His mother, Afeni, was raising two children on her own and struggled for money. The family moved homes often, sometimes staying in shelters. They moved to Baltimore, where Tupac enrolled at the prestigious Baltimore School for the Arts, at which he felt “the freest I ever felt.”

His Baltimore neighborhood was driven by crime, so the family moved to Marin City, California. His love for hip hop steered him away from a life of crime for a while, at least . At 17, in the spring of 1989, he met an older white woman, Leila Steinberg, in a park. They struck up a conversation about Winnie Mandela. Shortly after,

Shakur took to the streets, selling drugs and becoming involved in the gang culture that would one day provide material for his rap lyrics.He joined Digital Underground in 1990 , an Oakland-based rap group that had scored a Billboard Top 40 hit with the novelty single “The Humpty Dance.” Shakur performed on two Digital Underground albums in 1991,

EP Release and Sons of the P, before his solo debut, 2Pacalypse Now, later that year.With increased fame and success came greater scrutiny of Shakur’s gangsta lifestyle which lead to alot of legal issues and gang battles with eventually lead to his death on the on the evening of September 7, 1996 in Las Vegas which was crossed a drive by homicide as results for gun wounds investigations concluded this incidence happened as a result of the rivalry between the East and the West Coast .

He has sold 75 million albums to date, making him one of the top-selling artists of all time. Signed to Interscope then Death Row Records Owned by Surge Knights before he died

List of 2 pac’s Albums

1991: 2Pacalypse Now: Gold
1993: Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z.: Platinum
1995: Me Against the World: 2× Multi-Platinum
1996: All Eyez on Me: 9× Multi-Platinum:
1996: The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory: 4× Multi-Platinum

Posthumous
November 25, 1997: R U Still Down? (Remember Me): 2× Multi-Platinum
December 19, 1999: Still I Rise: Platinum
March 27, 2001: Until the End of Time: 3× Multi-Platinum
November 26, 2002: Better Dayz: 3× Multi-Platinum
December 14, 2004: Loyal to the Game: Platinum
December 21, 2006: Pac’s Life: