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2pac Biography |
 Tupac Amaru Shakur was born in this world as Lesane Parish Crooks on June 16, 1971. His mother Afeni Shakur (originally named Alice Faye Williams) changed his name sometime after he was born, with Tupac Amaru meaning "shining serpent" and Shakur meaning "thankful to god". Afeni was also a Black Panther and a member of the Panther 21 trial in 1971. They were on trial for an alleged bomb attempt but were acquitted just one month before the birth of her son. Tupac comes from a family of "straight souljahs", as he puts it. He is the god son of now released Political Prisoner; Geronimo Pratt (now known as Geronimo Ji Jagas), the step son of Mutulu Shakur, the nephew of Assata Shakur who is now in exile in Cuba, Mumia Abu Jamal a former member of the Black Panther Party who helped raise 2Pac, and it was later revealed through genetic testing that his biological father is Billy Garland (Political Activist) who in a shameless act, attempted to retrieve half of Tupac's estate in a lawsuit shortly after his unfortunate death. The judge ruled that he deserved nothing after it was evident that in 2Pac's 25 year life, he provided him with a little over $800.00 and a movie ticket. Tupac was born in the Bronx New York. He grew up in a poor and unstable household moving from place to place. While living in New York, in 1983 Tupac made his acting debut as Travis in a production of Raisin in the Sun, at The Apollo Theater no less. They stayed there until 1986 when the family moved to Baltimore where he met long time friend Jada Pinkett. Tupac wrote his first rap there and became MC New York while attending the Baltimore School for the Arts- "That school was saving me, you know what I'm saying? I was writing poetry and shit and I became known as MC New York, because I was rapping and then I was doing the acting thing."- Tupac once said in an interview. In the summer of '88 the Shakurs moved to Marin City, a suburb of Oakland. Tupac lived in the ghetto or "The Jungle" which was an area surrounded by posh White neighborhoods. Now in his adolescence, Tupac began hanging out in the streets and was eventually thrown out of his home. Living with friends and now in actuality homeless, he began selling drugs for money. According to soon to be mentioned friends, Tupac was always into his rapping and determined to get out of the ghetto. He quickly bonded with fellow rappers in the area and was a part of several groups. Tupac met Marku Reynolds who introduced him to his cousin Klark Gable and Darron Page. Dimitrius Striplin and Gable were the two local DJ's and they all got together and became TC (The Crew). Later Tupac met Terry Agust; he and Terry had a rap battle while they were waiting at a bus stop and when the bus came they called it a tie. They became the One Nation Emcees. While at a park one day, Tupac overheard Leila Steinberg reading a poem by Winnie Mandela. Tupac told her he liked it and they talked for a while. Later Leila offered him a room in her Sonoma County house and Tupac made her the manager of his group with Ray Luv and one of Digital Underground's DJ's, Strictly Dope. . Leila introduced Tupac to Atron Gregory (the manager of Digital Underground) and Atron introduced him to Shock G. He gave Tupac a live audition, liked what he heard, and invited him on tour as a roadie/background dancer. Tupac became a member of Digital Underground in 1990. The first song he rapped on was "Same Song" from the LP "This is an EP Release" and appeared on the LP "Sons of the P". In his movie debut, Tupac played a Rap singer in the movie Nothing But Trouble along with the rest of the Digital Underground members.
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