Tupac Shakur was born in the east Bronx of New York City on June 16th 1971. Tupac Was a Rap, Hip-Pop singer and actor from the 90’s. Tupac was known by his stage name “2pac.” He is one of the best-selling music artists in the world. Even after his death his songs are still popular and listened to. Most of his songs are about growing up amid violence and hardship of him growing up or what he has lived through. Tupac died in Las Vegas Nevada on September 13th, 1996. http://www.biography.com/people/tupac-shakur-206528 (1996-2013 all rights reserved)
He was raised by his mother Afeni Shakur. His father left him and his mother at the age of five. His father’s name was Billy Garland. He was originally named Lesane Parish Crooks, but later changed it to Tupac Amaru Shakur. He had a rough childhood, always moving around New York City. Tupac had received an education on radical politics from his mom. When they moved to Baltimore Tupac attended the Baltimore School for the Arts, where he took acting and dance classes, including ballet. While he was living in Baltimore He discovered Rap. He began performing as a MC in New York. . http://www.biography.com/people/tupac-shakur-206528 (1996-2013 all rights reserved)
Later in 1990 he joined the Oakland, California Hip-pop group “Digital Underground.” He came out in two of the group’s records before he went solo in his career. In 1991 He started making albums and writing songs on his own using the name “2pac.” That’s when he made his first movie “Juice.” He later made another movie in 1993 called “Poetic Justice” Then made the movie “Above the rim” 2pac was quite a sensation. . http://www.biography.com/people/tupac-shakur-206528 (1996-2013 all rights reserved)
Tupac received several arrest in the 1990’s for violent offenses. He spent several days in jail for assaulting director Allen Hughes and was later convicted of sexual assault in another case. After that he was in an incident where he got shot five times in