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He had a secure childhood with his grandparents after his parents split up. His mother worked 12 hour shifts as a bookkeeper to support her children. [3] Anderson joined the South Side Compton Crips gang at some point in his youth. Anderson attended Taft High School, where he was a conscientious student who passed his exams and received good ...
Tupac Shakur attended the Bruce Seldon vs. Mike Tyson boxing match with Marion "Suge" Knight, the head of Death Row Records, at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.After leaving the match, one of Knight's associates, Trevon "Tre" Lane, a member of the M.O.B. Pirus gang based in Compton, California, spotted Orlando Anderson, from the rival South Side Compton Crips gang, in the MGM Grand lobby. [6]
In 1995, Tupac Shakur began serving a prison sentence of up to 4 + 1 ⁄ 2 years for a sexual abuse conviction. Knight struck a deal with Shakur that October, posting his $1.4 million bail and freeing him from prison pending an appeal of his conviction, while signing him to Death Row Records.
In the 50-year history of hip-hop, there have never been two stars whose lives – and deaths – have been more examined than Tupac Shakur and Christopher Wallace, the rapper known professionally ...
Tupac was killed in a drive-by shooting while he sat in a car at an intersection near the Las Vegas strip on 7 September 1996.. Earlier that night, Tupac had gone to watch a Mike Tyson boxing ...
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Tupac Amaru Shakur (/ ˈ t uː p ɑː k ʃ ə ˈ k ʊər / ⓘ; born Lesane Parish Crooks; June 16, 1971 – September 13, 1996), also known by his stage names 2Pac and Makaveli, was an American rapper and actor. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential rappers of all time.
An investigation into Tupac Shakur’s unsolved killing has been revived. Las Vegas police served a search warrant in connection to the killing of Shakur, who was gunned down Sept. 7, 1996.