In the same year he received individual recognition for his album '2Pacalypse Now,' but this album was also the beginning of his notoriety as a leading figure of the gangsta permutation of hip-hop, with references to cop killing and sexual violence. His first breakthrough in music came in 1991 as a member of the group Digital Underground. His family moved again in 1988 to Oakland, California.
In 1984, his family moved to Baltimore, Maryland where he became good friends with Jada Pinkett Smith. Date of Birth 16 June 1971, East Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA Date of Death 13 September 1996, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA (homicide) Birth Name Lesane Parish Crooks Nickname 2Pac Makaveli Pac Height 5' 9¼' (1.76 m) Mini Biography Born in New York City, Tupac grew up primarily in Harlem.
