Tupac Shakur (June 16, 1971 – September 13, 1996). 2Pac signed 2 ¾ x 4 cut paper. Signed Boldy in black ink and inscribed, ‘Thug Love 4 Life’. Tupac Shakur was an American rapper and actor who came to embody the 1990s gangsta-rap aesthetic, and who in death became an icon symbolizing noble struggle. He has sold 75 million albums to date, making him one of the top-selling artists of all time. A sensitive, precociously talented and troubled soul, Tupac was gunned down in Las Vegas on September 7, 1996 and died six days later. His murder has never been solved.Tupac began his music career as a rebel with a cause to articulate the travails and injustices endured by many African Americans. His skill in doing so made him a spokesperson not just for his own generation but for subsequent ones who continue to face the same struggle for equality. In life, his biggest battle was sometimes with himself. As fate drove him towards the nihilism of gangsta rap, and into the arms of the controversial Death Row Records impresario Suge Knight, the boundaries between Shakur's art and his life became increasingly blurred — with tragic consequences. Matted and Framed with a Black and White Photograph of Tupac. With an overall size 18.5 x 22. Comes with a Letter of Authentication from Guaranteed Forensic Authenticators (GFA).

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