Tupac Shakur.Photo:Raymond Boyd/Getty
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Tupac Shakuris being honored with a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, 26 years after his death in 1996.
The ceremony honoring the rapper will take place Wednesday, June 7 and the rapper’s sister, Sekyiwa “Set” Shakur, will accept the star on his behalf.
“Tupac Shakur was a rapper, actor, activist, poet, and revolutionary,” Hollywood Walk of Fame producer Ana Martinez said in astatement. “This iconic artist has continued to be part of the zeitgeist for decades after his passing and will continue to be an important cultural figure for many years to come.”
“Surely, as one of L.A.’s own, Tupac’s star will be added to the list of most visited stars,” Martinez added.
The Walk of Fame news comes just two weeks after it was announced thatShakur is getting a street named after him in California.
Tupac Shakur.Raymond Boyd/Getty
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The section of MacArthur Boulevard — where Shakur once lived — between Grand Avenue and Van Buren Avenue will be known as Tupac Shakur Way. MacArthur Boulevard will still keep its existing name.
Shakur, who was born in Harlem in New York City, lived in Oakland in the early 1990s. He said ina 1993 video interviewthat he got his “Game” from Oakland. “When I got to Oakland that’s when I learned the Game,” he said. “I give all my love to Oakland, if I’ma claim somewhere I’ma claim Oakland.”
The legislation says the commemorative street naming will remind us of Shakur’s “contributions to Oakland and our communities through the celebration of art and culture as an awakening tool towards changes in society.”
In 2016, the mayor of Oakland declared June 16 — the musician’s birthday — as Tupac Shakur Day for his contributions to the community.
source: people.com
