Hip-hop icon Tupac Shakur will get star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Tupac Shakur not has to marvel how lengthy the world will mourn him, as a result of he’s now immortalized with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

The late rapper, who wrote the tune “How Will They Mourn Me?,” grew to become the two,758th star on the stroll Wednesday in a ceremony that featured Allen Hughes, the director of a docuseries about Shakur and his late mom, Afeni. Also on the Hollywood occasion was Shakur’s sister Sekyiwa.

“Tupac Shakur was a rapper, actor, activist, poet and revolutionary. This iconic artist has continued to be part of the zeitgeist for decades after his passing and will continue to be an important cultural figure for many years to come,” Ana Martinez, producer of the Hollywood Walk of Fame, mentioned in a press release. “Surely, as one of L.A.’s own, Tupac’s star will be added to the list of most visited stars.”

Shakur is likely one of the most well-known hip-hop artists worldwide. He’s bought over 75 million data, and two of his albums — “All Eyez on Me,” launched in 1996, and “Greatest Hits,” launched in 1998 — have been licensed diamond by promoting greater than 10 million copies every. Shakur was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2017. 

The rapper earned his Hollywood star for its Recording class, however he starred in films as nicely, together with “Juice” (1992), “Poetic Justice” (1993) and “Above the Rim” (1994).

Shakur additionally had authorized troubles. He was convicted of sexual abuse in New York and was sentenced to jail in February 1995. He was launched in October of that yr after file government Suge Knight posted his $1.4 million bond.