In honor of what would be Tupac‘s 45th birthday, the City of Oakland has declared today “Tupac Shakur Day.”
Okayplayer received the confirmation from city officials yesterday that June 16 will officially be a day to honor the West Coast legend. Mayor Libby Schaaf made the official declaration.
LeRoy McCarthy, who started a petition to name an intersection in Brooklyn, New York Christopher Wallace Way after The Notorious B.I.G., was involved in the creation of the resolution to create the memorial to Tupac.
The All Eyez on Me rapper was a member of Oakland’s Digital Underground before his solo career blossomed. In interviews and his lyrics, he frequently expressed his admiration for the Bay Area city.
Tupac died September 13, 1996 at the age of 25 from injuries sustained when he was shot in Las Vegas.
How long will we mourn Pac the legend RIP
but dude was born and raised in Harlem …
He got his game in the town tho.
Facts. We taught him how to Grind. And slap bustas.
He lived back East until he was 17 and bounced back n forth to NY. Also Shock G is From NY as well. Tupac dressed in Timbs, Girbauds, Karl Kani & bald head all his steez was NY until he got to Death Row. He never wore dickies and chucks. They called him MC NY .
Shut the Fuck up bitch!
Shut the Fuck up bitch!
u dx idiots how can u tell happy birthday to the dead? u got nuthin but a chickens wisdom 4 sure. RIP Makaveli The Don.
Everybody knows he’s from NY but he obviously got his game in Oakland in the westcoast ! He is a westcoast rapper just like kurupt ,Xzibit ect. Everybody alive in that Era knows he was bangin the westside . NY tries so hard to claim him ahahah . No disrespect to NY. But Google “NY 87” or just watch his interviews bcuz the most famous thing pac said was thug life and westsiiiiiiiiide (pac voice )