2. Born: Lesane Parish Crooks DOB: June 16, 1971 - Brooklyn, NY DOD: September 13, 1996 - Las Vegas, NV Height: 5'10 Weight: 168

3. Shakur achieves individual recognition with the album "2Pacalypse Now," which spawned the successful singles "Trapped" and "Brenda's Got A Baby." As a member of the Grammy-nominated group Digital Underground he appeared on the track "Same Song" from "This is an EP Release" and on the album "Sons Of The P."

4. In the Event of My Demise In the event of my Demise when my heart can beat no more I Hope I Die For A Principle or A Belief that I had Lived 4 I will die Before My Time Because I feel the shadow's Depth so much I wanted 2 accomplish before I reached my Death I have come 2 grips with the possibility and wiped the last tear from My eyes I Loved All who were Positive In the event of my Demise

5. 1 Tupac's given name was Lesane Crooks. He was the son of Afeni Shakur (government name Alice Fay Walker) 2 Tupac studied drama at Baltimore's School For The Arts, where he rapped under the name MC New York. 3 At the Baltimore School of the arts, Tupac met Jada Pinkett, who would become a close friend of his 4 Tupac was planned to act in the movies Cool Runnings, Higher Learning, Menace II Society and How To Be A Player. 5 As a young man, Tupac also studied ballet and dance. 6 Tupac Amauru Shakur was named after an Inca Indian chief, "Tupac Amaru" means "Shining serpent" and "Shakur" means "thankfull to god" in Arabic.

6. "What motivates you?“ Poverty, needs, wants, pain. Now I'm dealing with a more military type of philosophy-to mix the street life with respected, known, and proven military philosophy. So when I'm rapping and talking that hardcore shit, at least it'll be from a military mind-set.

7. Tupac's given name was Lesane Crooks. He was the son of Afeni Shakur (government name Alice Fay Walker) When he first moved to California, Tupac was homeless for 2 years In the movie Juice, Tupac plays Bishop and said the now famous line "Yeah I'm crazy, but you know what? I dont give a f-ck." Tupac wanted to name his first child Star.

8. Tupac was bailed out of prison by Suge Knight for $1million. Tupac signed a handwritten contact to join Death Row and to make 3 albums. On January 1st California love had its world premiere on MTV. California love with Dr Dre was Tupac's first number 1 single. Tupac's first Death Row album "All eyez on me" was the first rap double CD. All eyez on me had the hit singles "California Love", "How do u want it" and "I ain't mad at cha".

9. Tupac changed his name to Makaveli after Italian Niccolo Machiavelli. Tupac's new group the Outlawz were named after enemies of the USA. Members are, Kastro, Mussolini, Edi, Kadafi, Komani, Fatal Hussein and Napoleon. Later members were Young Noble, Storm and Gonzoe. They appeared on some of the songs on Tupacs next album "The don killuminati : the 7 day theory". The album was released after Tupac's death. It had the hit singles "To live & die in l.a", "Toss it up" and "Hail Mary".

10. Tupac was shot in Las Vegas on Sept 7th 1996 after watching a Mike Tyson fight. Tupac died on Friday September 13th 1996 at 4:03pm. After Tupac died two films were released "Gridlock`d" and Gang Related". A double 2Pac album was released in 1997 called RU Still down? (Remember me). In 1998 2Pac's greatest Hits was released containing 4 unreleased songs. In 1999 a Tupac poetry book was released containing 72 poems. A 2Pac and Outlawz album was released in December 1999 called Still I Rise.