Tupac Shakur aka"2 Pac" was born in Lesane Parish Crooks on June 16, 1971. When he was little he wanted to be a preformer. He was interested in acting, starring in his first play at the age of twelve. He eventually learned to get along with what they say as "white people" but when he was a child he was told that they were devils. When he was fifteen he discovered rap. 2Pac released his first solo album, his album was banned in some countries. He went to prision for four and a half years for sexually assaulting a woman who he invited back to his hotel room. But, during his trial he was shot 5 times in the chest and then was hospitalized, he survived but while he was in the hospital he was convicted of rape.