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Tupac Shakur grew up in the ghetto. The slum. The projects, whatever you wish to refer to it as. In a time of racism, drugs, gang violence and black political struggle. His mother Afeni Shakur, was a reveloutinary and a recognized member of 'the black panthers' a black political party who fought to feed children in schools and earn equal civil rights for black african americans. Afeni dropped out of high-school at an early age and socialized with North Carolina gamg members. She was soon to move to Brooklyn. It was only after an affair with one of Malcolm X's bodygaurds she became political. When the United Federation Of Teachers (prodominantly white) went on strike in 1968 she crossed the picket line and tought kids herself. It was after this a New York branch of the black panther party and met her future huspand, Lumumba. Afeni preached about killing 'the pigs' ( american police officers ) and overthrowing the goverment, which led to her eventual arrest along with her susspected 20 comrades, for alledgely conspiring to set off a race war. Pregnant with Tupac she made bail and confronted Lumumba the child was in fact not his. Behind Lumumba's back Afeni had been involved in aa affair with 'Legs' ( an accociate of Harlem's drug baron, Nicky Barnes ) and Billy Garland ( a fellow member of the black panther party ) Lumumba divorced her straight away.

Things only got worse for Afeni, her bail was re-voked and she was imprisoned in a womens detention institute. She is rumored of said prior to Tupacs birth, in her cell, 'This is my prince. He is going to save the black nation'.

When Tupac was born in June 16th, 1971, Afeni had already defended herslef in court and been acquitted in over 156 courts around the country. Still living in the Bronx she found a job as paralegal ( Lawers assistant ) while bring up Tupac and trying to teach him the value and respect of education.

From his childhood Tupac was known around as 'black prince'. Afeni punished his misbehaviour by making him read an entire edition of the New York Times, usuing punishment as a learning curve. However Afeni had no answer to Pac's most asked question. Whos my daddy? She just told him straight, 'i dont know who your daddy is'. "Is wasnt like she was a slut or nuttin", Pac said, "It was just rough times". When Tupac was two his sister Sekyiwa was born. Her father, Mutulu was a black panther and only months prior to her birth was sentenced to sixty years in jail for his part in a fatal armored car robbery.

With Mutulu gone the family experinced tough, hard times. No matter where they moved, Harlem, Bronx and homeless shelters, Tupac was stressed. When reflecting on his childhood Pac said, "I remember crying all the time. My major thing growing up was I couldnt fit in. Because i was from everywhere. I didn't have no buddies that i grew up with".

As time passed and Tupac gew, the issue of having no father figure effected him massively, it tormented him in a sence. He felt 'un-manly', he said. His cousins teased him, saying he had an effeminate face ( female qualitys ) "I could do all the things my mother could give me, but she couldn't give me nothing else." Pac said.

Tupacs loneliness took its toll on him, he started writing his own love songs and poetry in his own diary-like book. He wrote it in that book, "Im going to be famous". At this time his ambitions was to become actor, because he was good at it. To him acting was a much needed escape from his normal, stressful life. He was eager to leave his disfunctional family behind.

Afeni enrolled Tupac into a theatre group on 127th street in the Harlem area of Manhatten. Here he landed his firt role in a play at the tender age of twelve, "I lay on a couch and played sleep for the first scene. Then I woke up and I was the only person onstage. I can remeber thinking, "This is the best shit in the world!" That got me real high. I was gettin' a secret: This is what my cousins can't do."

Now living in Baltimore, age fifteen he fell in love with rap. He started writing, walking with a swagger and bragging his new york backround as much as he could. The people were scared of New Yorks Reputation, Tupac took on the alias, MC New York and started to portray the image his was the tough guy.