Tupac’s Life

On June 16, 1971, Tupac (born Lesane Parish Crooks) was born in Brooklyn, New

York. He was named after an Inca Indian revolutionary: Tupac Amaru means "shining serpent",

and Shakur is arabic for "thankful to God". Tupac was the son of the politcal activist Alice Faye

Williams (Afeni Shakur). She was a member if the Black Panther Party. Tupac grew up without

knowing that his biological father was still alive. Afeni moves in with Mutulu Shakur who

becomes Tupac's stepfather and confidant for the rest of his life. Tupac accepted him as a father

figure.

At the age of 12 Tupac found a passion for acting and writing poetry. Afeni enrolls him

in a Harlem theater group. Tupac plays Travis in 'A Raisin the Sun' as his first performance.

Unfortunately, Tupac was unable to continue his training, and moved with his family to

Marin City (The Jungle), California. He has been quoted saying "Leaving that school affected

me so much, I see as the point where I got off track". The man side began to come out of

Tupac as he now began to hang with the wrong crowd.

Tupac changed out his alias MC New York with a new one, 2Pac. He rapped with

Ray Luv in a group called "Strictly Dope". They perform in small shows for people around the

neighborhood. Tupac auditions for Greg Jacobs (Shock G) of the group Digital Underground.

Tupac joins the group as a roadie, dancer and as a rapper. He toured with Digital

Underground, instead of waiting around for them to get back in town to work on his album, he

preferred to travel with them to kill time. He appeared on several songs with Digital

Underground including "Same Song", "DFLO Shuffle", and "Wassup Wit Tha Luv".

Nothing could have stopped this man, he was on top of the world making movies and

receiving good reviews and getting better acting jobs. Three days after he finished making "All

Eyez On Me" Tupac began work on Makaveli: The Don Killuminati". Tupac never lived to see

the album being put out. He died due to gunshot wounds. He and Suge Knight were attending

the Mike Tyson Vs Bruce Seldom fight at the MGM Grand In Las Vegas, Nevada on the

September the 7th, 1996. After the fight in the lobby, one of the staff from Death Row spotted