Words for My ComradesBefore his murder at twenty five, Tupac Shakur rose to staggering artistic heights as the pre eminent storyteller of the 90s, building, in the process, one of the most iconic public personas of the last half century. He recorded several platinum selling albums, starred in major films, and became an activist and political hero known the world over. In this cultural history and brilliantly researched biography, Van Nguyen reckons with Tupac's coming of