Pac's Life is the seventh posthumously released studio album from the late American rapper 2Pac. The album was released on November 21, 2006, in the United States, on Amaru Entertainment commemorated the tenth anniversary of his murder. The album achieved Gold certification in the United States.Pac's Life is the seventh posthumously released studio album from the late American rapper 2Pac. The album was released on November 21, 2006, in the United States, on Amaru Entertainment commemorated the tenth anniversary of his murder. The album achieved Gold certification in the United States.false2025-11-07 21:59:08Pac’s Life20062006-11-212006-11-2161Hip Hop1113182110834daa028fd-081a-4f4a-944f-f2d40fbbd898382f1005-e9ab-4684-afd4-0bdae4ee37f295939101-73de-3449-9b26-41152ab337f6/media/data/media5/Music/2Pac/Pac's Life/folder.jpg2Pac feat. Yaki Kadafi, Hussein Fatal & Gravy2Pac featuring A3, Jay Rock2Pac featuring Anthony Hamilton2Pac featuring Big Syke, Yaki Kadafi, Hussein Fatal, EDI, Young Noble, Stormy2Pac featuring Bone Thugs‐n‐Harmony2Pac featuring Hussein Fatal, Papoose, Carl Thomas2Pac featuring Keyshia Cole2Pac featuring Lil Scrappy, Nutt‐So, Yaki Kadafi, Stormy2Pac featuring Ludacris, Keon Bryce2Pac featuring Nipsey Hussle, Young Dre The Truth2Pac featuring Snoop Dogg, T.I., Chris Starr2Pac featuring T.I., Ashanti2Pac featuring Yaki Kadafi2Pac featuring Young Buck, Chamillionaire2PacTupac Amaru Shakur ( TOO-pahk shə-KOOR; born Lesane Parish Crooks, June 16, 1971 – September 13, 1996), known professionally as 2Pac and later Makaveli, was an American rapper and actor. He is widely considered one of the most influential rappers of all time. Shakur is among the best-selling music artists, having sold more than 75 million records worldwide. Much of Shakur's music has been noted for addressing contemporary social issues that plagued inner cities, and he is considered a symbol of activism against inequality.
Shakur was born in New York City to parents who were both political activists and Black Panther Party members. Raised by his mother, he relocated to Baltimore in 1984 and to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1988. With the release of his debut album 2Pacalypse Now in 1991, he became a central figure in West Coast hip hop for his conscious rap lyrics. Shakur achieved further critical and commercial success with his follow-up albums Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z... (1993) and Me Against the World (1995). His Diamond certified album All Eyez on Me (1996), the first double-length album in hip-hop history, abandoned his introspective lyrics for volatile gangsta rap. In addition to his music career, Shakur also found considerable success as an actor, with his starring roles in Juice (1992), Poetic Justice (1993), Above the Rim (1994), Bullet (1996), Gridlock'd (1997), and Gang Related (1997).
During the later part of his career, Shakur was shot five times in the lobby of a New York recording studio and experienced legal troubles, including incarceration. In 1995, Shakur served eight months in prison on sexual abuse charges, but was released pending an appeal of his conviction. Following his release, he signed to Marion "Suge" Knight's label Death Row Records and became heavily involved in the growing East Coast–West Coast hip hop rivalry. On September 7, 1996, Shakur was shot four times by an unidentified assailant in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas; he died six days later. Following his murder, Shakur's friend-turned-rival, the Notorious B.I.G., was at first considered a suspect due to their public feud, but was also murdered in another drive-by shooting six months later in March 1997 while visiting Los Angeles.Shakur's double-length posthumous album Greatest Hits (1998) is one of his two releases—and one of only nine hip hop albums—to have been certified Diamond in the United States. Five more albums have been released since Shakur's death, including his critically acclaimed posthumous album The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory (1996) under his stage name Makaveli, all of which have been certified Platinum in the United States. In 2002, Shakur was inducted into the Hip-Hop Hall of Fame. In 2017, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility. Rolling Stone magazine ranked Shakur among the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.