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Tupac's given name was Lesane Crooks. He was the son of Afeni Shakur (government name Alice Fay Walker) |
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Tupac studied drama at Baltimore's School For The Arts, where he rapped under the name MC New York. |
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At the Baltimore School of the arts, Tupac met Jada Pinkett, who would become a close friend of his |
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Tupac was planned to act in the movies Cool Runnings, Higher Learning, Menace II Society and How To Be A Player. |
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As a young man, Tupac also studied ballet and dance. |
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Tupac Amauru Shakur was named after an Inca Indian chief, "Tupac Amaru" means "Shining serpent" and "Shakur" means "thankfull to god" in Arabic. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Tupac said the individual letters in his THUG LIFE tattoo stood for "The Hate U Give Little Infants F-ck Everybody" |
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Tupac said that because of his moms ties with the Black Panthers, the FBI was always after him and his family |
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Tupac's first appearence ever was on Digital Undergrounds Same Song where he raps wearing West African war clothes in the video |
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Kidada Jones, daughter of Quincy Jones and fiancé of Tupac, has a tattoo of Tupac on her arm |
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Porn star Spontaneous XXXStacy, whos been in mags like Portfolio and Players has a tatoo on her arm with Tupac's name and the title of the song "Keep Ya Head Up." |
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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 Egyptions when they dealt with them arrogantly." |
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Tupac started his career on Tommy Boy Records with Digital Underground. |
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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. |
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When he first moved to California, Tupac was homeless for 2 years |
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In the movie Juice, Tupac plays Bishop and said the now famous line "Yeah I'm crazy, but you know what? I dont give a f-ck." |
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Tupac wanted to name his first child Star. |
