10 facts about Tupac: 1. Tupac Amaru Shakur was named after an Inca Indian chief: Tupac Amaru means Shining Serpent and Shakur means Thankful to God in Arabic. 2. His hit song Dear Mama is one of 25 songs that was added to the National Recording Registry in 2010. The Library of Congress has called Tupacs song a moving and eloquent homage to both the murdered rappers own mother and all mothers struggling to maintain a family in the face of addiction, poverty and societal indifference. 3. He began his career as a roadie/backup dancer for the hip hop group Digital Underground. 4. At the time of his death in 1996, Tupac was engaged to Quincy Jones daughter, Kidada Jones. 5. As an established poet, he was inspired by a wide range of writers, including William Shakespeare, Niccolò Machiavelli, Donald Goines, Sun Tzu, Kurt Vonnegut, Mikhail Bakunin, Maya Angelou, Alice Walker, and Khalil Gibran. 6. He and Jada Pinkett Smith had what she describes as a platonic romance. They met while both were attending the Baltimore School For The Arts. 7. Tupac planned on being an actor before he ever thought of being a rapper. He studied drama at Baltimores School For The Arts, where he rapped under the name MC New York. 8. The seat of the Catholic Church released a list of 12 songs onto the social networking Web sites streaming music service. Among the artists included are Mozart, Muse and Dame Shirley Bassey; the list also includes Tupacs song Changes. 9. He passed away in September 1996 after being the victim of a driveby shooting while waiting at a red light in Las Vegas. 10. MTV ranked him at No. 2 on their list of The Greatest MCs of All Time. ~BZB
Posted on: Sat, 08 Mar 2014 06:42:43 +0000
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