Makaveli

Makaveli was the alias used by US rapper Tupac Shakur; the Makaveli persona is associated with a darker, more confrontational and introspective approach, featuring raw, urgent vocal delivery and stark production. Musically linked to West Coast hip hop and gangsta rap, Makaveli-era material often explores themes of mortality, betrayal, and social struggle, and the name references the political thinker Niccolò Machiavelli as a symbolic influence.