Tupac Shakur

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American rapper actor hip hop artist human poet rapper record producer screenwriter songwriter

Tupac Shakur was a highly influential American rapper, actor, and cultural icon known for his socially conscious lyrics, prolific output, and enduring impact on hip-hop and popular culture.

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2Pac 6
Shakur 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American rapper ⓘ
actor ⓘ
hip hop artist ⓘ
human ⓘ
poet ⓘ
rapper ⓘ
record producer ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Tupac Shakur ⓘ
surface form: 2Pac

Makaveli ⓘ
Pac ⓘ
associatedAct Digital Underground ⓘ
Dr. Dre ⓘ
Nate Dogg ⓘ
Outlawz ⓘ
Snoop Dogg ⓘ
The Notorious B.I.G. ⓘ
Thug Life ⓘ
birthName Lesane Parish Crooks ⓘ
causeOfDeath homicide by gunshot ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1971-06-16 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1996-09-13 ⓘ
educatedAt Baltimore School for the Arts ⓘ
Tamalpais High School ⓘ
ethnicGroup African American ⓘ
familyName Tupac Shakur self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Shakur
filmography Above the Rim ⓘ
Gang Related ⓘ
Gridlock'd ⓘ
Juice ⓘ
Poetic Justice ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
genre West Coast hip hop ⓘ
gangsta rap ⓘ
hip hop ⓘ
givenName Túpac Amaru ⓘ
surface form: Tupac Amaru
halfSibling Sekyiwa Shakur ⓘ
hasHonor inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ⓘ
hasStarOn Hollywood Walk of Fame ⓘ
surface form: Hollywood Walk of Fame (posthumous announcement, later realized)
influenced 50 Cent ⓘ
DMX ⓘ
Eminem (Marshall Bruce Mathers III) ⓘ
surface form: Eminem

The Game ⓘ
surface form: Game

J. Cole ⓘ
Ja Rule ⓘ
Kendrick Lamar ⓘ
Nas ⓘ
Outlawz ⓘ
influencedBy Ice Cube ⓘ
N.W.A ⓘ
Public Enemy ⓘ
Rakim ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
legacy considered one of the greatest rappers of all time ⓘ
cultural icon in hip hop and popular culture ⓘ
lyricsFocus inner-city life ⓘ
police brutality ⓘ
poverty ⓘ
racism ⓘ
social issues ⓘ
mother Afeni Shakur ⓘ
movement West Coast hip hop ⓘ
conscious hip hop ⓘ
notableEvent 1994 Quad Studios shooting in New York City ⓘ
1995 incarceration at Clinton Correctional Facility ⓘ
1996 drive-by shooting in Las Vegas ⓘ
notableWork 2Pacalypse Now ⓘ
All Eyez on Me ⓘ
Ambitionz Az a Ridah ⓘ
Brenda's Got a Baby ⓘ
California Love ⓘ
Changes ⓘ
Dear Mama ⓘ
Ghetto Gospel ⓘ
Hail Mary ⓘ
Hit 'Em Up ⓘ
I Get Around ⓘ
Keep Ya Head Up ⓘ
Me Against the World ⓘ
Me Against the World ⓘ
surface form: Me Against the World (song)

So Many Tears ⓘ
Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z... ⓘ
The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory ⓘ
Thugz Mansion ⓘ
Until the End of Time ⓘ
occupation actor ⓘ
poet ⓘ
rapper ⓘ
record producer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth East Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Las Vegas, Nevada ⓘ
surface form: Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
politicalView socially conscious ⓘ
recordLabel Amaru Entertainment ⓘ
Death Row Records ⓘ
Interscope Records ⓘ
Jive Records ⓘ
religion spiritual but not formally religious ⓘ
residence Baltimore ⓘ
surface form: Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Marin City ⓘ
surface form: Marin City, California, United States

Oakland ⓘ
surface form: Oakland, California, United States
RockAndRollHallOfFameInductionYear 2017 ⓘ
spouse Keisha Morris ⓘ
stepfather Mutulu Shakur ⓘ
workPeriod 1989-1996 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tupac Shakur → alsoKnownAs → Tupac Shakur ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2Pac
Anthony Hamilton → associatedAct → Tupac Shakur ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2Pac
Dr. Dre → associatedAct → Tupac Shakur ⓘ
Easy Mo Bee → associatedAct → Tupac Shakur ⓘ
Snoop Dogg → associatedAct → Tupac Shakur ⓘ
Nate Dogg → collaboratedWith → Tupac Shakur ⓘ
Tha Dogg Pound → collaboratedWith → Tupac Shakur ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2Pac
Hype Williams → directedMusicVideoFor → Tupac Shakur ⓘ
Tupac Shakur → familyName → Tupac Shakur self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shakur
Yo! MTV Raps → featuredArtist → Tupac Shakur ⓘ
Rikers Island → hasNotableInmate → Tupac Shakur ⓘ
subject surface form: Eminem
J. Cole → influencedBy → Tupac Shakur ⓘ
Kendrick Lamar → influencedBy → Tupac Shakur ⓘ
Death Row Records → notableArtist → Tupac Shakur ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2Pac
West Coast hip hop → notableArtist → Tupac Shakur ⓘ
Easy Mo Bee → notableWorkWith → Tupac Shakur ⓘ
Mike Dean → notableWorkWith → Tupac Shakur ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2Pac
Poetic Justice → portrayedBy → Tupac Shakur ⓘ
Easy Mo Bee → producedFor → Tupac Shakur ⓘ
Who Shot Ya? → rumoredTarget → Tupac Shakur ⓘ
Poetic Justice → starring → Tupac Shakur ⓘ
Soulshock & Karlin → workedWithArtist → Tupac Shakur ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2Pac