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At the age of 12, Shakur performed in A Raisin in the Sun. Afeni and Tupac later moved to Baltimore, Maryland where he entered the prestigious Baltimore School for the Arts as a teenager. While at the school, he began writing raps and poetry. He also performed in Shakespearian plays and took a role in The Nutcracker. Seventeen-year-old Shakur became an avid reader absorbing books such as J.

He also recorded his first solo album 2Pacalypse Now. In , Shakur formed the group Thug Life with a few of his friends and his stepbrother Mopreme Shakur. Despite his short five-year professional career Shakur became the best selling hip-hop artist in the world with over 75 million albums sold including 44 million in the U. Tupac Shakur also gained notoriety for his violent life and his conflicts with the law.

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In October , in Atlanta, Georgia, Shakur shot two off-duty police officers who he claimed were harassing a black motorist. The case was dropped when it was disclosed that the officers were intoxicated. The following year he was convicted of assaulting a former woman employer while on a music video set. The day before the guilty verdict was handed down on December 1, , Shakur was shot five times in a Manhattan recording studio.

In April, he served days in jail for violating the terms of his probation. He died of his wounds six days later at the age of Do you find this information helpful?