Tupac Amaru Shakur: 1971-1996

Tupac Amaru Shakur: 1971-1996
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Tupac Shakur was one of music's most successful, controversial, and enigmatic artists.Â Â His untimely passing, however, left many questions unanswered about his life;Â Â the line between the image and the reality of his "thug" lifestyle remains blurred at best to this day.Â Â Yet, the mark that Shakur left on hip-hop culture is indelible, and the popularity among his fans is unquestionable.Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â

From the editors of VIBE magazine comes Tupac Shakura compelling tribute to one of music's most profound talents.Â Â Published in time to commemorate the anniversary of Shakur's death (September 13, 1996), Tupac Shakurtraces the pivotal moments in the artist's short but brilliant life from his tough-love upbringing as the son of a former Black Panther and introduction to rap as a backup dancer and roadie, to his meteoric rise to the top of the rap world andÂ Â a turbulent movie career.
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Told through VIBE'S most poignant and often prophetic articles on and interviews with Tupac along with more than 100 full-color photographs, Tupac Shakur is a telling portrait of Shakur's mercurial life.Â Â In the book, readers will find extensive interviews with Tupac following his arrests in New York and Atlanta in 1994; a world-exclusive interview from Rikers Island in April 1995; another after his release from prison and being signed to Death Row Records in February 1996; and a final conversation conducted just two weeks before his death in September 1996.Â Â Also published for the first time, is an extremely candid interview VIBEonline conducted with Shakur in June 1996.Â Â With an introduction by Editor-in-Chief, Danyel Smith, memorial tributes from directors John Singleton and Ernest Dickerson, and rapper Chuck D of Public Enemy, and a foreword by Quincy Jones, Tupac Shakur offers an insider's perspective on one of music's most mythological talents from many in the entertainment industry who knew him the best.Â Â Tupac Shakur is a lasting testament to the many faces of this young artist a man who was built, even in death, to last.
Country USA
Brand Brand: Crown Publishers
Manufacturer Crown Publishers
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 1997-08-12
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780609600726

Country	USA
Brand	Brand: Crown Publishers
Manufacturer	Crown Publishers
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	1997-08-12
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780609600726

Tupac Amaru Shakur: 1971-1996

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