2PACalypse Now

2Pacalypse Now is the debut studio album by rapper Tupac Shakur, released on November 12, 1991 on Interscope Records. The album was recorded and produced while Shakur was a member of the Oakland based Hip-Hop group Digital Underground, and features production and appearances from Digital Underground members Shock G, Money-B, DJ Fuze and Pee-Wee. The album peaked at #64 on the Billboard 200, and #13 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts and sold 1,350,000 copies. "Brenda's Got a Baby" was its biggest charting single from the album.

2Pacalypse Now is known as Tupac’s his most political—and controversial—musical album. The album strengthened Tupac’s legacy as a legend and a brilliant political poetic lyricist who was far ahead of his time. On this album Tupac discusses the trials and tribulations of the Black experience in America with songs like "Brenda's Got a Baby," "Trapped," and "If My Homie Calls." Over the course of 13 tracks, which include the three singles 2Pac captures the plight of the of the Black Americans in an era of crime, poverty, pregnancy, and prison life. His style on 2Pacalypse Now was highly influenced by the social consciousness and Afrocentrism pervading Hip-Hop in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

Tupac/2Pac (Tupac Amaru Shakur, b.1971 - 1996), Born in New York, and son to parents and relatives who were members of the Black Panther Party, Tupac’s political ideals on racial injustice highly influenced Tupac’s music and social consciousness. As a Harlem and Baltimore native, Tupac began his music career as a member of the Oakland Hip-Hop group Digital Underground before his solo career in 1991 with the release of his debut album, 2Pacalypse Now. Tupac emerged in the 1990s as a central figure in West Coast Hip-Hop scene, introducing social issues on Black life in American where gangsta rap was dominant in West Coast Hip-Hop . Tupac's consistent themes in his lyrics addressed contemporary social issues in inner cities, including violence, hardship, and racism. During his career Tupac has sold over 75,000,000 records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time. His talent as a rapper, actor and social consciousness has influenced many and garnered him the respect as one of the best rappers in history.