On his fourth album, the iconic rapper embraced the villain role and his status as Death Row’s newest superstar, but beneath all of the rage, there is a sense of pain, as well as purpose.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tupac Shakur poses for photos backstage after his performance at the Regal Theater in Chicago, March 1994. (Credit: Raymond ...

Tupac Shakur was born in Harlem in 1971 to two members of the Black Panther Party. Taking the name MC New York when he first began rapping, Shakur spent a few of his formative years in Baltimore, and ...