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 …showed first 75 words of 1381 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1381 total…End Of Time is released and goes to the number 1in the album charts. In November 2002 Tupac released his 6th album called Better Dayz since his death in 1996. Tupac's death is still unsolved it is said that Tupac faked his death & A theory that the Notorious B.I.G hired a member of the crips to shot and killed him and that Biggie supplied the murder weapon.Tupac's legacy and music continues to live on.