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 He was a Shakespeare connoisseur. [([[https://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-tupac-qa-story.html#page=1|LA Times]])]
+===== Growing Up To Music =====
+He grew up listening to English and Irish pop performers such as Kate Bush, Sinead O'Connor, Culture Club, and U2. [([[https://books.google.pl/books?dq=tupac+sinead+o%27connor&ei=9emZU4-AINL-oQSfi4LADg&hl=en&id=VndZuYv9u4kC&lpg=PA26&ots=5pcSeXTn1i&pg=PA26&sa=X&sig=eq63KsAzKQ6pW5NHVvGNvPNydo8&source=bl&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=tupac%20sinead%20o'connor&f=false|Google Books]])]
+===== Rashida Jones =====
+Rashida Jones, then 17, wrote an angry letter to Shakur in 1993 after he chastised her father, Quincy Jones, for having affairs with white women.[([[https://uproxx.com/hiphop/rashida-jones-tupac-letter/|Uproxx]])]
+===== Friends With Notorious B.I.G =====
+Tupac and Notorious B.I.G. were actually pals before the whole East Coast vs. West Coast spat.[([[https://www.biography.com/news/biggie-tupac-friends-rivals-east-coast-west-coast|Biography]])]
+===== Me Against the World =====
+'Me Against the World' debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, marking Shakur the first musician to do so while in prison. [([[https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-juice/6517174/tupac-me-against-the-world-anniversary|Billboard]])]
+===== Tupac and Ice-T =====
+Tupac and Ice-T once performed a duet.[([[https://www.thewrap.com/tupac-and-ice-t-sing-you-dont-bring-me-flowers-courtesy-questlove-video-103291/|The Wrap]])]
+===== Machiavelli =====
+While in prison, Shakur was strongly affected by Niccol Machiavelli's writings, particularly The Prince. [([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ltfkuRxWKY|YouTube]])]
+===== Shakur's Ashes =====
+Members of the Outlawz smoked marijuana after mixing some of Shakur's ashes with it after he was cremated. [([[https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/tupacs-life-after-death-20060913-gdodnq.html|SMH]])]
+===== Dear Mama =====
+"Dear Mama" became the third rap song in history to be inducted into the National Recording Registry in 2010. [([[https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2010/06/2pacs-dear-mama-selected-for-inclusion-in-library-of-congress-national-recording-registry.html|La Times]])]
+===== Joshua's Dream =====
+Shakur changed the name of his publishing company, Ghetto Gospel, to Joshua's Dream in honor of 11-year-old Joshua Torres. [([[https://2paclegacy.net/tupac-joshua-torress-dream/|2paclegacy]])]
+===== Shakur Shot And Killed Two Off-duty Police Officers =====
+Shakur shot and killed two off-duty police officers. Charges were dismissed, however, after it was determined that the policemen were inebriated, in possession of stolen firearms, and lied to police officers. [([[https://www.nytimes.com/1993/11/02/us/rapper-charged-in-shootings-of-off-duty-officers.html|NYTimes]])]
+===== Maya Angelou =====
+He sobbed after speaking with Maya Angelou on the set of Poetic Justice.[([[https://www.businessinsider.com/maya-angelou-made-tupac-cry-2014-5?IR=T|Business Insider]])]
+===== Death =====
+Tupac was shot four times in the chest by an unidentified shooter on September 13, 1996. [([[https://www.britannica.com/story/who-killed-tupac-shakur|Britannica]])]
+{{tag>music people celebrities}}

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