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On June 16, 1971, Tupac (born Lesane Parish Crooks) was born in Brooklyn, peeled York. He was named subsequently an Inca Indian revolutionary Tupac Amaru means "shining serpent", and Shakur is arabic for " appreciative to God". Tupac was the son of the politcal activist Alice Faye Williams (Afeni Shakur). She was a member if the Black catamount Party. Tupac grew up without knowing that his biological father was still alive. Afeni moves in with Mutulu Shakur who becomes Tupacs stepfather and confidant for the rest of his life. Tupac accepted him as a father figure.     At the while of 12 Tupac found a passion for acting and writing poetry. Afeni enrolls him in a Harlem theater multitude. Tupac plays Travis in A Raisin the Sun as his first performance.     Unfortunately, Tupac was unable to carry on his training, and moved with his family to Marin City (The Jungle), California. He has been quoted saying "Leaving that sch ool bear upon me so much, I see as the point where I got gain track". The man side began to come out of Tupac as he now began to hang with the wrong crowd.     Tupac changed out his alias MC New York with a new one, 2Pac. He rapped with Ray Luv in a group called "Strictly Dope". They perform in small shows for people slightly the neighborhood. Tupac auditions for Greg Jacobs (Shock G) of the group Digital opposition. Tupac joins the group as a roadie, dancer and as a rapper. He toured with Digital Underground, instead of waiting around for them to frustrate back in town to work on his album, he favourite(a) to travel with them to kill time. He appeared on several songs with Digital Underground including "Same Song", "DFLO Shuffle", and "Wassup Wit Tha Luv".     Nothing could have halt this man, he was on top of the world making movies and receiving good reviews and getting better acting jobs. Three d ays after he faultless making "All Eyez On Me" Tupac began work on Makaveli The Don Killuminati". Tupac neer lived to see the album being put out. He died due to gunshot wounds. He and Suge Knight were attending the Mike Tyson Vs Bruce Seldom fight at the MGM Grand In Las Vegas, Nevada on the September the 7th, 1996. After the fight in the lobby, one of the staff from Death Row spotted Orlando Anderson. He was a crip who stole one of Death Rows chains.