In loving memory of Tupac
June 16, 1971 — September 13, 1996
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A memorial to the late Tupac Shakur on the Lower East Side. (Photo by Clarence Davis/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images) 
A memorial to the late Tupac Shakur on the Lower East Side. (Photo by Clarence Davis/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images) -
Photo of Tupac Shakur 
Photo of Tupac Shakur -
Rapper Tupac Shakur, right, speaks as fellow rap artist Snoop Doggy Dogg listens during a voter registration rally in South Central Los Angeles on August 15, 1996. Late Saturday night, September 7, 1996, Shakur and Death Row Records chairman Marion "Suge" Knight were shot in their car as they drove through the Las Vegas Strip area. (AP Photo/Frank Wiese) 
Rapper Tupac Shakur, right, speaks as fellow rap artist Snoop Doggy Dogg listens during a voter registration rally in South Central Los Angeles on August 15, 1996. Late Saturday night, September 7, 1996, Shakur and Death Row Records chairman Marion "Suge" Knight were shot in their car as they drove through the Las Vegas Strip area. (AP Photo/Frank Wiese) -
Tupac Shakur at the Paris Theater in New York City, New York (Photo by Ron Galella/WireImage) 
Tupac Shakur at the Paris Theater in New York City, New York (Photo by Ron Galella/WireImage) -
Snoop Dogg and Tupac Shakur 
Snoop Dogg and Tupac Shakur -
Tupac Shakur 
Tupac Shakur -
Tupac Shakur outside criminal court. (Photo by Gerald Herbert/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images) 
Tupac Shakur outside criminal court. (Photo by Gerald Herbert/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images) -
Tupac Shakur. November 09, 1994. (Photo by David Rentas / (c) NYP Holdings, Inc. via Getty Images) 
Tupac Shakur. November 09, 1994. (Photo by David Rentas / (c) NYP Holdings, Inc. via Getty Images) -
Tupac Shakur on the set of "Above the Rim" in Harlem. (Photo by mark peterson/Corbis via Getty Images) 
Tupac Shakur on the set of "Above the Rim" in Harlem. (Photo by mark peterson/Corbis via Getty Images) -
Khalil Kain, Omar Epps, Tupac Shakur, and Jermaine Hopkins in a scene from the film 'Juice', 1992. (Photo by Paramount/Getty Images) 
Khalil Kain, Omar Epps, Tupac Shakur, and Jermaine Hopkins in a scene from the film 'Juice', 1992. (Photo by Paramount/Getty Images) -
Tupac Shakur in a scene from the film 'Gridlock'd', 1997. (Photo by Gramercy Pictures/Getty Images) 
Tupac Shakur in a scene from the film 'Gridlock'd', 1997. (Photo by Gramercy Pictures/Getty Images) -
The intersection of Harmon and Las Vegas Blvd., in Las Vegas, Sunday, Sept. 8, 1996, where rap superstar Tupac Shakur and Death Row Records Chairman Marion "Suge" Knight were stopped and transported to the University Medical Center-Trauma unit after being shot Saturday night. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey) 
The intersection of Harmon and Las Vegas Blvd., in Las Vegas, Sunday, Sept. 8, 1996, where rap superstar Tupac Shakur and Death Row Records Chairman Marion "Suge" Knight were stopped and transported to the University Medical Center-Trauma unit after being shot Saturday night. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey) -
Children play in front of a graffiti mural of Tupac Shakur in a gang area on September 15, 2002 in Manenberg outside Cape Town, South Africa. Manenberg is a gang area and one of the most dangerous places in South Africa, where rival gangs shoot at each other daily and where children often are struck in crossfire. This area is dominated by the HL:s Hard Livings, and are fighting the rival gang, the Americans. (Photo by Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images) 
Children play in front of a graffiti mural of Tupac Shakur in a gang area on September 15, 2002 in Manenberg outside Cape Town, South Africa. Manenberg is a gang area and one of the most dangerous places in South Africa, where rival gangs shoot at each other daily and where children often are struck in crossfire. This area is dominated by the HL:s Hard Livings, and are fighting the rival gang, the Americans. (Photo by Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images) -
Rapper Snoop Dogg (L) and a hologram of deceased rapper Tupac Shakur perform onstage during day 3 of the 2012 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Field on April 15, 2012 in Indio, California. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images for Coachella) 
Rapper Snoop Dogg (L) and a hologram of deceased rapper Tupac Shakur perform onstage during day 3 of the 2012 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Field on April 15, 2012 in Indio, California. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images for Coachella)
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