2/21/2023 0 Comments Me against the world album salesIn November, Shakur and two members of his entourage were charged with sexually assaulting a female fan, for which, 2Pac was the main person who was found guilty of sexual assault charges, including "illegal touching of the buttocks". Later, in October 1993, Shakur was charged with shooting two off-duty police officers in Atlanta, though the charges were dropped due to the officers instigating the confrontation using a gun they illegally confiscated from a police evidence room. In the summer of 1993, Shakur was charged for assaulting director Allen Hughes while filming Menace II Society Shakur was later sentenced to fifteen days in jail. However, the 22-year-old artist had a series of incidents and charges of breaking the law. In 1993, Tupac Shakur was already a success in the hip hop industry, with two gold-certified singles that reached the top twenty on the pop charts ("I Get Around", "Keep Ya Head Up"), and a platinum-selling sophomore album that would peak just inside the top twenty-five of the Billboard 200 (Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z.). Me Against the World won best rap album at the 1996 Soul Train Music Awards. The album served as one of Shakur's most positively reviewed albums, with many calling it the magnum opus of his career, and is considered one of the greatest and most influential hip hop albums of all-time. This made Shakur the first artist to have an album debut at number one on Billboard 200 while serving time in prison. Me Against the World, released while Shakur was imprisoned, made an immediate impact on the charts, debuting at number one on the Billboard 200. Steve Huey of AllMusic noted that with Me Against the World, the rapper became markedly more "confessional", "reflective", and "soul-baring". Drawing lyrical inspiration from his impending prison sentence, troubles with the police, and poverty, the record is described as 2Pac's most introspective album. It was released Maon the Interscope Records label. Me Against the World is the third studio album by American hip hop artist 2Pac.
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