Born Tupac Amaru Shakur on June 16, 1971 the number 1 hip-hop/rap artist of all time was commonly referred by his stage names 2Pac (Pac) and Makaveli. “Pac” began his career as a backup dancer for the alternative hip-hop group Digital Underground, where he eventually branched off into a solo artist. Pac has sold in excess of 75 million albums worldwide as per recorded in 2010, thus making him one of the best-selling music artist in any genre in the world. MTV ranked him at number two on their list of ‘The Greatest MC’s of All Time’ and Rolling Stone listed him as the 86th Greatest Artist of All Time.

Pac was mostly remembered for the breathtaking and ever-present relevance in his music which focused on the themes of violence, hardship, racism and other social problems that still exist until today. During the end of Pac’s life, he become an ‘ambassador’ of sorts in the highly publicised East Coast-West Coast hip hop rivalry, constantly being a key participant in conflicts with other big names, most notably the previously mentioned, ‘The Notorious B.I.G‘ and his label, ‘Bad Boy Records.’ Unfortunately, Pac’s involvement in such affairs led him to be a victim of many murder attempts and some may say, even his eventual death. On September 7, 1996, Pac was shot multiple times in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas, Nevada. He met his untimely death six days later and was heavily mourned due to his innumerable fan base.