Afeni Shakur, born Alice Faye Williams, gave birth to Lesane Parish Crooks while serving time in a Bronx, New York, prison on June 16, 1971. She would call her son Tupac Amaru Shakur, Tupac Amaru after an Incan-chief, meaning “shining serpent,” and Shakur, Arabic for “thankful to God.” She was a member of the Black Panther party and successfully defended herself and twenty other members of the Black Panthers against numerous felony and conspiracy charges while pregnant with her son. Tupac’s father was never known o

Shortly after his death, the Don Kiluminati, under the pseudonym “Makaveli” was released. Since his death there have been more records of his produced than when he was alive. Many people think that he faked his death to get away from the media and thought that because there we’re still records coming out after his death. Tupac wrote so many raps and songs when he was alive that they are still producing cd’s of his music and poetry. (www.2paclegacy.com)

In 1993 he followed up with another album, “Strictly for My N.I.G.G.A.Z.” which was a strong selling album and got him a nomination for an American Music Award as best new rap hip hop artist. The media stopped focusing on Tupacs music career and started focusing on his troubles with the law. He was accused of shooting two off duty police officers when he tried stopping them from beating a black man on the street. The charges were dropped because it was said he did it in self defense after the two officers started the fight because they were drunk. He was also accused of sodomy and rape after he had sexual interactions with a woman after a dance party. This time he would not get off, he was charged with sexual assault and would have to serve time in jail. Eight months later, Tupacs case was appealed and the head of Death Row, Suge Knight, bailed him out of jail under the circumstances that Tupac would sign with Death Row Records, Tupac agreed. In 1994 he was shot five times during a robbery and miraculously recovered from his injuries to produce his most impressive artistic accomplishments. His double album debut at Death Row, “All Eyez on Me,” sold more than five million copies. (Dyson, 2001)

Tupac was recently named by Forbes Magazine as one of the top grossing celebrities who are no longer physically present. “Until the End of Time,” was the top grossing hip hop album of 2001 and helped secure Tupac as the top selling hip hop artist (dead or alive) with over $38 million records sold to date. Tupac made such an impact on so many peoples lives that he will always live on no matter how long he has been gone. (Dyson, 2001)

To escape some of the pains in his life at the time, Tupac enrolled in the Baltimore School for the Arts where he studied acting and ballet with many white kids and finally felt in touch with himself. This is where he wrote his first rap which was about gun control after he l

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