Editing Tupac Shakur (section)

==Legacy and remembrance==
[[File:MARTa Paolo Chiasera www.tupacproject.it.jpg|thumb|upright|A statue of Shakur at the [[MARTa Herford|MARTa]] museum in [[Herford]], Germany

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Shakur is considered one of the greatest and most influential rappers of all time.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Okwerekwu |first=Ike |date=May 5, 2019 |title=Tupac: The Greatest Inspirational Hip Hop Artist |url=https://medium.com/music-for-inspiration/tupac-the-greatest-inspirational-hip-hop-artist-7118f02747ed |access-date=March 9, 2022 |website=Music For Inspiration |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=September 13, 2016 |title=8 Ways Tupac Shakur Changed the World |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/8-ways-tupac-shakur-changed-the-world-128421/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=March 9, 2022}}</ref> He was listed as one of the greatest artists of all time by ''[[Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time|Rolling Stone]]''.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=December 3, 2010 |title=100 Greatest Artists |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/100-greatest-artists-147446/ |access-date=June 10, 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> He is widely credited as an important figure in [[hip-hop culture]], and his prominence in [[pop culture]] in general has been noted.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last1=Reeves |first1=Mosi |date=September 13, 2016 |title=8 Ways Tupac Shakur Changed the World |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/8-ways-tupac-shakur-changed-the-world-128421/ |access-date=May 2, 2022 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Dotdash]], formerly About.com, while ranking him fifth among the greatest rappers, nonetheless notes, "Tupac Shakur is the most influential hip-hop artist of all time. Even in death, 2Pac remains a transcendental rap figure."<ref>Adaso, Henry, [https://www.liveabout.com/greatest-rappers-of-all-time-2858004 "The 50 greatest rappers of all time: They've shown originality, longevity, cultural impact, vocal presence"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200531103359/https://www.liveabout.com/greatest-rappers-of-all-time-2858004|date=May 31, 2020}}, ''LiveAbout.com'', Dotdash, updated December 13, 2018, formerly Henry Adaso, "50 greatest MCs of our time (1987–2007)", ''Rap.About.com'', March 11, 2011, [https://web.archive.org/web/20120309224108/http://rap.about.com/od/toppicks/ss/Top50Emcees_9.htm archived] March 9, 2012, when Tupac Shakur placed 7th.</ref> Yet to some, he was a "father figure" who, said rapper [[YG (rapper)|YG]], "makes you want to be better—at every level."<ref name="Crates-2015" /> In 2023, [[Billboard 200|Billboard]] ranked Tupac at number 4 among the top 50 rappers of all time.

[[AllMusic]]'s [[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]] described Shakur as "the unlikely martyr of [[gangsta rap]]", with Shakur paying the ultimate price of a criminal lifestyle. Shakur was described as one of the top two American rappers in the 1990s, along with [[Snoop Dogg]].<ref>{{cite web | url = {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=mn0000921895|pure_url=yes}} | title = 2Pac biography | first =Stephen Thomas | last =Erlewine |authorlink=Stephen Thomas Erlewine | date = n.d. | work = [[AllMusic]] |access-date=July 13, 2021}}</ref> The online rap magazine ''[[AllHipHop]]'' held a 2007 roundtable at which New York rappers [[Cormega]], citing tour experience with New York rap duo [[Mobb Deep]], commented that B.I.G. ran New York, but Shakur ran America.<ref>Thomas, Chris "Milan" (editor), with Erik Gilroy (reporter), and AllHipHop interviewers, [http://www.allhiphop.com/features/?ID=1532 "Tupak Shakur: A roundtable discussion"], featuring Pudgee that Phat Bastard, [[Buckshot (rapper)|Buckshot]], [[Chino XL]], Adisa Bankjoko, [[Cormega]], and [[Hussein Fatal|DJ Fatal]], ''[[AllHipHop.com]]'', March 5, 2007: "Cormega: A lot of people think that it was about Biggie on the East Coast and 'Pac on the West Coast. It wasn't like that. Big ran New York. 'Pac ran ''America''. I was in a club with Mobb Deep in North Carolina and n***as in the crowd were shouting "Makaveli!" This is on the East Coast! That shows you how powerful his influence was" [https://web.archive.org/web/20070305163319/http://www.allhiphop.com/features/?ID=1532 archived] January 7, 2012].</ref> Shakur emerged as a celebrated artist, earning recognition for his astonishingly prolific output and unwavering commitment to his craft.<ref>{{Cite web |last=II |first=C. Vernon Coleman |title=2Pac's Work Ethic Was Incredible During the Final Months of His Life |url=https://www.complex.com/music/a/c-vernon-coleman/2pac-work-ethic-was-incredible-during-the-final-months-of-his-life |access-date=June 5, 2023 |website=Complex |language=en-us}}</ref> According to [[Rolling Stone]] writer Andy Green: "He was also a poet and activist who became one of his era's most revolutionary voices."<ref name="Greene"/>

In 2017, American rapper [[Snoop Dogg]] called Tupac "the greatest rapper of all time" during his [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame|Rock & Roll Hall of Fame]] tribute.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Thomas |first=Helen Meriel |date=2017-04-08 |title=Snoop Dogg calls 2Pac "the greatest rapper of all time" during Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame tribute |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/snoop-dogg-2pac-rock-hall-fame-induction-2039290 |access-date=2024-04-20 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> In 2021, [[Saweetie]] told [[Complex Networks|Complex]] that Tupac was "the greatest rapper that ever lived".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Saint-Vil |first=Sweenie |title=Saweetie names Tupac the greatest rapper of all time |url=https://www.revolt.tv/article/2021-06-15/51334/saweetie-names-tupac-the-greatest-rapper-of-all-time |access-date=2024-04-20 |website=REVOLT}}</ref>

According to British writer Rob Marriott, he deemed the act of tying a [[Kerchief|bandana]] into rabbit ears as one of the most distinctive and instantly recognizable style choices in the world of [[hip-hop]]. Regarded as a [[sex symbol]], his unique style helped shape the fashion landscape of the 1990s and continues to influence artists and fashion enthusiasts to this day.<ref>{{Cite web |title=From workwear and 90s sweater vests to THAT bandana, here's Tupac's most iconic outfits |url=https://i-d.co/article/tupac-style/ |access-date=June 5, 2023 |website=i-d.vice.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=June 16, 2016 |title=We Need to Talk About Tupac |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/tupac-shakur-birthday-fashion-legacy |access-date=June 5, 2023 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}}</ref>

In 2010, writing ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine's entry on Shakur at No. 86 among the "100 greatest artists", New York rapper [[50 Cent]] appraised:

{{Blockquote|Every rapper who grew up in the Nineties owes something to Tupac. People either try to emulate him in some way, or they go in a different direction because they didn't like what he did. But whatever you think of him, he definitely developed his own style: He didn't sound like anyone who came before him.<ref name="Rolling Stone-2010">[[50 Cent]], "86: Tupac Shakur", editors, [https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/100-greatest-artists-147446 "100 greatest artists: The Beatles, Eminem and more of the best of the best"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190618050248/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/100-greatest-artists-147446/ |date=June 18, 2019 }}, ''Rolling Stone'', December 3, 2010, [https://archive.today/20120523233811/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-artists-of-all-time-19691231/tupac-shakur-19691231 archived] May 23, 2012.</ref>}}
According to music journalist [[Chuck Philips]], Shakur "had helped elevate rap from a crude street fad to a complex art form, setting the stage for the current global hip-hop phenomenon."<ref name="Philips-2015">{{cite news | first = Chuck | last = Philips | author-link=Chuck Philips|url = https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-fi-tupac6sep06-story.html | title = Who killed Tupac Shakur? —part 1 of 2 | work =[[Los Angeles Times]] | date = January 30, 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160312042845/http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-fi-tupac6sep06-story.html | archive-date = March 12, 2016}}</ref> Philips writes, "The slaying silenced one of modern music's most eloquent voices—a ghetto poet whose tales of urban alienation captivated young people of all races and backgrounds."<ref name="Philips-2015" /> Via numerous fans perceiving him, despite his questionable conduct, as a [[martyr]], "the downsizing of martyrdom cheapens its use", academic [[Michael Eric Dyson]] concedes.<ref name="Dyson-2001" /> But Dyson adds, "Some, or even most, of that criticism can be conceded without doing damage to Tupac's martyrdom in the eyes of those disappointed by more traditional martyrs."<ref name="Dyson-2001">{{cite book | first = Michael Eric | last = Dyson | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Zj4qpXcvKwIC&q=martyr | title = Holler If You Hear Me: Searching for Tupac Shakur | location = New York City| publisher = Basic Civitas Books | year = 2001 | page = 264 | isbn = 9780786735488 | access-date = October 15, 2020 | archive-date = December 8, 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201208044733/https://books.google.com/books?id=Zj4qpXcvKwIC&q=martyr | url-status = live }}</ref>

In 2014, [[BET]] explained that "his confounding mixture of ladies' man, thug, revolutionary and poet has forever altered our perception of what a rapper should look like, sound like and act like. In [[50 Cent]], [[Ja Rule]], [[Lil Wayne]], newcomers like [[Freddie Gibbs]] and even his friend-turned-rival B.I.G., it's easy to see that Pac is the most copied MC of all time. There are murals bearing his likeness in New York, Brazil, Sierra Leone, Bulgaria and countless other places; he even has statues in Atlanta and Germany. Quite simply, no other rapper has captured the world's attention the way Tupac did and still does."<ref name="BET">{{cite web|title=The 50 Most Influential Rappers of All Time|url=http://www.bet.com/music/photos/2011/09/50-most-influential-rappers.html#!2011-topic-tu-pac-crop|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140530203134/http://www.bet.com/music/photos/2011/09/50-most-influential-rappers.html%23!2011-topic-tu-pac-crop|archive-date=May 30, 2014|access-date=December 31, 2016|website=BET}}</ref> More simply, his writings, published after his death, inspired rapper YG to return to school and get his GED.<ref name="Crates-2015">{{cite news|last=Crates|first=Jake|date=February 3, 2015|title=YG Says Tupac Has Inspired His Return To School; Calls Pac A Father Figure For Many (AUDIO)|website=AllHipHop.com|url=http://allhiphop.com/2015/02/03/audio-yg-says-tupac-has-inspired-his-return-to-school-calls-pac-a-father-figure-for-many/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206164804/http://allhiphop.com/2015/02/03/audio-yg-says-tupac-has-inspired-his-return-to-school-calls-pac-a-father-figure-for-many/|archive-date=February 6, 2015}}</ref> In 2020, former California Senator and former vice-president [[Kamala Harris]] called Shakur the "best rapper alive", which she explained as being because "West Coast girls think 2Pac lives on".<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.complex.com/music/2020/09/kamala-harris-2pac-best-rapper-alive | title = Vice Presidential Nominee Kamala Harris Names 2Pac as the 'Best Rapper Alive' | first = Joshua | last = Espinoza | date = September 25, 2020 | work = [[Complex (magazine)|Complex]] | access-date = September 26, 2020 | archive-date = September 26, 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200926003530/https://www.complex.com/music/2020/09/kamala-harris-2pac-best-rapper-alive | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/kamala-harris-2pac-tupac-shakur-naacp-b618387.html | title = Kamala Harris mocked after saying Tupac is the 'best rapper alive' | first = Isobel | last = Lewis | date = September 26, 2020 | work = [[The Independent]] | access-date = September 26, 2020 | archive-date = October 6, 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201006042433/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/kamala-harris-2pac-tupac-shakur-naacp-b618387.html | url-status = live }}</ref> According to writer [[Kevin Powell]]: "He deserves to be put in the same category as [[Bob Dylan]], [[Bob Marley]], as [[John Lennon]], in terms of his global impact."<ref name="cbc.ca">{{Cite web |date=2021-06-18 |title=Unpacking Tupac's complicated legacy, on what would have been his 50th birthday |url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/day6/canada-s-ban-on-gay-men-donating-blood-painting-with-david-bowie-tupac-s-legacy-summer-reads-and-more-1.6070411/unpacking-tupac-s-complicated-legacy-on-what-would-have-been-his-50th-birthday-1.6071677 |access-date=2024-05-30 |website=}}</ref> Tupac is regarded as one of the most influential artists in music and popular culture in general and an icon of activism.<ref name="gradozerobeats.com"/>

Palestinian rapper [[Tamer Nafar]], leader and a founding member of [[DAM (band)|DAM]], became passionate about hip-hop by listening to Tupac, saying, "The imagery in Shakur's videos was similar to our reality in [[Lod]]."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/like-hero-tupac-israeli-arab-rappers-music-provokes/ |title=Like hero Tupac, Israeli Arab rapper's music provokes: Hip hop artist Tamer Nafer spits controversial lyrics that gain popularity among Palestinians |first=Majeda |last=El-Batish |date=December 3, 2016 |publisher=The Times of Israel}}</ref>

=== Final resting place in Soweto ===
In 2006, on the 10th anniversary of Tupac Shakur's passing, his ashes were laid to rest in [[Soweto]]. Shakur's mother Afeni transported them to the "birthplace of his ancestors" and conducted a memorial service in what's considered as one of the most renowned [[South African townships]]. Afeni Shakur explained that Soweto had been selected due to its significance as the "birthplace of the South African struggle for [[democracy]] and against [[apartheid]]." The [[City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality]] donated a five-acre plot of undeveloped land in the [[Zola, South Africa|Zola]] area of Soweto to build a memorial honoring Shakur. A portion of the land was designated to be transformed into a park for the benefit of local children as well as aimed at promoting [[environmental education]], pathways, orphanages, bridges, skateboard ramps and a golf range while plans also included the construction of an [[Amphitheatre|amphitheater]] and a museum showcasing South African music and arts. The project was funded by Johannesburg city authorities and the Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation. The memorial was hosted by South African musician and actor [[Zola 7]]. Singer [[Macy Gray]] and members of the Outlawz were amongst the attendees who paid their respects.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mcgreal |first=Chris |date=6 September 2006 |title=Rapper's ashes to be buried in Soweto |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/sep/07/arts.southafrica |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130830184930/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/sep/07/arts.southafrica |archive-date=30 August 2013 |access-date=22 April 2024 |work=The Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |author=Staff Reporter |date=6 September 2006 |title=Tupac to be given final resting place in Soweto |url=https://mg.co.za/article/2006-09-06-tupac-to-be-given-final-resting-place-in-soweto/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220914083555/https://mg.co.za/article/2006-09-06-tupac-to-be-given-final-resting-place-in-soweto/ |archive-date=14 September 2022 |access-date=22 April 2024 |work=Mail & Guardian}}</ref>

=== Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation ===
In 1997, Shakur's mother founded the Shakur Family Foundation. Later renamed the Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation, or TASF, it launched with a stated mission to "provide training and support for students who aspire to enhance their creative talents."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Payne |first1=Ogden |title=20 Years Later: Tupac Shakur's Legacy By The Numbers |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/ogdenpayne/2016/09/13/20-years-later-tupac-shakurs-legacy-by-the-numbers/ |access-date=March 8, 2025 |work=Forbes |date=September 13, 2016}}</ref> The TASF sponsors essay contests, charity events, a performing arts day camp for teenagers, and undergraduate scholarships. In June 2005, the TASF opened the [[Tupac Amaru Shakur Center for the Arts]], or TASCA, in [[Stone Mountain, Georgia|Stone Mountain]], Georgia. It closed in 2015.{{citation needed|date=March 2024}}

=== Academic appraisal ===
In 1997, the [[University of California, Berkeley]], offered a course led by a student titled "History 98: Poetry and History of Tupac Shakur".<ref>{{cite web|title=Berkeley University Offers Class On Tupac|url=http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/1171/09101997/2pac.jhtml|last1=Kaufman|first1=Gil|date=September 10, 1997|website=[[VH1]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080919123109/http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/1171/09101997/2pac.jhtml|archive-date=September 19, 2008|access-date=December 31, 2016}}</ref> In April 2003, [[Harvard University]] cosponsored the symposium "All Eyez on Me: Tupac Shakur and the Search for the Modern Folk Hero",<ref name="Gewertz-2003" /> where Shakur's influence as both an artist and an activist was analyzed.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://folkmyth.fas.harvard.edu/2003-all-eyez-me-tupac-shakur-and-search-modern-folk-hero | title=2003: "All Eyez on Me: Tupac Shakur and the Search for the Modern Folk Hero" }}</ref>
The papers presented cover his ranging influence from entertainment to sociology.<ref name="Gewertz-2003">{{cite magazine | last = Gewertz | first = Ken | title = Symposium analyzes, celebrates 'Thug' | magazine = [[Harvard University Gazette]] | date = April 24, 2003 | url = http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2003/04.24/11-hiphop.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205180702/http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2003/04.24/11-hiphop.html | archive-date=February 5, 2012}} on April 16, 2006.</ref> Calling him a "Thug Nigga Intellectual", an "organic intellectual",<ref>{{cite web | last = Neal | first = M. | title = Thug Nigga Intellectual: Tupac as Celebrity Gramscian talk at Symposium analyzes, celebrates 'thug' | work = Harvard Gazette | publisher = [[Harvard University]] | date = 2003 | url = https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2003/04/symposium-analyzes-celebrates-thug/}}</ref> English scholar [[Mark Anthony Neal]] assessed his death as leaving a "leadership void amongst hip-hop artists",<ref>{{cite web|first=Mark Anthony | last = Neal |url=http://newblackman.blogspot.com/2005/09/race-ing-katrina.html |title=NewBlackMan: Race-ing Katrina |publisher=Newblackman.blogspot.com |date=September 6, 2005 |access-date=January 7, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119200336/http://newblackman.blogspot.com/2005/09/race-ing-katrina.html |archive-date=January 19, 2012}}</ref> as this "walking contradiction" helps, Neal explained, "make being an intellectual accessible to ordinary people."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thuglifearmy.com/news/?id=2734 |title=Deeper Than Hip-Hop Tupac (2Pac) Poetry Enlightens |publisher=ThugLifeArmy.com |access-date=July 28, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717014500/http://www.thuglifearmy.com/news/?id=2734 |archive-date=July 17, 2011}}</ref>

Tracing Shakur's [[mythical]] status, Murray Forman discussed him as "O.G.", or "Ostensibly Gone", with fans, using digital mediums, "resurrecting Tupac as an ethereal life force."<ref name="From Thug Life to Legend"/> Music scholar Emmett Price, calling him a "Black folk hero", traced his persona to Black American folklore's [[trickster]]s, which, after [[abolition of slavery|abolition]], evolved into the urban "bad-man". Yet in Shakur's "terrible sense of urgency", Price identified instead a quest to "unify mind, body, and spirit."<ref name="From Thug Life to Legend">{{cite conference |last1=Price |first1=Emmett G. III |last2=Forman |first2=M. |date=April 17, 2003 |title=From Thug Life to Legend: Realization of a Black Folk Hero |url=https://folkmyth.fas.harvard.edu/2003-all-eyez-me-tupac-shakur-and-search-modern-folk-hero |conference=All Eyez on Me: Tupac Shakur and the Search for the Modern Folk Hero |location=Cambridge, Massachusetts |publisher=[[Harvard University]] |id=}}</ref> According to Price, Tupac had surpassed the legacies of [[John Coltrane]] and [[Mahalia Jackson]] within the tradition of black music.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Neal |first=Mark Anthony |date=2003-05-01 |title=TUPAC'S BOOK SHELF |url=https://www.popmatters.com/criticalnoire030501-2496175897.html |access-date=2024-05-30}}</ref>

In 2012, the Norwegian [[University of Oslo]] organized the course: "Tupac, hiphop og kulturhistorie (Tupac, hip-hop and cultural history)." As Knut Aukrust, Norwegian professor and academic scholar of cultural studies at the University of Oslo, puts it: "Tupac Amaru Shakur (1971-1996) is one of the most famous and controversial representatives of hip-hop culture. He has become an icon with saint status far beyond his fans. References to him and his message appear all over the world, from Barack Obama's slogan about "changes", to Palestinians and Israelis longing for peace in the Middle East, to the people of Groruddalen who want their experiences to be taken on board serious. The course highlights how a single person can fit into a wider network of cultural models and how a local storytelling tradition has become an international cultural phenomenon."<ref name=UIO />

Jeffrey Ogbonna Green Ogbar, professor of History and Popular Music at the [[University of Connecticut]], described Shakur as "one of the most iconic and influential music artists of the 20th century", and also a "politically conscious activist voice for Black America."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://theconversation.com/in-tupacs-life-the-struggles-and-triumphs-of-a-generation-79266 | title=In Tupac's life, the struggles and triumphs of a generation | date=June 16, 2017 }}</ref><ref name="cbc.ca"/>

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=== Multimedia releases ===
In 2005, Death Row released on DVD, ''[[Tupac: Live at the House of Blues]]'', his final recorded live performance, an event on July 4, 1996. In August 2006, ''[[Tupac Shakur Legacy]]'', an "interactive biography" by [[Jamal Joseph (writer)|Jamal Joseph]], arrived with previously unpublished family photographs, intimate stories, and over 20 detachable copies of his handwritten song lyrics, contracts, scripts, poetry, and other papers. In 2006, the Shakur album ''[[Pac's Life]]'' was released and, like the previous, was among the recording industry's most popular releases.<ref>{{Cite press release |author=The NPD Group |author-link=The NPD Group |title=The NPD Group Consumer Survey: Top Musical Artists for 2006 |url=http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20070206005852&newsLang=en |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120605024159/http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20070206005852&newsLang=en |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 5, 2012 |publisher=[[Business Wire]] |date=February 6, 2007 |access-date=January 7, 2012}}</ref> In 2008, his estate made about $15&nbsp;million.<ref>{{Cite news|date=August 15, 2008|title=Hip-Hop's Cash Kings 2008|work=Forbes|url=https://www.forbes.com/2008/08/15/music-media-hiphop-biz-media-cz_zog_0818cashkings.html|url-status=live|access-date=July 24, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100724120729/http://www.forbes.com/2008/08/15/music-media-hiphop-biz-media-cz_zog_0818cashkings.html|archive-date=July 24, 2010}}</ref>

On April 15, 2012, at the [[Coachella Music Festival]], rappers Snoop Dogg and [[Dr. Dre]] joined a Shakur "hologram" (Although the media referred to the technology as a hologram, technically it was a projection created with the [[Musion Eyeliner]]),<ref>{{Cite web|date=April 18, 2012|title=Musion Eyeliner projects Tupac's ghost at Coachella|url=https://www.installation-international.com/case-studies/musion-eyeliner-projects-tupac-s-ghost-at-coachella|access-date=February 15, 2022|website=Installation|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>The optical illusion was accomplished with technology called [[Pepper's ghost]] [Cyrus Farivar, [https://arstechnica.com/science/news/2012/04/tupac-hologram-merely-pretty-cool-optical-illusion.ars "Tupac "hologram" merely pretty cool optical illusion"], Arstechnica.com, April 16, 2012. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120506081540/http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2012/04/tupac-hologram-merely-pretty-cool-optical-illusion.ars |date=May 6, 2012 }}], employed by the company [[Digital Domain]], specializing in visual effects [Kara Warner, [http://www.mtv.com/news/1683241/tupac-hologram-tour "Tupac hologram may be coming to an arena near you"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200524000207/http://www.mtv.com/news/1683241/tupac-hologram-tour/ |date=May 24, 2020 }}, [[MTV News]], ''MTV.com'', April 16, 2012, [https://web.archive.org/web/20120420025001/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1683241/tupac-hologram-tour.jhtml archived elsewhere].</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/7717042/musical-holograms-history-dead |title=Tupac, Michael Jackson, Gorillaz & More: A History of the Musical Hologram |author=Gil Kaufman |date=March 9, 2017 |website=billboard.com |publisher=Billboard |access-date=October 18, 2021 |quote=the Tupac Shakur hologram that blew fans' minds at Coachella in 2012.}}</ref> and, as a partly virtual trio, performed the Shakur songs "[[Hail Mary (2Pac song)|Hail Mary]]" and "[[2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted]]".<ref name="mtvnews">{{cite web|title=Tupac Hologram May Be Coming To An Arena Near You|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1683241/tupac-hologram-tour.jhtml|author=Kara Warner|date=April 16, 2012|publisher=MTV News|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120420025001/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1683241/tupac-hologram-tour.jhtml|archive-date=April 20, 2012|access-date=April 16, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=TJ |url=http://neonlimelight.com/2012/04/16/video-2pac-hologram-performs-at-coachella/ |title=Video: Tupac (As A Hologram) Joins Snoop Dogg And Dr. Dre On Stage At 2012 Coachella |publisher=Neon Limelight |date=April 16, 2012 |access-date=April 16, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120418183627/http://neonlimelight.com/2012/04/16/video-2pac-hologram-performs-at-coachella/ |archive-date=April 18, 2012}}</ref> There were talks of a tour,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304818404577348243109842490 |author=Ethan Smith |title=Rapper's De-Light: Tupac 'Hologram' May Go on Tour |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal |date=April 16, 2012 |access-date=April 17, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120417040946/http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304818404577348243109842490.html |archive-date=April 17, 2012}}</ref> but Dre refused.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://idolator.com/6391941/tupac-shakur-hologram-tour-denied-dr-dre | title = Tupac Shakur Hologram Tour Denied By Dr. Dre | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120711050517/http://idolator.com/6391941/tupac-shakur-hologram-tour-denied-dr-dre | archive-date=July 11, 2012 | work = Idolator.com | date = April 23, 2012 | access-date = April 27, 2012}}</ref> Meanwhile, the ''Greatest Hits'' album, released in 1998, and which in 2000 had left the pop albums chart, the [[Billboard 200]], returned to the chart and reached No. 129, while also other Shakur albums and singles drew sales gains.<ref>''Greatest Hits'' sold 4 000 copies in the week, up 571% above the prior week. ''All Eyez On Me'' did 2 000 units, up 95%, and ''Me Against the World'', 1 000 copies, up 53%. The single "Hail Mary", which opened at Coachella, was second, behind his No. 1 [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] hit "California Love" (featuring Dr. Dre and Roger Troutman), shifting 11,000 downloads (119% increase). His third best-seller was the second Shakur song that was performed at Coachella—"[[2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted]]" (with [[Snoop Dogg]]). It sold 9,000 (up 881%). See "Tupac's virtual Coachella appearance spurs huge sales bump", Billboard.com, [https://web.archive.org/web/20150121092009/http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/1097452/tupacs-virtual-coachella-appearance-spurs-huge-sales-bump archived elsewhere] January 21, 2015.</ref>

=== Film and stage ===
The documentary film ''[[Tupac: Resurrection]]'' was released in November 2003. It was nominated for [[Academy Award for Documentary Feature|Best Documentary]] at the [[77th Academy Awards|2005 Academy Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=January 28, 2005|title=Tupac doc up for Oscar|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2005-01-28-0501290058-story.html|access-date=January 30, 2022|website=Chicago Tribune|language=en}}</ref>

In 2014, the play ''Holler If Ya Hear Me'', based on Shakur's lyrics, played on Broadway, but, among Broadway's worst-selling musicals in recent years, ran only six weeks.<ref name="mtv.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1868195/tupac-broadway-closing-holler-if-ya-hear-me/ |title=Broadway Musical Based On Tupac's Life Closing This Week Due To Slow Sales – MTV |work=MTV News |access-date=March 9, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141209115239/http://www.mtv.com/news/1868195/tupac-broadway-closing-holler-if-ya-hear-me/ |archive-date=December 9, 2014}}</ref> In development since 2013, a Shakur biopic, ''[[All Eyez on Me (film)|All Eyez on Me]]'', began filming in [[Atlanta]] in December 2015.<ref>{{cite news|title=The Production For Tupac's Biopic 'All Eyez On Me' Has Finally Begun|url=http://www.vibe.com/2015/12/tupac-biopic-all-eyez-on-me-production-begun/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20161231132946/http://www.vibe.com/2015/12/tupac-biopic-all-eyez-on-me-production-begun/|archive-date=December 31, 2016}}</ref> It was released on June 16, 2017, on Shakur's 46th birthday,<ref>{{cite web|title=Tupac's Highly-Anticipated Biopic Receives Official Release Date|url=http://www.vibe.com/2016/11/tupac-all-eyez-on-me-release-date/|date=November 22, 2016|access-date=May 24, 2017|archive-date=March 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329150259/https://www.vibe.com/2016/11/tupac-all-eyez-on-me-release-date|url-status=live}}</ref> albeit to generally negative reviews.

In August 2019, a [[Television documentary|docuseries]] directed by [[Hughes Brothers|Allen Hughes]], ''Outlaw: The Saga of Afeni and Tupac Shakur'', was announced.<ref>{{cite web |last1=White |first1=Peter |title=FX Ramps Up Non-Fiction Slate With Docuseries On Tupac Shakur, LGBTQ Rights & Zodiac Killer – TCA |url=https://deadline.com/2019/08/fx-doc-slate-tupac-shakur-pride-tca-1202662574/ |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |access-date=August 7, 2019 |date=August 6, 2019 |archive-date=August 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806211539/https://deadline.com/2019/08/fx-doc-slate-tupac-shakur-pride-tca-1202662574/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Awards and honors===
[[File:TupacShakurWalkofFameStar.jpg|thumb|Tupac Shakur's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame]]
In 2002, Shakur was inducted into the Hip-Hop Hall of Fame. In 2004, Shakur was among the honorees at the first [[Hip Hop Honors]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.vh1.com/hip-hop-honors/2004 | title = HipHop Honors: About the show: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 | work = VH1.com | publisher = Viacom International Inc. | access-date = May 19, 2020 | quote = VH1's first ever Hip Hop Honors was hosted by Vivica A. Fox and MC Lyte at the Hammerstein Ballroom in NYC. 2Pac, Run-DMC, DJ Hollywood, Kool Herc, KRS-One, Public Enemy, Rock Steady Crew, Sugarhill Gang and The Graffiti Movement were honored. Tributes were performed by Beastie Boys, Common, Fat Joe and Terror Squad, Nas, MC Hammer, Kid Rock and more. Tracy Morgan, Ice-T, Taye Diggs, P. Diddy, Wyclef Jean, Foxy Brown, Debbie Harry and Roselyn Sanchez presented. | archive-date = August 13, 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200813003748/http://www.vh1.com/hip-hop-honors/2004 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

In 2006, Shakur's close friend and classmate Jada Pinkett Smith donated $1&nbsp;million to their high school alma mater, the Baltimore School for the Arts, and named the new theater in his honor.<ref>{{Cite web|date=December 12, 2006|title=Pinkett Smith gives $1M to Baltimore school|url=http://www.today.com/popculture/pinkett-smith-gives-1m-baltimore-school-1C9427463|access-date=December 11, 2021|website=TODAY.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=December 16, 2006|title=Actress gives $1 million to arts school|url=https://www.9news.com/article/entertainment/actress-gives-1-million-to-arts-school/73-344409846|access-date=March 6, 2021|website=KUSA.com}}</ref> In 2021, Pinkett Smith honored Shakur's 50th birthday by releasing a never before seen poem she had received from him.<ref name="Carras-2021" />

In 2009, drawing praise, the Vatican added "[[Changes (Tupac Shakur song)|Changes]]", a [[Greatest Hits (Tupac Shakur album)|1998 posthumous]] track, to its online playlist.<ref>{{cite news | first = Edward | last = Beck | url = https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Spirituality/tupac-shakur-reaches-vaticans-official-myspace-music-playlist/story?id=9270721 | title = Vatican gets good rap: Tupac Shakur makes the Vatican's MySpace music playlist | work = ABC News | date = December 7, 2009 | access-date = May 20, 2020 | archive-date = June 27, 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200627233638/https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Spirituality/tupac-shakur-reaches-vaticans-official-myspace-music-playlist/story?id=9270721 | url-status = live }}</ref> On June 23, 2010, the [[Library of Congress]] added "[[Dear Mama]]" to the [[National Recording Registry]], the third rap song.<ref>{{Cite news|date=June 23, 2010|title=Tupac Shakur Honored By Library of Congress|work=[[CBS News]]|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tupac-shakur-honored-by-library-of-congress/|url-status=live|access-date=June 23, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100626060312/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/06/23/entertainment/main6611103.shtml|archive-date=June 26, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine | first = Ann | last = Donahue | url = https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/957665/tupac-willie-nelson-rem-among-inductees-to-national-recording-registry | title = Tupac, Willie Nelson, R.E.M. among inductees to National Recording Registry | magazine = Billboard.com | date = June 23, 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130629043205/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/957665/tupac-willie-nelson-rem-among-inductees-to-national-recording-registry | archive-date = June 29, 2013}}</ref>

In 2015, the [[Grammy Museum at L.A. Live|Grammy Museum]] opened an exhibition dedicated to Shakur.<ref>{{cite news|date=January 22, 2015|title=Tupac Exhibit Opens Next Month|publisher=Boom 92|url=http://boom92houston.com/4831/tupac-exhibit-opens-next-month/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150127031303/http://boom92houston.com/4831/tupac-exhibit-opens-next-month/|archive-date=January 27, 2015}}</ref>

In his first year of eligibility, Shakur was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on April 7, 2017.<ref name="USA Today-2016" /><ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.spin.com/2017/04/watch-snoop-dogg-induct-tupac-into-the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame/ |title=Watch Snoop Dogg Induct Tupac Into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame |magazine=Spin Magazine |date=April 8, 2017 |author=Peter Helman |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170415040312/http://www.spin.com/2017/04/watch-snoop-dogg-induct-tupac-into-the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame/ |archive-date=April 15, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2016/10/18/498382524/pearl-jam-tupac-shakur-nominated-for-rock-roll-hall-of-fame |title=Pearl Jam, Bad Brains, Joan Baez, Depeche Mode, and Tupac Shakur nominated for induction into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame |last=Gotrich |first=Lars |date=October 18, 2016 |website=NPR |access-date=October 18, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161020021155/http://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2016/10/18/498382524/pearl-jam-tupac-shakur-nominated-for-rock-roll-hall-of-fame |archive-date=October 20, 2016}}</ref>

In January 2022, the exhibition ''Tupac Shakur: Wake Me When I'm Free'' opened at The Canvas at [[L.A. Live]] in Los Angeles.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Tinsley|first=Justin|date=January 21, 2022|title=New Tupac Shakur exhibit, 'Wake Me When I'm Free,' looks at the revolution that created the revolutionary|url=https://andscape.com/features/new-tupac-shakur-exhibit-wake-me-when-im-free-looks-at-the-revolution-that-created-the-revolutionary/|access-date=January 30, 2022|website=[[Andscape]]|language=en-US}}</ref>
[[File:MacAuthurShakur.jpg|150px|thumb|right|Section of MacArthur Boulevard named Tupac Shakur Way]]
On May 16, 2023, Oakland City Council voted to name the section of MacArthur Boulevard between Grand Avenue and Van Buren Avenue "Tupac Shakur Way".<ref>{{Cite news|last=Martinez|first=Gina|date=May 18, 2023|title=Oakland is renaming a street 'Tupac Shakur Way' to honor rap icon|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/oakland-street-renamed-tupac-shakur-way/|access-date=May 19, 2023|work=[[CBS News]]}}</ref>

On June 7, 2023, Shakur received a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://walkoffame.com/press_releases/tupac-shakur-to-be-honored-with-a-posthumous-star-on-the-hollywood-walk-of-fame/|title= TUPAC SHAKUR TO BE HONORED WITH A POSTHUMOUS STAR ON THE HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME|publisher=[[Hollywood Walk of Fame]]|date=June 7, 2023|accessdate=June 7, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Neena Rouhani|url= https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/tupac-shakur-star-hollywood-walk-of-fame-1235348347/|title= Tupac Shakur Honored With Hollywood Walk of Fame Star 27 Years After His Death|publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=June 7, 2023|accessdate=June 7, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Simrin Singh|url= https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tupac-shakur-posthumously-receives-star-on-hollywood-walk-of-fame/|title=Tupac Shakur posthumously receives star on Hollywood Walk of Fame|publisher=[[CBS News]]|date=June 7, 2023|accessdate=June 7, 2023}}</ref> His half-sister, Sekyiwa "Set" Shakur, accepted the award in his honor.<ref>{{cite web|author=Daniel Kreps|url= https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/tupac-shakur-star-hollywood-walk-of-fame-1234765928/|title= Tupac Shakur Finally Receives a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame|publisher=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=June 7, 2023|accessdate=June 7, 2023}}</ref>

====Rankings====
* 2002: ''[[Forbes]]'' magazine ranked Shakur at 10th among top-earning dead celebrities.<ref>{{Cite news|date=August 12, 2002|title=Top-Earning Dead Celebrities|work=Forbes|editor-last=Schiffman|editor-first=Betsy|url=https://www.forbes.com/2002/08/12/0812deadintro.html|url-status=live|access-date=July 24, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100824162336/http://www.forbes.com/2002/08/12/0812deadintro.html|archive-date=August 24, 2010}}</ref> 
* 2003: MTV's viewers voted Shakur the greatest MC.<ref>{{cite AV media | title = MTV2 Presents: 22 Greatest MC's | date = July 2003}}</ref> 
* 2005: Shakur was voted No.1 on Vibe's online poll of "Top 10 Best of All Time".<ref name="Stone-2005">{{cite web|last=Stone|first=Shelby|date=July 22, 2005|title=V community: Greatest rapper of all time?|url=http://www.vibe.com/news/news_headlines/2005/07/v_community_greatest_rapper_of_all_time|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050725012745/http://www.vibe.com/news/news_headlines/2005/07/v_community_greatest_rapper_of_all_time|archive-date=July 25, 2005|work=Vibe.com}}</ref> 
* 2006: MTV staff placed him second on its list of "The Greatest MCs Of All Time".<ref name="mtv greatest" /> 
* 2012: ''[[The Source (magazine)|The Source]]'' magazine ranked him No. 5 among "The Top 50 Lyricists".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genius.com/discussions/8591-The-source-top-50-lyricists-magazine-scans |title=The Source: Top 50 Lyricists [Magazine Scans] |work=Genius |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912210734/http://genius.com/discussions/8591-The-source-top-50-lyricists-magazine-scans |archive-date=September 12, 2015}}</ref> 
* 2007: The [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] placed ''All Eyez on Me'' at No. 90 and ''Me Against the World'' at No. 170.<ref>{{cite web | author = [[National association of recording merchandisers]] | title = Definitive 200 | work = RockHall.com | publisher = The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Inc. | date = 2007 | url = http://www.rockhall.com/pressroom/definitive-200 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070410040752/http://www.rockhall.com/pressroom/definitive-200 | archive-date = April 10, 2007}}</ref>
* 2010: ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine placed Shakur at No. 86 among the "100 Greatest Artists".<ref name="Rolling Stone-2010" />
* 2020: ''All Eyez on Me'' was ranked No. 436 on ''Rolling Stone''{{'s}} list of the [[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|"500 Greatest Albums Of All Time]]".<ref>{{Cite web|title=2pac — Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time|url=https://www.rs500albums.com/450-401/tag/2pac|access-date=January 30, 2022|website=Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time|language=en-US}}</ref>
* 2023: ''Billboard'' ranked Shakur at number 4 of the top 50 rappers.<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/best-rappers-all-time/13-rakim/ | title=50 Greatest Rappers of All Time | magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] }}</ref>