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The rapper Tupac Shakur has sold over 75 million records making him one of the most successful artists of all time.
Shakur sold over 75 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time.
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Tupac Shakur
Tupac Amaru Shakur ( ) (born Lesane Parish Crooks; June 16, 1971September 13, 1996), also known by his stage names 2Pac and Makaveli, was an American rapper, poet and actor. Shakur 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" (1996) and his "Greatest Hits" (1998) are among the best-selling albums in the United States. Shakur is consistently ranked as one of the greatest and most influential rappers of all time and he has been listed and ranked as one of the greatest artists of any genre by many publications, including "Rolling Stone", which ranked him 86th on its list of The 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.
East Coast–West Coast hip hop rivalry
The East Coast–West Coast hip hop rivalry was a feud between artists and fans of the East Coast hip hop and West Coast hip hop scenes in the United States, especially from the mid to late 1990s. Focal points of the feud were West Coast-based rapper Tupac Shakur (and his Los Angeles-based label, Death Row Records), and East Coast-based rapper The Notorious B.I.G. (and his New York-based label, Bad Boy Records), who were both fatally shot following drive-by shootings by unknown assailants in 1996 and 1997, respectively. Hip hop emerged in the 1970s on the streets of South Bronx. Powered by DJs such as Kool Herc, Grandmaster Flash, and Afrika Bambaataa, the new genre became popular throughout the city's neighborhoods.
Orlando Anderson
Orlando Tive "Baby Lane" Anderson (August 13, 1974 – May 29, 1998) was a Crips gang member, and a person of interest in the murder of rapper Tupac Shakur. Detective Tim Brennan from Compton, California filed an affidavit naming Anderson as a suspect, although fans and others have speculated as to Anderson's involvement in the killing. He was never charged with the murder. In 2002, "The Los Angeles Times" published a two-part series by reporter Chuck Philips titled "Who Killed Tupac Shakur?" based on a series that looked into the events leading to the crime. The series 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.
Tupac: Assassination
Tupac Assassination: Conspiracy or Revenge is a documentary film about the unsolved murder of rapper Tupac Shakur produced by Frank Alexander, a Shakur bodyguard who was with the rapper at the time of the shooting, produced and directed by Richard Bond. The film was released October 23, 2007 on DVD. The film is a series of interviews with key players and witnesses, as well as what the producer told "Rolling Stone" magazine were experts in the fields of law enforcement and rap. Suge Knight owed artists over $104 million and Shakur was threatening to take his masters and leave Death Row after the last album, .
Suge Knight
Marion Hugh "Suge" Knight Jr. (; born April 19, 1965) is an American record producer, music executive, and a former replacement player as an American football defensive end for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He is the co-founder and former CEO of Death Row Records. Death Row Records rose to dominate the rap charts after Dr. Dre's breakthrough album "The Chronic" in 1992. After several years of chart successes for artists including Tupac Shakur, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Outlawz and Tha Dogg Pound, Death Row Records stagnated after Knight's incarceration on probation violation charges in September 1996 and went bankrupt in 2006.
'03 Bonnie &amp; Clyde
"03 Bonnie & Clyde" is a song recorded by American rapper Jay-Z featuring his then-girlfriend, American singer Beyoncé. It was composed by Shawn Carter, Kanye West, Prince Nelson, Tupac Shakur, Darryl Harper, Ricky Rouse and Tyrone Wrice for Jay-Z's seventh studio album "" (2002). The song was released as the album's lead single on October 10, 2002. An East Coast hip hop and R&B song, "'03 Bonnie & Clyde" sampled its beat, lyrics, and theme from American rapper Tupac Shakur's 1996 song "Me and My Girlfriend", and was inspired by the crime film "Bonnie and Clyde". The instrumentation is based on programmed drums, bass instruments, and a flamenco guitar.
Gangsta rap
Gangsta rap or gangster rap consists with themes and lyrics that generally emphasize the "gangsta" lifestyle. The genre evolved from hardcore rap into a distinct form, pioneered in the mid-1980s by rappers such as Schoolly D and Ice-T, and was popularized in the later part of the 1980s by groups like N.W.A. After the national attention that Ice-T and N.W.A attracted in the late 1980s and early 1990s, gangsta rap became the most commercially lucrative subgenre of hip hop. Many (if not most) gangsta rap artists openly boast of their associations with various active street gangs as part of their artistic image, with the Bloods and Crips being the most commonly represented.
1_Apprentice
That's amazing! I don't think I have heard his music
0_Wizard
His music most revolves around racial, social, and inner city issies.
Most of the themes in Shakur's songs revolved around the violence and hardship in inner cities, racism, and other social issues.
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Beijing city fortifications
The Beijing city fortifications were built between the early 15th century and 1553. The Inner city wall was long and high, with a thickness of at ground level and at the top. It had nine gates. This wall stood for nearly 530 years, but in 1965 was removed to allow construction of the 2nd Ring Road and Line 2 of the Beijing Subway. Only one part of the original wall exists, in the southeast, just south of the Beijing Railway Station. The Outer city walls had a perimeter of approximately . The entire enclosure of the Inner and Outer cities formed a "凸" shape with a perimeter of nearly . Beijing was the location of the capital during the last three Chinese imperial dynasties (the Yuan, Ming, and Qing).
Gentrification
Gentrification is a process of renovation of deteriorated urban neighborhoods by means of the influx of more affluent residents. This is a common and controversial topic in politics and in urban planning. Gentrification can improve the quality of a neighborhood, while also potentially forcing relocation of current, established residents and businesses, causing them to move from a gentrified area, seeking lower cost housing and stores. Gentrification often shifts a neighborhood’s racial/ethnic composition and average household income by developing new, more expensive housing, businesses and improved resources.
Racial segregation in the United States
Racial segregation in the United States, as a general term, includes the segregation or separation of access to facilities, services, and opportunities such as housing, medical care, education, employment, and transportation along racial lines. The expression most often refers to the legally or socially enforced separation of African Americans from other races, but also applies to the general discrimination against people of color by white communities. The term refers to the physical separation and provision of so-called "separate but equal" facilities, which were separate but rarely equal, as well as to other manifestations of racial discrimination, such as separation of roles within an institution: for example, in the United States Armed Forces before the 1950s, black units were typically separated from white units but were led by white officers.
Milton S. Eisenhower Foundation
Created in 1981, the Eisenhower Foundation is the private sector continuation of two Presidential Commissions – the 1967-1968 bipartisan National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders (the Kerner Riot Commission, after the big city protests in Detroit, Newark, Los Angeles and many other cities) and the 1968-1969 bipartisan National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence (the National Violence Commission, after the assassinations of Dr. Martin Luther King and Senator Robert F. Kennedy). The Kerner Riot Commission. The Kerner Riot Commission famously concluded, "Our nation is moving toward two societies, one black, one white – separate and unequal."
Earl Pastko
Earl Pastko (born 10 December 1965) is an American-Canadian film and television actor. He was born in Chicago and moved to Canada in 1985. Pastko is a founding member of Chicago's Remains Theater Company. He has worked extensively in theatre with noted directors Ken McDougall, Paul Bettis, Alexander Hausvater, Brian Quirt, Vikki Anderson and Morris Panych, among others. Pastko received a Dora nomination for his performance in 'La Ronde' and a Jessie nomination for 'The Ends of The Earth'. His most recent stage appearances were as Lars in The Company Theatre's highly praised production of 'Festen' and as Alexander Stern in 'The Rant', presented by Chicago's Mary Arrcher Theatre Co.  His best known film roles are as Satan in Bruce McDonald's 'Highway 61'; as Harley Otis in Atom Egoyan's 'The Sweet Hereafter'; as the artist in Jeremy Podeswa's 'Eclipse'; and the hotel detective in David Weaver's 'Century Hotel'.
Shrinking cities
Shrinking cities or urban depopulation are dense cities that have experienced notable population loss. Emigration (migration from a place) is a common reason for city shrinkage. Since the infrastructure of such cities was built to support a larger population, its maintenance can become a serious concern. A related phenomenon is counter urbanization. The phenomenon of shrinking cities generally refers to a metropolitan area that experiences significant population loss in a short period of time. The theory is also known as counterurbanization, metropolitan deconcentration, and metropolitan turnaround.
Inner City Press
Inner City Press is a public interest organization founded by Matthew Lee, who serves as Executive Director. Inner City Press is best known for its investigations of the banking industry's treatment of low-income communities of color, at first within the United States and more recently around the world, for example with regard to HSBC, Deutsche Bank and others. In the Spring of 2013, in the US, Inner City Press / Fair Finance Watch has for example raised fair lending issues regarding Investors Bank, see Newark [NJ] Star-Ledger of April 30, 2013, "Investors, Roma bank merger still awaiting regulator's approval," http://www.nj.com/business/index.ssf/2013/04/investors_roma_bank_merger_sti.html   Inner City Press was founded in 1987 in the South Bronx of New York City.
1_Apprentice
I see, do you know when he was at his most famous?
0_Wizard
His two best selling albums were released in 1998 and 1996.
His double disc albums "All Eyez on Me" (1996) and his "Greatest Hits" (1998) are among the best-selling albums in the United States.
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Falling into You
Falling into You is the fourth English-language studio album by Canadian singer Celine Dion, released on 8 March 1996, by Columbia/Epic Records. The follow-up to her commercially successful album "The Colour of My Love" (1993) and French-language "D'eux" (1995), "Falling into You" showed a further progression of Dion's music. Throughout the project, she collaborated with Jim Steinman, who wrote and produced "It's All Coming Back to Me Now", among others. Several songs were produced by David Foster, including Diane Warren's "Because You Loved Me". Generally, Dion worked with fourteen producers on "Falling into You" and a variety of songwriters and musicians.
1990s in music
Popular music in the 1990s saw the continuation of teen pop and dance-pop trends which had emerged in the 1970s and 1980s. Furthermore, hip hop grew and continued to be highly successful in the decade, with the continuation of the genre's golden age. Aside from rap, reggae, contemporary R&B and urban music in general remained extremely popular throughout the decade; urban music in the late-1980s and 1990s often blended with styles such as soul, funk and jazz, resulting in fusion genres such as new jack swing, neo-soul, hip hop soul and g-funk which were popular. Similarly to the 1980s, rock music was also very popular in the 1990s, yet, unlike the new wave and glam metal-dominated scene of the time, grunge, Britpop, industrial rock and other alternative rock music emerged and took over as the most popular of the decade, as well as punk rock, ska punk and nu metal, amongst others, which attained a high level of success at different points throughout the years.
Let's Talk About Love
Let's Talk About Love is the fifth English-language studio album by Canadian singer Celine Dion, released on 14 November 1997, by Columbia/Epic Records. The follow-up to her commercially successful album "Falling into You" (1996), "Let's Talk About Love" showed a further progression of Dion's music. Throughout the project, she collaborated with Barbra Streisand, the Bee Gees, Luciano Pavarotti, Carole King, George Martin, Diana King, Brownstone, Corey Hart and her previous producers: David Foster, Ric Wake, Walter Afanasieff, Humberto Gatica and Jim Steinman. "Let's Talk About Love" includes Dion's biggest hit, "My Heart Will Go On".
Mr. Children
, commonly referred to by their contracted nickname ) is a Japanese pop rock band formed in 1989 by Kazutoshi Sakurai, Kenichi Tahara, Keisuke Nakagawa, and Hideya Suzuki. They made their major debut in 1992. As a group, they are one of the best selling artists in Japan and one of the most successful Japanese rock artists, having sold over 50 million records and creating the in the mid-1990s in Japan. They held the record for the highest first week sales of a single in Japan for 15 years, with 1.2 million copies of their 10th single , have 30 consecutive number 1 singles, replaced Glay as the all-male band (with 3 or more members) to have the most number 1 albums on the Oricon charts, and won the Japan Record Award in 1994 for "Innocent World" and in 2004 for "Sign".
My Christmas
My Christmas is the thirteenth studio album and first Christmas album released by Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli. The album is a compilation of seasonal holiday favorites, mainly in English, with a few selections in Italian, German, and French, produced by multiple Grammy Award winner David Foster, containing duets with Mary J. Blige, Natalie Cole, Reba McEntire, Katherine Jenkins, The Mormon Tabernacle Choir, and The Muppets. It also includes "God Bless Us Everyone", the only original song of the album, which Bocelli recorded for the closing of the 2009 film, "A Christmas Carol". A Spanish version of the album, called Mi Navidad, was released November 23, 2009, and a PBS Christmas special of the album, filmed in the Kodak Theatre, was released on DVD December 8, 2010, after airing on PBS stations nationwide.
SMAP
SMAP was a Japanese boy band, composed of Masahiro Nakai, Takuya Kimura, Goro Inagaki, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, and Shingo Katori. The group was created in 1988 by music producer Johnny Kitagawa, founder of Johnny & Associates, originally as a six-piece with Katsuyuki Mori, until his departure from the band in 1996. After making their debut in 1991, the group took the Japanese entertainment industry by storm, becoming the most successful boy band in Japanese history and the bestselling band in Asia, often referred to as a "national treasure" and a "fortune and property of the country" in Japan. SMAP was regarded as an iconic figure in Japan, after achieving an unprecedented level of success in numerous genres in the entertainment industry, including music, television, film, radio, and theater, as a group and individually.
The Colour of My Love
The Colour of My Love is the third English-language studio album by Canadian recording artist Celine Dion. It was released by Columbia Records/550 Music on 9 November 1993. The songs were produced mainly by David Foster, Ric Wake, Guy Roche, Walter Afanasieff and Christopher Neil, and four of them were written by Diane Warren. The album features cover versions of "The Power of Love" and "When I Fall in Love". After its release, "The Colour of My Love" received generally mixed reviews from music critics but became a commercial success, topping the charts in Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom and few other European countries, and reaching top ten elsewhere, including number four in the United States.
1_Apprentice
I see, about twenty years ago!
0_Wizard
He died on September 13, 1996.
Tupac Amaru Shakur ( ) (born Lesane Parish Crooks; June 16, 1971September 13, 1996), also known by his stage names 2Pac and Makaveli, was an American rapper, poet and actor.
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2014 IAAF Continental Cup results
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Athletics at the 2001 Mediterranean Games – Results
These are the full results of the athletics competition at the 2001 Mediterranean Games taking place between September 11–14, 2001 in Radès, Tunisia. Heats – September 11Wind: +3.5  Final – September 11Wind: +2.5 m/s  Heats – September 13Wind:Heat 1: +3.5  Final – September 13Wind:+1.4 m/s  Heats – September 12  Final – September 12  Heats – September 11  Final – September 12  September 14 September 11 September 14 September 11 September 12Wind: 0.0 m/s  Heats – September 11  Final – September 11  September 12 September 13 September 14 September 12 September 13 September 14  Qualification – September 12  Final – September 12  September 11 September 13 September 12 September 14 September 14 September 11–12  Heats – September 11Wind: +2.9  Final – September 11Wind: +1.6 m/s  Heats – September 13Wind: +0.4 m/s  Final – September 13Wind: +2.6 m/s  Heats – September 12  Final – September 12  Heats – September 11  Final – September 12  September 14 September 13 September 12 September 11  Heats – September 12Wind: +2.4 m/s  Final – September 12Wind: +1.5 m/s  Heats – September 11  Final – September 11  September 11 September 13 September 14 September 14 September 12 September 11 September 13 September 14 September 12 September 11 September 13 September 13 September 13–14
Athletics at the 2013 Jeux de la Francophonie – Results
These are the official results of the athletics competition at the 2013 Jeux de la Francophonie which took place on 10–14 September 2013 in Nice, France. Heats – September 10Wind:Heat 1: -1.1 m/s, Heat 2: -1.4 m/s  Final – September 11  Heats – September 13Wind:Heat 1: -1.5 m/s, Heat 2: -1.7 m/s, Heat 3: -0.9 m/s  Final – September 14  September 12  Heats – September 10  Final – September 11  Heats – September 13  Final – September 14  September 14 September 10 September 11  Heats – September 13  Final – September 14  September 14 September 12 September 14 September 14 September 14 September 13 September 11 September 13 September 10 September 11 September 10 September 12 September 12–13  Heats – September 10Wind:Heat 1: -1.4 m/s, Heat 2: -1.0 m/s, Heat 3: -1.2 m/s  Final – September 11  Heats – September 13Wind:Heat 1: -1.6 m/s, Heat 2: -1.6 m/s  Final – September 14  Heats – September 11  Final – September 12  Heats – September 13  Final – September 14  September 12 September 13  Heats – September 12Wind:Heat 1: -2.7 m/s, Heat 2: -1.4 m/s  Final – September 13  Heats – September 10  Final – September 11  September 12 September 12 September 14 September 14 September 11 September 11 September 14 September 14 September 14 September 12 September 13 September 14 September 10–11
Fort Lee lane closure scandal
The Fort Lee lane closure scandal, also known as the George Washington Bridge lane closure scandal or Bridgegate, is a U.S. political scandal in which a staff member and political appointees of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie (R) colluded to create traffic jams in Fort Lee, New Jersey, by closing lanes at the main toll plaza for the upper level of the George Washington Bridge. The problems began on Monday, September 9, 2013, when two of three toll lanes for a local street entrance were closed during morning rush hour. Local officials, emergency services, and the public were not notified of the lane closures, which Fort Lee declared a threat to public safety.
Hurricane Ike
Hurricane Ike (pronounced ) (; ; ) was a powerful tropical cyclone that swept through portions of the Greater Antilles and Northern America in September 2008, wreaking havoc on infrastructure and agriculture, particularly in Cuba and Texas. Ike developed from a tropical wave west of Cape Verde on September 1 and strengthened to a peak intensity as a Category 4 hurricane over the open waters of the central Atlantic on September 4 as it tracked westward. Several fluctuations in strength occurred before Ike made landfall on eastern Cuba on September 8. The hurricane weakened prior to continuing into the Gulf of Mexico, but increased its intensity by the time of its final landfall on Galveston, Texas on September 13.
Effects of Hurricane Ike in Texas
The effects of Hurricane Ike in Texas were crippling and long-lasting. Ike's effects included deaths, widespread damage, and impacts to the price and availability of oil and gas. Hurricane Ike also had a long-term impact on the U.S. economy. Making landfall over Galveston, at 2:10 a.m. CDT on September 13, 2008, Category 2 Hurricane Ike caused extensive damage in Texas, with sustained winds of 110 mph (175 km/h), a 22 ft (6.8 m) storm surge, and widespread coastal flooding. More than 140,000 residents in the Texas Gulf Coast danger zones in Ike's path had failed to evacuate, partly due to fears of multi-hour traffic jams as during Hurricane Rita, but over 940 were rescued from rising waters, and nearly 2,000 rescued afterward.
Lin Biao
Lin Biao (December 5, 1907 – September 13, 1971) was a Marshal of the People's Republic of China who was pivotal in the Communist victory in the Chinese Civil War, especially in Northeast China. Lin was the general who commanded the decisive Liaoshen and Pingjin Campaigns, in which he co-led the Manchurian Field Army to victory and led the People's Liberation Army into Beijing. He crossed the Yangtze River in 1949, decisively defeated the Kuomintang and took control of the coastal provinces in Southeast China. He ranked third among the Ten Marshals. Zhu De and Peng Dehuai were considered senior to Lin, and Lin ranked directly ahead of He Long and Liu Bocheng.