Word: shakur
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...November 6, two months after rap superstar Tupac Shakur died in a storm of bullets while driving with his record-company owner, Marion ("Suge") Knight, Sergeant Kevin Manning of the Las Vegas police turned on his television to find Knight chatting with a correspondent for ABC. "If you knew who killed Tupac," asked the reporter, "would you tell the police?" "Absolutely not," answered Knight...
...Tupac Shakur is dead, but gangsta rap isn't. Yet. Shakur's posthumous CD, The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory, which he recorded under the name Makaveli, entered the Billboard charts at No. 1. Last week Snoop Doggy Dogg released his new CD, Tha Doggfather, another likely big seller...
...Death Row Records owner MARION ("SUGE") KNIGHT, one of the most controversial impresarios in an industry not known for blandness. First, he was arrested for failing to take a drug test that's part of his probation requirements on a 1992 assault charge. (He has been scarce since Tupac Shakur was shot in a car he was driving.) Then the Los Angeles Times disclosed that the prosecutor overseeing his case, Lawrence Longo, had been removed, after the D.A.'s office learned that Knight had given Longo's daughter a record deal and had rented a luxury house from him. Longo...
...shooting of rap-music star Tupac Shakur should not be viewed as a tragedy [NATION, Sept. 23]. Although it is unfortunate that one more person has fallen victim to gang violence, Shakur was no more important than the thousands of others who die from such violence every year. Music like his has contributed to America's violent gang culture. Gang members are finally reaping what they have sown. Shakur's death only serves as proof that he was not in fact an artist. Art has positive social aspects, which are badly missing from gangsta rap. DAVID FABRYCKY Wheaton, Illinois...
...hope the events surrounding the death of Shakur will provide a powerful lesson for younger Americans who participate in gang rivalry and activity. Time after time, parents, police and volunteers warn youngsters about the dangers of getting involved in gangs. Maybe with this tragic event, young people will see for themselves that even martyrs such as "2pac" are not immortal. If hate and rivalry are what the "California Love" of his recording is all about, I don't want any part of it. DEREK GALLARDO Colorado Springs, Colorado...