Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. Sometimes, it’s hard to believe that it’s not 1995 anymore. Back then I ...

Tupac Shakur was born in Harlem in 1971 to two members of the Black Panther Party. Taking the name MC New York when he first began rapping, Shakur spent a few of his formative years in Baltimore, and ...

On this date in 1996, just two months after his tragic murder on the Las Vegas strip alongside Death Row Records CEO Suge Knight, Tupac Amaru Shakur posthumously released what would become the final ...

All Eyez On Me immediately made history as the first double full length solo Hip Hop studio album, a bold move that reflected Pac’s unmatched work ethic and the massive creative energy he poured into ...

2Pac's Greatest Hits is now one of fewer than 20 albums to spend 600 weeks or more on the Billboard 200, a milestone these reaches this frame. CHICAGO - MARCH 1994: Rapper Tupac Shakur poses for ...

In September 1996, Tupac Shakur, the rapper and actor known professionally as 2Pac, was on top of the world. His latest album, All Eyez on Me, was a multi-platinum smash with "How Do U Want It" / ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tupac Shakur poses for photos backstage after his performance at the Regal Theater in Chicago, March 1994. (Credit: Raymond ...

2Pac, also known as Makaveli, and of course Tupac Shakur, lives in hip-hop lore with a legacy of powerful albums that shaped the genre and enhanced perspective on both personal storytelling and ...

In a recording career that spanned barely five years, 2Pac released four solo albums that made him an icon of the burgeoning West Coast rap scene, topping the charts in a blur of controversies, court ...