In addition to his status as a top-selling recording artist, Shakur was a promising actor and a social activist. Most of Shakur's songs are about growing up amid violence and hardship in ghettos, racism, problems in society, and conflicts with other rappers. Shakur's work is known for advocating political, economic, social and racial equality. Shakur was initially a roadie and backup dancer for the alternative hip hop group Digital Underground. Shakur became the target of lawsuits and experienced other legal problems. He was later shot five times and robbed in the lobby of a recording studio in New York City.

But even as he apologized, he said that he had committed no crime. Looking fully recovered from gunshot wounds suffered in a mugging the week he was on trial, the year-old performer used his pre-sentencing address to ruminate that his success as a rapper and film actor had perhaps caused him to lose "focus. Shakur said. Once again, I have no shame. What happens, happens for a reason.

While it's common knowledge that 2Pac was one of the most skilled lyricists the rap game has ever seen, it may not be as widely known that the late rapper was also quite the artist. Love letters and explicit illustrations Pac made for his girlfriend while he was locked up in the mid-'90s are officially hitting the auction block. The erotic drawing shows Pac with his then-girlfriend Desiree Smith getting it on atop a couch, accompanied by the words "Missing You Deeply," and "forever with love. The drawings can be viewed here.