Think you know everything about the man that was Tupac Amaru Shakur? Well before answering that question first check out these lesser known facts. If you know any not mentioned, please forward them to us via our 'contact us' page.
Tupac is understood to have been offered a record deal at the age of 13, only for Afeni to turn it down as she thought he was to young for such a thing.
Tupac listened to artists from various different genres of music such as; Eric Clapton, Muddy Waters and Jimmy Hendrix.
Biggie Smalls used to call Tupac 'duke'.
When Tupac was young and living in Baltimore, he studied ballet and dance and the local performing arts school.
Kidada Jones, daughter of Quincy Jones and fiancé of Tupac, has a tattoo of Tupac on her arm.
Tupac was a huge fan of Jim Carrey.
Porn Star, Spontaneous XXXStacy, has a tattoo on her arm of Tupacs name along with the title of "Keep Ya Head Up".
When Tupac first moved to California he was homeless for 2 years and was living in shelters.
Tupac's favourite Food was Fried Chicken Wings with Hot Sauce.
His favourite drink was Orange Pop.
His favourite colours were Black and Gold.
Tupac intended for "R U Still Down?" to be released.
Before becoming famous Tupac was part of the local Baltimore TV news Special. The program, called "Saturday Night Specials," was on a type of gun. Tupac spoke with great knowledge on the guns, speaking on how they were poorly and cheaply made.
The video tape named "Tupac and Jada Home video" which appears on Tupac: Resurrection, was recorded at King's Dominion Amusement Park.
Herbie Lovebug, manger of "Salt-N-Peppa," was once asked by Tupac's group Born Busy to hear one of their raps. Herbie told them "Naw, I aint got time for this shit I gotta be on a plane in ten hours!" Years later when Tupac was at the opening of "Juice," Herbie approached him and expressed a desire to work with him. Tupac's reply wasn't one Herbie was looking for.
Tupac turned up at a ball at the Baltimore School Of The Art's dressed as Shaka Zulu. His roommate and close friend John Cole dressed as his white slave. Tupac and John won the best costume award.
As a child, Tupac's friends often gave him clothes for Christmas and birthdays, because they were aware of the poverty in which he lived.
Tupac & Big Saccs both went looting together during the LA Riots. According to Sacc's, he and Tupac went straight from the studio to the hood and started looting.
The Tupac poem "Nothing can come between us," was written for his friend John Cole, whom Tupac nicknamed "White Boy John."
For a short time Tupac lived with Linda Pratt, the wife of Gernimo Pratt, in Marin City.
Tupac's favorite piece of music was from the play Les Miserables. He went to see the play with his then girlfriend Keisha Morris.
According to Suge Knight, the song "Never Had A Friend Like Me" was about their relationship because Suge once told Tupac "Your Enemies my Enemies."
It was reported by Mike Dyson that the song "Vincent" by Don Maclean was played on repeat during Tupac's last hours with us.
Tupac auditioned for the part of "Bubba" in the hit film "Forest Gump" starring Tom Hanks.
Tupac stood for the code of 'THUGLIFE', which stands for "The Hate U Give Lil Infants Fuck Everybody", the term 'NIGGA' stands for "Never Ignorant Getting Goals Accomplished". The 'Outlawz' group Tupac formed and was with stands for "Operating Under Thug Laws As Warriors".
Tupac met Fredro Starr at the premiere of "Sunset Park."
Tupac's cousin Scott got him the role of Travis in "A Rasin in the Sun." Scott was also in the New York School for the arts.
Tupac was planning to go on tour with Snoop Dogg and Tha Dogg Pound in October 1996. The name of the tour was going to be "All Eyez On Us."
When Tupac and Keisha Morris got married, during the ceremony when the priest stated the line "with all your worldly possessions...," Tupac interupted saying, "Well, Keisha can't have my pool table or my big screen TV."
Keisha Morris, when married to Tupac, came to visit him in his hotel room in Atlanta. The hotel-room caught fire and she tried to quickly escape. Tupac was disappointed in her and told her he couldn't trust her because she didn't stay with him to fight the fire.
The song "When Will You Learn" and "U Don't Wanna Battle Me", along with a few others, were recorded onto a disc which Tupac lost.
Tupac and Sanyika Shakur were good friends and Tupac wanted to play him in a movie about Sanyika's life.
After Pac had released his debut solo album '2Pacalypse Now' he wanted to bring out a group called "Nothing Gold." He was going to do production for them while they wrote their own lyrics, but it never happened. He was also working with a female artist called "A Sister Named Mister" but she never came out either.
Tupac and Sanyika Shakur were good friends and Tupac wanted to play him in a movie about Sanyika's life.
Before he was famous, Tupac was paid $335 to appear in an advertisement for a local news channel. He used that money to pay for the months rent.
When Tupac got out of jail Suge arranged a private plane back to L.A, a limo, and five police officers for protection. Suge Knight also gave Tupac money to buy Afeni a house when he came to Suge's Death Row Records label.
Tupac and Snoop were supposed to perform "2 Of Amerikaz Most Wanted" on Saturday Night Live, an NBC TV-show. Snoop never appeared for the rehearsal, so Tupac and Ice-T performed "Only God Can Judge Me", "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" (Barbara Streisand cover) and a little skit. Even though he didn't look it, it is known Pac was embarrassed by the Streisand cover and was really mad at Snoop for not showing up.
Tupac was cremated by "Davis Mortuary" in Las Vegas.
Tupac met 'The Assassin' and 'Dee Tha Mad Bitch' in late '93. He enjoyed the time he spent working with them so much that he booked a studio for the three of them for an entire week
Tupac and Sanyika Shakur were good friends and Tupac wanted to play him in a movie about Sanyika's life.
Tupac bought Biggie Smalls his first 'Rolex' watch.
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