{"product_id":"2940169808094","title":"Holler If You Hear Me: Searching for Tupac Shakur","description":"\u003cp\u003eTupac Amaru Shakur (1971¿1996) was an American rap artist, actor, and social activist. More than seventy-five million of his albums have sold worldwide, making him one of the bestselling music artists in the world. \u003cem\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/em\u003e magazine named him the 86th Greatest Artist of All Time.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShakur also gained notoriety for his conflicts with the law and time spent in prison.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMost of Tupac¿s songs are about growing up amid violence and hardship in ghettos, racism, other social problems, and conflicts with other rappers during the East Coast¿West Coast hip-hop rivalry.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn September 1996, after attending a boxing match in Las Vegas, Shakur was shot four times and died several days later.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShakur¿s double album, \u003cem\u003eAll Eyez on Me\u003c\/em\u003e, is one of the highest-selling rap albums of all time, with more than five million copies of the album sold in the United States alone. A \u003cem\u003eVibe\u003c\/em\u003e magazine poll in 2004 rated Shakur ¿the greatest rapper of all time¿ as voted by fans. In 2010, he was inducted to the Library of Congress¿ National Recording Registry.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMore than a decade after his murder, Tupac Shakur is even more loved, contested, and celebrated than he was in life. His posthumously released albums, poetry, and motion pictures have catapulted him into the upper echelon of American cultural icons. In \u003cem\u003eHoller If You Hear Me\u003c\/em\u003e, ¿hip-hop intellectual¿ Michael Eric Dyson, acclaimed author of the bestselling \u003cem\u003eIs Bill Cosby Right?\u003c\/em\u003e, offers a wholly original way of looking at Tupac that will thrill those who already love the artist and enlighten those who want to understand him.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e*Produced by Buck 50 Productions\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Audio, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47100531376368,"sku":"2940169808094","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169808094_p0.jpg?v=1769900570","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169808094","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}