Holler If You Hear Me: Searching for Tupac Shakur

Tupac Amaru Shakur (1971-1996) was an American rap artist, actor, and social activist. More than seventy-five million of his albums have sold worldwide, making him one of the bestselling music artists in the world. Rolling Stone magazine named him the 86th Greatest Artist of All Time.

Shakur also gained notoriety for his conflicts with the law and time spent in prison.

Most of Tupac's songs are about growing up amid violence and hardship in ghettos, racism, other social problems, and conflict...