Tupac's given name was Lesane Crooks. He was the son of
 Afeni Shakur (government name Alice Fay Walker) who
was one of the defendants at the Panther 21 trial.
Tupac studied drama at Baltimore's School For The Arts,
 where he rapped under the name MC New York.
At the Baltimore School of the arts, Tupac met Jada Pinkett,
 who would become a close friend of his
Tupac was planned to act in the movies Cool Runnings,
Higher Learning, Menace II Society and How To Be A Player.
As a young man, Tupac also studied ballet and dance.
Tupac Amaru Shakur was named after an Inca Indian chief,
 "Tupac Amaru" means "Shining serpent" and "Shakur" means
"thankful to god" in Arabic.
When Tupac was 12 years old, his mother enrolled him
 in Harlems 127thSt Ensemble. He played Travis in
"A Raisin in The Sun" in his first acting role.
While he was with Digital Underground, someone once
shoved a 12 gauge shotgun in Tupac's face because of a
dispute over a woman at a Martin Luther King Jr festival.
Tupac said the individual letters in his THUG LIFE tattoo
 stood for "The Hate U Give Little Infants Fuck Everybody"
Tupac said that because of his moms ties with the Black
Panthers, the FBI was always after him and his family.
Tupac wrote his hit song "Dear Mama" while in prison.
Tupacs first appearance ever was on Digital Underground's
 Same Song where he raps wearing West African war clothes
 in the video.
Kidada Jones, daughter of Quincy Jones and fiancé of
Tupac, has a tattoo of Tupac on her arm.
Tupac was a big fan of Jim Carrey
Porn Star Spontaneous XXXStacy, who's been in mags
like Portfolioand Players has a tattoo on her arm
with Tupacs name and the title of the song "Keep Ya Head Up."
Tupac has a huge cross on his back that says Exodus
18:11 a reference to where the bible says "Now I know
That the Lord is Greater Than All Gods because he
delivered the people from the hands of the Egyptians
when they dealt with them arrogantly."
Tupac started his career on Tommy Boy Records with
Digital Underground.
Tupac was first inspired to rap when a friend of
 his was killed while he was playing with a gun.
His first rap was about gun control.
When he first moved to California, Tupac was homeless
 for 2 years.
In the movie Juice, Tupac plays Bishop and said the now
famous line "Yeah I'm crazy, but you know what? I don't give a fuck."
Tupac wanted to name his first child Star.
tupac was 6 years dead on the 13/9/02