Shakur lived from an early age with people who were convicted of serious criminal offences and who were imprisoned. The infant boy was born a month after his mother was acquitted of more than 150 charges of "Conspiracy against the United States government and New York landmarks" in the New York "Panther 21" court case. His mother, Afeni Shakur, and his father, Billy Garland, were active members of the Black Panther Party in New York in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Subsequent to Shakur's death, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (as well as the official coroner's report, which lists "Crooks" as an aka) released his name as Lesane Parish Crooks. He was named after Túpac Amaru, an 18th-century South American revolutionary who was executed after leading an indigenous uprising against Spanish rule. Shakur was born on June 16, 1971, in the East Harlem section of Manhattan in New York City. In 1997, Shakur was honored by the American Music Awards as the Favorite Hip Hop Artist.īorn on Jin New York City, Shakur’s parents were both members of the Black Panther Party whose militant style and provocative ideologies for civil rights would come to influence 2Pac’s music. Today, 2Pac is still considered by many to be one of the biggest influences on modern hip-hop.ĢPac’s career has earned him six Grammy nominations and three MTV Video Music Award nominations. His music earned attention and respect through a poetic style that embraced street vocabulary while being innovative. 2Pac’s unapologetic lyrics were relevant, important, and reflective of the hard lives led by many. He was most prolific in the music industry, selling over 75 million albums. During his life, he produced an immense amount of artistic work, which included studio albums, major Hollywood feature films, and published works. While 2Pac was most famous for his rap career, he was also a gifted actor, poet and thoughtful while outspoken advocate for the poor and the overlooked in America. Tupac Amaru Shakur was an inspiration to millions.
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