Pac named his publishing company, Joshua's Dream, after a terminally ill kid who wanted to meet the rapper as his last wish. Pac granted 11-year-old Joshua Torres's wish when he flew to Aberdeen.
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Before he started using his given name as a stage name, Pac called himself MC New York.
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Pac's first major appearance as a rapper came via Digital Underground's "Same Song." The track featured on the Nothing but Trouble soundtrack, as well as Digital Underground's This Is an EP Release.
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Most fans believe the iconic rapper's birth name was Tupac Amaru Shakur, but that's not the case. Pac was born in Brooklyn under the birth name Lesane Parish Crooks.
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After leaving Digital Underground, Pac moved to Marin City, CA, where he and Ray Luv formed a group together. The two went on to make several songs as a duo and continued to work together as solo artists.
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There have been roughly 15 documentaries featuring Pac, as well as numerous television shows and even a feature film based on his life, but only one has been nominated for an Academy Award.
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Shakur has sold over 75 million records worldwide.
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Tupac was supposed to play the character Sharif in Menace II Society, but one of the film's directors, Allen Hughes, kicked him off the movie for causing problems on the set.
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Tupac’s “Dear Mama” was added to the National Recording Registry in 2010, making Shakur the third rapper behind Grandmaster Flash and Public Enemy to have a song inducted into the Library of Congress.
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In 1994, Tupac briefly dated Madonna, who reportedly wanted to have his baby. Tupac apparently dumped her after his homegirls began questioning why he was going out with a white girl.