The Warning!!!

Ten Years Ago Today

Tupak Shakur died. September 13, 1996. Just in case anybody gives a rip.

The Afrocentric rapper is sometimes called the greatest performer in the history of his genre. He is easily the biggest seller with over 70 million albums sold.

Shakur was shot to death in a drive by shooting following a Tyson fight in Las Vegas. His murder has never been solved. The police have never announced a suspect.

Since his death Shakur has become a nearly mythological figure in hip hop circles spawning numerous records, an Academy Award nominated documentary and charitable foundation in his honor.

All rare items considering the anti-establishment, largely negative themes his lyrics dwelled upon. Shakur spent much of his short life surrounded by pimps and drug dealers. It is a wonder what he may have accomplished with his immense talents had he put those to more positive uses rather then to waste his skills with poisonous lyrics.