Tupac

Tupac Shakur

Tupac Shakur, in my thoughts, is one of the best rappers that had ever lived. Tupac Amaru Shakur was born in New York on June 16, 1971. It seems that his life was destined to be troublesome being that his mother was incarcerated when he was born. Tupac lived with relatives most of his young life due to this problem. When Tupac was 12 years old he performed in his first play, “A Raisin in the Sun”, in which he played a boy named “Travis”. His family believed him to be a natural talent. In 1986, Tupac’s family moved to Baltimore, Maryland. It is here he was enrolled in the Baltimore School for the arts, studying ballet and acting.

This is also when he wrote his first rap. Two years later Tupac moves west to Marin City, California. It is there where he was introduced to gangs and drug trafficking. It would have been the end to his story had he not run into a rap promoter who introduced to the Digital Underground record label, where he was a dancer and a rapp...