Tupac Amaru Shakur was born on this day in 1971. More than two decades after his death, Shakur remains one of the most magnetic and best-selling rappers in music. A figure of great strength and vulnerability, Shakur wrote songs that probed the difficult circumstances experienced by many inner-city black youths. Photographer Eli Reed captured this portrait in 1992.
Tupac Shakur
- Data Source
- National Portrait Gallery
- Artist
- Eli Reed, born 1946
- Sitter
- Tupac Shakur, 16 Jun 1971 - 13 Sep 1996
- Date
- 1992 (printed 2013)
- Credit Line
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
- Medium
- Inkjet print
- Dimensions
- Image: 34.6 × 27.3 cm (13 5/8 × 10 3/4")
- Sheet: 35.5 × 28.4 cm (14 × 11 3/16")
- Mat: 55.9 x 40.6 cm (22 x 16")
- Type
- Photograph
