VIOLENCE WAS NOTHING NEW TO TUPAC SHAKUR. HE GREW UPON THE MEAN STREETS OF NEW YORK CITY. A PRODUCT OF THAT ENVIROMENT, AS AN ADULT HE LOOKED EVERY INCH THE THUG HIS SONGS INSISTED HE WAS .TUPAC WAS BORN IN 1971 IN NEW YORK CITY . AFENI SHAKURE A.K.A BLACK PANTHER WAS PREGNANT WHITH TUPAC WHILE IN JAIL ON BOMING CHARGES . TUPAC AMARU SHAKUR WAS'NT HIS REAL NANE IT WAS LESANE CROOKS HIS MOTHER HAD IT GHANGED TO TUPAC AMARU BECAUSE IT WAS AN ANCIENT INCA WARRIORS NAME WHICH MEANT SHINNING SERPANT. WHEN LIVING IN BALTIMORE TUPAC ATTENDED THE BALTIMORE SCHOOL FOR THE PREFORMING ARTS . AT HIS SCHOOL HE WAS MAKING TREMENDOUS POTENTIAL AND LEFT A LASTIN IMPRESSION ON HIS TEACHERS.UNRORTUNATLY, HE WAS UNABLE TO CONTINUE HIS TRANING.HTO OKLAND CALIFORNIA WITH THE REST OF HIS FAMILY. THAT'S WHEN TUPAC , AS HE CALLED IT, "HANG WITH THE WRONG CROWD" PLUS HE STRATED DOING OTHER THINGS, LIKE SELLING AND DOING DRUGS. THEN HE JOINED A RAP GROUP CALLED DIGITAL UNDERGROUND AS A DANCER. AFTER THE GROUP ACHIEVED SUCCESS IN 1991, TUPAC RELEASED HIS OWN ALBUM, ENTITLED 2PAC LIVES NOW, WHICH SHOWED MORE OF 2PAC 'GANGSTA RAP' PERSONA. THE ALBUM WAS A MODERATE HIT FOR 2PAC, ESPECIALLY WITH THE FANS OF RAP MUSIC. IN 1992 HE STARTED HIS ACTING CAREER WITH HIS STARRING ROLE IN "JUICE" AND THE HIT SINGLE, " BRENDAS GOT A BABY" LAUNCHED 2PACS CAREER LIKE A ROCKET. IN 1993 2PAC RELEASED "STRICTLY 4 MY N.I.G.G.A.Z." THIS WAS AN EVEN BIGGER HIT THAN HIS FIRST. TUPAC FOUND HIMSELF WITH TWO TOP TEN POP HITS: ( I GET AROUND AND KEEP YOUR HEAD UP ).

TUPAC ALSO FOUND TROUBLE WITH THE LAW ACCUSATIONS OF SEXUAL BATTERY AND ASSAULT. CRITICAL ACCLAIM WITH ACTING CONTINUED FOR 2PAC WITH THE RELEASE OF: "POETIC JUSTICE", PLAYING OPPOSITE JANET JACKSON. IN 1994, TUPAC WAS SHOT AND ROBBED SEVERAL TIMES OUTSIDE A NEW YORK STUDIO. ALTHOUGH HIS WOUNDS WERE SEVERE, TUPAC RECOVERED TO FINISH HIS ALBUM. HE CAN ALSO BE SEEN IN THE FILM "THUG LIFE". IN 1995 2PAC WAS SENTENCED TO 4 YEARS IN PRISON FOR SEXUAL .EIGHT MONTHES LATER HE WAS OUT ON BAIL AWAITING HIS NEXT TRIAL 2PAC WAS WORKING ON HIS NEXT ALBUM "ME AGENST THE WORLD" WICH WAS DEDICATED TO HIS MOTHER "DEAR MOMMA" A RAPPED SONG HE WROTE WHILE IN PRISON THAT SONG NOMINATED 2PAC FOR GRAMMY AWARDS FOR BEST RAP SOLO. IN 1996 TUPAC RELESD " ALL EYES ON ME DEBUTED AT NUMBER 1 AND GAVE US THE TEAMING WITH DR DRE THE ALBUM SOLD OVER 9 MILLION COPIES IN THE US 2PAC COULD BE SEEN IN THE CRIME THRILLER GANG RELATED . TUPAC WAS ALSO KNOWN FOR THE PROBLUMS WITH OTHER RAPERS. ON SEPTEMBER 7 1996 2PAC WAS SHOUT 6 TIMES IN LOA VEGASIN A DRIVE BY SHOOTING AFTER SEING A MICK TYSON FIGHT 2PAC WAS IN A COMMA FOR 6 DAYS AND FINALY DIED FROM HIS WOUNDS AT THE AGE OF 25.