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How the World Learned to Embrace Tupac Shakur
Biographers say his political lyrics and contradictions helped turn him into a lasting symbol for later artists and protest movements.
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Thirty years after his murder in Las Vegas, rapper 2Pac (or Tupac Shakur) remains the absolute totem of the American rap. Briefly back on the life of a murdered icon.
·Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
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On September 13, 1996, Tupac Shakur died in Las Vegas at the age of 25. Six days earlier, the rap superstar had been shot on the open road. The fact that he is still revered is not least due to the many contradictions that the artist united. Tupac had been perceived as "poets, gangsters and scholars."
·Vienna, Austria
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Today 30 years ago Tupac Shakur was murdered. His status as a cultural icon is beyond question. But legends and myths about his short life overshadow all too often his radical political attitude.
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Total News Sources5
Leaning Left2Leaning Right0Center1Last UpdatedBias Distribution67% Left
Bias Distribution
- 67% of the sources lean Left
67% Left
L 67%
C 33%
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