Tupac Shakur – My Inspiration
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Tupac Shakur
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Tupac Shakur, in my thoughts, is the best rapper there is. Tupac Amaru Shakur was born on June 16, 1971. He was born in New York. Tupac Amaru are Inca words. Tupac Amaru means a “shining serpent.” Shakur means “thankful to God,” and that came from the Arabic language.
When Tupac was 12 years old, his first performance was a play “A Raisin in the Sun.” In that play Tupac played Travis. In June of 1986, Tupacs family moved to Baltimore from New York. That is where Tupac wrote his first rap. 3 months later Tupac attended Baltimore School for the arts. That is where he studied ballet and acting. About two years later Tupac moves west of the United States to Marin City, California. He moved in with a neighbor and then he began to sell drugs.
In 1990 Tupac joins Digital Underground a record label where he was a dancer and a rapper. At the beginning of 1991 Tupac makes his album debut on his new label Digital Underground. In November of 91 2Pacalypse Now was released. Shortly after his 2Pacalypse release. Tupac charged a lawsuit of 10 million against an Oakland Police for brutality after being arrested for jaywalking.
On January 17, 1992 Tupac makes his first movie appearance in Ernest Dickensons Juice, where he played a betrayal role of Bishop. On September 22nd, Vice President Dan Quayle accused that Tupacs 2Pacalypse Now “has no place in our society.”
Next year on February 1, 1993 Tupac came out with another album. Once it was released it went platinum. It went platinum on April 19, 1995 along with 2Pacalypse Now but that went gold only.
On July 23, 1993 Tupac makes his second movie appearance on John Singletons Poetic Justice. Just before filming the movie Janet makes 2Pac take an HIV test before kissing him in any scenes.
On Halloween of 93 2Pac gets arrested for shooting two-off duty police officers from Atalanta. 2Pac said that he was harassed as a black motorist. The charges were dropped.
During the end of November 94 while 2Pac is on trial for sex and weapons he was robbed $40,000 of jewelery and was shot five times. The $40,000 worth of jewelery was stolen in a recording studio in Times Square. The robbers had stole 2Pacs $30,000 diamond ring and $10,000 of gold chains. They left his diamond-encrusted gold Rolex. The case of that robbery was unsolved. 2Pac eventually survived the shots. The next day after 2Pac