Tupac (2pac) Amaru Shakur
Tupac Amaru Shakur was born on June 16, 1971 in the East Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan, New York. His mother, Afeni, raised her two children alone and struggled to maintain their lives. The poor family had to change homes frequently, and sometimes stayed in shelters for the homeless.An active member of the Black Panther Party, an American revolutionary movement, his mother later gave him the name of King Henry II, an Inca revolutionary who led a Native American uprising against Spain and was subsequently executed by the Spanish colonialists. He named it after Tupac Amaru. While the names "Tupac Amaru" and "Shakur" meant "Shining Serpent" or "Noble Serpent" in Quechua (Kechua), one of the languages spoken by the Mexican natives, they also reminded the word "Thanksgiving" in the Arabic language.
Tupac Shakur was involved in a feud between East Coast and West Coast rappers, and was shot and killed while driving a car in 1996 when he was just 25 years old. The artist, who left behind a turbulent life as well as his songs of rebellion, continued to be a source of inspiration for the next generation of musicians.
| This is the car he was dead in |
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