‘It’s the Sgt Pepper’s of hip-hop’: 2Pac’s All Eyez On Me at 25

By Will Lavin

 

2Pac’s magnum opus All Eyez on Me turns 25 this year (Mtvfilms/Amaruentertainment/Paramountpictures/Kobal/Shutterstock)

 

All his life, Tupac Amaru Shakur knew he was being watched.

 

The rapper, one of the most recognisable names in hip-hop, had grown up in East Harlem surrounded by persons of interest.

 

His mother, Afeni, was eight-months pregnant with him in 1971 when she was acquitted – along with 20 other members of the Black Panther Party – of more than 150 charges stemming from an alleged bomb plot.

 

His stepfather, Mutulu, an activist, was on the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted list. 

 

Full Story: https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/2pac-all-eyez-on-me-anniversary-death-row-records-b1800859.html

He is good, i.e. his music, but not outstanding unique like Sgt. Pepper was it in that time...????