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Tupac Amaru Shakur

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Tupac Amaru Shakur was an American rapper, born in East Harlem (NYC) on June 16 1971. He had a mother who was named Afeni Shakur and a father named Billy Garland, his mother was part of the black panther party. The black panther party was a organization found by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale. This organization challenged police brutality against African American people. Tupac had 8 siblings (5 brothers and 3 sisters). One of Tupac's brothers was named Billy Garland just like his father. Tupac was also known by his stage names 2pac and Makaveli. His partner was Kidada Jones, and his former spouses name was Keisha Morris. Tupac was good friends with Notorious B.I.G.. Tupac's real name is Lesane Parish Crooks.

In 1990 Tupac started his career as a backup dancer for a hip hop group called The Digital Underground. Tupac auditioned for a role in the movie Forrest Gump but, he didn’t get the role. Tupac was supposed to play a lead role in a movie called Menace II Society, the co director replaced him with Larenz Tate. Tupac adored listening to English and Irish pop musicians like U2. Tupac was arrested for abusing a fan as punishment he went to prison and while he was there he was enormously influenced by …show more content…

Last year there was a movie dedicated to Tupac's life. It was named the same name as one of his album called All Eyez On Me, and Demetrius Shipp Jr. was casted as Tupac Shakur. This movie was a biography made 21 years after Tupac's tragic death. Tupac has many inspirational quotes such as “Reality is wrong. Dreams are for real”. “For every dark night, there's a brighter day”. “You know it's funny when it rains it pours They got money for wars, but can't feed the

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