Upon his brutal murder in 1996, Tupac Shakur became the unlikely martyr of gangsta rap, and a tragic symbol of the toll its lifestyle exacted on urban black america. Although he was shot dead at the tender age of 25, the immense posthumous record sales celebrated films and even previously unpublished potery have kept his legend alive. In schools his articles and poems are being used as a way of communicating with students, illustrating just how influential and how much of a phenomeno he remains today. (lingua italiana non garantita per tutti i contenuti)