Remembering Tupac

Remembering Tupac Shakur

Some Known and Unknown Facts

Birth Name:	Lesane Paris Crooks
Date of Birth:	June 16, 1971
Date of Death:	September 13, 1996
Birth Place:	Brooklyn, New York
Place of Death:	Las Vegas, Nevada
Mother:	Born Alice Faye Walker, changed her name to Afeni Shakur
Father:	Billy Garland
Step Father:	Mutulu Shakur
Godfather:	Geronimo Pratt

Origin of Tupac's Name

Mutulu Shakur is Muslim

Shakur means "Thankful to God"

Lesane's name was changed to Tupac in 1972.

Tupac Amaru is the name of a famous Inca who fought for Inca rights.