U-2Pac uyinganekwane ye-rap yaseMelika. U-2Pac no-Makaveli bangamagama-mbumbulu okudala we-rapper edumile, lapho akwazi khona ukuthola isimo se-"King of Hip-Hop". Ama-albhamu okuqala omculi ngokushesha ngemva kokukhululwa kwaba "i-platinum". Sebedayise amakhophi angaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-70.
Naphezu kweqiniso lokuthi lo rapper odumile sekuyisikhathi eside engasekho, igama lakhe lisabambe indawo ekhethekile ezinhliziyweni zabalandeli be-rap. Ama-albhamu akhe asaqhubeka nokudawuniloda. Amathrekhi omculi ayaqhubeka nokuzwakala ezimotweni nasemakilabhini. I-2Pac iyinganekwane ongeke uyeke ukuyincoma.
Ubuntwana nobusha 2Pac
I-Leesane Parish Crooks igama langempela lomrepha waseMelika. Umfana wazalelwa endaweni encane yaseHarlem ngo-1971. Abazali bakhe babeyithanda kakhulu inkolo. Lysane Parish Crooks wabhapathizwa njengoTupac. Lelo kwakuyigama lenzalo yomholi wamaNdiya owalwela inkululeko ePeru. Isibongo uShakur saya kumfana kuyise ongamzali.
Umama kaShakur walwela amalungelo abantu abamnyama. Ngenxa yalokho, umkhaya wabo wawuthutha njalo. Wayeyilungu lenhlangano enkulu iBlack Panther, uTupac Shakur kamuva ayijoyina.
Kunzima ukukukholwa, kodwa uTupac wayengumfundi oyisibonelo kakhulu. Le nsizwa yathola imfundo yayo yesibili eSikoleni Sobuciko Esihlonishwayo. Lapho wafunda izinto eziyisisekelo zobuciko, umculo nokulingisa. Uhlu lwezifundo ezifundiwe luhlanganisa izinkondlo, i-ballet ne-jazz.
UTupac Shakur, ngenkathi efunda esikoleni, wayehlanganyela njalo emidlalweni yesikole. Wakwazi ukudlala indima emdlalweni osekelwe emisebenzini kaShakespeare noTchaikovsky. Le nsizwa yayinethalente lokulingisa, okwathi ngokuhamba kwesikhathi langena kahle esigabeni esikhulu.
Ngisho nalapho efunda esikoleni, uTupac Shakur waqala ukuba nesithakazelo ku-rap. Esikoleni, waba i-rapper engcono kakhulu esikoleni sakhe. U-Tupac unikeze imidlalo yakhe yokuqala ngaphakathi kwezindonga zesikole. Wayethanda ukucula esiteji, ngakho wayefuna ngempela ukuba umpetha.
Ngo-1988, uTupac Shakur nomndeni wakhe bathuthela e-United States of America. Lapho waqala ukufunda eTamalpais High School. Le nsizwa iqhubekile nokungena kwezokulingisa. Kamuva, waba nesithakazelo kubafundi afunda nabo.
UTupac Shakur waba umsunguli wemidlalo yaseshashalazini yesikole. Ngaphansi kobuholi bakhe, kwavela imidlalo eminingi efanelekayo, lapho abafundi besikole saseTamalpais bahlanganyela khona. Inkanyezi yakusasa ibe nethuba lokuhambela izifundo zezinkondlo ezifundiswa uthisha kanye nembongi uLeila Steinberg.
Ukuqala komsebenzi womculo we-2Pac
Umsebenzi womculo womculi waqala ngo-1991. Umenywe kwelinye lamaqembu adumile aseCalifornian Digital Underground. Iciko lithole ukuduma ngenxa yengoma yomculo ethi Same Song. Yile ngoma eyethula abalandeli be-rap ezwini laphezulu le-2Pac.
Ngo-1992, i-2Pac yathatha izinyathelo zokuqala ezinesibindi zokuya emsebenzini ohamba yedwa. Wabe esekhipha i-albhamu yakhe yokuqala ethi 2 Pacalypse Now, kamuva eyahamba nge-platinum. Kule albhamu, umculi uthinte izihloko zokuxhumana ezibucayi. Amathrekhi agcwele intukuthelo, ulimi olunenhlamba nokugxeka iziphathimandla.
Umculi wabamba iqhaza ekuqopheni ifilimu ethi "Authority" (1992). Kule filimu, udlale ibhungu eliphila impilo engabazekayo. Abangane abaningi kanye nomlobi wokuphila kwakhe baphawula ukuthi u-2Pac "wazama" lesi sithombe empilweni yangempela, ephinda isiphetho seqhawe elidlalwayo.
U-2Pac wayevame ukungena enkingeni ngomthetho. Wayesejele izikhathi ezingaphezu kwesisodwa. Kodwa lokhu akuzange kumvimbele ekwakheni umsebenzi omuhle kakhulu womculo. Kubonakala sengathi "izingxabano nomthetho" zandisa isithakazelo kuye. Ibutho "labalandeli" bomculi landa kuphela.
I-albhamu yesibili yomrepha ethi Strictly 4 My NIGGAZ yakhululwa ngo-1993. Amakhophi angaphezu kwesigidi esingu-1 athengiswe ngesikhathi kukhishwa i-albhamu. Kwakuyimpumelelo efanele futhi enesizathu. Amaculo athi Keep Ya Head Up kanye nethi I Get Around aba yizingoma zomculo ezidumile.
Ngemva kokukhishwa kwe-albhamu yesibili, ukuthandwa kwe-rapper kwanda. Ngalesi sikhathi, wamenywa ukuba ashuthe ifilimu ethi Poetic Justice kanye ne-Above the Ring. Ubuso be-2Pac sebubonakale nakakhulu. Usephenduke isihlabani somhlaba.
Lesi sikhathi bekuwukunqoba komrepha. Empeleni, wazuza konke ayekuhlelile. Waba umculi nomlingisi odumile. Kodwa-ke, izinkinga zomthetho ezavela ngezikhathi ezithile azizange zivumele umrepha ukuthi athuthuke. Ngo-1993, u-2Pac wasolwa ngokudlwengula.
Isikhathi esinezinkinga emsebenzini weciko
Ngesikhathi inkantolo ingakasikhiphi isinqumo esingujuqu, lo mculi ukwazile ukuba ngumsunguli weqembu iThug Life. Iqembu lomculo likwazile ukudala i-albhamu eyodwa kuphela. Amaculo akhumbuleka kakhulu kube ngethi Bury Me a G, Cradle to the Grave, Thela Utshwala Obuncane, Bayongikhalela Kunini?
Ngo-1995, inkantolo yakhipha isinqumo sayo sokugcina. Futhi u-2Pac waya ejele iminyaka engu-4,5. Nokho ukwazile ukuqopha icwecwe lesithathu elithi Me Against the World. Waphuma lapho umrepha esevele evalelwe. Ingoma ethi So Many Tears yagcina ngokushisa izikhotha.
Naphezu kweqiniso lokuthi umculi ulahlwe yicala, lokhu akuzange kuvimbele i-albhamu yesithathu ekubeni platinum. Abalandeli nabagxeki bomculo babone i-albhamu yesithathu njengehamba phambili kuzo zonke izingoma zomculo we-rapper. Kamuva, le albhamu yangeniswa ku-Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
I-2Pac ikhishwe ngaphambi kwesikhathi eside kunomnqamulajuqu. Futhi konke ngenxa yokuthi abangani bakhe bamthumele ibheyili ngenani elingaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-1 zamaRandi. Lesi sifungo senziwe yisitudiyo sokuqopha i-Death Row. Kodwa ngesimo esisodwa - ngemuva kokukhululwa, i-2Pac kufanele isayine inkontileka nesitudiyo futhi ikhiphe ama-albhamu amathathu.
Ezinyangeni ezine kamuva, u-2Pac wethula i-albhamu ephindwe kabili ethi All Eyez On Me. Kamuva, waqashelwa njengohamba phambili kuhlobo lwe-hip-hop, izikhathi ezingaphezu kuka-5 zaqashelwa njenge "platinum". Ilinganiselwa ku-8 million amakhophi asedayisiwe. Kwamanye amathrekhi, abalandeli bathola izingcaphuno eziyisiprofetho mayelana nokuhamba kwe-rapper empilweni.
I-albhamu yesihlanu yesitudiyo yayibizwa ngokuthi, The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory. Okujabulisa kakhulu ukuthi u-2Pac ubhale le albhamu ngezinsuku ezintathu nje kuphela. Umculi udale idiski ngaphansi kwegama lamanga elithi Makaveli. Akakhethanga kalula lesi sidlaliso. Umrepha waqala ukuhileleka kwifilosofi kaNiccolo Machiavelli, owathonya kakhulu umbono wakhe womhlaba. Ngeshwa, i-rapper ayizange ilinde ukukhululwa okusemthethweni kwe-albhamu yakhe yesihlanu yesitudiyo.
Ukubulawa kukaTupac Shakur
U-2Pac ushone ngo-1996. Ufike eLos Angeles ezokweseka umshayisibhakela uMike Tyson. UMichael Tyson wawina ngalolo suku.
Ngokujabula okukhulu, lo rapper waya eklabhu yasebusuku ukuyobungaza ukunqoba. Nokho besendleleni imoto yakhe idutshulwe ngabantu abangaziwa.
U-2Pac uthathe izinhlamvu ezingaphezu kwezi-5. Wagcina esesibhedlela, wazama nokuphuma embhedeni esibhedlela. Kodwa ngenxa yokopha okukhulu, umculi wafa. Isidumbu somculi sishisiwe. Abaningi bacabanga ukuthi lo mrepha ubeyisisulu seqembu lezigelekeqe lase-East Coast.
