 Dear 2pac Tupac Shakur
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 Tupac Amaru
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 Tupac Amaru Shakur: 1971-1996
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MUSIC CAREER
Tupac Amaru Shakur was born in 1971 in the Bronx. He moved
to Baltimore to attend its High School for the Performing Arts,
where he began writing rap. He then moved to Marin City, Calif.,
near Oakland, and continued to write and record. As a member of
the Grammy-nominated group Digital Underground he appeared in 1991
on the track "Same Song" from "This is an EP Release" and on the
album "Sons Of The P." That same year Shakur achieved individual
recognition with the album "2Pacalypse Now," which spawned the
successful singles "Trapped" and "Brenda's Got A Baby." The album,
with references to police officers being killed, drew notoriety
when a lawyer claimed a man accused of killing a Texas trooper had
been riled up by the record. Then-Vice President Dan Quayle targeted
"2Pacalypse Now" in his 1992 battle with Hollywood over traditional
values. Shakur followed up in 1993 with the strong selling album
"Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z...," which produced the singles "I Get
Around," "Keep Ya Head Up," and "Papa'z Song." That year he was
nominated for an American Music Award as best new rap hip hop artist.
The next year he appeared with Thug Life on the "Above The Rim"
soundtrack and on the group's album "Volume 1." In a photo on the
album liner he framed his face between his two extended middle fingers.
While in prison last year he indicated he was rethinking his lifestyle.
"Thug Life to me is dead. If it's real, let somebody else represent it,
because I'm tired of it," Shakur told Vibe magazine. "I represented it
too much. I was Thug Life. While serving his sentence for sexual abuse,
Tupac's third solo release, "Me Against The World," spent four weeks at
number one.
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