Background Info: Tupac Shakur

Tupac A. Shakur, known as 2Pac, was a hip-hop/gangsta rap artist. He started off rapping about social and political issues, but for his final album, he switched to gangsta rap lifestyle lyrics. Unfortunately, he was murdered in 1996.

Alongside his rap career, he also starred in films and wrote poetry. He first started writing when he was 11 years old, and those works were sold for $90,000 in 2021! Tupac's poetry was about struggles, love, and social justice.

His words expressed his emotions and the reality of life.