10. Name
Shakur wasn’t Tupac’s
birth name, but the last
name assumed by his
adopted stepfather,
Mutulu Shakur, a Black
Panther who spent four
years on the FBI’s Most
Wanted List for helping
his sister Joanne
Chesimard, aka Assata
Shakur, who fled to
Cuba rather than face
prosecution.
[sfweekly.com]
9. Birthplace
Despite Tupac’s west
coast affiliations at the
time of his death,
Tupac was was born in
the East Harlem section
of Manhattan in New
York City. He also lived in
Baltimore, Marin City,
Oakland, Los Angeles,
and Atlanta.
8. Early Career
At the outset of his
career, it didn’t appear
that he would emerge
as one of the definitive
rappers of the ’90s —
he started out as a
second-string rapper
and dancer for Oakland
rap group Digital
Underground, joining
only after they had
already landed their
biggest hit. Tupac’s
first appearance as a
rapper was on Digital
Underground’s “Same
Song” from the 1991
film Nothing But
Trouble, a movie in
which Tupac and Digital
Underground also
appeared.
[billboard.com]
7. Revolutionary
The name Tupac
Amaru is a reference to
the last indigenous Inca
ruler of Peru, who died
in 1572. Amaru’s name
was later adopted by
Tupac Amaru II , the
leader of an 18th-
century uprising against
Spanish colonialists and
by the Tupac Amaru
rebels, a Communist
anti-government group
which formed in 1984.
[sfweekly.com]
6. Legend
Tupac’s “Dear Mama”
was added to the
National Recording
Registry in 2010, making
Shakur the third rapper
behind Grandmaster
Flash and Public Enemy
to have a song inducted
into the Library of
Congress.
[cbsnews.com]
5. Rumors
According to a 2008 Los
Angeles Times article,
Notorious B.I.G. (born
Christopher Wallace)
and Sean “Diddy”
Combs were aware, a
week in advance, that
Tupac would be
ambushed in the 1994
shooting at New York’s
Quad Recording Studios,
two years before he
was shot and killed in
Las Vegas. The story
was later retracted
after the Times
concluded that the FBI
reports were
fabricated. [mtv.com]
4. Love Life
In 1994, Tupac briefly
dated Madonna, who
reportedly wanted to
have his baby. Tupac
apparently dumped her
after his homegirls
began questioning why
he was going out with a
white girl.
[nydailynews.com]
3. Alter-Ego
Tupac’s alter-ego
Makaveli is a reference
to 16th century Italian
political strategist
Niccolo Machiavelli,
author of “The Prince.”
The fact that
Machiavelli faked his
own death gave rise to
numerous theories
alleging that Tupac is
still alive.
[sfweekly.com]
2. Sales
Shakur has sold over 75
million records
worldwide, with the
bulk of that coming
after his death; seven
of his 11 platinum
albums were released
posthumously. As
recently as 2007
Shakur’s estate banked
$9 million–more than
Eminem or 50 Cent
made last year.
[forbes.com]
1. Afterlife
According to the
Outlawz, a hip-hop
group formed by Tupac,
they mixed the
cremated remains of
Tupac Shakur with
marijuana and smoked
the concoction at a
memorial service for
the slain rapper.
Apparently, the
impetus for sparking
the ‘Pac-blunt came
from the Tupac song,
‘Black Jesus,’ in which
the rapper said “Last
wishes n****s, smoke
my ashes.”
MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PERFECT PEACE 'IF HE'S NOT ALIVE'...

Moral lesson be ready to dance to tune of your beat

Moral lesson be ready to dance to tune of your beat. R.i.p son your could have being a mentor but you ended up a tomentor & @ last a memory.

This dude was talented but if he was really smart, he'd be alive today. He talked too much.