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Watch: 25 Years Ago Today Tupac Died After Mike Tyson Fight

It has been twenty five years already since one of the greatest, ever, lyrical geniuses departed this Earth.

Tupac Shakur left a body of work here that has stood the time since.

Prophetic, slowly, but surely, in some ways, indicative of any time, in others.

His final chapter in this temporary life on Earth was to come shortly after a fight involving Mike Tyson and Bruce Seldon.

The two seen here post-fight one time:

The lyricist was shot after the fight and died six days later on September 13th 1996:

This is the last known footage of him alive after the fight in 1996:

Gone, but, never forgotten:

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