Album DescriptionGangsta rap star Tupac Shakur had a glittering four-year music and movie career before his untimely death in 1996 after an auto-shoot out. Ironically, Shakur's death and the circumstances surrounding it only seemed to fuel his mystique with a steady flow of greatest hits and previously unheard material which has kept him in the public eye. 'Maximum 2Pac' now gives the complete account of his troubled childhood, early musical leanings and subsequent rise to fame. With the full story behind the mysterious circumstances surrounding his tragic death, it provides an ideal chance to discover the real life inspirations behind his music. Death Row. 2005.