William Garland;  
  Tupac was born to Alice Fayne Walker and Billy Garland while Afenis Husband Lumumba Abdul Shakur was in jail for bombing a public building. Billy was Tupac's biological father, he did very little to help raise a young 'pac, only seeing him a few times up until Tupac was around the age of 5. He didnt see Tupac again until Tupac was starring in the movie 'Juice' in 1992. He later visited Tupac in Bellevue Hospital when pac was shot in '94. Tupac talked about this only once: "I thought my father was dead all my life. After I got shot, I looked up and there was this nigga that looked just like me. And he was my father; that's when I found out. We still didn't take no blood test but the nigga looked just like me and the other nigga's dead so now I feel that I'm past the father stage."
   Tupac belived that his father was dead or just simply didnt want to see him, and he also portrayed this through many of his songs. The best example is again in 'Dear Mama'; "Now ain't nobody tell us it was fair, No love for my daddy cause the coward wasn't there, He passed away and I didn't cry, cause my anger, wouldn't let me feel for a stranger, They say I'm wrong and I'm heartless, but all along I was lookin for a father he was gone."
  After 2Pacs death, Afeni and Billy sent 2Pacs blood to Long Beach Genetics, who did the DNA testing to find the probability of Afeni and Billy 99.97% parentage. Also after Tupac's death, Billy Garland disrespected his son by taking Afeni to court wanting half of Tupac's estate, but was denied. The case ended in a settlement of around $540,000 plus legal fees which totaled just over $350,000.

 Mutulu Shakur;  
He married Tupac's mom Afeni and was Tupac's step-father, he was Lumumba's adopted step-brother. Tupac claims that Mutulu was his father, they spent much time together until Mutulu was sent to jail. Mutulu was the only father figure Tupac ever had love for.
  Mutulu was arressted as the suspected mastermind behind the Brinks robbery of 1981, in which an armored car was robbed, two New York policemen left killed along with a Brinks guard. Mutulu was then sentenced to 60 years in prison for allegedly conspiring against the US government in 1986. Mutulu however still maintains his innocence. He was an activist in the MOVE organisation and was a key figure in the historic gang truce between the Crips and Bloods in Lompoc Penitentiary. Tupac and his step-father designed the code that is 'THUGLIFE' which consisted of rules discouraging unprovoked violence among gangsta rappers.
  He wrote a letter to Tupac on the day of his demise, and one to Biggies family after biggies death, if you would like to read these letters click here.

 Leggs;
Leggs was not related to Tupac in any way but acted as a father to him, and Tupac saw him as his father figure. Tuapc said that the thug in himself came from Leggs. He is thought to have once been connected to the legendary New York based drug kingpin that is Nicky Barnes. Leggs was the man who introduced Afeni to crack, the drug troubled her for much of the 80's. After moving her family to Baltimore, Afeni learned that Leggs had died from a crack induced heart attack.

 Lumumba Shakur;
Lumumba Abdul Shakur was Afeni's first husband. He was also the brother of Mutulu by adoption. He was a Black Panther member and the lead defendant in the 'Panther 21' case where he and 20 others, including Afeni, were convicted for allegedly plotting to blow up banks and department stores. He was found dead in Louisiana a few days before Mutulu was arrested. Mutulu suspected that his brother was murdered by someone such as a police informant, who had learned of Mutulu's whereabouts, and then decided to kill two birds with one stone.

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