![]() ![]() People knew he was working towards something great - perhaps even historical - yet his budding superstardom had yet to enter full blossom. He had a pair of gold records, supporting or co-starring roles in four movies that were hits in urban markets, and had begun to be recognized - for better or worse - as the voice of young black men in America. Not yet 24-years-old, Tupac was already a multi-faceted star. ![]() So he sat, stewed, barked, raged and grew angrier. His status as a folk hero, more cause célèbre than celebrity, meant his movements were limited by involuntary protective custody status. Yet here he was: shackled in the chains of Clinton Correctional Facility in upstate New York. He was a man possessed by boundless energy, a person defined by his Faustian hunger for more than mere existence, one who clearly knew he had so little time in this world. 95A1140: 5’11”, 145 pounds, pacing his cell, chain-smoking Newports, devouring dozens of magazines and newspapers and writing furiously in his notebook. On Valentine’s Day 1995, Tupac Amaru Shakur became Inmate No. ![]()
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