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Trivia
Birth name: Tupac Amaru Shakur
Date of birth: 16 June 1971
Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Date of death: 13 September 1996
Place of death: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. (homicide)
Nickname: 2Pac, Makaveli, Pac
Height: 5' 10" (1.78 m)
Spouse: Keisha Morris (29 April 1995 - 1996) (annulled)
Renamed Tupac Amaru Shakur in 1972 by his mother after Tupac Amaru, an
Inca who was sentenced to death by the Spaniards. Tupac Amaru, in the
Inca language, means "shining serpent".
Wrote a song about his mother called "Dear Mama" while in
prison.
Son of black panther Afeni Shakur; grew up in Harlem, Baltimore, and
Marin County, California.
He had the words "thug life" tattooed across his abdomen.
Dated Jada
Pinkett Smith
Was engaged to Kidada Jones
Was going to play the role of Malik in Higher Learning (1995)
Died on a Friday the 13th.
More of his music has been released since his death than was while he
was alive.
Appeared in the Salt-N-Pepa video, "Whatta Man."
Founding Member of the Outlawz
Used the name Makaveli which is an altered spelling of Machiavelli,
about whom he read while in prison.
In the song "Life Goes On" from the "All Eyez on Me"
album, he rhymes about his own funeral.
As a young man, Tupac also studied dance, including ballet.
Tupac is listed as the most successful gangsta MC in the "Guinness
Book of World Records."
Grew up in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Jim Carrey
was his favorite actor.
Was cast in the movie Woo (1998), but was shot five days before
principal photography began.
He was offered a record contract at the age of 13. However, his mother
refused to let him sign anything at such a young age. She felt he had a
lot to learn about the world before joining the music industry.
He read for the part of "Bubba" in Forrest Gump (1994).
10 albums have been released after his 1996 death; all have gone
platinum.
He was voted the 86th Greatest Rock 'n Roll Artist of all time by
Rolling Stone.
In November 1994, he was robbed and shot five times by a pair of muggers
in the lobby of a New York recording studio. Tupac survived the attack,
and afterwards frequently boasted of his durability in his lyrics.
Was originally cast in Menace II Society (1993) but was fired after a
physical altercation with director Allen Hughes.
As a teenager, he studied drama at Baltimore's School for the Arts,
where he rhymed under the name MC New York.
When he was 12 years old, his mother enrolled him in Harlem's 127th St
Ensemble. He played Travis in "A Raisin in The Sun" in his
first acting role
Started his career on Tommy Boy/Warner Bros. Records with Digital
Underground.
As a young man, he also studied ballet and dance
His 1996 song "Ghetto Gospel" was released in 2005, with some
vocals by Elton John, and went to #1 in the UK, despite the fact he had
been dead for eight years.
Was a good friend of fellow hip-hop MC M.C. Hammer, who also was from
Oakland, California, USA.
His albums have sold 38 million copies in the USA alone.
Has been rapping since 18 (1989).
According to Guiness Book of Records 2004, he is the highest selling
rap/hip-hop artist selling over 67 million copies worldwide.
In a 2005 Rolling Stones Magazine Vote, Tupac was named #6 of the '100
immortal artists of all time' behind the likes of Elvis and Lennon.
He is the first rap/hip-hop artist in history to have a wax model of
himself set to be placed in Madamme Tussaud's in Las Vegas. |
