Rap music artist Tupac Shakur. Image: AFP
Rap legend Tupac Shakur is set to be given a place in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
The late musician will be inducted into the institution by his friend and collaborator Snoop Dogg, Rolling Stone reports. The ceremony will take place in Brooklyn on April 7.
Shakur, known by the stage name “2Pac”, and Snoop Dogg both shot to fame under the label Death Row Records, and worked together on the track “2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted”.
The rapper died at the age of 25 in 1996. JB
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