What is Tupac Shakur?
{{Use American English|date=September 2019}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2021}} {{Infobox person | name = Tupac Shakur | image = Tupac Shakur.jpg | alt = | caption = Shakur, 1995 | birth_name = Lesane Parish Crooks | birth_date = {{Birth date|1971|6|16}} | birth_place = [[New York City|New York]] City, U.S. | death_date = {{nowrap|{{Death date and age|1996|09|13|1971|06|16}}}} | death_place = [[Las Vegas]], [[Nevada]], U.S. | death_cause = [[Murder]] (drive-by shooting) | education = [[Tamalpais High School]] | resting_place = [[Cremated]], ashes given to family.: | occupation = {{hlist|Rapper|songwriter|actor|activist|poet}} | alias = {{hlist|2Pac|Tupac|Pac|Makaveli|MC New York}} | years_active = 1989–1996<!--He began recording as MC New York in 1989. --> | spouse = {{marriage|Keisha Morris|1995|1996|end=divorced}} | partner = [[Kidada Jones]] (1996) | children = | parents = {{hlist|[[Afeni Shakur]]|Billy Garland}} | relatives = {{hlist|[[Mutulu Shakur]] (step-father)|[[Assata Shakur]] (step-aunt)|[[Mopreme Shakur]] (step-brother)|[[Kastro (rapper)|Kastro]] (cousin)}} | awards = [[List of awards and nominations received by Tupac Shakur|Full list]] | module = {{Infobox musical artist|embed=yes | origin = [[Marin County, California|Marin County]], [[California]], U.S. | genre = {{hlist|[[West Coast hip hop]]|[[political hip hop]]|[[gangsta rap]]|[[g-funk]]|[[hardcore hip hop]]|[[horrorcore]]}} | label = {{hlist|[[Interscope Records|Interscope]]|[[Death Row Records|Death Row]]|[[Jive Records|Jive]]}} | website = {{Official URL}} | past_member_of = {{hlist|[[Digital Underground]]|[[Thug Life]]|[[Outlawz]]}} }} | signature = File:Tupac Shakur's signature.svg }} '''Tupac Amaru Shakur''' (June 16, 1971 – September 13, 1996) was an American rapper and singer, als