Lyrical Mind Thinker: 2pac Amaru Shakur

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Lyrical mind thinker Tupac Amaru Shakur, also known by his stage name 2Pac, was an American rapper, record producer, and actor. Shakur has sold over 75 million records worldwide. Shakur was one of the most dynamic most influential and self-destructive rap stars in the 90’s. Shakur was the son of Black Panther Party members Afeni Shakur Tupac’s mother; she was in jail on charges while pregnant with Tupac. Tupac spent his earliest years in the Bronx and Harlem. At the age 13 he made his acting debut in production. Later when growing up he loved poetry and acting, he would spend most of him time writing down his thoughts on a journal he had. Poems talking about reality, and times for changes. When he was in his teenage years he moved from coast

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