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Tupac Shakur

Stephen Dalton, Uncut, August 2000

TUPAC AMARU SHAKUR seemed to consider himself immortal, and there are certainly many who still refuse to believe the 25-year-old rapper died after a Las Vegas shooting three years ago. Such is the enduring talismanic power of this charismatic, incendiary symbol of black male rage.

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