Tupac is well known for his Thug Life image, he had the very words tatooed accross his chest. Most people never knew that Tupac renounced his Thug Life, that it was stupid, and a thing of the past. Tupac Shakur was born in Brookly, NY in 1971. Early in his life, he moved to Baltimore , MD, where he attended The Baltimore School for the Performing Arts. At this school, Tupac left a lasting impression on his teachers and wasshowing tremendous potential. Unfortunately, Tupac was unable to continue his training. He moved to Oakland, California with the rest of his family. That's when Tupac began to, as he called it, "Hang with the wrong crowd."
Not held back by his lack of formal education, Tupac joined the Rap group Digital Underground as a dancer. Not long befort the group achieved award winning success, Tupac released his own album in 1991 "2pacallyps Now". It may not be Tupac's most known record, but it did have its share of great songs.
Tupac as a rap star had accomplished so much in the short time he was making music. His stunning talent also got him a role in the motion picture, "Juice" in 1992. The role made Tupac a household name and showed the world that music may not be Tupac's #1 attribute. Tupac eventually released a second album "Strictly for my Niggaz," which featured songs like "I Get Around " and "Keep Ya Head Up". This album increased the popularity of the already talented rapper, it was an even bigger success than his first album. The next year in 1993 he starred along side Janet Jackson in Poetic Justice. He also was featured in Above the Rim.
In 1995 he released "Me Against the World", which sold millions and was in the number one spot on Billboards chart for five weeks in a row. His latest cd which was released in 1996 is" All Eyez on Me" which was the first solo rap artist double CD pack in history, and it came out on top its first week spending 4 weeks at number one and sported a number single How do you want it. This CD just has too many great songs to name.
I was lucky enough to meet Tupac while he was alive.
In this picture he is giving me his autograph.
