2pac's Life

2pac's Life

Tupac’s life…
Tupac Amaru Shakur, Alias 2pac or makaveli was born in New York City, 16 of June 1971.
He was an American rapper, poet and actor. Many people say he was the best gangsta-rapper ever. He holds the world record of selling more than 75 million records worldwide.
Tupac was born in family of two parents who were black panthers. His mother spend a lot of the time that she was pregnant in prison, but just before Tupac was born she was released.
His birth name was Lesane Parish Crooks, but when he was young his name was changed to an Inca-god called Túpac Amaru.
When Tupac was twelve he moved with his mother and sister to Baltimore, because of several reasons. ( His father didn’t go because he was in prison due to an armed robbery )
Were he discovered dancing and acting. Not much later he moved to Oakland, California. Were he came in contact with what he refers to as “the wrong people”. He came in contact with justice several times, but never was convicted.
When he was 15 he started rapping under the name MC New York and later on 2pac.
After his performance on the EP, his first album came out. But unfortunately it wasn’t a success. In 1993 his second album Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z. came out. This was a success
with hits like: Keep Ya Head Up, Get Around and a lot more!!!
Meanwhile he starred in a few movies, like the movie Poetic Justice. But after he was shot in an armed robbery he was sued for sexual assault on a 19 year old fan during recovery, but because there was no evidence he was never convicted. He says that the fan and some other people were in his apartment and that the fan gave him a massage and that he fell asleep.
Tupac was arrested with another guy, but Tupac and his lawyer thought that he was a secret agent because he was arrested several times, but never sued.
In Jail Tupac released his new album called Me Against The World. This album was a number one hit for 4 weeks, making him the first person who ever got a number one...

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