Tupac Shakur receives Hollywood star Yemen tanker: The recovery of the “floating time bomb” begins

His sister Sekyiwa “Set” Shakur will unveil the star. Guest speakers include American director Allen Hughes (“Broken City”), who directs the new documentary series “Dear Mama: The Saga of Afeni and Tupac Shakur” about Tupac Shakur and his mother, the “Black Panther” activist Afeni Shakur, .

Tupac Shakur was a rapper, actor, activist, poet and revolutionary, according to the Walk of Fame statement. Decades after his death, the artist is still part of the zeitgeist. Shakur (“All Eyez on Me”) was one of the most successful rappers of the 1990s. In 2017, the musician was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio.

The hip-hop star, who grew up in impoverished New York conditions, was sometimes involved in drug trafficking and other crimes, and was also imprisoned. As a teenager, he moved to California with his family. There he worked, among other things, at the Death Row Records label, which is known for gangsta rap.

Shakur was shot to death on a Las Vegas street in 1996 under unclear circumstances at the age of 25. There were feuds between rival rappers on the east and west coasts. (sda/dpa)