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Tupac Shakur was born Lesane Parish Crooks in the Bronx, New York City on June 16, 1971 to Afeni Shakur, a member of the Black Panthers. Serving jail time on bombing charges while pregnant with Tupac, she faced a sentence of up to three years in prison. Acting as her own attorney, she beat the charges and was released one month before Tupac was born. At first opportunity, Afeni had Tupac's birth certificate changed to reflect his real name, Tupac Amaru, which means "royal serpent" and was the name of an Inca leader and warrior who came to power in 1570.
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Tupac Shakur was born Lesane Parish Crooks on the June 16th 1971 in Brooklyn, New York. His mother Afeni Shakur changed his name from Lesane Parish Crooks to Tupac Shakur, the name is from an Inca Indian tribe and means 'shining serpent', & his last name, Shakur, means thankful to God. 2pac had one half sister Sekyiwa Shakur, he ... has a half brother named Maurice Harding and he is better known as Mopreme Shakur AKA Komani from the group Thug Life.
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Tupac Shakur was killed in a drive-by as he rode in Suge Knight's car more than a decade ago. Now the late rapper's family is taking aim at Knight in court over some unreleased albums.The late rapper's estate, overseen by his mother Afeni Shakur and lawyers for Ama... Read On
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Tupac Amaru Shakur was a popular hip-hop artist, who sold many records. He was born on 16 June 1971 in Brooklyn, New York City in the USA. He was the son of Afeni Shakur, who was a member of the Black Panther party. She had just been released from jail a month before his birth. He died on 13 September 1996 after being shot in a "drive-by shooting" in Las Vegas, Nevada, seven days before. He was ... called 2Pac, Pac, Makaveli and also called himself The Don Kiluminati.
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Tupac Amaru Shakur, aka 2pac, aka Makaveli, was originally born Lesane Parish Crooks. He was born in New York City, USA, on 16th June 1971 to two political activists, and members of 'The Black Panther Party'. His mother Afeni Shakur, was pregnant with Tupac whilst in jail on bombing charges, and is said to have not known who Tupac's father was at that time. Tupac saw a man named 'Legs' as his father during his early years, who was ... the man that introduced his mom, Afeni, to crack. While still a very small child, his mother changed his name to Tupac Amaru Shakur, after an Inca Indian revolutionary: 'Tupac Amaru', meaning 'Shining Serpent', 'Shakur' means 'Thankful To God', in Arabic. From childhood, it is known that everyone called Tupac the 'Black Prince'.
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Tupac Amaru Shakur was born June 16,1971 in Brooklyn, NY. He was born with the name Lesane Parish Crooks, but while still a small child his mother, Afeni Shakur, changed his name to Tupac Amaru. The name is from an Inca Indian tribe and means "shining serpent", and his last name, Shakur, means "thankful to God". Tupac has one half sister. Her name is Sekyiwa Shakur. He ... has one half brother. His name is Maurice Harding and he is in the Mopreme of Thug Life.
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