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Tupac Amaru Shakur
1971 - 1996
DOB: June 16, 1971 - Brooklyn, NY
DOD: September 13, 1996 - Las Vegas, NV
Height: 5'10 Weight: 168

Mother: Afeni Shakur
Father: William Garland
Step Father: Jeral Wayne Williams
AKA Mutula Shakur
Half Sister: Sekyiwa Shakur
Half Brother: Maurice Harding
(Mopreme of Thug Life)
Godfather: Elmer "Geronimo" Pratt


Music Groups: One Nation Emcees, Two From The Crew, Strictly Dope, Digital Underground, Thug Life, Outlaw Immortalz/Outlawz

Aliases: MC New York, 2Pac, Makaveli (the don)

Marital Status: Divorced (Keisha Morris) & Engaged (Kidida Jones)

Tupac Shakur was born Lesane Parish Crooks in Brooklyn, NY in 1971. While still a small child, his mother changed his name to Tupac Amaru after an Inca Indian revolutionary, "Tupac Amaru", meaning "Shining Serpent". "Shakur" means "Thankful To God" in Arabic.

From childhood, everyone called him the "Black Prince." Formisbehaving, he had to read an entire edition of The New York Times. When he was two, his sister, Sekyiwa, was born. This child's father, Mutulu, was a BlackPanther who, a few months before her birth, had been sentenced to sixty years for a fatal armored car robbery.

With Mutulu away, the family experienced hard times. No matter where they moved-the Bronx, Harlem, homeless shelters- Tupac was distressed. "I remember crying all the time. My major thing growing up was I couldn't fit in. Because I was from everywhere. I didn't have no buddies that I grew up with."

By the age of twelve, Tupac had discovered his loves for acting, writing love songs and poetry. As a young teen, his family moved to Baltimore , MD, where he attended The Baltimore School for the Performing Arts studying acting and ballet. At this school, Tupac left a lasting impression on his teachers and was showing tremendous potential. Unfortunately, Tupac was unable to continue his training. He moved to Oakland, California with the rest of his family. That's when Tupac began to, as he called it, "Hang with the wrong crowd."

At age fifteen, he fell into rap; he started writing lyrics, walking with a swagger, and milking his background in New York for all it was worth. People in small towns feared the Big Apple's reputation; he called himself MC New York and made people think he was a tough guy.

By the time he was twenty, Tupac had been arrested eight times, even serving eight months in prison after being convicted of sexual abuse. In addition, he was the subject of two wrongful-death lawsuits, one involving a six-year-old boy who was killed after getting caught in gang-war crossfire between Shakur's gang and a rival group.

Not held back by his lack of formal education, Tupac joined the Rap group Digital Underground as a dancer. Not long before the group achieved award winning success, Tupac released his own album "2Pacalypse Now", which was also a success. The hit single "Brenda's Got A Baby" launched Tupac's career like a rocket. His stunning talent also got him a role in the motion picture, "Juice". Tupac eventually released a second album "Strictly for my N.I.G.G.A.Z.," which was an even bigger success and introduced Tupac's music onto the pop charts.

In November of 1994, he was shot five times during a robbery in which thieves made off with $40,000 worth of his jewelry. Shakur miraculously recovered from his injuries to produce his most impressive artistic accomplishments, including 1995's Me Against the World

The highlight of Tupac's acting career came when he appeared in "Poetic Justice" besides Janet Jackson. The role made Tupac a household name and showed the world that music may not be Tupac's #1 attribute. In the midst of a role in the movie "Above the Rim" and a Platinum album "Me against the world," Tupac's rising career was snagged. He was brought up on sexual assault charges by a woman he met at a nightclub. Hours before Tupac would be found guilty, Tupac was robbed at gun point by men whose intent and purpose is still uncertain. Tupac was eventually released at over $1 Million in bail. After his release, Tupac answered his critics by releasing his best album, "All Eyes On Me." "All Eyes On Me" has currently sold over 6 million copies, which is revolutionary for a double CD, especially in Hip Hop music. Tupac also had costarring roles in three other films, "Gridlock'd", "Bullet", and "Gang Related."

On September 7th, Tupac Shakur was shot by unknown gunmen and died on September 13, 1996. Much of what happened on this night remains a mystery to this very day. This picture was taken minutes before the fatal shooting.

Following his passing, Shakur's label released an album, The Don Killuminati, under the pseudonym "Makaveli." The cover depicted Shakur nailed to a cross under a crown of thorns, with a map of the country's major gang areas superimposed on it. In January of 1997, Gramercy pictures released Gridlock'd, a film in which Shakur played the role of a drug addict to mostly good reviews. His final film, Gang Related, was released in 1997, and Death Row is said to have several unreleased recordings in the vaults for potential future release.

September 13, 2006 will mark the tenth anniversary of Tupac's passing.

 

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Is Tupac Alive?

Many fans (over 83% in a 2002 survey) hold on to the belief that Tupac Shakur may still be alive. There are many suspicious details about his departure that contribute to this.

The uncontested facts:

After leaving the Tyson fight on Saturday September 7, 1996, Tupac was alledgedly shot 5 times. He lived through the shooting and was taken to a nearby hospital. He was pronounced dead on Friday September 13, 1996.

The suspicious facts:

Friday the 13th is a very suspicious day.

There were never any pictures released of Tupac in the hospital.

In the song "Life Goes On", Tupac raps about his own funeral.

The driver of the car in which Tupac was riding, Suge Knight (the executive producer of Death Row Records), didn't show up for questioning about the shooting.

The video "I ain't Mad at Cha" was released only a few days after his death. "I ain't Mad at Cha" is track 13 on the album All Eyes On Me. The video shows Tupac as an angel in heaven. In the video, Tupac was shot after leaving a theater with a friend, which is very similar to how he was shot in real life.

Interestingly, Tupac dies in his last video released under the name "2Pac". His new video "Toss It Up" from the new album was released under the name "Makaveli". The second video to be released by the name Makaveli is "To Live and Die in L.A." But how could they shoot the second video when he is "dead". Was the video really shot 4 months before his death, back in August of '96?

In the video "Hail Mary" released under the name Makaveli, there is a gravestone that says Makaveli. But the gravestone is cracked and there is a hole right in front of it, inferring that Makaveli rose from the dead.

A shooting involving Snoop Doggy Dogg occured close to the release of his album Doggystyle. The shooting made Snoop appear more "real" and showed his fans that he really was a gangsta. The shooting gave him respect because everyone that bought his album believed what he was talking about. Within one week of its release, Doggystyle went platnium. Snoop was signed to the same label as Tupac which is Death Row Records.

In December '96, Tupac's new album went platinum. In interviews prior to the shooting, Tupac talked about how he wanted to stop rapping and being a gangsta and get out of the limelight. What is the only way Tupac could completly escape the media spotlight ??? (Answer: if the public thought he was dead.)

Press wasn't going to be allowed at the funeral, but then the funeral was cancelled for unknown reasons.

Tupac always wore a bulletproof vest, no matter where he went. Why did he remove it at a very public event like a Tyson fight?

In most of his songs he talks about being buried, so why was he allegedly cremated the day after he "died"? And since when do they cremate someone the day after death in a murder case?

Tupac's alias is Makaveli. Though the spelling is different, Machiavelli was a 16th century italian philosopher who advocated the staging of one's death in order to evade one's enemies and gain power. In Machiavelli's book Discourses Upon the First Ten Books of Titus Livy, in Book 2 Chapter XIII he says "a prince who wishes to achieve great things must learn to deceive". This is Machiavelli's main idea and is the connection between Tupac and the writings of Machiavelli.

Tupac studied Machiavelli in depth while in prision was a fan and had read his books several times. Perhaps Tupac is taking his advice. Machiaveli wrote two books before his death. Look at what the All Eyez on Me disks are called.. Machiavelli's books were called, "Book 1," and, "Book 2." The CD's of, "All Eyez On Me," are entitled the same

One of Machiavelli's books is, "Discourses Upon The First Ten Books Of Titus Livy," which it's claimed Tupac read in jail. In Book 2, Chapter XIII He says, "a prince who wishes to achieve great things must learn to decieve..." This is very similar to verses in some of Tupac's songs.

Some say that Tupac modified the Machiavelli name because if you rearrange the letters, they spell, "Am Alive," or, "I Am Alive."

The title of the new album by Makaveli (Tupac) is The 7 Day Theory. He was shot on September 7th; and survived on the 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, and"died" the 13th. Hence the title The 7 Day Theory.

Tupac's album All Eyes on Me was released on Feb.13, 1996. Tupac "died" on Sept.13, 1996. It is quite a coincidence that the two dates are exactly 7 months apart.

Tupac officially died at 4:03 PM. 4+3 = 7 Also he "died" at an age of 25 years. 2+5 = 7. It seems as if seven is Tupac's number.

< There is nothing in the new album that says TUPAC RIP 1971-1996. Wouldn't it make sense to include something like that in the first album after his "death"? The only thing mentioned is "EXIT TUPAC ENTER MAKAVELI".

Interesting Tupac Facts

  • Tupac's given name was Lesane Crooks. He was the son of Afeni Shakur (government name Alice Fay Walker) who was one of the defendants at the Panther 21 trial.

  • Tupac studied drama at Baltimore's School For The Arts, where he rapped under the name MC New York.

  • At the Baltimore School of the arts, Tupac met Jada Pinkett, who would become a close friend of his

  • Tupac was planned to act in the movies Cool Runnings, Higher Learning, Menace II Society and How To Be A Player.

  • As a young man, Tupac also studied ballet and dance.

  • Tupac Amaru Shakur was named after an Inca Indian chief, "Tupac Amaru" means "Shining serpent" and "Shakur" means "thankful to god" in Arabic.

  • When Tupac was 12 years old, his mother enrolled him in Harlems 127thSt Ensemble. He played Travis in "A Raisin in The Sun" in his first acting role.

  • While he was with Digital Underground, someone once shoved a 12 gauge shotgun in Tupac's face because of a dispute over a woman at a Martin Luther King Jr festival.

  • Tupac said the individual letters in his THUG LIFE tattoo stood for "The Hate U Give Little Infants F-ck Everybody"

  • Tupac said that because of his moms ties with the Black Panthers, the FBI was always after him and his family.

  • Tupac wrote his hit song "Dear Mama" while in prison.

  • Tupacs first appearance ever was on Digital Underground's Same Song where he raps wearing West African war clothes in the video.

  • Kidada Jones, daughter of Quincy Jones has a tattoo of Tupac on her arm.

  • Tupac was a big fan of Jim Carrey

  • Porn Star Spontaneous XXXStacy, who's been in mags like Portfolioand Players has a tattoo on her arm with Tupacs name and the title of the song "Keep Ya Head Up."

  • Tupac has a huge cross on his back that says Exodus 18:11 a reference to where the bible says "Now I know That the Lord is Greater Than All Gods because he delivered the people from the hands of the Egyptians when they dealt with them arrogantly."

  • Tupac started his career on Tommy Boy Records with Digital Underground.

  • Tupac was first inspired to rap when a friend of his was killed while he was playing with a gun. His first rap was about gun control.

  • When he first moved to California, Tupac was homeless for 2 years.

  • In the movie Juice, Tupac plays Bishop and said the now famous line "Yeah I'm crazy, but you know what? I don't give a f-ck."

  • Tupac wanted to name his first child Star.

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    1968
    September:
    Tupac's mother, Afeni Shakur, joins the New York Black Panther
    Party at age 22.

    1969
    April:
    Afeni is arrested and charged with conspiracy to bomb several
    public areas in New York City.  While out on bail,
    Afeni courts two men: Legs, a local hood, and Billy,
    a member of the party.

    1971
    February:
    Afeni, pregnant with Tupac, has her bail revoked; she's sent to
    the Women's House of Detention in Greenwich Village.

    1971
    June 16th:
    Shortly after his mom is acquitted on bombing charges,
    Tupac Amaru Shakur is born in New York. 
    Tupac Amaru are Inca Words meaning "shining serpent."
    Shakur is Arabic for Thankful to God.

    1975-1983
    Tupac's family shuttles between the Bronx and Harlem,
    at times living in shelters.

    1983
    Legs comes to live with the Shakur family;
    Tupac "claims" him as his father. 
    Legs introduces Afeni to Crack.

    September:
    Afeni enrolls 12-year-old Tupac in the 127th Street Ensemble,
    a Harlem theater group.  In his first performance,
    Tupac plays Travis in a Raisin the Sun.

    1986
    June:
    Shakur's family moves to Baltimore;. 
    As MC New York Tupac writes his first rap.

    September:
    Tupac enrolls at the Baltimore School for the Arts,
    where he studies ballet and acting.


    1988
    June:
    Tupac and his family move to Marine City, California
    "Leaving that school affected me so much," he said later.
    "I see that as the point where I got off track." Shortly after,
    Tupac moves in with a neighbor and begins selling drugs.

    August:
    Mutulu Shakur, Tupac's stepfather, is sentenced
    to sixty years in prison for his involvement in a
    1981 armored-car robbery.

    1990
    Tupac joins Digital Underground as a rodie/dancer/rapper. 
    While on tour, he learns that his mother is using crack.

    1991
    January 3rd:
    Tupac makes his recording debut on DU's.
    This is an E.P. Release

    November 12th:
    2Pacaplypse Now is released.  Shorty thereafter, Tupac files
    a $10 million lawsuit against the Oakland police for
    alleged brutality following an arrest for jaywalking.

    1992
    January 17th:
    Tupac makes his big-screen debut in Ernest Dickerson's Juice,
    earning praise for his portrayal of Bishop.  He is
    perhaps best remembered for the line
    "I am crazy, and I don't give a f-ck!"

    April 11th:
    Ronald Ray Howard, 19, shoots a Texas trooper. 
    Howard's attorney claims 2Pacalypse Now,
    which was in his client's tape deck, incited him to kill.

    Augest 22nd:
    Tupac has an altercation with old acquaintances in Marine City. 
    A 6 year old bystander is shot in the head.  
    Tupac's half brother, Maurice Harding is arrested but
    released due to lack of evidence.

    September 22nd:
    Tupac is denounced by Vice President Dan Quayle,
    who says 2Pacalypse Now "has no place in our society."


    1993
    February 1st:
    Strictly 4 My NIGGAZ is released and eventually goes platinum.

    March 13th:
    Tupac has a fight with a limo driver in Hollywood who
    accuses him of using drugs in the car. 
    Tupac's arrested but the charges are dropped.

    April 5th:
    Tupac is arrested in Lansing Michigan, for taking a swing
    at a local rapper with a baseball bat during a concert.
    He's sentenced to 10 days in jail.

    July 23rd:
    John Singleton's Poetic Justice, starring Tupac and
    Janet Jackson, is released.  Before filming began,
    Jackson demanded Shakur take an HIV test before
    she would do any kissing scenes.

    October 21st:
    Tupac is arrested for allegedly shooting two off-duty
    Atlanta police officers who he says were
    harassing a black motorist. 
    Charges are eventually dropped.

    November 18th:
    A 19 year old woman, whom Tupac picked up 4
    days earlier in a New York nightclub, is allegedly
    sodomized and sexually abused by the rapper
    and 3 of his friends.

    December:
    John Singleton is forced by Columbia Pictures
    to drop the rapper from the cast of his upcoming film,
    Higher Learning.

    1994
    March 10th:
    Tupac is sentenced to fifteen days in a Los Angeles
    jail for punching out director Allen Hughes.
    (Hughes and his brother, Albert, had dropped
    Tupac from Menace II Society.)

    March 23rd:
    Tupac stars as Birdie, a troubled drug dealer,
    in Above the Rim. The soundtrack album,
    featuring the song "Pour out a little Liquor,"
    recorded by Tupac's group, Thug Life, sells
    2 million copies.

    September 7th:
    Two Milwaukee teens murder a police officer
    and cite Tupac's "Souljah's Story" as their
    inspiration.

    November 30th:
    While on trial for sex and weapons charges,
    Tupac is shot five times and robbed of $40,000
    worth of jewelry in the lobby of a Times Square
    recording studio.   Tupac checks himself out of
    the hospital less  than three hours after surgery.  
    The case remains unsolved.

    December 1st:
    Tupac is acquitted of sodomy and weapons
    charges but is found guilty of sexual abuse.


    1995
    February 14th:
    Tupac is sentenced to up to four and a half
    years in a maximum security prison, convicted
    of touching her bum.  He immediately begins
    serving his time in New York's Rikers Island
    penitentiary.

    April 1st:
    While he's incarcerated, Tupac's third album,
    Me Against the World, debuts at no. 1 on
    Billboard's pop chart.  Fueled by the single
    "Dear Mama," the album goes double platinum
    in 7 months

    In a vibe interview from jail, Tupac renounces "Thug Life"
    personal and commits himself to positive works. 
    He also implicates Biggie Smalls, Puffy Combs,
    Andre Harrell, and his close friend Stretch, and
    others in the recording studio ambush.

    May:
    Shakur married longtime girlfriend, Keisha Morris.
    (I ain't sure about this one, so any info would be useful)

    Augest:
    Biggie, Puffy and Harrell tell Vibe, they
    had no connection to Tupac's shooting.

    October:
    Death Row Records CEO Suge Knight posts
    $1.4 million bond to release Tupac, who
    immediately flies to LA, signs with Death Row
    and begins recording All Eyez on Me.

    November 30th:
    Exactly on year after Tupac's shooting, Randy
    "Stretch" Walker is murdered execution-style in
    Queens.


    1996
    February:
    In Vibe Tupac suggests he's been sleeping with
    Biggie's wife, Faith Evans.  She denies the stories.

    February 13th:
    Tupac's Death Row Debut, All Eyez on Me,
    rap's first double CD, is released.

    March 29th:
    Words are exchanged and a gun is pulled when
    Death Row and Bad Boy employees face off
    after the Soul Train awards in Los Angeles. 

    April 25th:
    All Eyez on Me goes quintuple platinum.

    May:
    Tupac and Snoop Doggy Dogg release
    "2 of Amerikaz most Wanted." In the video,
    caricatures of Biggie and Puffy and punished
    for setting up Tupac.

    June 4th:
    Death Row releases Tupac's "Hit 'Em Up,"
    a brutal diatribe against Biggie, Bad Boy,
    Mobb Deep, and others.

    September 4th:
    Tupac returns to New York for the MTV
    music awards and gets into a scuffle.

    September 7th:
    After leaving the Mike Tyson-Bruce Seldon
    fight in Las Vegas in Suge Knight's car,
    Shakur is shot four times in the chest by
    an assailant in a white Cadillac.   Knight,
    who has connections with the Bloods, escapes
    with a minor injury.   Shakur is rushed to
    University Medical Center, where he undergoes
    surgery, including the removal of his right lung. 

    September 11th:
    A Compton man who police say is associated
    with the LA Crips is shot to death while sitting in
    his car, the first in a series of gang releated murders.  
    Police begin investigating possible connections to
    Tupac's shooting.

    September 13th:
    After six days in critical condition,
    Tupac Shakur is pronounced dead at 4:03pm. 
    His body is later cremated.  He was only 25.

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