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American rapper, songwriter, and actor (1971-1996) Tupac Shakur poses for a portrait during the 1994 Source Awards on April 25, 1994 at the Paramount Theatre in New York, New York. (Bob Berg/Getty Images)

Tupac suspect attempts to delay trial

Nardos Haile
Dream Hampton (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

A film time capsule of 1990s rap greats

D. Watkins
Sean "Diddy" Combs attends Day 1 of 2023 Invest Fest at Georgia World Congress Center on August 26, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Paras Griffin/Getty Images)

We knew Diddy's history of violence

Nardos Haile
Rapper Tupac Shakur poses for photos backstage after his performance at the Regal Theater in Chicago, Illinois in March 1994. (Raymond Boyd/Getty Images)

Man arrested in Tupac Shakur shooting

Nardos Haile
Tupac Shakur, Tupac as a baby and Tupac's mom, Afeni Shakur (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/FX Networks/People’s World)

Tupac's lessons in rebellion from mom

D. Watkins
Michael Jackson; R. Kelly (Getty/Kevork Djansezian/Michael Loccisano)

How to get past "cancel culture"

Amanda Marcotte
Tupac Shakur spits in the direction of reporters as he leaves state Supreme Court in New York, July 5, 1994. (AP/Bebeto Matthews)

Wielding rhymes as a weapon

Mubashar Hasan - The Conversation
Tupac Shakur (AP/Bebeto Matthews)

2Pac on Trump

Rachel Leah
Jada Pinkett Smith (Getty/Michael Loccisano)

Jada recalls drug dealer past

Charlie May
Madonna (Getty/Dimitrios Kambouris)

Madonna wants her DNA back

Taylor Link
Tupac Shakur (AP/Robert Kalfus)

Tupac letter reveals

Taylor Link
Demetrius Shipp Jr. as Tupac in "All Eyez on Me" (Lionsgate)

The problem with "All Eyez"

D. Watkins
(AP/Bebeto Matthews/Salon)

Best of Salon: Tupac needed

Mychal Denzel Smith
(Fandango Movieclips Trailers/Lionsgate)

Tupac's struggle

Jeffrey O. G. Ogbar - The Conversation

Salon 5 on Tupac

D. Watkins
John Peter Russell's 1886 portrait of Vincent Van Gogh; Drake in his video "Hotline Bling" (Wikimedia/DrakeVEVO)

High and low art alloyed

Katie Fustich

Charlie May
Journey at The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas, NV (AP/Erik Kabik)

Rock Hall hits new low

Scott Timberg
FILE - In this Aug. 15, 1996, file photo, rapper Tupac Shakur attends a voter registration event in South Central Los Angeles. Shakur and Seattle-based rockers Pearl Jam are among the first-time nominees on the ballot for induction next year into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. (AP Photo/Frank Wiese, File) (AP)

David Bauder
Photos of Samuel DuBose hang on a pole at a memorial, Wednesday July 29, 2015 in Cincinnati, near where he was shot and killed by a University of Cincinnati police officer. (AP/Tom Uhlman)

No mourning, no peace

Shannon M. Houston
(AP/Frank Wiese/J. Scott Applewhite/Photo montage by Salon)

Marco Rubio, cynical Tupac fan

Matthew Pulver
Police in riot gear detain a demonstrator in Ferguson, Missouri, Aug. 19, 2014. (Reuters/Joshua Lott)

“I am not afraid to die”

Brittney Cooper
Tupac Shakur spits in the direction of reporters as he leaves state Supreme Court in New York, July 5, 1994. (AP/Bebeto Matthews)

Tupac: More relevant than ever

Mychal Denzel Smith