Tupac Amaru Shakur, also known by his stage name 2Pac, was an American rapper and actor. He has sold over 75 million albums worldwide and counting, making him one of the best-selling music artists in the world. His double disc album "All Eyez on Me" is one of the best-selling hip hop albums of all time.
He was shot multiple times in a drive-by shooting at Las Vegas, Nevada. He was taken to the Southern Nevada University Medical Center, where he died six days later.
During his lifetime, 2Pac served a prison sentence at Clinton Correctional Facility. Shortly afterward, he released his multi-platinum album "Me against the World". He became the first artist to have an album at number one on the Billboard 200 while serving a prison sentence.
While serving his sentence, he married his long-time girlfriend, Keisha Morris, however the couple divorced in 1996. He also read many books by Niccolo Machiavelli and wrote a screenplay titled "Live 2 Tell", which was a story about an adolescent who becomes a drug baron.
Also, while incarcerated, Jim Carrey wrote letters to him to help him laugh and smile! Tupac stated that Carrey was his favorite actor.Two legends sharing history, now… That's epic.