This Day in Hip-Hop History

Today, September 13th, marks the 15th anniversary of the death of Tupac Amaru Shakur. 2pac was shot 4 times on September 7th and died 6 days later of respiratory failure and cardiac arrest after being given a 50% chance of survival days before. Tupac was pronounced dead at 4:03 pm (PDT) at age 25. His group, the Outlawz, claim to have smoked Tupac’s creamated ashes with marijuana, a claim his mother denies.