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Tupac biography.
Tupac Amaru Shakur was born on June 16th 1971 in New York City, New York. He was born to a Black panther activist mother Afeni Shakur and it is still not sure who his father is. 2 Pac grew up in a poor lifestyle much of his life, he kept busy as a youth writing poetry and joined a Harlem Theatre group. At 15 years of age his mother moved him and his half-sister(Sekyiwa) to Baltimore, Maryland. There Tupac attended the Baltimore School for the arts, studying theater, ballet and music. At 19 years of age his mother had moved them to Marin City, California. 2 Pac started selling drugs on the street, and thats where his love for music started to grow.
He met Ray Luv and Dj Dize and formed a group called Strictly Dope, which caught the attention of Shock G from Digital underground. In 1990 2pac mentored with Digital Underground, first as a backup dancer and then made his debut in a movie called Nothin but trouble. A small cameo appearence in the movie and on a song titled the same name.
In 1991 2 Pac dropped his debut album 2Pacalypse Now, an album with street tales of a young black man misunderstood, dealing with the law and racism. The album became publicly criticized when fromer Vice President Dan Quale said the album has no place in society. 2Pacalypse now only went gold.
In 1992 2 Pac starred in the classic movie "Juice" in which he plays the infamous character Bishop. The movie was shot in Harlem and Directed by Ernest R. Dickerson. Also starring was Omar Epss and Samuel L Jackson the movie grossed 20 million dollars at the box office despite being a low-budget film.
In 1993 he dropped the Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z album which went platinum thanks to the two singles Keep Ya Head Up and I Get Around. Tupac also starred alongside Janet Jackson in a movie Directed by John Singleton called Poetic Justice the movie is about a young woman who recites poetry to deal with a grievance and depression. October 1993, Tupac got into serious trouble when he shot two off-duty officers in Atlanta. Tupac claimed he came to the rescue of a black motorist being beaten by the officers. Charges were droped when it was found that the officers were intoxicated and were using stolen guns out of an evidence locker.
December 1993, Tupac met a female fan at club Nell's, he took her back to his hotel room to finish business after she gave him oral sex on the dance floor. The next night she came back to the hotel to see him, thats when she alleged that his friends walked in and began to sodomize her with 2 Pac encouraging them. 2pac was charged with sexual assault and would later face trial.
In 1994 2 Pac formed a group called Thug Life with Big Syke, Macadoshis, his step-brother Mopreme, and Rated R. They dropped Thug life vol.1 and went gold despite not getting much airplay. March 1994 appeared in the hood movie Above the rim as Birdie the drug dealer brother of Kyle-Lee, a basketball star trying to make it into the NBA. The film was directed by Jeff Pollack.
2 Pac met and befriended members of The Black Mafia on the set of this movie.
Novemeber 1994 2 Pac alleges he was set up and shot by Haitian Jake and King Tut, two members of The Black mafia who earlier took him in and took care of him, by buying him jewelry and clothes. The Black Mafia had been rumored to fund Bad Boy records and wanted him to join the label which he refused. That night in the lobby of the studio in New York Tupac was shot 5 times (1 in the testicles) (1 in the head) (3 in the legs). He was robbed of his jewelry. Not realising he had been shot 5 times he went upstairs to seek safety where he found Puffy, Biggie and his entourage in the recording studio. Puffy called an ambulance for him and 2 Pac was transported to Bellevue Hospital and checked out the next day out of fear for his life.
In february 1995 2 Pac was found guilty for the sexual assault in Atlanta, and was was sentenced to four and a half years at the Clinton Correctional Facility. A few weeks after the Me Against the World album was released, going 2x platinum. In Jail Tupac expressed his anger at Biggie and Puffy for not warning him of the set-up and not visiting him in Jail, thus he started accusing them of playing a part in the set-up. And thats when the media began creating the East Coast/West Coast feud.
Shakur was released 8 months into his sentence on parole thanks to the 1.4$ million bail posted by the head of Death Row records Suge Knight. In exchange for the help Tupac was under contract to release 3 albums under death row. Upon his release Tupac recorded Hit em Up with the his new group The Outlawz. A song that attacks Biggie and BadBoy Records for their alleged involvment in the november 1994 shooting and robbery at the New York Studio.
In 1996 2 Pac dropped the double album All Eyez on Me, which went 9x platinum. All eyez on me, recieved critical acclaim by critics, fans and even rival rappers to be the greatest hip-hop album of all time. Tupac also made a great cameo in the movie Bullet, playing the character "Tank" a drug dealer from brooklyn. In this year alone Tupac recorded over 100 tracks and acted in two movies movies that were released after his death; Gridlock'd alongside Tim Roth and Gang related with James Belushi.
September 7 1996 Tupac alongside with his deathrow friends attended the boxing match between Mike Tyson and Bruce Seldon at the MGM Grand hotel. In the lobby Tupac and Suge were involved in a fight with a member of the Southside Crips Orlando "Baby Lane" Anderson. After leaving the MGM Grand, the went to the hotel and got ready to go out. Heading towards Suge Knight's Club 662 in Suge's Mercedes, a white cadillac pulled beside their car and fired 13 times into the vehicle hitting Tupac twice in the chest and his arm and thigh. Knight was scratched by a piece of flying glass. Shakur survived on life support for six days and succombed to his wounds on september 13 1996.
His murder is still unsolved to this day, although Las Vegas Police believe that the Southside Crips were behind the shooting after Tupac had attacked Orlando Anderson in MGM Hotel.
2 Pac remains a legend in the Hip hop world even after his death, due to the fact he dropped the 5x platinum Makaveli: The Don Killuminati: 7 Day Theory album
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| Name |
Tupac Amaru Shakur |
| DOB: |
June 16, 1971 - September 13, 1996 |
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Manhattan, New York |
| Label: |
Interscope Records |
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