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, came to live with the Shakur family and introduced Afeni to crack cocaine. Since Tupac never knew his father, Tupac claimed 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 the song was titled "Same Song", and he also appeared
on their second album, Sons of th...