Many Americans were saddened when JFK was shot in Dallas. Music lovers were shocked to hear about the shooting of John Lennon in New York City. For the hip hop world, however, the shooting of Tupac Shakur is probably one of the saddest, and most controversial shootings of a famous person in recent history.
Tupac was shot in Las Vegas on September 7th, 1996. At this time, many eyes were on the city of Las Vegas. Mike Tyson and Bruce Seldon were fighting in one of the biggest boxing matches in history at the MGM Grand Casino. This brought the likes of many sports fans as well as celebrities to the city to catch the big fight. Tupac traveled to Vegas two days before the fight, along with Suge Knight, the owner of the record label he was …show more content…
She never really kept up with Tupac even though if she could go back she claims she would “because I like anybody who wants to make things better” (Collier). Collier first heard about the event on the news, “I’ve kept up with the news all my life and I remember when the shooting happened, all the news programs had it as a headline”. Shirley says she was sad when she heard Tupac died because, “he was young and very talented and I think he could have grown in terms talent. He also sang about important topics like racism, greed, love, etcetera etcetera. So that made me sad.” She remembers the world was very saddened when Tupac died saying that “it made many people uneasy and the entire music industry was sad because nearly everybody who was in the industry loved Tupac”. When it comes to the rumors that Tupac is still alive, Shirley doesn’t believe them, “I don’t think that he could stay hidden for this long” she says. It doesn’t matter if you’re a hip hop fan or not, if you were alive in the 90’s, the shooting of Tupac is a memorable time in pop culture. Surrounded by questions and conspiracies, it remains a large mystery to the world. Even if Tupac is still alive, he isn’t making music anymore, so the world really did lose a musical genius on the night of October 7th
Tupac was shot in Las Vegas on September 7th, 1996. At this time, many eyes were on the city of Las Vegas. Mike Tyson and Bruce Seldon were fighting in one of the biggest boxing matches in history at the MGM Grand Casino. This brought the likes of many sports fans as well as celebrities to the city to catch the big fight. Tupac traveled to Vegas two days before the fight, along with Suge Knight, the owner of the record label he was …show more content…
She never really kept up with Tupac even though if she could go back she claims she would “because I like anybody who wants to make things better” (Collier). Collier first heard about the event on the news, “I’ve kept up with the news all my life and I remember when the shooting happened, all the news programs had it as a headline”. Shirley says she was sad when she heard Tupac died because, “he was young and very talented and I think he could have grown in terms talent. He also sang about important topics like racism, greed, love, etcetera etcetera. So that made me sad.” She remembers the world was very saddened when Tupac died saying that “it made many people uneasy and the entire music industry was sad because nearly everybody who was in the industry loved Tupac”. When it comes to the rumors that Tupac is still alive, Shirley doesn’t believe them, “I don’t think that he could stay hidden for this long” she says. It doesn’t matter if you’re a hip hop fan or not, if you were alive in the 90’s, the shooting of Tupac is a memorable time in pop culture. Surrounded by questions and conspiracies, it remains a large mystery to the world. Even if Tupac is still alive, he isn’t making music anymore, so the world really did lose a musical genius on the night of October 7th