Name: Tupac Amaru Shakur (born as Lesane Parish Crooks)
Social Security # 546-47-8539
DOB: 6-16-1971 - Brooklyn, NY
DOD: 9-13-1996 - Las Vegas, NV
Height: 5' 10"
Weight: 168 lbs
Marital status: Separated (once maried to Keisha Morris), engaged with Kidda Jones
Occupation: Rapper & Actor
Mother: Alice Fay Walker aka Afeni Shakur
Father: William Garland
Step Father: Jeral Wayne Williams aka Mutulu Shakur
Half Sister: Sekyiwa Shakur
Half Brother: Maurice Harding aka Mopreme Shakur
Godfather: Elmer "Geronimo" Pratt
Aliases: MC New York, 2Pac, Makaveli
Music Groups: One Nation Emcees, Two From The Crew, Strictly Dope, Digital Underground, Thug Life, Outlaw Immortalz/Outlawz
Mother: Afeni Shakur
Biological Father: Billy Garland
Father: Mutulu Shakur
Brother: Maurice Harding a.k.a Mopreme Shakur
Uncle: Lumumba Shakur
Uncle: Zayd Shakur
Godfather: Geronimo Pratt
Tupac Facts:
Tupac Amaru Shakur was named after an Inca Indian chief, "Tupac Amaru" means "Shining serpent" and "Shakur" means "thankful to god" in Arabic.
Tupac shielded Suge Knight from the bullets that were fired on the night of September 7th, 1996 by trying to jump into the back of the car.
Tupac was married to Keisha Morris but the marriage was nullified. In the unreleased song "Ghetto Star" with Bad Azz he says "an addict for a wife, livin the life, of a ghetto star". She has a Tupac tattoo on her arm.
As a young man, Tupac also studied ballet and dance.
Tupac was banned from playing in many states because his concerts were wild. His song Initiated on the Daz CD says "My lyrics so lethal turn coliseums to murder scenes." He was sued by a woman who was shot and paralyzed at a concert he held in 1993. She said he got the crowd to rowdy.
The video for "I Wonder If Heaven Got A Ghetto" was filmed in New Mexico.
E.D.I. Amin and Kastro of The Outlawz say that the "Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory" album was recorded in 7 days. That why it was called that way. They also said that Tupac didn't have a religion but that he believed in God. Kastro said that one of the things Tupac said to him was, "The only thing that comes to a sleeping man is dreams."
"Thug Luv" was just a song that Bizzy, Silk-E-Fine and Tupac were supposed to do but things happened and all of Bone Thugs -n- Harmony came in. Bizzy Bone that Pac came into the studio, wrote his verse in about 10 minutes and then left because he had to go model for Versace. Then he came back and sang with them all laid back.
"Me And My Girlfriend" is about his gun, not his girlfriend.
Tupac said he wanted to move to Arizona and name a daughter Star or a son Michelangelo.
Tupac was planned to act in the movies Cool Runnings, Higher Learning, Menace II Society and How To Be A Player.
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 doing a show in Marin County Tupac got into an altercation which was handled really bad by the Marin County Sheriffs department, gun shots were fired and a shot from someone's gun ricocheted and killed a little kid.
Stretch was Tupac's friend and was there when Pac got shot the first time. He was later killed exactly 1 year to the date of that shooting. Pac says "and to that n*gga that was down for me, rest his head, switched sides guess his new friends wanted him dead."
Interesting Fact Files:
While still a boy, 2Pac and his family sometimes lived in shelters.
TuPac Amaru is Inca for "shining serpent." Shakur is Arabic for "thankful to God".
Janet Jackson demanded 2Pac take an HIV test before she would do any kissing scenes for the film Poetic Justice.
2Pac didn't have a criminal record before he became a rap star.
In 1992, Vice President Dan Quayle said 2Pac's 2Pacalypse Now "has no place in our society."
2Pac wrote his first rap at 15.
At 15, 2Pac also attended Baltimore School for the Arts where he studied ballet and acting.
Tupac was married to Keisha Morris but the marriage was nullified. In the unreleased song "Ghetto Star" with Bad Azz he says "an addict for a wife, livin the life, of a ghetto star". She has a Tupac tattoo on her arm.
2Pac's Death Row debut album, All Eyez on Me, was rap's first double CD.
While he was in jail, 2Pac's 1995 album, Me Against the World, debuted at No. 1. It went double platinum in 7 months.
Tupac had sex with almost all the women during the filming of the X-rated "How Do U Want It?" video. He collapsed from exhaustion.
