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*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 and fiancé of Tupac, 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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