Tupac Shakur: Ten Interesting Facts

Ten Interesting Facts:

1. Tupac's birth name was Lesane Parish Crooks.





2. He changed his name to Tupac Amaru Shakur in honor of the Incan chief Tupac Amaru, whose name means "Shining Serpent."





3. The last name Shakur means "Thankful to God" in Arabic.







4. 4. Tupac's mother, Afeni Shakur (or Alice Fay Walker), was one of the defendant's at the infamous "Panther 21" trial.







5. At the Baltimore School of the Arts, Tupac rapped under the name "MC New York."





6. In his youth, Tupac studied ballet and other types of dance.






7. The letters of Tupac's "THUG LIFE" tattoo stand for "The Hate U Give Little Infants F*cks Everybody."







8. On Tupac's back, there is a massive tattoo of a cross with the words Exodus 18:11, which states "Now I know that the Lord is greater than all Gods because He delivered the people from the hands of the Egyptians when they dealt with them arrogantly."





9. Tupac was scheduled to act in the movie "Cool Runnings, " about the Jamaican Olympic Bobsled Team.








10. 10. Tupac's record "All Eyez on Me" went quintuple platinum.