Rapper, actor controversial ghetto child Tupac Amaru Shakur was born on the June 16th 1971 in the Bronx, New York and died tragically on September 13th 1996 in Las Vegas, Nevada
Tupac first name was Lesane Parish Crooks as a little boy Tupacs mother then changed his name to Tupac Amaru Shakur His name Tupac was named after a famous Inca chieft after an Inca Indian revolutionary his middle name Amaru meant shining serpant his last name Shakur meant thankful to god in Arabic.
His mother Afeni Shakur was a member of the Black Panther party she was pregnant with Tupac while in jail and on trial in New York inhumes 21. This was a time where all the members of the party was accused of conspiracy bombing public places, Afeni Shakur was eventually quitted of all the charges Tupacs on the side of Shakur was also a member of the black panther party. She was accused of killing a New Jersey state trooper she eventually fled the country in exile. Today she still lives in Cuba.
Tupac described his mum as a strong world woman who handled her business, his real father was unknown. Tupac described as energetic child who always managed him self in a lead role, his mom saw victor him at age of 12 127 street in Sampal which was a theater group in Harlem, New York. Tupacs first acting role was the character in �Travis� in the play �rising in the sun�.
Tupac did not involve him self to rap until he and his family moved to Baltimore at a young teenager he took on the name MC New York. while living in Baltimore Tupac continued his acting by auditioning and later being accepted in Baltimore performing for the artist.
At age 17 Tupac moved to murrin city in the San Francisco area it was in murrin city that Tupac learn't about street life and attempted to be fitted with his peers Tupac became petty hustler who sold drugs it was in murrin city that he re-discovered rap and then joining a group called streetly dup this group featured barial rap star 'Ray love'
while a member of streetly dup Tupac began to branch out and he eventually became friends with digital underground rapper 'shock G'. Tupac then became part as a group first as a dancer then as a rapper; he went to be a height man for the group digital underground. As a member of the digital underground Tupac became known as a rebel of the underground.
18, 1991
Tupac got his first real taste of trouble when he was stopped for j'walking in down town Oakland. Recording to pac police officers didn't take a liking to his name but said unfavorable things Pac in return responded and the result was him arrested and brutalized this incident lead to him filing a 10 million lawsuit against the city of Oakland it wasn't long afterwards that Tupac released his first of his 6 albums the first was en titled '2pacalyse Now' and it highlighted Tupacs passionate, political and thug life side.
Songs like 'Trapped' while politically on point stirred up much of the controversy when it went to a evicted Oakland police officer being shot end of the video this song caught the intension of Dan Quayle who expressed his outrage other songs like 'Breada's gotta baby' brought a tension to the emotional and heart side of the riving star.
Tupac gained national fame when he played the role of rolling Bishop violent, insecure short temped psychotic individual in the blockbuster movie 'Juice"
Ernest R. Dickerson had in invited digital underground money betour for the movie.
Tupac went for the ride once their he read part called turkey and was hired to play his role which many wondering if Tupac was acting or just being himself. Tupac popularity began so did his trouble in the summer of 91 while attending Murrin city's 5th anniversary Tupac and his entourages had a confrontation with older quittances during the issuing fight a gun was drawn and shots were fired in a little 6 year old laid dead as a innocent by stander Tupac's brother Mercedes who at the time rapped group called Toni, Toni, Toni later for thug life was arrested and charged eventually he was let go for lack of evidence.
Tupac later found himself in more controversy when a Texas cop was shot and killed the wino of the slain officer filed the multi time millionaire dollor civil suit against Tupac claming that his music and lyrics that influenced the young perpetrator to kill if that wasn't enough Tupac while visiting set fox T.V living colour had a altercation with the limo driver the result was him being arrested and charged with assault eventually the charges would drop seem were ever Tupac went trouble followed first Tupac found himself being charged with assault after he and his group of friends beated up the film director known as the Hughes brothers this incident lead him to be fired from the movie �Menace 2 Society�
Later that year in October of 93 Tupac was arrested and accused of shooting two off duty police officers in Alana just as that drama beginning to be sorted out he was arrested in New York following month accused of sexually assaulting a female fan in his hotel room. At the back drop of all that controversy Tupac managed to release his another album en titled 'strictly 4 my N****z' which featured the smash hit I get around and its emotional tribute to women 'Keep ya head up', during this time Tupac was featured in two more movies the first was poetic justice with Janet Jackson here he stirred things up again on the set refusing to honor Mrs. Jackson request to take an AIDs test the other movie which featured Tupac came out spring of 95 was a basket ball movie entitled 'above the rim' just like he did in the movie 'Juice' here Tupac adorn the role of a gangster.
Now just before Tupac began serving his sentence for sexual charges her released his third album in titled 'Me against the World' it was on this album the world heard Tupac's tribute to his mom titled 'Dear Mama'.
After serving little bit more than 7 months in New York praction facilities Tupac was released on 1.3 million dollars bill and assigned to Death row records the home of snoop dogg on the dog pound he quickly made noise of his hit song 'California love' a track featuring himself and Dr Dre.
Then Tupac released a double album in titled 'All eyez on me' which sold 6.4 million copies which featured all different sorts of artist ranging from R'n'B crew such as joy da-si to barial locals like Jue Downe and Richie Rich.
