Tupac's debut album, 2Pacalypse Now, gained critical recognition and a ranged amount of backlash for its controversial criticism of the police force. In 1990 he was hired as a back-up dancer for the alternative rap group Digital Underground. In 1988, his family moved to the state of California where he would continue to reside for the rest of his life. Many fans, critics, and industry insiders rank him as the greatest rapper ever.īorn in the East Harlem section of Manhattan in New York City, Tupac frequently found his family changing place of residence.
He has had 17 top ten singles in the United States. He is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the best-selling rap/hip-hop artist ever, having sold over 75 million albums worldwide, including 44.5 million sales in the United States alone. Tupac Amaru Shakur (June 16, 1971–September 13, 1996), also known by his stage name 2Pac, was an American hip-hop artist, poet and actor.
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