... survived a hard childhood with a drug addicted mother and the rough streets of Baltimore, where they both moved. Soon after their move, Tupac would attend the Baltimore High School for the Performing Arts. This school is what started Tupac in his love of poetry as well as music. Tupac also began writing his rap lyrics here. Rap and music inspired Tupac but may ... "Bad Boy Entertainment" which is led by Sean "Puffy" Combs. September 13th, 1996 Tupac Shakur was shot and killed at age 25. Shakur and the founder of Death Row were driving after a Mike Tyson fight in Las Vegas. Their car was...

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... in the white picket fence lifestyle, but yet we ain't got no money and no good food and no lights. You want me to go to school? They tellin me all this stuff about fighting the system but they pushin me in the system." Meanwhile, Tupac's father was serving time in prison. ... contact him, he had died of a crack-induced heart attack. While in Baltimore, Tupac auditioned for, and was accepted into, the Baltimore School of Arts. This success gave Tupac a goal and ambition. It also exposed him to white people who cared about his life. However, before Tupac could finish ... high school at thi...

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