Tupac Shakur essays

Tupac Shakur essays Tupac Amaru Shakur Tupac Shakur was born on June 16, 197 1 in Brooklyn New York by Afeni Shakur who was a member of the Black Panther Party.Shortly after Tupac was born Afeni changed his name from Lesane Parish Crooks to Tupac Amaru Shakur which meant shining serpent , thankful to god. In 1983 legs who was a drug dealer comes to live with the Shakur family and introduces Afeni to crack. Since Tupac never knew his father,Tupac claims Legs as his father.In the same year Tupac enrolls in the 127th street ensemble, a Harlem Theater group which he made his acting debut in A Raisin in the Sun Production. In 1986 at the age of 15 Tupac and his family moved to Baltimore where he enrolled in the Baltimore school of arts and studied Acting and ballet. While Tupac was still in the Baltimore school of arts he wrote his first rap under the name of MC New York. At the age of 17 Tupac moved with his family to Marin City ,Ca. Tupac went to Tampalpais High school but didn't stay there long enough to graduate. Later he got a general equivancy diploma. In June of 1988 Tupac left home and moved in with a friend where he starts selling drugs and wrote poetry. In August of 1988 Tupac's stepfather , Mutulu Shakur was sentenced to 60 years in prison for armed robbery. Leila Steinberg bacame Tupac's first manager. Tupac formed the group strictly dope with five other members. Later Steinberg introduced Tupac to Shock-G of Digital Underground. Strictly Dope recorded an album with TNT records that has never been released. Tupac auditioned to join the group Digital Underground. In 1990 Shock-G took Tupac as a roadie and dancer, and as he toured with the group, he worked on his own material. Tupac got the nickname of "Rebel of the Underground". Tupac made his recorded appearence on the Album "This is an EP release" and t...