Tupac Biography Essay

Have you ever overcome an obstacle? , Do you know anyone who has? Well, I do and his name is Tupac Shakur. He overcame plenty of obstacles from being poor to depression. He even faced watching his loved ones abuse drugs and he was convicted of a crime he did not commit. Tupac Shakur was born on June 16, 1971 with the birth name of Lesnae Parish Crooks but his moniker was soon changed to Tupac Amru Shakur which means “shinning serpent”. His parents are Afeni Shakur and Billy Garland. He was born in New York, but he grew up in Harlem. “In 1984, his family moved to Baltimore, Maryland then in 1988 he moved to Oakland, California” (Tupac Shakur Biography ). He attended Dunbar High school in Baltimore, and then he transferred to Tanalpais high school in Baltimore

school of fine arts. There he explored acting, dance classes, and ballet. While living in Baltimore he discovered rap and began performing under the stage name MC New York.

Then his family moved to the west coast and joined the group Digital Underground. In 1991 he became a solo artist and used his real name “Tupac”. He debuted an album called 2pacalypse and became famous by the song “Brenda’s got a baby”. The album then went platinum and sold more than one million copies. “2pac became quite a sensation, earning praise for his musical and acting talent as well as a condensation for his explicit, violent lyrics” (Tupac Shakur Biography ). Lots of his music was based upon fights, gangs and sex. He also was living on an aggressive lifestyle with multiple arrested for violent behavior in the 1990’s. In 1994, he was arrested for assaulting Director Allen Hughes and he was convicted of sexual assault which he didn’t commit. Tupac also began to fall victim to the violence. He was shot five times in the lobby of a recording studio during a stick up. He had then begun to suffer from depression after 4 ½ years in prison for the sexual assault charge. He was released in 1995 then he served eight months in prison. After his eight months a boiling feud between east coast and west coast had

begun. He became even more violent as he started to throw subliminal shots in his music. “On a trip to Las Vegas to attend a boxing match, he was shot while riding in a car driven by Suge Knight on September 7, 1996” (Tupac Shakur Biography ). He then passed away six days later. He was only twenty five when he died. Tuapc faced many obstacles but he learned to put his pain in his music, for good and or bad. Can you think of anyone who’s done the same?