Tupac Shakur may have a avenue he used to dwell on renamed after him in Oakland, California.

The late rapper was born in Harlem and later lived in Baltimore, Maryland, and in Marin City, California, however credited Oakland as the situation he obtained his "game" and launched his profession, in keeping with laws authorising the commemorative avenue renaming.

A unanimous vote by town council will see a stretch of MacArthur Boulevard by Lake Merritt, the place Shakur as soon as lived, preserve its current identify but in addition obtain the extra honorary identify of Tupac Shakur Way.

Commemorative plaques and indicators concerning the change can be paid for by the Tupac Shakur Foundation.

Oakland has honoured different figures with avenue names, together with Black Panther celebration co-founder Huey P Newton and rapper and report producer Too Short.

Shakur was 25 when he was shot and killed in a drive-by capturing in Las Vegas in 1996.

The metropolis council laws says the renamed a part of the road will remind folks of Shakur's contributions to Oakland and have fun artwork and tradition as a catalyst for society change.

It was not clear when the identify change will come into impact as no timeline was offered.

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