In 2014, the album earned the RIAA certification of diamond for selling 10 million copies. Billboard 200, selling over half a million copies the first week, becoming Shakur’s second album to chart at number 1. The rapper’s fourth studio album debuted at number 1 on the U.S. Originally released in February of 1996, just over 6 months before his untimely death, Shakur’s ‘All Eyez On Me’ was a seminal album in the hip-hop genre. Pac said himself that he aimed for this album to be more personal and introspective than his past efforts. The LP debuted at number 1 on the Billboard 200, staying at the top spot for four weeks, as well as passing Bruce Springsteen’s Greatest Hits for the best-selling album in the United States. While serving his prison sentence for sexual assault in 1995, Tupac dropped his third album, Me Against The World. Two years later, Pac’s second album, Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.AZ., debuted to greater commercial success while also containing some of his most famous singles like ‘Keep Ya Head Up’ and “I Get Around’.

2Pacalypse displayed the young MC’s ability to tell almost poetic stories through rap with songs such as ‘Brenda’s Got A Baby’ at just 20 years old. Tupac made his first appearance rapping on the group’s 1991 song, ‘Same Song’.ĢPacalypse Now, his solo debut, was released in November of 1991, peaking at 64 on the Billboard 200. In 1988, Pac and his family moved to San Francisco where he finished high school and ended up linking with hip-hop group Digital Underground. Although originally born in Harlem, Tupac was one of the most popular artists to come out of the West Coast rap scene that was booming in the early to mid-nineties. Constantly being regarded as the greatest rapper of all time, Shakur’s lyrical ability mixed with his gangster charisma and charm are damn near close to incomparable to anyone else. Saying that Tupac Shakur left a large legacy in the rap game would be quite the understatement.

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