Recently, it was found under "The White Tree" in Jena, Louisiana, and caused a national outcry.
And then it sent the Ivy League campus of Columbia University into a frenzy.
And now, the noose – a longtime symbol of racial hatred – has been found around Tupac's neck.
The Tupac Amaru Shakur Center for the Arts in Stone Mountain, Georgia was vandalized on two separate occasions this past weekend, and one man has been arrested in connection with the acts, according to published reports.
During the early morning hours on Saturday, vandals defaced the building and tied a noose around the neck of the Bronze statue of the slain hip-hop icon that sits in the Center's Peace Garden.
And then on Monday morning, the statue was once again vandalized when fliers bearing "garbled rants" about 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina were plastered all over it.
The fliers were also said to contain vague threats directed at certain rappers and record companies.
One unidentified man is in police custody, and the Dekalb County Sheriff's office is investigating both acts as hate crimes.
What in the world is going on?
Shakur has been deceased since September 1996.
Yet still he is a symbol of greatness for many of the hip-hop generation.
"We thank everyone for their prayers and support," Shakur's mother Afeni Shakur said in a statement. "Although our hearts are temporarily in pain, our spirits have already forgiven the perpetrators."
"Hate comes in all colors and genders therefore we will use this act of hate and ignorance to bring our community together and to pray for the healing of those who harbor such feelings," she continued. "With God's guidance, the work of the Tupac Amaru Shakur Center for the Arts and Peace Garden will continue to positively impact and transform our community."
According to a spokesperson, The Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation is now in the process of raising money to construct a fence around the parameters of the Center to prevent these types of incidents from occurring again.
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By: christy on 10/25/2007 1:59PM
this is messed up that they would do that to a legend. people dont have respect. I bet it was a black person too. we have to stop killing ourselves!
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By: Andrea on 10/25/2007 2:09PM
There are a lot of hateful people in this country. We have to rise above acts like that. Someone wrote KKK and nigger on my house and he was arrested. So I know what it is like to be a victim of a hate crime. Not pleasant.
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By: TonyBee on 10/25/2007 2:52PM
Christy,when black on black crime is discuss,we don't change the subject to hate crime,we deal with the problem.So let's keep the discussion about hate crime.Why don't CNN do an hour show HATE CRIMES:WHY WHITES HATE SO MUCH and the stats clearly prove this,but they do story like AIDS IN BLACK AMERICA and BLACK MEN:TAKE CARE OF YOUR CHILDREN.And you Negreos love it because you think CNN is telling the truth,but do you think CNN would run a show that reflect badly the white race.WHITE MEN: STOP HAVING SEX WITH ARE KIDS,that the truth would they ran that show.And 2pac the only rapper that took on two crooked cops for messing with a black men.
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By: linda aka lindalu aka lindy aka linne* on 10/25/2007 3:10PM
" WE DON'T EVEN HAVE TO DO NUTHIN' TO YOU. YOU'LL CAUSE YOUR OWN COUNTRY TO FALL "
-Stevie Wonder
What a world
What a world
LETS GIVE PEACE A CHANCE !
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By: Noodles on 10/25/2007 4:02PM
HMMMM MORE PROVOCATION....NOW IM REALLY STARTING TO WONDER
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By: Peace on 10/25/2007 6:02PM
What the heck is going on? It's kids I'll bet. They just don't understand the impact of their actions. This stuff hurts everyone of every race in the long run, and I wish we could just all get along or at least respect each other's differences enough to leave things alone cause pain and hurt. I'm so worried about the future for our children of all colors.
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By: JC on 10/25/2007 7:33PM
Lately it seems like we have gone back in time to the 1960's. What's Happening To Our "Human" Race? Is it really just uneducated and misguided juveniles or perhaps this is a sign of a widespread deterioration. "America Must Stand United In Condemnation Of These Acts That Threaten The Life And Liberties Of All People Of All Colors".
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By: Forgive but do not Forget on 10/25/2007 9:17PM
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
Mohandas Gandhi
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By: Ahero on 10/26/2007 9:37PM
On the night of November 30, 1994, the day before the verdict in his sexual abuse trial was to be announced, Shakur was shot five times and robbed after entering the lobby of the Quad Recording Studios in Manhattan, New York City, New York, by two armed black men in army fatique. He would later accuse Puff Daddy, Andre Harrell, and Biggie Smalls — whom he saw after the shooting — of setting him up. Shakur also suspected his close friend and associate, Randy "Stretch" Walker, of being involved in the attempt. According to the doctors at Bellevue Hospital, where he was admitted immediately following the incident, Shakur had received five bullet wounds; twice in the head, twice in the groin and once through the arm and thigh. He checked out of the hospital, against doctor's orders, three hours after surgery. In the day that followed, Shakur entered the courthouse in a wheelchair and was found guilty of three counts of molestation, but innocent of six others, including sodomy.
On November 30, 1995, exactly one year to the day of the shooting, Stretch was killed in an execution-style murder in Queens.
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By: anthony on 10/26/2007 9:49PM
jd commenting on justin timberlake. well, jd you have nothing to talk about. your not to easy on the eyes, either. first of all, fix your screwed up teeth. i could driuve a car in between the "gaps".
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