2Pac and his group Thug Life photographed by Mike Miller in Los Angeles, 1994.

*West Coast Wednesday!*

Y'all don't hear me though: I'm tryin' hard to make amends, But I'm losin' all my motherfuckin' friends. Damn! They should've shot me when I was born, Now I'm trapped in the motherfuckin' storm.

Thug Life feat Nate Dogg - How Long Will They Mourn Me

Thug Life's Thug Life Volume 1 Album Anniversary

In late 1993, Shakur formed the group Thug Life with a number of his friends, including Big Syke, Macadoshis, his stepbrother Mopreme Shakur, and Rated R. The group released their only album Thug Life: Volume 1 on September 26, 1994, which went gold. The album featured the single "Pour Out a Little Liquor," produced by Johnny "J" Jackson, who went on to produce a large part of Shakur's album All Eyez on Me. The group usually performed their concerts without Shakur. The album was originally released by Shakur's label Out Da Gutta Records. Due to criticism about gangsta rap at the time, the original version of the album was scrapped and re-recorded with many of the original songs being cut. Among the notable tracks on the album are "Bury Me a G," "Cradle to the Grave," "Pour Out a Little Liquor" (which also appears in the soundtrack to the 1994 film Above the Rim), "How Long Will They Mourn Me?" and "Str8 Ballin'." The album contains ten tracks because Interscope Records felt many of the other recorded songs were too controversial to release. Although the original version of the album was not completed, Tupac performed the planned first single from the album, "Out on Bail" at the 1994 Source Awards. Although the album was originally released on Shakur's label Out Da Gutta, Amaru Entertainment, the label owned by the mother of Tupac Shakur, has since gained the rights to it. Thug Life: Volume 1 was certified Gold. The track "How Long Will They Mourn Me?" appeared later in 1998 from 2Pac's Greatest Hits album. Read more here.

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Tupac Shakur

Tupac Amaru Shakur (/ˈtuːpɑːk ʃəˈkʊər/ TOO-pahk shə-KOOR; born Lesane Parish Crooks; June 16, 1971 – September 13, 1996), also known by his stage names 2Pac and briefly as Makaveli, was an American rapper, songwriter, and actor. Shakur has sold over 75 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time. His double disc albums All Eyez on Me and his Greatest Hits are among the best selling albums in the United States. He has been listed and ranked as one of the greatest artists of all time by many magazines, including Rolling Stone which ranked him 86th on its list of The 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. Consistently ranked as one of the greatest rappers ever, he was ranked number 2 by MTV in their list of The Greatest MCs of All-Time in 2006. 2Pac is also ranked as the most influential rapper of all time.

Shakur began his career as a roadie, backup dancer, and MC for the alternative hip hop group Digital Underground, eventually branching off as a solo artist. The themes of most of Shakur's songs revolved around the violence and hardship in inner cities, racism and other social problems. Both of his parents and several other of his family were members of the Black Panther Party, whose ideals were reflected in his songs.

During the latter part of his career, Shakur was a vocal participant in the so-called East Coast–West Coast hip hop rivalry, becoming involved in conflicts with other rappers, producers and record-label staff members, most notably The Notorious B.I.G. and the label Bad Boy Records.

On September 7, 1996, Shakur was shot multiple times in a drive-by shooting at the intersection of Flamingo Road and Koval Lane in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was taken to the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada, where he died six days later.

Early life

Shakur, whose birth name according to relatives was Lesane Parish Crooks, was born on June 16, 1971, in the East Harlem section of Manhattan in New York City. He was named after Túpac Amaru II, the 18th-century Peruvian revolutionary who was executed after leading an indigenous uprising against Spanish rule.

His mother, Afeni Shakur (born Alice Faye Williams), and his father, Billy Garland, were active members of the Black Panther Party in New York in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The infant was born a month after his mother was acquitted of more than 150 charges of "Conspiracy against the United States government and New York landmarks" in the New York "Panther 21" court case.

Shakur lived from an early age with people who were involved with the Black Liberation Army and convicted of serious criminal offenses and who were imprisoned. His godfather, Elmer "Geronimo" Pratt, a high-ranking Black Panther, was convicted of murdering a school teacher during a 1968 robbery, although his sentence was later overturned. His stepfather, Mutulu, spent four years at large on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list beginning in 1982. Mutulu was wanted for having helped his sister Assata Shakur (also known as Joanne Chesimard) to escape from a penitentiary in New Jersey. She had been imprisoned for killing a state trooper in 1973. Mutulu was caught in 1986 and imprisoned for the robbery of a Brinks armored truck in which two police officers and a guard were killed. Shakur had a half-sister, Sekyiwa, two years his junior, and an older stepbrother, Mopreme "Komani" Shakur, who appeared in many of his recordings.

At the age of twelve, Shakur enrolled in Harlem's 127th Street Repertory Ensemble and was cast as the Travis Younger character in the play A Raisin in the Sun, which was performed at the Apollo Theater. In 1986, the family relocated to Baltimore, Maryland. After completing his second year at Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, he transferred to the Baltimore School for the Arts, where he studied acting, poetry, jazz, and ballet. He performed in Shakespeare plays, and in the role of the Mouse King in the ballet The Nutcracker. Shakur, accompanied by one of his friends, Dana "Mouse" Smith, as his beatbox, won many rap competitions and was considered to be the best rapper in his school. He was remembered as one of the most popular kids in his school because of his sense of humor, superior rapping skills, and ability to mix with all crowds. He developed a close friendship with a young Jada Pinkett (later Jada Pinkett Smith) that lasted until his death.

In the documentary Tupac: Resurrection, Shakur says, "Jada is my heart. She will be my friend for my whole life." Pinkett Smith calls him "one of my best friends. He was like a brother. It was beyond friendship for us. The type of relationship we had, you only get that once in a lifetime." A poem written by Shakur titled "Jada" appears in his book, The Rose That Grew from Concrete, which also includes a poem dedicated to Pinkett Smith called "The Tears in Cupid's Eyes". During his time in art school, Shakur became affiliated with the Baltimore Young Communist League USA, and began dating the daughter of the director of the local chapter of the Communist Party USA.

In June 1988, Shakur, then 17, and his family moved to Marin City, California, a residential community located 5 miles (8.0 km) north of San Francisco, where he attended Tamalpais High School in nearby Mill Valley. Shakur contributed to the school's drama department by performing in several productions. In an English class, Shakur wrote a paper "Conquering All Obstacles" where he said, "our raps not the sorry-story raps everyone is so tired of. They are about what happens in the real world. Our goal is [to] have people relate to our raps, making it easier to see what really is happening out there. Even more important, what we may do to better our world." He began attending the poetry classes of Leila Steinberg in 1989. That same year, Steinberg organized a concert with a former group of Shakur's, "Strictly Dope"; the concert led to him being signed with Atron Gregory. He set him up as a roadie and backup dancer with the hip hop group Digital Underground in 1990.

Career

1991–93: Beginnings and rise to fame

Shakur's professional entertainment career began in the early 1990s, when he debuted his rapping skills in a vocal turn in Digital Underground's "Same Song" from the soundtrack to the 1991 film Nothing but Trouble and also appeared with the group in the film of the same name. The song was later released as the lead song of the Digital Underground extended play (EP) This is an EP Release, the follow-up to their debut hit album Sex Packets. Shakur appeared in the accompanying music video. After his rap debut, he performed with Digital Underground again on the album Sons of the P. Later, he released his first solo album, 2Pacalypse Now. Though the album did not generate any "Top Ten" hits, 2Pacalypse Now is hailed by many critics and fans for its underground feel, with many rappers such as Nas, Eminem, Game, and Talib Kweli having pointed to it as inspiration. Although the album was originally released on Interscope Records, rights of it are now owned by Amaru Entertainment. The album's name is a reference to the 1979 film Apocalypse Now.

The album generated significant controversy. Dan Quayle criticized it after a Texas youth's defense attorney claimed he was influenced by 2Pacalypse Now and its strong theme of police brutality before shooting a state trooper. Quayle said, "There's no reason for a record like this to be released. It has no place in our society." Shakur stated that he felt he had been misunderstood. He said, "I started out saying I was down for the young black male, you know, and that was gonna be my thang," Shakur said. "I just wanted to rap about things that affected young black males. When I said that, I didn't know that I was gonna tie myself down to just take all the blunts and hits for all the young black males, to be the media's kicking post for young black males. I just figured since I lived that life I could do that, I could rap about that." The record was important in showcasing Shakur's political conviction and his focus on lyrical prowess. On MTV's Greatest Rappers of All Time list, 2Pacalypse Now was listed as one of Shakur's "certified classic" albums, along with Me Against the World, All Eyez on Me and The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory. 2Pacalypse Now went on to be certified Gold by the RIAA. It featured three singles; "Brenda's Got a Baby", "Trapped", and "If My Homie Calls".

His second studio album, Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z., was released in February 1993. The album did better than the previous one debuting on number 24 on the Billboard 200. The album contains many tracks emphasizing Shakur's political and social views. This album had more commercial success than its predecessor, and there were noticeable differences in production. While Shakur's first effort had an indie-rap-oriented sound, this album was considered his "breakout" album. It spawned the hits "Keep Ya Head Up" and "I Get Around" and reached platinum status. On vinyl, Side A (tracks 1–8) was labeled the "Black Side" and Side B (tracks 9–16) the "Dark Side". It is his tenth-biggest selling album, with 1,366,000 units moved as of 2004.

1994–95: Acting and rise to prominence

In late 1993, Shakur formed the group Thug Life with a number of his friends, including Big Syke, Macadoshis, his stepbrother Mopreme Shakur, and Rated R. The group released their only album Thug Life: Volume 1 on September 26, 1994, which went gold. The album featured the single "Pour Out a Little Liquor", produced by Johnny "J" Jackson, who went on to produce a large part of Shakur's album All Eyez on Me. The group usually performed their concerts without Shakur. The album was originally released by Shakur's label Out Da Gutta Records. Due to criticism about gangsta rap at the time, the original version of the album was scrapped and re-recorded with many of the original songs being cut. Among the notable tracks on the album are "Bury Me a G", "Cradle to the Grave", "Pour Out a Little Liquor" (which also appears in the soundtrack to the 1994 film Above the Rim), "How Long Will They Mourn Me?" and "Str8 Ballin'". The album contains ten tracks because Interscope Records felt many of the other recorded songs were too controversial to release. Although the original version of the album was not completed, Shakur performed the planned first single from the album, "Out on Bail" at the 1994 Source Awards. Although the album was originally released on Shakur's label Out Da Gutta, Amaru Entertainment, the label owned by Shakur's mother, has since gained the rights to it. Thug Life: Volume 1 was certified Gold. The track "How Long Will They Mourn Me?" appeared later in 1998 from 2Pac's Greatest Hits album.

His third album, Me Against The World, was very well received, with many calling it the magnum opus of his career. It is considered one of the greatest and most influential hip hop albums of all-time. It is his fourth biggest selling album with 3,524,567 copies in the United States as of 2011.Me Against the World won best rap album at the 1996 Soul Train Music Awards.

"Dear Mama" was released as the album's first single in February 1995, along with the track "Old School" as the B-side. "Dear Mama" would be the album's most successful single, topping the Hot Rap Singles chart, and peaking at the ninth spot on the Billboard Hot 100. The single was certified platinum in July 1995, and later placed at #51 on the year-end charts. The second single, "So Many Tears", was released in June, four months after the first single. The single would reach the number six on the Hot Rap Singles chart, and number 44 on the Billboard Hot 100. "Temptations", released in August, was the third and final single from the album. The single would be the least successful of the three released, but still did fairly well on the charts, reaching number 68 on the Billboard Hot 100, 35 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks, and 13 on the Hot Rap Singles charts.

1996: Final recordings

All Eyez on Me was the fourth studio album by 2Pac, released on February 13, 1996 by Death Row Records and Interscope Records. The album is frequently recognized as one of the crowning achievements of 1990s rap music. It has been said that "despite some undeniable filler, it is easily the best production 2Pac's ever had on record". It was certified 5× Platinum after just 2 months in April 1996 and 9× platinum in 1998. The album featured the Billboard Hot 100 number one singles "How Do U Want It" and "California Love". It featured 5 singles in all, the most of any 2Pac album. Moreover, All Eyez on Me (which was the only Death Row release to be distributed through PolyGram by way of Island Records) made history as the first double-full-length hip-hop solo studio album released for mass consumption. It was issued on two compact discs and four LPs. Chartwise, All Eyez on Me was the second album from 2Pac to hit number-one on both the Billboard 200 and the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts. It sold 566,000 copies in the first week of its release, and was charted on the top 100 with the top one-week Soundscan sales since 1991. The album won the 1997 Soul Train R&B/Soul or Rap Album of the Year Award. Shakur also won the Award for Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Artist at the 24th Annual American Music Awards.

Makaveli – The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory, commonly shortened to The 7 Day Theory, is his fifth and final studio album and was released under the new stage name Makaveli. The album was completely finished in a total of seven days during the month of August 1996. The lyrics were written and recorded in three days and mixing took an additional four days. In 2005, MTV.com rankedKilluminati: The 7 Day Theory at #9 on their greatest hip hop albums of all time list and, in 2006, recognized it as a classic. The emotion and anger showcased on the album has been admired by a large part of the hip-hop community, including other rappers.

George "Papa G" Pryce, former Head of Publicity for Death Row, claimed that "Makaveli, which we did was sort of tongue-in-cheek and it was not really to come out and after Tupac was murdered, it did come out. But before that it was going to be a sort of an underground [record]." The album peaked at number one on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and the Billboard 200. The album generated the second-highest debut-week sales total of any album that year, was certified 4× Platinum on June 15, 1999.

Other ventures

Death Row Records

Upon his release from Clinton Correctional Facility in 1995, Shakur immediately went back to song recording. He began a new group called Outlaw Immortalz. Shakur began recording his first album with Death Row and released the single "California Love" soon after.

On February 13, 1996, Shakur released his fourth solo album, All Eyez on Me. This double album was the first and second of his three-album commitment to Death Row Records. It sold over nine million copies. The record was a general departure from the introspective subject matter of Me Against the World, being more oriented toward a thug and gangsta mentality. Shakur continued his recordings despite increasing problems at the Death Row label. Dr. Dre left his post as house producer to form his own label, Aftermath. Shakur continued to produce hundreds of tracks during his time at Death Row, most of which would be released on his posthumous albums Still I Rise, Until the End of Time, Better Dayz, Loyal to the Game and Pac's Life. He also began the process of recording an album with the Boot Camp Clik and their label Duck Down Records, both New York – based, entitled One Nation.

On June 4, 1996, he and Outlawz released the diss track "Hit 'Em Up", a scathing lyrical assault on Biggie and others associated with him. In the track, Shakur claimed to have had sexual intercourse with Faith Evans, Biggie's wife at the time, and attacked Bad Boy's street credibility. Shakur was convinced that some members associated with Bad Boy had known about the '94 attack on him beforehand due to their behavior that night and what his sources told him. After the attack, Shakur immediately accused Jimmy Henchman (an associate of Bad Boy CEO Sean Combs) of orchestrating the attack, according to a 2005 interview with Henchman inVibe magazine. After the attack, Shakur therefore aligned himself with Suge, Death Row's CEO, who was already bitter toward Combs over a 1995 incident at the Platinum Club in Atlanta, Georgia, which culminated in the death of Suge Knight's friend and bodyguard, Jake Robles; Knight was adamant in voicing his suspicions of Combs' involvement.

Collaborator Buckshot claimed in 2015 that Shakur defended him against Suge Knight, who had insisted that the East Coast rapper could not come with him to Las Vegas on the grounds of the ongoing hip hop rivalry. Shakur asserted that he would not board the plane unless accompanied by Buckshot and was described by the fellow rapper as looking "discomforted" while they recorded a song together in a studio after Shakur "tore up the plane tickets".

Outlawz

When Shakur recorded "Hit 'Em Up," a diss song towards his former friend and rival The Notorious B.I.G. (also known as Biggie Smalls), he recruited three members from the former group Dramacydal with whom he had worked previously and was eager to do so again. Together with the three New Jersey rappers and other associates, they formed the original lineup of the Outlawz. When 2Pac signed to Death Row upon his release from prison, he recruited his step brother Mopreme Shakur and Big Syke from Thug Life. Hussein Fatal, Napoleon, E.D.I. Mean, Kastro, Yaki Kadafi, and Storm (the only female Outlaw) were also added, and together they formed the original lineup of the Outlaw Immortalz that debuted on 2Pac's multi-platinum smash All Eyez on Me. They later dropped the Immortal part of their name after the untimely deaths of 2Pac and Yaki Kadafi and moved on as Outlawz without the members of Thug Life. Young Noble was later added and appeared on 2Pac's second Death Row release The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory. It was on 2Pac's Makaveli album that Outlawz first came to the greater rap community's notice, appearing on a few songs. The idea behind the group was for each member to have a rap name coinciding with the names of various tyrants or enemies of America, past and present. Outlawz chose in later years to make a backronym out of the letters of their group name Operating Under Thug Laws as Warriorz although it does not stand for the group's name and is used infrequently.

On forming the Outlawz, Shakur gave each of them a name of a dictator/military leader or an enemy of America.

Yaki Kadafi, after Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi

Hussein Fatal, after Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein

Mussolini (formerly Big Syke), after Italian dictator Benito Mussolini

Komani (Shakur's half brother Mopreme Shakur), after Iranian Islamic Revolution leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini

Kastro, after Cuban leader Fidel Castro

E.D.I. Mean, after Ugandan dictator Idi Amin

Napoleon, after military strategist and leader Napoleon Bonaparte

For himself, Shakur created the alias "Makaveli" from Renaissance Italian philosopher and strategist Niccolò Machiavelli, whose writings inspired Shakur in prison, but who also preached that a leader could eliminate his enemies by all means necessary. He mentioned Makaveli Records a few times before his death. This was supposed to be a music label for up and coming artists that Shakur had an interest in developing or potentially signing, and his own future projects would have also been published through it as well.

Acting career

In addition to rapping and hip hop music, Shakur acted in films. He made his first film appearance in the motion picture Nothing but Trouble, as part of a cameo by the Digital Underground. His first starring role was in the film Juice. In this film, he played Roland Bishop, a violent member of the Wrecking Crew, for which he was hailed by Rolling Stone's Peter Travers as "the film's most magnetic figure". He then went on to star in Poetic Justice and Above the Rim. After his death, three of his completed films were released:Bullet, Gridlock'd, and Gang Related.

Shakur had been slated to star in the Hughes brothers' film Menace II Society, but was replaced by Larenz Tate after assaulting Allen Hughes as a result of a quarrel. Director John Singleton mentioned that he wrote the script for Baby Boy with Shakur in mind for the lead role. It was eventually filmed with Tyrese Gibson in his place and released in 2001, five years after Shakur's death. The film features a mural of Shakur in the protagonist's bedroom, as well as featuring the song "Hail Mary" in the film's score.

Artistry

Shakur's music and philosophy is rooted in many American, African-American, and world entities, including the Black Panther Party, Black nationalism, egalitarianism, and liberty.

Shakur's love of theater and Shakespeare also influenced his work. A student of the Baltimore School for the Arts where he studied theater, Shakur understood the Shakespearian psychology of inter-gang wars and inter-cultural conflict. During a 1995 interview, Shakur stated:

In a European interview music journalist Chuck Philips said that what impressed him the most about Shakur was that he was a poet. Philips said "I like sacred texts, myths, proverbs and scriptures. ... When Tupac came along, I thought he was quite the poet... It wasn't just how cleverly they rhymed. It wasn't just the rhythm or the cadence. I liked their attitude. It was protest music in a way nobody had ever thought about before. ...These artists were brave, wise and smart – wickedly smart. The thing about Tupac was he had so many sides. He was unafraid to write about his vulnerabilities."

Shakur's debut album, 2Pacalypse Now, revealed the socially conscious side of Shakur. On this album, Shakur attacked social injustice, poverty and police brutality on songs "Brenda's Got a Baby", "Trapped" and "Part Time Mutha". His style on this album was highly influenced by the social consciousness and Afrocentrism pervading hip hop in the late 1980s and early 1990s. On this initial release, Shakur helped extend the success of such rap groups as Boogie Down Productions, Public Enemy, X-Clan, and Grandmaster Flash, as he became one of the first major socially conscious rappers from the West Coast.

On his second record, Shakur continued to rap about the social ills facing African-Americans, with songs like "The Streetz R Deathrow" and "Last Wordz". He also showed his compassionate side with the anthem "Keep Ya Head Up", while simultaneously putting his legendary aggressiveness on display with the title track from the album Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z. He added a salute to his former group Digital Underground by including them on the playful track "I Get Around". Throughout his career, an increasingly aggressive attitude can be seen pervading Shakur's subsequent albums.

The contradictory themes of social inequality and injustice, unbridled aggression, compassion, playfulness, and hope all continued to shape Shakur's work, as witnessed with the release of his incendiary 1995 album Me Against the World. In 1996, Shakur released All Eyez on Me. Many of these tracks are considered by many critics to be classics, including "Ambitionz Az a Ridah", "I Ain't Mad at Cha", "California Love", "Life Goes On" and "Picture Me Rollin". All Eyez on Me was a change of style from his earlier works; while still containing socially conscious songs and themes, Shakur's album was heavily influenced by party tracks and tended to have a more "feel good" vibe than his first albums. Shakur described it as a celebration of life, and the record was critically and commercially successful.

He had enjoyed and had been influenced by the work of contemporary English and Irish pop musicians as a teenager such as Kate Bush, Culture Club, Sinéad O'Connor and U2.

Personal life

Shakur never professed following a particular religion, but his lyrics in singles such as "Only God Can Judge Me" and poems such asThe Rose That Grew from Concrete suggest he believed in God. This means many analysts currently describe him as a deist. He believed in Karma, but rejected a literal afterlife and organized religion. Shakur has had several family members who were members of the Black Panthers; Mutulu Shakur, his step-father; Assata Shakur, his step-aunt; Billy Garland, his biological father; and Afeni Shakur, his mother. Shakur publicly spoke out against interracial marriage in an interview with Source magazine in 1994, but later retracted these comments.

His bandana tied into rabbit ears struck mythic chords and remains one of hip-hop's most recognizable style flourishes to date.

He was also engaged to Kidada Jones.

Legal issues

In October 1991, Shakur filed a $10 million civil suit against the Oakland Police Department, alleging they brutally beat him for jaywalking. Shakur received approximately $43,000 in settlement money, much of which went to pay his lawyer.

On April 5, 1993, Shakur was charged with one count of felonious assault. He was accused of attempting to hit rapper Chauncey Wynn from the group M.A.D. with a baseball bat at a concert at Michigan State University. The incident reportedly began when Shakur became angry and threw a microphone. Shakur pleaded guilty on September 14, 1994 to a misdemeanor in exchange for the dropping of felony assault charges. He was sentenced to 30 days in jail, 20 of which were suspended, and ordered to perform 35 hours of community service.

In October 1993, in Atlanta, two brothers and off-duty police officers, Mark and Scott Whitwell, were with their wives celebrating Mrs. Whitwell's passing of the state bar examination. The officers were drunk and in possession of stolen guns. As they crossed the street, a car with Shakur inside passed by them or "almost struck them". The Whitwells argued with the driver, Shakur and the other passengers, which was joined by a second passing car. Shakur shot one officer in the buttocks and the other in the leg, back or abdomen, according to varying news reports. Mark Whitwell was charged with firing at Shakur's car and later lying to the police during the investigation. Shakur was charged with the shooting. Prosecutors dropped all charges against the parties.

In early 1994, he was found guilty of assault on Menace II Society co-director Allen Hughes and served 15 days in jail.

1992 shooting

On August 22, 1992, in Marin City, Shakur performed at an outdoor festival, and stayed for an hour afterwards signing autographs and pictures. A confrontation occurred and Shakur drew a legally registered Colt Mustang, and allegedly dropped it. As it was picked up by a member of his entourage, a bullet discharged. About 100 yards away, Qa'id Walker-Teal, a 6-year-old, was pedaling his bicycle at a school playground nearby when a bullet struck him in the forehead and killed him. Although the gun was matched by police to a .38-caliber pistol registered to Shakur, and his stepbrother Maurice Harding was initially arrested on suspicion of firing the weapon, no charges were filed. Marin County prosecutors have said they were stymied by a lack of witnesses. Charges were dropped when Shakur agreed to pay a $300,000–$500,000 settlement to the parents. The police "rescued" them and took the two into custody, who were soon released without charge for lack of evidence.

In 1995, a wrongful death suit was brought against Shakur by Qa'id's mother. The defense attorney acknowledged that the bullet that killed Qa'id was traced by authorities to a gun registered to Shakur. Shakur's record company settled the lawsuit for an undisclosed amount, reportedly between $300,000 and $500,000.

1993 Sexual assault case

In November 1993, Shakur and others were charged with sexually assaulting a woman in a hotel room. Shakur denied the charges. According to Shakur, he had prior relations days earlier with the woman that were consensual (the woman admitted she performed oral sex on Shakur). The complainant claimed sexual assault after her second visit to Shakur's hotel room; she alleged that Shakur and his entourage raped her. As a result of the trial, Shakur was convicted of first-degree sexual abuse, and acquitted of the weapons and sodomy charges. The judge described the crimes during the sentencing of Shakur to 1½–4½ years in prison, as "an act of brutal violence against a helpless woman." While appearing on the Arsenio Hall Show, Shakur stated he was innocent of all charges and he was hurt that "a woman would accuse me of taking something from her" when he was raised by and was surrounded by females. Shakur, did however, admit that he should have been more responsible with the people he surrounded himself with.

In October 1995, Shakur's case was on appeal but due to his considerable legal fees he could not raise the $1.4 million bail. After serving nine months of his sentence, Shakur was released from the Clinton Correctional Facility due in large part to the help and influence of Suge Knight, the CEO of Death Row Records, who posted a $1.4 million bail pending appeal of the conviction in exchange for Shakur to release three albums under the Death Row label.

On April 5, 1996, a judge sentenced him to serve 120 days in jail for violating terms of his release on bail.

1994 Attack at Quad Recording Studios

On the night of November 30, 1994, the day before the verdict in his sexual abuse trial was to be announced, Shakur was robbed and shot five times by three men in the lobby of Quad Recording Studios in Manhattan. Shakur stated that he believed the robbery to be a setup for the attack wondering why they would take jewelry and leave his Rolex watch.

Shakur checked out of the Bellevue Hospital Center against doctor's orders, three hours after surgery. In the day that followed, he entered the courthouse in a wheelchair and was found guilty of three counts of molestation and not guilty of six others, including sodomy, stemming from his 1993 arrest for sexual assault. On February 6, 1995, he was sentenced to one-and-a-half to four-and-a-half years in prison on the sexual assault charges.

In a 1995 interview with Vibe magazine. Shakur accused Sean Combs, an associate of Combs named Jimmy Henchman and Biggie among others of setting up the Quad Recording Studios attack. Vibe changed the names of the accused assailants upon publication. Later evidence did not implicate Biggie in the studio assault. When Biggie's entourage went downstairs to check on the incident, Shakur was being taken out on a stretcher, giving the finger to those around.

On March 17, 2008, Chuck Philips wrote in the Los Angeles Times about an alleged order for an attack on Shakur. The article was retracted by the LA Times because it partially relied on FBI documents supplied by a man convicted of fraud which turned out to be forged. In 2011 Dexter Isaac admitted to attacking Shakur. Following Isaac’s public confession, Philips named Isaac as one of his unnamed sources for the retracted article.

1995 Prison sentence

Shakur began serving his prison sentence on sexual assault charges at Clinton Correctional Facility on February 14, 1995. Shortly afterward, he released his multi-platinum album Me Against the World. Shakur became the first artist to have an album at number one on the Billboard 200 while serving a prison sentence. Me Against the World made its debut on the Billboard 200 and stayed at the top of the charts for four weeks. The album sold 240,000 copies in its first week, setting a record for highest first week sales for a solo male rap artist at the time. While serving his sentence, he married his long-time girlfriend, Keisha Morris, on April 4, 1995; the couple divorced in 1996. Shakur stated he married her "for the wrong reasons".

While imprisoned, Shakur read many books by Niccolò Machiavelli, Sun Tzu's The Art of War and other works of political philosophy and strategy. The works inspired his pseudonym "Makaveli" under which he released the album The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory. The album presents a stark contrast to previous works. Throughout the album, Shakur continues to focus on the themes of pain and aggression, making this album one of the emotionally darker works of his career. Shakur wrote and recorded all the lyrics in only three days and the production took another four days, combining for a total of seven days to complete the album (hence the name).

Death

September 1996 shooting

On the night of September 7, 1996, Shakur attended the Bruce Seldon vs. Mike Tyson boxing match with Suge Knight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. After leaving the match, one of Knight's associates spotted Orlando "Baby Lane" Anderson, an alleged Crips gang member from Compton, California, in the MGM Grand lobby. Earlier that year, Anderson and a group of Crips had robbed a member of Death Row's entourage in a Foot Locker store. Knight's associate told Shakur, who attacked Anderson. Shakur's entourage, as well as Knight and his followers, assisted in assaulting Anderson. The fight was captured on the hotel's video surveillance. After the brawl, Shakur went with Knight to go to Death Row-owned Club 662 (now known as restaurant/club Seven). He rode in Knight's 1996 black BMW 750iL sedan as part of a larger convoy, including many in Shakur's entourage.

At around 11:00–11:05 pm (PDT), they were halted on Las Vegas Boulevard by Metro bicycle police for playing the car stereo too loudly and not having license plates. The plates were found in the trunk of Knight's car; the party was released a few minutes later without being fined. At about 11:10 pm (PDT), while they were stopped at a red light at the intersection of Flamingo Road and Koval Lane in front of the Maxim Hotel, a vehicle occupied by two women pulled up on their left side. Shakur, who was standing up through the sunroof, exchanged words with the two women, and invited them to go to Club 662. At approximately 11:15 pm (PDT), a white, four-door, late-model Cadillac with an unknown number of occupants pulled up to the sedan's right side, rolled down a window, and rapidly fired gunshots at Shakur. He was hit in the chest, pelvis, and his right hand and thigh. One of the rounds went into Shakur's right lung. Knight was hit in the head by fragmentation, though it is thought that a bullet grazed him. The bodyguard, Frank Alexander, stated that when he was about to ride along with the rapper in Knight's car, Shakur asked him to drive the car of Shakur's fiancée Kidada Jones instead, in case they needed additional vehicles from Club 662 back to the hotel. The bodyguard reported in his documentary, Before I Wake, that shortly after the assault, one of the convoy's cars drove off after the assailant but he never heard from the occupants. After arriving at the scene, police and paramedics took Knight and a wounded Shakur to the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada. According to an interview with the music video director Gobi, while at the hospital, he received news from a Death Row marketing employee that the shooters had called the record label and threatened Shakur. Gobi told the Las Vegas police, but said they claimed to be understaffed. No attackers came. At the hospital, Shakur was heavily sedated, was placed on life support machines, and was ultimately put under a barbiturate-induced coma after repeatedly trying to get out of the bed. While in the critical care unit, on the afternoon of Friday, September 13, 1996, Shakur died of internal bleeding; doctors attempted to revive him but could not stop the hemorrhaging. His mother, Afeni, made the decision to tell the doctors to stop. He was pronounced dead at 4:03 pm (PDT). The official cause of death was noted as respiratory failure and cardiopulmonary arrest in connection with multiple gunshot wounds. Shakur's body was cremated the next day and some of his ashes were later mixed with marijuana and smoked by members of the Outlawz. However, E.D.I. Mean claimed in an interview in 2014 that despite believing that the ashes were those of Shakur at the time, he later found that the ashes did not in fact belong to Shakur. His fifth album, The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory was released two months later.

Aftermath

In 2002, the LA Times published a two-part story by investigative reporter Chuck Philips, titled "Who Killed Tupac Shakur?", based on yearlong research that reconstructed the crime and the events leading up to it. Information gathered by the paper indicated that: "the shooting was carried out by a Compton gang called the Southside Crips to avenge the beating of one of its members by Shakur a few hours earlier. Orlando Anderson, the Crip whom Shakur had attacked, fired the fatal shots. Las Vegas police discounted Anderson as a suspect and interviewed him only once, briefly. He was later killed in an unrelated gang shooting." The article also reported the involvement of East Coast rapper Biggie, Shakur's rival at the time, and several New York criminals.

Before they died, The Notorious B.I.G. and Anderson denied any role in the murder. In support of their claims, Biggie's family produced computerized invoices suggesting that Biggie was working in a New York recording studio the night of the drive-by shooting. His manager Wayne Barrow and fellow rapper James "Lil' Cease" Lloyd made public announcements denying Biggie's role in the crime and claimed further that they were with him in the recording studio the night of the event. The New York Times called the evidence "inconclusive", noting:

The pages purport to be three computer printouts from Daddy's House, indicating that Wallace was in the studio recording a song called Nasty Boy on the afternoon Shakur was shot. They indicate that Wallace wrote half the session, was In and out/sat around and laid down a ref, shorthand for a reference vocal, the equivalent of a first take. But nothing indicates when the documents were created. And Louis Alfred, the recording engineer listed on the sheets, said in an interview that he remembered recording the song with Wallace in a late-night session, not during the day. He could not recall the date of the session but said it was likely not the night Shakur was shot. 'We would have heard about it,' Mr. Alfred said."

In 2011, pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, the FBI released documents revealing its investigation of the Jewish Defense League for making death threats against Shakur and other rappers.

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How Many Albums Had Tupac Managed to Record Before Dying?

How Many Albums Had Tupac Managed to Record Before Dying? Before he died in September 1996, because of a fatal shooting on the streets of Las Vegas, 2Pac had managed to release four studio albums - 2Pacalypse Now (1991), Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z… (1993), Me Against Тhe World (1995), and All Eyez On Me (1996). However, it should be noted here that at the time of his death, 2Pac had already completed his work on the album The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory, which was released less than two months after the death of the rapper. This is the first and only time that 2Pac uses his new alias Makaveli.

Thug Life

While still alive, Shakur also released the collaborative album Thug Life: Volume 1, which hit the market in 1994. The Thug Life group is formed by 2Pac, Big Syke, Mopreme, Macadoshis, and The Rated R.

2Pacalypse Now

2Pacalypse Now is the beginning of Tupac Shakur's brief but exciting journey in rap music. The first piece of the albums Tupac recorded before dying. The rapper's debut album was released on November 12, 1991, and managed to shake the situation in the hip-hop industry. Despite his fragile age at the time, 2Pac addressed important social topics such as racism, police brutality, poverty, black crimes against blacks and pregnancy during the teenage years. 2Pacalypse Now is noticed even by the US Vice President Dan Quayle, who stated that "there is no reason for such an album to be released" and that "it has no place in American society." Quayle was provoked to say this after a man by the name of Ronald Ray Howard had killed a police officer in Texas and his lawyer had said that he was inspired by 2Pac's album.

Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z…

2Pac strengthened his influence on the stage in February 1993 when its second studio album Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z… was released. The acronym N.I.G.G.A. in the album’s title means "Never Ignorant in Getting Goals Accomplished," and guest artists include names like Ice-T, Ice Cube, Apache, Treach, Digital Underground, and more. Critics from high political positions on 2Pacalypse Now do not discourage 2Pac, but on the contrary – he continues to follow the same line of social activism in his next album Strictly 4 My NIGGAZ… Thanks to successful singles such as “Keep Ya Head Up” and “I Get Around”, Shakur had been able to reach a far wider audience than he had with his first record.

Me Against Тhe World

Me Against the World Cover Front While in prison for sexual assault, 2Pac managed to track the success of his third album, Me Against the World, released in March 1995. The record was set to be Shakur's most personal to that moment, debuting at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart and holding the leadership position for four consecutive weeks. With Me Against the World, 2Pac became the first music artist in history to celebrate the No. 1 album, while being in prison.

All Eyez On Me

Yet, from a commercial point of view, 2Pac's most successful album is the next one, All Eyez on Me, released in February 1996. It was the first album the rapper released since joining the Death Row Records label. Singles like “California Love” and “How Do You Want It” reached # 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. All Eyez on Me is the first double album in Shakur's discography and was sold over 560,000 times in the first week.   Read the full article

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Cuối thế kỷ 20, khi người dân da đen có cuộc sống nghèo khổ sống trong cộng đồng đô thị, dù họ có hành động vi phạm pháp luật hay không thì họ cũng đối xử như những tên côn đồ, tội phạm vì cho rằng màu đen là mối liên hệ với “thug”. Đây cũng chính là một trong những tác hại nặng nề của việc phân biệt chủng tộc da màu. Trên thực tế họ cũng là con người, cũng là một phần của thế giới loài người chúng ta nhưng lại bị đối xử không tệ bạc thậm chí họ còn bị giam giữ hàng loạt giống như “thug” và con số này ngày càng ra tăng đạt đến mức kỷ lục trong cùng bối cảnh những năm cuối thế kỷ 20. Trong lúc này, có nhiều bộ phận đã nhận thấy được nạn phân biệt chủng tộc này đã gây ra quá nhiều hậu quả cùng với tổn thương mà họ không đáng có. Và họ đã khai hoang ra được cùm từ “thug life” để dạy sóng lên nét văn hóa bình đẳng với người da màu, thực tế chính là chống nạn phân biệt chủng tộc. Điển hình kể đến một trong những phương thức là trong nền văn hóa hip – hop, nơi các rapper kết hợp với cuộc sống du côn mang tính biểu tượng là Tupac Amaru Shakur. Vào năm 1993 anh đã cùng với bạn bè R pank, Big syke, Macadoshis, Mopreme Shakur đã thành lập nên nhóm thug life và đã phát hành album Gold đã nhận được chứng nhận. Chính vì vậy anh chính là cha đẻ của cụm từ này, công việc của anh là một rapper, diễn viên có quốc tịch Mỹ nên cũng dễ dàng tuyên truyền những vấn nạn phân biệt chủng tộc tại quê hương anh và giúp mọi người có nhận thức tốt đẹp hơn về người da màu, đặc biệt là người da đen. Và vào thời điểm này người da đen cùng với một số bộ phận đã đứng lên đấu tranh nên trào lưu thug life cũng đã nhận được hưởng ứng cũng như được tuyên truyền rộng rãi và những bài nhạc đấu tranh nạn phân biệt chủng tộc của anh đều nằm trong top tranh giành hạng nhất với các bản nhạc khác lúc đó. Sau khi đọc những nội dung nêu trên đã giúp bạn giải đáp được thắc mắc nguồn gốc cũng như ý nghĩa thug life là gì mà lại được sử dụng rộng rãi như thế rồi đúng không. 3. Trào lưu thug life dùng vào trường hợp nào? Còn hiện nay giới trẻ Việt Nam lại sử dụng trong những trường hợp khác nhau không bám sát nhiều như sự ra đời của cụm từ. Chứng minh là khi các bạn xem các đoạn video, clip trên các trang mạng thì có thể thấy cụm từ thug life được xuất hiện khá là nhiều và thường xuyên, những đối tượng được sử dụng thug life là côn đồ, tội phạm, trẻ trâu ở nước ta. Biểu tượng mà giới trẻ sử dụng từ trước đến này và gắn liền với cụm từ thug life là hình ảnh của một cặp kính đen kết hợp với hình điếu thuốc được ghép vào trong các tình huống của video để gây được dấu ấn riêng. Những thug life video hay thug life mp3 này lại nhận được rất nhiều lượt xem mặc dù trước kia đã từng là trào lưu chỉ ra những cuộc sống sa đọa, đầy bạo lực bấp chất pháp luật nước nhà và ngày nay thì thug life có tính chất giải trí cao hơn. Khi đọc mục thug life là gì có lẽ các bạn cũng đoán ra được thêm một trường hợp được sử dụng từ này, đó là trong game trực tuyến liên minh huyền thoại ( league of legends – lol ). Nó được sử dụng trong các trường hợp highlight cực đỉnh hay là những pha thoát thân trước vị tướng của đội đối thủ. Ngoài ra thì những người có kỹ năng chơi đỉnh, hiếm người chơi được hoặc may mắn trong những trường hợp có pha giao tranh thì cũng được sử dụng. Hiểu theo cách khác thì thug life còn được dùng để nhằm thể hiện cá tính, phong cách độc đâó của một người trong game. 4. 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Thug Life – Pour Out A Little Liquor (Uncut)

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From 1994 Soundtrack: “Above The Rim” (Also appeared on “Thug Life Vol.1”)…………………..

2Pac’s Legacy Site: http://www.2paclegacy.com/ Mopreme Shakur’s Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/mrmopremeshakur Big Syke’s Myspace http://www.myspace.com/bigsykemusic Macadoshis Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/macadoshis1 Free Rated R’s Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/ratedrthuglife

Thug Life: Volume 1 was the first release by the group Thug Life, started by rapper Tupac Shakur, and was released on September 26, 1994. The album was originally released by Shakur’s label Out Da Gutta Records. Due to heavy criticism on gangsta rap at the time, the original version of the album was scrapped and re-recorded with many of the original songs being cut. It has been said that 2Pac created two other versions of this album, with many of the songs still remaining unreleased. The group featured Big Syke, Macadoshis, Mopreme, The Rated R and Tupac Shakur. Among the notable tracks on the album are “Bury Me a G”,”Cradle to the Grave”, “Pour Out a Little Liquor”, “How Long Will They Mourn Me?” and “Str8 Ballin”. In 1996 Big Syke and Shakur planned to create Thug Life: Vol. 2 – Out On Bail which would have been released on Makaveli Records, but the latter’s murder in Las Vegas prevented this from becoming a reality[1]. Although the album was originally released on Shakur’s label Out Da Gutta, Amaru Entertainment, the label owned by the mother of Tupac Shakur, has since gained the rights to it. Thug Life: Volume 1 was certified Gold

LYRICS:

[2Pac] Yeah Pour out a little liquor for your homies nigga This one here go out to my nigga Mike Coolie (Light up a fat one for this one) How you come up man?

I started young kickin dust and, livin rough You watch you mouth around my mama you couldn’t cuss man I had a down ass homie though; we ran the streets And on the scene at the age of fourteen, huh I packed a nine and my nigga packed a forty-five We drinkin forties, lil’ shorties livin naughty lives You couldn’t stop us, long as I got my glock, FUCK the coppers Hangin on the block, slangin rocks and makin profits I couldn’t fuck with the schhhoooollll life, I was a fool I’ll play that motherfucker for a toooollll man Tonight’ll be the night that’s what we figurin Hustlin in the rain felt no pain cause we drinkin Playin them hoes like manure First let my nigga fuck and then I fuck that’s how we do it (ha ha!) It’s two niggaz comin up out the hood livin life just as good as we could But since a bitch can’t be trusted Hoes snitched to the po-lice, now my nigga’s busted The cops whoopin on my nigga in jail tryin to get a motherfucker to tell And couldn’t nobody diss my nigga Damn, I miss my nigga Pour out a little liquor!

“My cousin died last year and I still can’t let go” (4X)

This goes out to all you so called G’s Pour out a little liquor for your real motherfuckin partners Don’t let the drink get like that y’all, huh Pour out a little liquor Pour out a little liquor What’s that you drinkin on?

Drinkin on gin, smokin on blunts and it’s on Reminisce about my niggaz, that’s dead and gone And now they buried, sometimes my eyes still get blurry Cause I’m losin all my homies and I worry I got my back against a brick wall, trapped in a circle Boxin with them suckers til my knuckles turn purple Mama told me, “Son there’ll be days like this” Don’t wanna think so — I hit the drink and stay blitzed We had plans of bein big time G’s Rolling in marked cars, movin them keys And now I roll up the window, blaze up some indo Get to’ down for my niggaz in the pen, yo Your son’s gettin big and strong and I’d love’m like one of my own, til you come home and the years sure fly with the quickness You do the time, and I’ll keep handlin yo’ business That’s the way it’s supposed to be Homie, if it was me, you’d do the shit for me Homie, I can remember scrapin back to back Throwin dogs on them suckers runnin up on this young hog I hope my words can paint a perfect picture And let ya know how much a nigga miss ya Pour out some liquor!

“My cousin died last year and I still can’t let go”

Look at you Drinkin got you where you don’t even give respect to your partners Pour out some liquor nigga! It ain’t like that Tip that shit over Pour out a little liquor!

“My cousin died last year and I still can’t let go” (4X)

This for my nigga Madman Dagz, Hood, Silk yeah A little liquor for my homies y’all We in this motherfuckin piece YEAH Pour out a little liquor Young Queen, YEAH This one goes out to all my mack partners Back in the motherfuckin Bay Oaktown still in the motherfuckin house (Pour out a little liquor) My nigga Richie Rich, Gov’na (I don’t care, Nighttrain, Henessey) All my real motherfuckin partners (Pour out a little liquor) And all my real partnas in Marin, fuck you busta ass niggaz Yeah nigga, pour out a little liquor!! [ad1], [ad2] source

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Thug life là gì? Ý nghĩa & Nguồn gốc của Thug life

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Thug life là gì? Ý nghĩa & Nguồn gốc của Thug life

Nhắc tới Thug life ta hình dung ra ngay hình ảnh cắp kính đen với điếu thuốc hút dở cực ngầu, cực chất. Đã bao giờ bạn thắc mắc Thug life là gì, ý nghĩa và nguồn gốc của Thug life chưa? Wikiaz sẽ giải đáp chi tiết cho bạn qua bài viết sau.

1. Thug life là gì?

Thug life là viết tắt của cụm từ “The Hate U Give Little Infants Fuck Everybody” nghĩa là Sự cam ghét mang tới cho những đứa trẻ khiến chúng trở nên hận cuộc đời.

Theo nghĩa gốc, Thug life được ghép bởi 2 từ: Thug nghĩa là kẻ du côn, tội phạm, life là cuộc sống. Thug life là kẻ có lối sống du côn, bạo lực.

Cha đẻ của từ Thug life là Rapper người Mỹ Tupac Amaru Shakur. Người ta sử dụng Thug life với ý nghĩa phổ biến là thể hiện phong cách cực chất, cục kool, cực ngầu. Thug life đã được dùng rất phổ biến tại các nước phương Tây nhưng chỉ du nhập vào Việt Nam 10 năm trở lại đây nhờ tựa game Liên minh huyền thoại.

2. Thug life xuất phát từ đâu (nguồn gốc)

Nói về nguồn gốc của Thug life, ta cần nhắc lại một chút về bối cảnh lịch sử những năm cuối thế kỷ XX, trong thời kỳ của vấn nạn phân biệt chủng tộc giữa người da trắng và người da màu. Khi mà những người da đen bất kể có tham gia vào các hành vi du côn, tội phạm hay không đều bị gán ghép với “Thug”, họ bị bắt và giam giữ số lượng rất lớn. Thug life là đời trong phong trào chống Phân biệt chủng tộc.

Thug life được nhiều người biết tới nhất, đặc biệt là giới trẻ từ văn hóa Hip-Hop – nơi xuất hiện những Rapper gắn liền với hình ảnh cuộc sống du côn.

Tupac Amaru Shakur (Rapper người Mỹ) được biết tới như là cha đẻ của từ Thug life, năm 1993 anh cùng với Big Syke, R Rank, Mopreme Shakur và Macadoshis đã thành lập nên nhóm Thug life. Những sáng tác của anh phần lớn đề cập tới vấn nạn phân biệt chủng tộc. Với đề tài nóng hổi, phong cách cực lạ, cực ngầu mà các tác phẩm của anh đứng trong Top đầu được yêu thích nhất của thể loại Hip Hop.

Có người nói rằng, Tupac Amaru Shakur cũng giống như một Thug (kẻ du côn) vậy. Bằng con đường nghệ thuật, anh luôn đấu tranh cho chính bản thân mình, nỗ lực sống một cuộc sống ý nghĩa, công bằng giữa một xã hội bất công, chèn ép từ quyền lực, địa vị.

Có người lại cho rằng Shakur đại diện cho một trường phải tư tưởng khác biệt, một trường phái tinh thần nơi những người nghèo, người bị chà đạp bởi nạn phân biệt chủng tộc dựa vào để sống, để đấu tranh.

3. Thug life được sử dụng như thế nào?

Trên thế giới, Thug life được sử dụng phổ biến trong cách clip, videos bạo lực, tội phạm trên Internet. Thêm vào đó, Thug life với hình ảnh cặp kính đen và điếu thuốc quen thuộc trong các tình huống, các videos kool ngầu gắn liền với cái gì đó cực chất, cực ngầu.

Trong game, quen thuộc là tựa game Liên minh huyền thoại. Thug life sử dụng để chỉ những tình huống xử lý cục ngầu, những pha highlight chơi trên cơ cực đỉnh mà không phải ai cũng làm được hoặc những pha may mắn không ngờ tới trong game.

Tóm lại: Hiện nay, Thug life chỉ còn gắn liền với cái gì đó cực ngầu, cực kool thể hiện cá tính và đẳng cấp khác biệt của đói tượng nào đó. Hình ảnh cặp kinh đen và điếu thuốc được ghép vào trong các bức ảnh, clip mang tới tiếng cười và giải trí.

4. Thug life meme

Hình ảnh Thug life cuối thế kỷ XX ban đầu xuất hiện đại diện cho lối sống du côn, thách thức, sa đọa nhưng dần dần đã trở thành hình ảnh mang tính chất hoàn toàn giải trí, mang lại tiếng cười cho mọi người.

THUG LIFE : Une Vie Dure. Thug Life (1993) - À la fin de l'année 1993, Shakur forme le groupe Thug Life avec un certain nombre de ses amis, dont Big Syke, Macadoshis, Rated R et son demi-frère Mopreme. Le groupe publie son unique album enregistré Thug Life: Volume 1 le 26 septembre 1994, classé 42e du Billboard 200 et certifié disque d'or par la RIAA. L'album contient le single Pour Out a Little Liquor, produit par Johnny "J" , qui produira une grande partie de l'album de Tupac All Eyez on Me. Le groupe effectue généralement ses concerts sans Tupac. À l'époque, la notion de Thug Life est considérée comme une philosophie de vie par Tupac, qui utilise l'expression pour définir le style de vie qu'il a vécu. Il tourne Thug Life (littéralement « vie de voyou ») en un acronyme, qu'il baptise The Hate U Give Little Infants Fucks Everybody (« la haine que vous transmettez aux enfants se retourne contre nous tous »). Tupac le définit comme un mode de vie où les gens réussissent en partant de rien et en surmontant tous les obstacles pour atteindre leurs objectifs. En d'autres termes, une personne née riche ou issue d'un milieu aisé ne vit pas une « Thug Life », parce qu'elle n'a pas besoin de lutter pour survivre. En raison de l'utilisation constante de l'expression par Tupac, celle-ci est devenue synonyme de son nom et il se l'est même fait tatouer sur le ventre. Contrairement à ce que peut laisser croire une traduction littérale, l'acronyme n'a rien à voir avec le fait d'être un gangster ou un criminel puisqu'il dénonce toutes les idéologies socialement oppressives enseignées durant l'enfance qui peuvent nous affecter négativement une fois adultes. Tupac dit par ailleurs : « Je ne suis pas un gangster et ne l'ai jamais été. Je ne suis pas le voleur qui s'empare de votre sac à main. Je ne suis pas le gars qui fait du carjacking. J'ai un emploi. Je suis un artiste ».

Tupac Shakur's Signed Thug Life Contract Up for Auction #REALLY

Tupac Shakur’s Signed Thug Life Contract Up for Auction #REALLY

Before Tupac Shakur was about “California Love” he was all about Thug Life, and the rapper’s early recording contract with the hip-hip group can be yours … if you’re str8 ballin’.

The 58-page contract from July 24, 1994 is signed by 2Pac and fellow Thug Life members Big Syke (Tyruss Himes), Mopreme Shakur (Maurice Harding), Macadoshis (Diron Rivers) and The Rated R (Walter Burns) … inking their…

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