Born: 16 June 1971 · Died: 13 September 1996 · Age at death: 25
How old was Tupac Shakur when he died?
Tupac Shakur died aged 25. He was born on 16 June 1971 and died on 13 September 1996.
American rapper and actor of Dear Mama and California Love, one of hip-hop's best-selling artists, shot dead in Las Vegas in 1996
Did you know?He was a classically trained actor who studied ballet and Shakespeare at the Baltimore School for the Arts as a teenager.
Quick facts
Date of birth16 June 1971
Date of death13 September 1996
Age at death25
Cause of deathDrive-by shooting
NationalityAmerican
BirthplaceEast Harlem, United States
Occupationrapper, songwriter, actor
Editor's Take:
Tupac Shakur was rap's poet and rebel. His mother was a Black Panther activist, and he grew up moving between New York, Baltimore and California. He studied acting and dance at the Baltimore School for the Arts. His songs swing between tenderness and fury. Dear Mama and Changes are classics, while his acting shone in Juice. His feud with East Coast rappers became infamous. He was shot in Las Vegas and died at 25.
Key Milestones
1991: 2Pacalypse Now – debut album
1992: Juice – film role
1995: Dear Mama – single
2017: Rock Hall of Fame – inducted
Tupac Amaru Shakur ( TOO-pahk shə-KOOR; Spanish: Túpac; June 16, 1971 – September 13, 1996), also known by his stage names 2Pac and Makaveli, was an American rapper and actor. He was one of the most influential musical artists of the 20th century, and a prominent political activist for Black America.
