Mutulu was caught in 1986 and imprisoned for the robbery of a Brinks armored truck in which two police officers and a guard were killed. She had been imprisoned for killing a state trooper in 1973. Mutulu was wanted for having helped his sister Assata Shakur (also known as Joanne Chesimard) to escape from a penitentiary in New Jersey. His stepfather, Mutulu, spent four years at large on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list beginning in 1982. His godfather, Elmer 'Geronimo' Pratt, a high ranking Black Panther, was convicted of murdering a school teacher during a 1968 robbery, although his sentence was later overturned. Shakur lived from an early age with people who were struggling and who were imprisoned. She changed it later, following her separation from Garland and marriage to Mutulu Shakur. This name was supposedly entered on the birth certificate because Afeni feared her enemies would attack her son, and disguised his true identity using a different last name. The infant boy was born a month after his mother was acquitted of more than 150 charges of 'Conspiracy against the United States government and New York landmarks' in the New York 'Panther 21' court case.ДЄlthough unconfirmed by the Shakur family, several sources (including the official coroner's report) list his birth name as Lesane Parish Crooks. His mother, Afeni Shakur, and his father, Billy Garland, were active members of the Black Panther Party in New York in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He was named after TГєpac Amaru, a Peruvian revolutionary who led an indigenous uprising against Spain and was subsequently executed. Shakur was born on June 16, 1971, in the East Harlem section of Manhattan in New York City. Life and career 1971вЂ“1990: Early life and career beginnings

1.6 1996: All Eyez on Me and The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory.

1.5 1995: Prison sentence, Me Against the World and bail.1.4 1994: Thug Life, Thug Life: Volume 1 and November shooting.1.3 1993: Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z., rape charge and shooting in Atlanta.1.2 1990вЂ“92: 2Pacalypse Now, police brutality and shooting in Marin City.1.1 1971вЂ“1990: Early life and career beginnings.He was taken to the Southern Nevada University Medical Center, where he died six days later. On September 7, 1996, Shakur was shot multiple times in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas, Nevada. Shakur was involved in an East CoastвЂ“West Coast rivalry after a major feud with East Coast rappers, producers and record-label staff members, most notably The Notorious B.I.G. Shakur began his career as a roadie, backup dancer, and MC for the alternative hip hop group Digital Underground.Д«oth of his parents and several other of his family members were members of the Black Panther Party. The themes of most of Tupac's songs are the violence and hardship in inner cities, racism, social problems, and conflicts with other rappers during the East CoastвЂ“West Coast hip hop rivalry. Rolling Stone Magazine named him the 86th Greatest Artist of All Time.

Shakur has sold over 75 million records worldwide as of 2010, making him one of the best-selling music artists in the world. Tupac Amaru Shakur (JвЂ“ September 13, 1996), known by his stage names 2Pac and Makaveli, was an American rapper and actor. Dre, Danny Boy, Big Syke, E-40, Tha Dogg Pound, Nate Dogg, Young Noble, MC Breed, Above the Law, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony Outlawz, Johnny 'J', Snoop Dogg (rapper), Digital Underground, Dr. Rapper, actor, record producer, poet, screenwriter, activist, writer

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