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Joseph Edwards Mrs. Scala Period 6 2Pac Tupac Amaru Shakur was born on July 16th, 1971 in East Harlem, New York. 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, and so, struggle and incarceration surrounded him from an early age. From grade school on he used his talent with not only rap but also the written and spoken word to his achieve almost anything. On September seventh, 1996, Shakur was shot an unknown number of times while driving down the Las Vegas Strip in his limousine. On September 13th, after medical complication related to the shooting Tupac Shakur was pronounced dead at the age of 25.