Born on June 16, 1971 to Alice Faye Williams, better known as Afeni Shakur, Tupac grew up in the slums of the Bronx. No matter where his family went Tupac was seriously distressed.

"I remember crying all the time. My major thing growing up was I couldn't fit in. Because I was from everywhere. I didn't have no buddies that I grew up with." says Shakur. The solitude began to wear on him. He withdrew into writing love songs and poetry. He was quoted saying, "I remember I had a book like a diary. And in that book I said I was going to be famous." His mother enrolled him in the 127th Street Ensemble, a theatre group in the impoverished Harlem section of Manhattan, where he landed his first role at age twelve, that of Travis in A Raisin in t

Tupac Amaru Shakur left behind a legacy that will remain for many years to come. Not only are his previous albums still selling, but also new albums are being released frequently such as Until the End of Time and Better 2pac Days. There are many reasons why he is considered a hero, but perhaps the most important one is that he changed the way people look at rap and hip hop. He showed the world that this type of music was not only about money, drugs, and women. Tupac never gave in to the pressure that the rap game brings, like so many rappers already have. Shakur made statements that transformed the way the public thought about people who were viewed as outcasts of society, "All good n*ggers, all the n*ggers who change the world, die in violence. They don't die in regular ways." Tupac was a successful rap superstar that had the potential to become the most renowned rapper this world has ever known. These are the reasons why he is considered a hero.

This decision sparked Tupac's incredible 5-year period as a rapper and actor. In 1992 he released his solo debut album entitled 2Pacalypse Now, and in that same year he starred in the movie Juice, a film about gangs and violence that saw some Hollywood success. Shakur, not wasting any time, recorded and released the hit album entitled Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z. in

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