crips, in the MGM Grand lobby and informed Shakur. Shakur then attacked Anderson. Shakur's entourage, as well as Suge and his followers assisted in assaulting Anderson. The fight was captured on the hotel's video surveillance. Earlier that year, Anderson and a group of Crips had robbed a member of Death Row's entourage in a Foot Locker store, precipitating Shakur's attack. After the brawl, Shakur went to rendezvous with Suge to go to Death Row-owned Club 662 (now known as restaurant/club Seven). He rode in Suge's 1996 black BMW 750iL sedan as part of a larger convoy including many in Shakur's entourage. At 10:55 p.m., while paused at a red light, Shakur rolled down his window and a photographer took his photograph. At around 11:00–11:05 p.m., they were halted on Las Vegas Blvd. by Metro bicycle police for playing the car stereo too loud and not having license plates. The plates were then found in the trunk of Suge's car; they were released without being fined a few minutes later. At about 11:10 p.m., while stopped at a red light at Flamingo Road near the intersection of Koval Lane in front of the Maxim Hotel, a vehicle occupied by two women pulled up on their right side. Shakur, who was standing up through the sunroof, exchanged words with the two women, and invited them to go to Club 662. At approximately 11:15 p.m., a white, four-door, late-model Cadillac with an unknown number of occupants pulled up to the sedan's right side, rolled down one of the windows, and rapidly fired a surfeit of gunshots at Shakur; bullets hit him in the chest, pelvis, and his right hand and thigh. One of the rounds apparently ricocheted into Shakur's right lung. Suge was hit in the head by shrapnel, though it is thought that a bullet grazed him. According to Suge, a bullet from the gunfire had been lodged in his skull, but medical reports later contradicted this statement. At the time of the drive-by Shakur's bodyguard was following behind in a vehicle belonging to Kidada Jones, Shakur's then-fiancée. The bodyguard, Frank Alexander, stated that when he was about to ride along with the rapper in Suge's car, Shakur asked him to drive Kidada Jones' car instead just in case they were too drunk and needed additional vehicles from Club 662 back to the hotel. Shortly after the assault, the bodyguard reported in his documentary, Before I Wake, that one of the convoy's cars drove off after the assailant but he never heard back from the occupants. After arriving on the scene, police and paramedics took Suge and a fatally wounded Shakur to the University Medical Center. According to an interview with one of Shakur's closest friends the music video director Gobi, while at the hospital, he received news from a Death Row marketing employee that the shooters had called the record label and were sending death threats aimed at Shakur, claiming that they were going there to "finish him off". Upon hearing this, Gobi immediately alerted the Las Vegas police, but the police claimed they were understaffed and no one could be sent. Nonetheless, the shooters never arrived. At the hospital, Shakur was in and out of consciousness, was heavily sedated, breathed through a ventilator and respirator, was placed on life support machines, and was ultimately put under a barbiturate-induced coma after repeatedly trying to get out of the bed. Despite having been resuscitated in a trauma center and surviving a multitude of surgeries (as well as the removal of a failed right lung), Shakur had gotten through the critical phase of the medical therapy and was given a 50% chance of pulling through. Gobi left the medical center after being informed that Shakur made a 13% recovery on the sixth night. While in the critical care unit on the afternoon of September 13, 1996, Shakur died of internal bleeding; doctors attempted to revive him but could not impede his hemorrhaging. His mother, Afeni, made the decision to tell the doctors to stop. He was pronounced dead at 4:03 p.m. (PDT) The official cause of death was noted as respiratory failure and cardiopulmonary arrest in connection with multiple gunshot wounds. Shakur's body was cremated. Some of his ashes were later mixed with marijuana and smoked by members of Outlaw Immortalz. Murder case Due largely to a perceived lack of progress by law enforcement in the investigation of Shakur's murder, many independent investigations and theories emerged. Because of the acrimony between Shakur and Biggie (who was murdered in March 1997), there was speculation from the outset about the possibility of Biggie's involvement. Biggie, as well as his family, relatives, and associates, vehemently denied all such accusations. In 2002, the LA Times published a story by Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Chuck Philips, who claimed to have uncovered evidence implicating Biggie, in addition to Anderson and the Southside Crips, in the attack. Philips quoted unnamed gang-member sources who claimed Biggie had ties to the Crips, often hiring them for security during West Coast appearances, and that Biggie colluded with the Crips to murder Shakur. In 2008, after The Smoking Gun reported that the documents relied upon by Philips for his story were fraudulent, the LA Times printed an official front-page retraction of Philips' story. Less than five months later, Philips accepted a buyout and left the LA Times. In support of their claims, Biggie's family submitted documentation to MTV suggesting that he was working in a New York recording studio the night of the drive-by shooting. His manager Wayne Barrow and fellow rapper James "Lil' Cease" Lloyd made public announcements denying Biggie's partaking in the crime and claimed further that they were both with him in the recording studio during the night of the event. The high profile nature of the killing and ensuing gang violence caught the attention of English filmmaker Nick Broomfield, who made the documentary film Biggie & Tupac which examines the lack of progress in the case by speaking to those close to the two slain rappers and the investigation. Shakur's close childhood friend and member of Outlawz, Yafeu "Yaki Kadafi" Fula, was in the convoy when the drive-by occurred and indicated to police that he might be able to identify the assailants, however, he was shot and killed shortly thereafter in a housing project in Irvington. A DVD titled Tupac: Assassination was released on October 23, 2007, more than eleven years after Shakur's murder. It explores aspects surrounding the event and provides new insight about the cold case with details of the environment. Influences Shakur's music and philosophy is rooted in many American, African-American, and World entities, including the Black Panther Party, Black nationalism, egalitarianism, and liberty. His debut album, 2Pacalypse Now, revealed the socially conscious side of Shakur. On this album, Shakur attacked social injustice, poverty and police brutality on songs "Brenda's Got a Baby", "Trapped" and "Part Time Mutha". His style on this album was highly influenced by the social consciousness and Afrocentrism pervading hip hop in the late 1980s and early 1990s. On this initial release, Shakur helped extend the success of such rap groups as Boogie Down Productions, Public Enemy, X-Clan, and Grandmaster Flash, as he became one of the first major socially conscious rappers from the West Coast. On his second record, Shakur continued to rap about the social ills facing African-Americans, with songs like "The Streetz R Deathrow" and "Last Wordz". He also showed his compassionate side with the anthem "Keep Ya Head Up", while simultaneously putting his legendary aggressiveness on display with the title track from the album Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z. he added a salute to his former group Digital Underground by including them on the playful track "I Get Around". Throughout his career, an increasingly aggressive attitude can be seen pervading Shakur's subsequent albums. The contradictory themes of social inequality and injustice, unbridled aggression, compassion, playfulness, and hope all continued to shape Shakur's work, as witnessed with the release of his incendiary 1995 album Me Against the World. In 1996, Shakur released All Eyez on Me. Many of these tracks are considered by many critics to be classics, including "Ambitionz Az a Ridah", "I Ain't Mad at Cha", "California Love", "Life Goes On" and "Picture Me Rollin'".; All Eyez on Me was a change of style from his earlier works. While still containing socially conscious songs and themes, Shakur's album was heavily influenced by party tracks and tended to have a more "feel good" vibe than his first albums. Shakur described it as a celebration of life, and the record was critically and commercially successful. Shakur was a voracious reader. He was inspired by a wide variety of writers, including Niccolò Machiavelli, Donald Goines, Sun Tzu, Kurt Vonnegut, Mikhail Bakunin, Maya Angelou, Alice Walker, and Khalil Gibran. In his book, Dyson describes the experience of visiting the home of Shakur's friend and promoter Leila Steinberg to find "the sea of books" once owned by Shakur. Legacy Statue of Tupac Shakur At a Mobb Deep concert following the death of the famed icon and release of The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory, Cormega recalled in an interview that the fans were all shouting "Makaveli," and emphasized the influence of the The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory and of Shakur himself even in New York at the height of the media-dubbed 'intercoastal rivalry'. Shakur is held in high esteem by other MCs – in the book How to Rap, Bishop Lamont notes that Shakur “mastered every element, every aspect” of rapping and Fredro Starr of Onyx says Shakur, "was a master of the flow." "Every rapper who grew up in the Nineties owes something to Tupac," wrote 50 Cent. "He didn't sound like anyone who came before him." About.com named Shakur the most influential rapper ever. To preserve Shakur's legacy, his mother founded the Shakur Family Foundation (later re-named the Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation or TASF) in 1997. The TASF's stated mission is to "provide training and support for students who aspire to enhance their creative talents." The TASF sponsors essay contests, charity events, a performing arts day camp for teenagers and undergraduate scholarships. The Foundation officially opened the Tupac Amaru Shakur Center for the Arts (TASCA) in Stone Mountain, Georgia, on June 11, 2005. On November 14, 2003, a documentary about Shakur entitled Tupac: Resurrection was released under the supervision of his mother and narrated entirely in his voice. It was nominated for Best Documentary in the 2005 Academy Awards. Proceeds will go to a charity set up by Shakur's mother Afeni. On April 17, 2003, Harvard University co-sponsored an academic symposium entitled "All Eyez on Me: Tupac Shakur and the Search for the Modern Folk Hero." The speakers discussed a wide range of topics dealing with Shakur's impact on everything from entertainment to sociology. Many of the speakers discussed Shakur's status and public persona, including State University of New York at Buffalo English professor Mark Anthony Neal who gave the talk "Thug Nigga Intellectual: Tupac as Celebrity Gramscian" in which he argued that Shakur was an example of the "organic intellectual" expressing the concerns of a larger group. Professor Neal has also indicated in his writings that the death of Shakur has left a "leadership void amongst hip-hop artists." Neal further describes him as a "walking contradiction", a status that allowed him to "make being an intellectual accessible to ordinary people." Professor of Communications Murray Forman, of Northeastern University, spoke of the mythical status about Shakur's life and death. He addressed the symbolism and mythology surrounding Shakur's death in his talk entitled "Tupac Shakur: O.G. (Ostensibly Gone)". Among his findings were that Shakur's fans have "succeeded in resurrecting Tupac as an ethereal life force." In "From Thug Life to Legend: Realization of a Black Folk Hero", Professor of Music at Northeastern University, Emmett Price, compared Shakur's public image to that of the trickster-figures of African-American folklore which gave rise to the urban "bad-man" persona of the post-slavery period. He ultimately described Shakur as a "prolific artist" who was "driven by a terrible sense of urgency" in a quest to "unify mind, body, and spirit". Michael Eric Dyson, University of Pennsylvania Avalon Professor of Humanities and African American Studies and author of the book Holler If You Hear Me: Searching for Tupac Shakur indicated that Shakur "spoke with brilliance and insight as someone who bears witness to the pain of those who would never have his platform. He told the truth, even as he struggled with the fragments of his identity." At one Harvard Conference the theme was Shakur's impact on entertainment, race relations, politics and the "hero/martyr". In late 1997, the University of California, Berkeley offered a student-led course entitled "History 98: Poetry and History of Tupac Shakur." In late 2003, the Makaveli Branded Clothing line was launched by Afeni. In 2005, Death Row released Tupac: Live at the House of Blues. The DVD was the final recorded performance of Shakur's career, which took place on July 4, 1996, and features a plethora of Death Row artists. In August 2006, Tupac Shakur Legacy was released. The interactive biography was written by Jamal Joseph. It features unseen family photographs, intimate stories, and over 20 removable reproductions of his handwritten song lyrics, contracts, scripts, poetry, and other personal papers. Shakur's sixth posthumous studio album, Pac's Life, was released on November 21, 2006. It commemorates the 10th anniversary of Shakur's death. He is still considered one of the most popular artists in the music industry as of 2006. According to Forbes, in 2008 Shakur's estate made $15 million. In 2002, they recognize him as a Top Earning Dead celebrity coming in on number ten on their list. Library of Congress Shakur's hit song “Dear Mama" is one of 25 songs that will be added to the National Recording Registry in 2010. The Library of Congress has called "Dear Mama" is "a moving and eloquent homage to both the murdered rapper's own mother and all mothers struggling to maintain a family in the face of addiction, poverty and societal indifference." This honor comes seven days after his birthday, where the rapper would have been 39. Shakur is the third rapper to enter the library, behind Grandmaster Flash and Public Enemy. Honors He is recognized in the Guinness Book of World Records as the highest-selling rap artist, with over 75 million albums sold worldwide. MTV ranked him at #2 on their list of The Greatest MCs of All Time. Shakur was inducted into the Hip-Hop Hall of Fame in 2002. In 2003, MTV's "22 Greatest MCs" countdown listed Shakur as the "number 1 MC", as voted by the viewers. In 2004, at the VH1 Hip Hop Honors Shakur was honored along with DJ Hollywood, Kool DJ Herc, KRS-One, Public Enemy, Run-D.M.C., Rock Steady Crew, and Sugarhill Gang. A Vibe magazine poll in 2004 rated Shakur "the greatest rapper of all time" as voted by fans. At the First Annual Turks & Caicos International Film Festival held on Tuesday, October 17, 2006, Shakur was honored for his undeniable voice and talent and as a performer who crossed racial, ethnic, cultural and medium lines; his mother accepted the award on his behalf. In 2008, The National Association Of Recording Merchandisers in conjunction with the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame recognized him as a very influential artist and has added him in their Definitive 200 list. On Wednesday, June 23, 2010, Shakur was inducted to the Library of Congress’s National Recording Registry. The seat of the Catholic Church released a list of 12 songs onto the social networking Web site's streaming music service. Among the artists included are Mozart, Muse and Dame Shirley Bassey; the list also includes Shakur's song "Changes", which was released two years after his shooting death on a greatest hits album in 1998. His double album, All Eyez on Me, is one of the highest-selling rap albums of all time, with over 5 million copies of the album sold in the United States alone by April 1996; it was eventually certified 9x platinum in June 1998 by the RIAA. Discography Main article: Tupac Shakur discography Studio albums Year Album Peak chart positions Certifications US US R&B US CAN 1991 2Pacalypse Now 64 13 Gold 1993 Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z. 24 4 Platinum 1994 Thug Life: Volume 1 (with Thug Life) 42 6 Gold 1995 Me Against the World 1 1 2× Platinum 1996 All Eyez on Me 1 1 9× Platinum Platinum 1996 The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory 1 1 4× Platinum Gold Posthumous albums Year Album Peak chart positions Certifications US US R&B US CAN 1997 R U Still Down? (Remember Me) 2 1 4× Platinum 1998 Greatest Hits 2 1 9× Platinum 1999 Still I Rise (with the Outlawz) 6 2 Platinum Gold 2001 Until the End of Time 1 1 3× Platinum 2× Platinum 2002 Better Dayz 5 1 2× Platinum 3× Platinum 2003 Tupac Resurrection 2 Platinum 2004 Loyal to the Game 1 1 Platinum 2006 Pac's Life 9 3 Gold Film Acting career In addition to rapping and hip hop music, Shakur acted in films. He made his first film appearance in the motion picture Nothing But Trouble, as part of a cameo by the Digital Underground. His first starring role was in the movie Juice. In this story, he played the character Bishop, a trigger happy teen, for which he was hailed by Rolling Stone's Peter Travers as "the film's most magnetic figure." He went on to star with Janet Jackson in Poetic Justice (for which he was nominated outstanding actor in 1994, but did not win) and with Duane Martin in Above the Rim. After his death, three of Shakur's completed films, Bullet, Gridlock'd and Gang Related, were posthumously released. He had also been slated to star in the Hughes brothers' film Menace II Society but was replaced by Larenz Tate after assaulting Allen Hughes as a result of a quarrel. Director John Singleton mentioned that he wrote the script for Baby Boy with Shakur in mind for the leading role. It was eventually filmed with Tyrese Gibson in his place and released in 2001, five years after Shakur's death. The movie features a mural of Shakur in the protagonist's bedroom as well as featuring the song "Hail Mary" in the movie's score. Filmography Year Title Role Notes 1991 Nothing But Trouble Himself (Brief appearance) 1992 Juice Bishop First starring role 1992 Drexell's Class Himself Season 1: "Cruisin'" 1993 A Different World Piccolo Season 6: "Homie, Don't You Know Me?" 1993 Poetic Justice Lucky Co-starred with Janet Jackson 1993 In Living Color Himself Season 5: "Ike Turner and Hooch" 1994 Above the Rim Birdie Co-starred with Duane Martin 1995 Murder Was the Case: The Movie Himself (Uncredited) 1996 Bullet Tank Released one month after Shakur's death 1997 Gridlock'd Ezekiel 'Spoon' Whitmore Released several months after Shakur's death 1997 Gang Related Detective Rodríguez Shakur's last performance in a film 2003 Tupac: Resurrection Himself Official documentary film 2009 Notorious Himself (archive footage) Portrayed by Anthony Mackie 2010 Live 2 Tell Screenwriter (Written in 1995) Documentaries Shakur's life has been recognized in big and small documentaries each trying capture the many different events during his short lifetime, most notably the Academy Award–nominated Tupac: Resurrection, released in 2003. 1997: Tupac Shakur: Thug Immortal 1997: Tupac Shakur: Words Never Die (TV) 2001: Tupac Shakur: Before I Wake... 2001: Welcome to Deathrow 2002: Tupac Shakur: Thug Angel: The Life of an Outlaw 2002: Biggie & Tupac 2002: Tha Westside 2003: 2Pac 4 Ever 2003: Tupac: Resurrection 2004: Tupac vs. 2004: Tupac: The Hip Hop Genius (TV) 2006: So Many Years, So Many Tears 2007: Tupac: Assassination 2009: Tupac: Assassination II: Reckoning See also List of best-selling music artists List of number-one albums (United States) List of number-one hits (United States) References Sources Bastfield, Darrin Keith (2002). Back In The Day: My Life And Times With Tupac Shakur. Da Capo Press. ISBN 978-0345447753. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help). Hoye, Jacob (2006). Tupac: Resurrection. Atria. ISBN 074347435X. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help). External links 2Pac Legacy (Official website) Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation for the Arts Tupac Legacy Tour Online catalog of Shakur's personal library from his apartment at the time of his death, online at LibraryThing

2Pac 1 (talk) 12:33, 17 July 2010 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Salvio ( ^{Let's talk 'bout it!}) 17:42, 17 July 2010 (UTC)

he sold 75 mio. albums to 2006 but now we are in 2010 and now he has more than 120 mio. ! can somebody edit that and put it on wikepedia on Tupac Shakur ? please

and a picture of him would be also nice......and he is even more sucessfuller than eminem or anybody else —Preceding unsigned comment added by 2Pac 1 (talk • contribs) 17:41, 20 July 2010 (UTC)

Album Sales

Tupac Shakur has sold 75 million Albums from 1996 to 2006.

But yet from 1996 to 2010 He has more than 120 million.

Please change that in the Wikepedia Article of Tupac Shakur.

And a Picture of Tupac would be also fine becouse he is a famous person in the Musik Industrie but he has no Picture! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 2Pac 1 (talk • contribs) 17:46, 20 July 2010 (UTC)

Edit request from Awkwardx3, 21 July 2010

{{editsemiprotected}} Please change the age of death on Tupac Shakur. It gives me "Died: September 1996 (age 13)" while he actually was 25. |Died = September 13, 1996 (1996-09-13) Awkwardx3 (talk) 12:48, 21 July 2010 (UTC)

 Done Dabomb87 (talk) 14:41, 21 July 2010 (UTC)

Albums

Pleas change the Album sales from 75 million albums to 120 million albums. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 2Pac 1 (talk • contribs) 22:21, 24 July 2010 (UTC)

Edit request from 86.150.147.24, 1 August 2010

{{editsemiprotected}}

One of the Kings of rap 86.150.147.24 (talk) 15:16, 1 August 2010 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. --ANowlin: talk 15:49, 1 August 2010 (UTC)

Ok, once again !

Change the sentence : ,, Shakur has sold over 75 million albums worldwide to ,, Shakur has sold over 120 million albums worldwide !

PLEASE & PLEASE —Preceding unsigned comment added by 2Pac 1 (talk • contribs) 17:13, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

Redundancy under "Legal Trouble"

The topic of Qa'id Walker-Teal's death and the civil suit filed against Tupac is twice mentioned in almost exactly the same way under Legal Trouble. The second mention provides a less detailed account and should be removed. Xprivate eyex (talk) 11:11, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

Marin City manslaughter

The Marin City shooting summary is, IMO, not NPOV. As currently written, it says "Someone picked up the gun and a bullet dislodged." A bullet doesn't dislodge by itself....it is fired. This gun was actively fired 3 times. From the source listed: "By that sunny August afternoon in 1992, Shakur was well into the profitable role of gangsta, even one who fumbled and lost his gun during an argument. "Get the gun!" Shakur shouted to half-brother Maurice Harding. Harding, the police would say, fired three to six times. No one in the immediate crowd was hit. "The boy was 100 yards away," said Small."

It is oddly worded as is, and done so IMO in order to take blame away from Tupac and his friends. A young boy lost his life due to reckless shooting of a gun, and now it is worded to sound like the gun went off once, accidentally. Agree/disagree? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.56.205.8 (talk) 00:40, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

About 2Pac

There are videos on YouTube saying 2Pac is coming back in 2014 and some people think that 2Pac is still alive and he was with Rihanna, 50 Cent, and Beyonce in pictures on YouTube. Wayne Olajuwon chat 01:14, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

All fancruft, Speculation, or made up stuff. Plus those photos were all oviously photo shopped. Red Flag on the Right Side 01:31, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

And they said that they are 100% serious that he's alive and that's why those pictures look so real. Wayne Olajuwon chat 01:45, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

Well we definatly cant use claims from random ass YouTubers as reliable sources, can we? Red Flag on the Right Side 01:50, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

You can't trust these Youtube users and these sources may not be very notable. Wayne Olajuwon chat 14:04, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

Then why did you bring it up? Red Flag on the Right Side 22:50, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

Because people believe all of this stuff. Wayne Olajuwon chat 01:32, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

Edit request from 92.9.61.251, 16 September 2010

{{edit semi-protected}} on his birth name it should be changed to "Parish Lesane Crooks" he later changed his name to Tupac Amaru Shakur not his actualy birthname

92.9.61.251 (talk) 16:11, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

•  Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Celestra (talk) 17:40, 16 September 2010 (UTC)
•  Done There were already viable resources on the article to back up the claim Crazysane (^T/_C\^D) 17:44, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

•  Note: However, we do have a slight discrepancy on weather it was "Parish Lesane" or "Lesane Parish". Sources have it both ways. Anyone want to weight in? Right now I'm leaving it the way the death certificate has it. Crazysane (^T/_C\^D) 18:01, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

Edit request from 75.111.54.237, 19 September 2010

{{edit semi-protected}}

Hi! I would like to create Kazakh version of this article and link it

75.111.54.237 (talk) 04:42, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. elektrikSHOOS 04:48, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

Asociated acts & Genres

I think quite a lot and 2Pac's article is incomplete, "Associated Acts" missing many, like Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, Ice-T (even made songs together like "Last Wordz" and even a live show) , and The Notorious BIG

Moreover also the place where it says "Genre" you should be put instead of "Hip hop", put many of its subgenres as "West Coast hip hop," gangsta rap ", etc. Or, Maybe just put next to "gangsta rap." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.112.21.189 (talk) 20:13, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

He wasn't always associated with them. And no, the guidelines say to be generic with the genres. Lord Sesshomaru (talk • edits) 01:37, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

UNLOCK

Unlock the page despite possible vandalism, it isn´t just like Wikipedia. --93.82.1.201 (talk) 09:58, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

Why? So people like you can vandalize it? Red Flag on the Right Side 14:42, 25 September 2010 (UTC)