No third chances ...: Shot for the second time in two years, rapper Tupac Shakur dies at 25
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Tupac Shakur, the rapper whose raw lyrics drew on the rage of a coarse urban existence and seemed a blueprint of his own violent life, died Friday from wounds suffered in a drive-by shooting. He was 25.
'Suge' Knight remains rap's king of the heap
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Marion "Suge" Knight emerged from the 'hood in Compton, where gang strife between Bloods and Crips was the crucible in which "gangsta rap" was forged. By age 30, he had built a $125 million empire as chief executive of Death Row Records, one of the most popular rap labels.
But he didn't leave the streets far behind.
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