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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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Tupac Shakur canonical	119
2Pac	44
Tupac Amaru Shakur	2
Shakur	1
Tupac Shakur made one of his earliest recorded appearances on Digital Underground’s song Same Song	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 ⓘ

Referenced by (167)

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Rikers Island → hasNotableInmate → Tupac Shakur ⓘ

Snoop Dogg → associatedAct → Tupac Shakur ⓘ

Christopher George Latore Wallace → associatedAct → Tupac Shakur ⓘ

this entity surface form: 2Pac

Who Shot Ya? → rumoredTarget → Tupac Shakur ⓘ

Tupac Shakur → familyName → Tupac Shakur self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shakur

Tupac Shakur → alsoKnownAs → Tupac Shakur ⓘ

this entity surface form: 2Pac

Interscope Records → notableArtistSigned → Tupac Shakur ⓘ

Hype Williams → directedMusicVideoFor → Tupac Shakur ⓘ

Kendrick Lamar → influencedBy → Tupac Shakur ⓘ

J. Cole → influencedBy → Tupac Shakur ⓘ

Yo! MTV Raps → featuredArtist → Tupac Shakur ⓘ

Soulshock & Karlin → workedWithArtist → Tupac Shakur ⓘ

this entity surface form: 2Pac

Mike Dean → notableWorkWith → Tupac Shakur ⓘ

this entity surface form: 2Pac

Poetic Justice → starring → Tupac Shakur ⓘ

Poetic Justice → portrayedBy → Tupac Shakur ⓘ

West Coast hip hop → notableArtist → Tupac Shakur ⓘ

Death Row Records → notableArtist → Tupac Shakur ⓘ

West Coast G-funk sound → notableArtist → Tupac Shakur ⓘ

this entity surface form: 2Pac

Tha Dogg Pound → collaboratedWith → Tupac Shakur ⓘ

this entity surface form: 2Pac

Easy Mo Bee → notableWorkWith → Tupac Shakur ⓘ

Easy Mo Bee → producedFor → Tupac Shakur ⓘ

Easy Mo Bee → associatedAct → Tupac Shakur ⓘ

Nate Dogg → collaboratedWith → Tupac Shakur ⓘ

Eminem (Marshall Bruce Mathers III) → influencedBy → Tupac Shakur ⓘ

subject surface form: Eminem

Dr. Dre → associatedAct → Tupac Shakur ⓘ

Anthony Hamilton → associatedAct → Tupac Shakur ⓘ

Keyshia Cole → associatedAct → Tupac Shakur ⓘ

East Coast–West Coast hip hop rivalry → associatedWith → Tupac Shakur ⓘ

Golden Age of hip hop → notableArtist → Tupac Shakur ⓘ

this entity surface form: 2Pac

All Eyez on Me → artist → Tupac Shakur ⓘ

this entity surface form: 2Pac

All Eyez on Me → notableWorkOf → Tupac Shakur ⓘ

Dear Mama → artist → Tupac Shakur ⓘ

Dear Mama → performer → Tupac Shakur ⓘ

this entity surface form: 2Pac

Dear Mama → writer → Tupac Shakur ⓘ

Dear Mama → producer → Tupac Shakur ⓘ

So Many Tears → artist → Tupac Shakur ⓘ

So Many Tears → performer → Tupac Shakur ⓘ

this entity surface form: 2Pac

So Many Tears → writer → Tupac Shakur ⓘ

So Many Tears → vocalist → Tupac Shakur ⓘ

Thugz Mansion → artist → Tupac Shakur ⓘ

this entity surface form: 2Pac

Thugz Mansion → performer → Tupac Shakur ⓘ

this entity surface form: 2Pac

Notorious (film) → character → Tupac Shakur ⓘ

50 Cent → influencedBy → Tupac Shakur ⓘ

Lesane Parish Crooks → birthNameOf → Tupac Shakur ⓘ

Lesane Parish Crooks → alsoKnownAs → Tupac Shakur ⓘ

this entity surface form: 2Pac

Pac → hasNickname → Tupac Shakur ⓘ

subject surface form: Tupac Shakur

this entity surface form: 2Pac