Tupac Informative Speech

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Born in New York City in 1971, Tupac Shakur, also known by his stage name 2Pac, was an American rapper. Shakur has sold more than 75 million albums worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists in the world. Most of Tupac's songs are about growing up amid violence, hardships in ghettos, racism, and social conflicts with other rappers during the East and West Coast hip hop rivalry. Shakur was shot and killed in Las Vegas, Nevada, in 1996 at age 25. On the day of the shooting Pac was living his usual life; he was in the eye of all the paparazzi, spending ridiculous amounts of money most of us dream to spend. Later on in the evening he was invited to a Mike tyson Boxing match with his friend and label ceo Marion “suge” Knight. Pac …show more content…

Kading believes that Sean Combs, CEO of the East Coast record label Bad Boy Records, orchestrated Tupac’s death. Kading also got Keith Davis, a Crips gang member, to confess on tape that Diddy paid him $1 million to kill Tupac and Suge. Davis even named his cousin, Orlando Anderson, as the gunman. Davis said, “Orlando rolled down the window, and popped him. If they would have drove on my side, I would have popped them.” Davis claimed Diddy’s motive was defensive, as he was afraid Suge was put a hit on him first. Tupac was only included because Diddy had beef with him after he released “Hit ’Em Up.” This wasn’t the first time Tupac was shot, either. On Nov. 30, 1994, he was shot at multiple times at a recording studio in New York. Tupac said he believed it was people associated with Diddy. The Diddy theory is also supported by Dexter Isaac’s claims that Diddy hired him to rob Tupac at Quad Recording Studio in NYC. Diddy denied any involvement, saying, “This story is pure fiction and completely ridiculous.” It should also be noted that Keith Davis was looking at 25 years to life (due to unrelated crimes) if he didn’t cooperate with

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