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Tupak Shakur
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Tupac Shakur (a.k.a. 2pac)

DOB: June 16, 1971 – Brooklyn, NY

DOD: September 13, 1996 – Las Vegas, NY

Height: 5'10 Weight: 168

Mother: Afeni Shakur

Father: William Garland

Step Father: Jeral Wayne Williams

Half Sister: Sekyiwa Shakur

Half Brother: Maurice Harding

Godfather: Elmar "Geronimo" Pratt

Music Group: One Nation Emcees, Two From The Crew, Strictly Dope, Digital Underground, Thug Life, Outlaw Immortalz/ Outlawz

Aliases: MC New York, 2pac, Makeveli

Martial Status: Divorced (Keisha Morris) & Engaged (Kidida)

What does it take to be an icon of the 21st century? An icon is a symbol representing what a person did to be admired by many people and achieved many things rarely an ordinary person can do. I would consider Tupac to be an icon of the 21st century because he became a living symbol of his generations to many hip-hop and rap fans all over the world. He was the son of Afeni Shakur and Billy Garland. At his teens, his family moved to Baltimore, MD. He attended The Baltimore School for the Performing Arts and studied acting and ballet. At this school, the teachers had an impression of Tupac that he had an outstanding potential. Unfortunately, he had to move to Oakland, CA with his family and that was when he began to, as Tupac called it, "Hang with the wrong crowd."

As a true icon of the 21st century, Tupac had many great qualities and was very humble because he grew up in the poorest part of the city and he knew the feeling of being poor. After all of his success he never in any way try to flaunt about his wealth and that he showed strength not by money but by the words he...