The basic transduction mechanism is the same in the auditory and vestibular systems (See Figure 12.1). A mechanical stimulus bends the cilia of the hair cells. Fine thread-like tip links connect to trap doors in the adjacent cilium.
Tupac's mother buried her son's ashes on her farm in Lumberton, North Carolina in 2003. His grave is in Stone Mountain, GA. Tupac Shakur was cremated.
In Tupac's world, art and reality became tragically blurred, culminating with his 1996 murder in Las Vegas. Shakur was the son of Black Panther Party members Billy Garland and Afeni Shakur (Shakur is Arabic for thankful to God), who was in jail (and later acquitted) on bombing charges while pregnant with him.