A hardass attitude, inflamed political anger, articulate intelligence, malignant charisma and calmly commanding vocals give 2Pac’s records their undeniable power contradictory pronouncements and numerous violent confrontations with legal (and otherwise) authorities turned him into an enigmatic lightning rod for the nation’s anti-rap anxiety. Stepping out of a minor role in the whimsical Digital Underground, 2Pac (Tupac Shakur), the native son of a Black Panther who carried him while incarcerated in a New York prison, went deadly serious on solo albums that made him a notorious and controversial bicoastal leader of the ’90s gangsta school (and led him to a major second career as a compelling film actor).
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