RAP, CASH AND GUNFIRE — TUPAC THE UNCENSORED STORY

He survived five gunshot wounds, reached number one while sitting in prison, and walked out on a $1.4 million bond into the most explosive chapter of his life. Less than a year later, Tupac Shakur was dead at twenty-five. This is the story of the young man the legend keeps hiding — the theater and ballet student from Baltimore, the son who wrote "Dear Mama," the artist whose talent and contradictions both deserve to be remembered. From his Black Panther upbringing in New York to the East Coast–West Coast feud, from the sexual abuse conviction to his final night in Las Vegas, we follow the real arc of a life that was far more complicated than the bandana and the raised middle finger. The money gave him opportunities. The records gave him a voice that circled the world. Neither made him untouchable. The most haunting thing about Tupac is not that he rapped about death before he died — it is that we will never know who he might have become at forty. Which Tupac song changed the way you saw him? Tell us in the comments, and subscribe for more stories behind the music. #Tupac #HipHopHistory #RIP