Rap legend Tupac Shakur received a star on Hollywood’s “Walk of Fame” on Wednesday, June 7, 2023, nearly three decades after the hit artist was shot dead in a shooting in September 1996.
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American rapper Tupac Shakur, killed nearly thirty years ago after a brief and dazzling career, was finally awarded a star on the Hollywood “Walk of Fame” on Wednesday.
Legend of hip-hop, Tupac had risen to the top of the artists of the American west coast before being shot in September 1996 in Las Vegas, in circumstances which remain unclear. He was 25 years old.
“Tupac knew deep down that a very big future awaited him,” said at the dedication ceremony in Los Angeles his sister, Sekyiwa “Set” Shakur.
“I am extremely honored to be here today to represent the Shakur family,” she added. “As a little sister, I had the privilege of seeing her greatness emerge“.
The rapper, at the origin of the tubes California, Changes, Dear Mama And All Eyez On M has sold 75 million albums.
Tupac Shakur, who would be 51 years old, remains very influential in the world of hip-hop, with his lyrics of intense emotion and his sense of theater.