February 1996

All Eyez on Me was the first double album in hip-hop history and debuted at number one, selling over nine million copies in the US. Tupac's fusion of political consciousness, street narrative, and poetic vulnerability made him hip-hop's most complex and debated figure, and he remains one of the best-selling music artists of all time.

The former Maryland congressman took over the financially troubled NAACP and revitalized it, retiring $3.2 million in debt and repositioning the organization as a political force in the post-civil rights era.