Tupac Shakur can have a road he used to stay on renamed after him in Oakland, California.

The late rapper was born in Harlem and later lived in Baltimore, Maryland, and in Marin City, California, however credited Oakland as the placement he bought his "game" and launched his profession, based on laws authorising the commemorative road renaming.

A unanimous vote by town council will see a stretch of MacArthur Boulevard by Lake Merritt, the place Shakur as soon as lived, hold its present identify but in addition obtain the extra honorary identify of Tupac Shakur Way.

Commemorative plaques and indicators concerning the change shall be paid for by the Tupac Shakur Foundation.

Oakland has honoured different figures with road names, together with Black Panther occasion co-founder Huey P Newton and rapper and report producer Too Short.

Shakur was 25 when he was shot and killed in a drive-by capturing in Las Vegas in 1996.

The metropolis council laws says the renamed a part of the road will remind folks of Shakur's contributions to Oakland and rejoice artwork and tradition as a catalyst for society change.

It was not clear when the identify change will come into impact as no timeline was offered.