2pacs full name was Tupac Shakur he was born on june 16,1971 in brooklyn new york. Shakur had moved around alot while being a child, he had exlopred acting while being a young kid he joined the 127th street ensemble. in his teenage years tupac went to the baltimore school for the arts. while in baltimore he then found rap and decided to become an mc. In the 1980s tupac and his family moved to the west coast. He joined a califronia rap group and launched his rap carrer. In 1991 he launched his carrer as tupac with his debut album 2pocalypse.He had a every controversal rap carrer between the violence crimes and him being shot while in a studio.He did survive this shooting and went on to produce more top hits.Tupac had a few roles as an actor, but his main focus was rapping. Later on He was gunned down while driving in car with famed rapper and producer shug knight on september 7th 1996. He died a few days later in the hospital. Upon his death there was multiple memorials around the country. Many people still believe he is alive because the evidence of his death was conclusive enough and his body was creamted the day after his death and the one photo of his autopsy people say does not mathc his body tatoos and muscle structure.
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