2Pac (real name Tupac Amaru Shakur) was an American hip hop artist and actor.
As well as being consistently ranked as the greatest rapper ever, 2Pac's name appears in the Guiness Book of World Records for being the best selling rap artist ever, with sales of over 73 million albums worldwide.
On 7th September, 1996, 2Pac was shot following the Mike Tyson-Bruce Seldon boxing match in Las Vegas, and died 6 days later, aged 25.
