Tupac Shakur
Birthday: 16 June 1971, East Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Birth Name: Lesane Parish Crooks
Height: 176 cm
Born in New York City, Tupac grew up primarily in Harlem. In 1984, his family moved to Baltimore, Maryland where he became good friends with Jada Pinkett Smith. His family moved again in 1988 to Oakla ...Show More
I'm a reflection of the community.
I'm a reflection of the community.
I don't have to talk about whether or not I got raped in jail.
I don't have to talk about whether or not I got raped in jail.
I just don't know how to deal with so many people giving me that much affection. I never had that in Show more
I just don't know how to deal with so many people giving me that much affection. I never had that in my life. Hide
If you believe in God, believe in Death Row East.
If you believe in God, believe in Death Row East.
What I learned in jail is that I can't change. I can't live a different lifestyle - this is it. This Show more
What I learned in jail is that I can't change. I can't live a different lifestyle - this is it. This is the life that they gave and this is the life that I made. Hide
If I win and get the money, then the Oakland Police department is going to buy a boys' home, me a ho Show more
If I win and get the money, then the Oakland Police department is going to buy a boys' home, me a house, my family a house, and a Stop Police Brutality Center. Hide
I don't have no fear of death. My only fear is coming back reincarnated.
I don't have no fear of death. My only fear is coming back reincarnated.
America wants its respect.
America wants its respect.
I don't see myself being special; I just see myself having more responsibilities than the next man. Show more
I don't see myself being special; I just see myself having more responsibilities than the next man. People look to me to do things for them, to have answers. Hide
All I'm trying to do is survive and make good out of the dirty, nasty, unbelievable lifestyle that t Show more
All I'm trying to do is survive and make good out of the dirty, nasty, unbelievable lifestyle that they gave me. Hide
I'm not saying I'm gonna change the world, but I guarantee that I will spark the brain that will cha Show more
I'm not saying I'm gonna change the world, but I guarantee that I will spark the brain that will change the world. Hide
The only thing that comes to a sleeping man is dreams.
The only thing that comes to a sleeping man is dreams.
I just spent 11 and a half months in a maximum-security jail, got shot five times, and was wrongly c Show more
I just spent 11 and a half months in a maximum-security jail, got shot five times, and was wrongly convicted of a crime I didn't commit. Hide
We all gonna die, we bleed from similar veins.
We all gonna die, we bleed from similar veins.
Don't change on me. Don't extort me unless you intend to do it forever.
Don't change on me. Don't extort me unless you intend to do it forever.
I would rather have been shot straight-up in cold blood-but to be set up? By people who you trusted? Show more
I would rather have been shot straight-up in cold blood-but to be set up? By people who you trusted? That's bad. Hide
I'll probably be punished for hard living.
I'll probably be punished for hard living.
It's the game of life. Do I win or do I lose? One day they're gonna shut the game down. I gotta have Show more
It's the game of life. Do I win or do I lose? One day they're gonna shut the game down. I gotta have as much fun and go around the board as many times as I can before it's my turn to leave. Hide
In my mind I'm a blind man doin' time.
In my mind I'm a blind man doin' time.
The reason why I could get into acting was because it takes nothing to get out of who I am and go in Show more
The reason why I could get into acting was because it takes nothing to get out of who I am and go into somebody else. Hide
Thug Life to me is dead.
Thug Life to me is dead.
With all my fans I got a family again.
With all my fans I got a family again.
Everybody's at war with different things...I'm at war with my own heart sometimes". In Vibe intervie Show more
Everybody's at war with different things...I'm at war with my own heart sometimes". In Vibe interview 2/96 Hide
I never killed anybody, I never raped anybody, I never committed no crimes that weren't honorable.
I never killed anybody, I never raped anybody, I never committed no crimes that weren't honorable.
Somebody help me, tell me where to go from here cause even Thugs cry, but do the Lord care?
Somebody help me, tell me where to go from here cause even Thugs cry, but do the Lord care?
I'm 23 years old. I might just be my mother's child, but in all reality, I'm everybody's child. Nobo Show more
I'm 23 years old. I might just be my mother's child, but in all reality, I'm everybody's child. Nobody raised me; I was raised in this society. Hide
Is it a crime, to fight, for what is mine?
Is it a crime, to fight, for what is mine?
When you do rap albums, you got to train yourself. You got to constantly be in character.
When you do rap albums, you got to train yourself. You got to constantly be in character.
My mama always used to tell me: 'If you can't find somethin' to live for, you best find somethin' to Show more
My mama always used to tell me: 'If you can't find somethin' to live for, you best find somethin' to die for.' Hide
It's a struggle for every young Black man. You know how it is, only God can judge us.
It's a struggle for every young Black man. You know how it is, only God can judge us.
But I know for a fact that had I had a father, I'd have some discipline. I'd have more confidence. Y Show more
But I know for a fact that had I had a father, I'd have some discipline. I'd have more confidence. Your mother cannot calm you down the way a man can. Your mother can't reassure you the way a man can. My mother couldn't show me where my manhood was. You need a man to teach you how to be a man. Hide
It seems like every time you come up something happens to bring you back down.
It seems like every time you come up something happens to bring you back down.
I think I'm a natural-born leader. I know how to bow down to authority if it's authority that I resp Show more
I think I'm a natural-born leader. I know how to bow down to authority if it's authority that I respect. Hide
Reality is wrong. Dreams are for real.
Reality is wrong. Dreams are for real.
I swear, if they hadn't tried to ruin me, I never would have ended up being a rapper. I probably wou Show more
I swear, if they hadn't tried to ruin me, I never would have ended up being a rapper. I probably would have been a preacher or something. Hide
If you walked by a street and you was walking on the concrete and you saw a rose growing from the co Show more
If you walked by a street and you was walking on the concrete and you saw a rose growing from the concrete, even if it had messed up petals and it was a little to the side you would marvel at just seeing a rose grow through concrete. So why is it that when you see some ghetto kid grow out of the dirtiest circumstance and he can talk and he can sit across the room and make you cry, make you laugh, all you can talk about is my dirty rose, my dirty stems and how I am leaning crooked to the side, you can't even see that I've come up from out of that Hide
I worked hard all my life as far as this music business. I dreamed of the day when I could go to New Show more
I worked hard all my life as far as this music business. I dreamed of the day when I could go to New York and feel comfortable and they could come out here and be comfortable. Hide
There's nobody in the business strong enough to scare me.
There's nobody in the business strong enough to scare me.
Let the Lord judge the criminals.
Let the Lord judge the criminals.
The only time I have problems is when I sleep.
The only time I have problems is when I sleep.
Tupac Shakur's FILMOGRAPHY
as Actor (48)
Tupac Shakur'S roles
Birdie
Det. Rodriguez
Ezekiel 'Spoon' Whitmore
Lucky
Bishop
