Biography Tupac Shakur
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Biography
Tupac Shakur
Veronica Hernandez
11/26/2012
Tupac Shakur demonstrates the power of words weather it was through the rap game that made him a musical icon or the poems that he wrote in his private moments. Born in Brooklyn, NY later moved to California where he grew a huge fan base because of his career in rapping and also worked as an actor. During his career he became entangled in a dispute against East Coast and West Coast rappers, he was known to insult enemies. He was killed in a drive-by shooting while in a vehicle with Death Row president Suge Knight.
Life as Tupac
To begin, Tupac Shakur, born Lesane Paris Crooks, was born June 16th, 1971 in Brooklyn, NY. Being the son of a Black Panther activist, Shakur moved around a lot as a child. His parents had separated before he was born, and his mother moved him and his sister around the country for much of their childhood. Mutulu Shakur, Tupac 's stepfather, is sentenced to 60 years in prison for his connection with a 1981 armored-car robbery. Frequently, the family was at the poverty level. In his song “Changes” he states “I 'm tired of bein ' poor and even worse I 'm black. My stomach hurts, so I 'm lookin ' for a purse to snatch” and in “Dear Mama” where he says “I shed tears with my baby sister over the years we was poorer than the other little kids” Shakur managed to get accepted to the prestigious Baltimore School of the Arts as a teenager where he studied acting and ballet. While living in Baltimore, he discovered rap and began performing. Before he could graduate, his family moved to the West Coast to Marin City, CA, in the late 1980’s when he was 17 years old. Over the next few years, he lived life on the streets and initiated his hustling. Shakur drifted into the gang life, gathering a criminal record with eight arrests by the beginning of his twenties. He demonstrates his early troubles in “Dear Mama” where he says “Suspended from school;
Biography
Tupac Shakur
Veronica Hernandez
11/26/2012
Tupac Shakur demonstrates the power of words weather it was through the rap game that made him a musical icon or the poems that he wrote in his private moments. Born in Brooklyn, NY later moved to California where he grew a huge fan base because of his career in rapping and also worked as an actor. During his career he became entangled in a dispute against East Coast and West Coast rappers, he was known to insult enemies. He was killed in a drive-by shooting while in a vehicle with Death Row president Suge Knight.
Life as Tupac
To begin, Tupac Shakur, born Lesane Paris Crooks, was born June 16th, 1971 in Brooklyn, NY. Being the son of a Black Panther activist, Shakur moved around a lot as a child. His parents had separated before he was born, and his mother moved him and his sister around the country for much of their childhood. Mutulu Shakur, Tupac 's stepfather, is sentenced to 60 years in prison for his connection with a 1981 armored-car robbery. Frequently, the family was at the poverty level. In his song “Changes” he states “I 'm tired of bein ' poor and even worse I 'm black. My stomach hurts, so I 'm lookin ' for a purse to snatch” and in “Dear Mama” where he says “I shed tears with my baby sister over the years we was poorer than the other little kids” Shakur managed to get accepted to the prestigious Baltimore School of the Arts as a teenager where he studied acting and ballet. While living in Baltimore, he discovered rap and began performing. Before he could graduate, his family moved to the West Coast to Marin City, CA, in the late 1980’s when he was 17 years old. Over the next few years, he lived life on the streets and initiated his hustling. Shakur drifted into the gang life, gathering a criminal record with eight arrests by the beginning of his twenties. He demonstrates his early troubles in “Dear Mama” where he says “Suspended from school;
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