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. Dre, Ice Cube, Snoop Dogg and Ice-T but also blazing his own way as an. Tupac Amaru Shakur (June 16, 1971September 13, 1996), also known by his stage names, Makaveli and 2Pac, was an American hip-hop artist, poet and actor. Traveling the road paved by hip-hop pioneers like Dr. That’s how he lived his life, he had mad respect.”įollowing 2Pac’s death, Tyson lost his two next fights – both to Evander Holyfield – and fought another 10 more times before retiring in 2005. In 1996, Tupac Shakur was the crown prince of West Coast rap. When he came in everybody knew him, he had mad respect.
“The guards didn’t like him, the inmates got rowdy and pumped up when he came which is a safety concern,” Tyson told rapper TI. Tyson recalls that 2Pac’s visits had the biggest impact on his fellow inmate although many celebrities came to visit him while he was behind bars at the Indiana Youth Center. There was a close bond between the late rapper and boxing champion as 2Pac visited Tyson in prison after a rape conviction in 1992. Knight survived the shooting but 2Pac who was struck by four bullets died six days after the shooting.Īnderson was the main suspect in the resulting murder investigation.
Hours after the fight, 2Pac was shot in a drive-by shooting. Knight was driving with Tupac in the front seat when an unknown gunman pulled up alongside the pair and opened fire. The video that was shared by Gloves Up Global’s Instagram page also shows Death Row Records CEO Suge Knight.Īll these went down hours before Tupac and his posse – some of whom had links to Los Angeles gang the Bloods – attacked Orlando ‘Baby Lane’ Anderson from their rival Crips gang. 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. Tyson embraced Tupac after winning the WBA title.