Tupac Shakur honoured on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Award-winning rapper, activist and actor Tupac Shakur acquired a posthumous star on Wednesday on the Hollywood Stroll of Fame, the place his sister and fellow rappers spoke of the musician’s legacy world wide.

“Tupac knew deep down that he was at all times meant for one thing nice,” Sekyiwa Shakur mentioned amid the gang of round 100 individuals. “As his little sister, I had the privilege to look at that greatness unfold.”

Shakur rose from a childhood of poverty in Harlem to develop into one of many best-selling musical artists with over 75 million information offered worldwide.

“From the primary time he stepped foot on the stage of the Apollo Theater at 13 years previous, earlier than anybody acknowledged his identify, he knew he had the dream to have a star right here on the Stroll of Fame,” she mentioned.

Shakur was killed in 1996 at age 25 in a drive-by capturing in Las Vegas that has by no means been solved.

Fellow members of the late rapper’s music group Outlawz, Malcom Greenidge, recognized by his stage identify, E.D.I. Imply, and hip-hop legend David Marvin, often called DJ Quik, additionally attended the ceremony.

E.D.I Imply recounted the legacy of the California Love artist and mentioned his affect was “etched in stone.”

Considered one of Tupac’s most well-known credit consists of the tune Pricey Mama, which was devoted to his mother, Afeni Shakur.

“You see these murals of him in Africa, Asia, South America and Europe,” mentioned Allen Hughes, director of a current Hulu documentary about Shakur titled Pricey Mama.

“Then in the future it hit me. Tupac Amaru Shakur has develop into a worldwide image of riot. An emblem is seen and necessary as Malcolm X and Che Guevara and an inspiration for activists right now,” Hughes mentioned.

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