Tupac Shakur Honors

Honors

MTV ranked him at #2 on their list of The Greatest MCs of All Time[103]
Shakur was inducted into the Hip-Hop Hall of Fame in 2002[104]
In 2003, MTV's "22 Greatest MCs" countdown listed Shakur as the "number 1 MC", as voted by the viewers[105]
In 2004, at the VH1 Hip Hop Honors Shakur was honored along with DJ Hollywood, Kool DJ Herc, KRS-One, Public Enemy, Run-DMC, Rock Steady Crew, and Sugarhill Gang[106]
A Vibe magazine poll in 2004 rated Shakur "the greatest rapper of all time" as voted by fans[107]
At the First Annual Turks & Caicos International Film Festival held on Tuesday, October 17, 2006, Shakur was honored for his undeniable voice and talent and as a performer who crossed racial, ethnic, cultural and medium lines; his mother accepted the award on his behalf[108]
In 2008, The National Association Of Recording Merchandisers in conjunction with the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame recognized him as a very influential artist and has added him in their Definitive 200 list[109]
On Wednesday, June 23, 2010, Shakur was inducted to the Library of Congress's National Recording Registry[110]
The seat of the Catholic Church released a list of 12 songs onto the social networking Web site's streaming music service Among the artists included are Mozart, Muse and Dame Shirley Bassey; the list also includes Shakur's song "Changes", which was released two years after his shooting death on a greatest hits album in 1998[111]
His double album, All Eyez on Me, is one of the highest-selling rap albums of all time, with over 5 million copies of the album sold in the United States alone by April 1996; it was eventually certified 9x platinum in June 1998 by the RIAA[112]

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