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Tupac amaru shakur was born on june 16,1971 he was know as "2pac" or "Makavels" he was an actor and a rapper his album all eyes on me is the best selling album in the united states Tupac was ranked as the best artist on the rolling stone magazine he also ranked as the most influential rapper of all time. Shakur was raised in the east harlem section of manhattan in new york his mother Afeni Shakur and his father billy garland were both active members of the black panther party in NY in the late 1960's an 1970's the infant was born a month after his mother was free from more than 150 charges of conspiracy against the united states gov and Ny landmarks in the Ny panther 21 court case. Tupac was raised around serious criminal offenses and in prisoned his god father elmer "Geronimo" was high ranking black panther convicted of murdering a school teacher during 1969 robbery his sentence was later overturned His career began in the early 1990's when he preformed his rapping skills in a vocal turn in digital underground's "same song" from the sound track to the 1991 film nothing but trouble and also appeared with the group in the film of the same name the song was later released as the lead underground extended play he was hailed by many critics and inspiration Shakur had been slated star in the Hughes brothers film menace 2 society but was replaced with Larenz ate after assaulting Allen Hughes as a result of a quarrel Late 1993 Shakur formed the group thug life with his friends including big Syke the group released there only album thug life volume 1 on september 26 1994 along with the track old school as the b side dear mama would be the albums most successful single topping the hot rap singles chart on the nigh of november 30 1994 Shakur was robbed and shot 5 times by three men in the lobby of quad recording studios in manhattan Tupac stated that he believed it was a set up for the attack wondering why they would take jewelry and leave his rolex watch Tupac accused Sean combs an associate of combs jimmy henchman and biggie and others of setting up the attack in 1995 interview with vibe magazine