Tuhia he tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I whakawāteatia ia me ētahi atu i roto i te "Panther 21" i te marama o Mei 1971 i muri i te whakawakanga e waru marama. I te katoa, e rua tau a Afeni Shakur i te whare herehere i mua i tana whakawāteatanga. I a ia e 24, i whanau tana tama, a Lesane Parish Crooks, i te Pipiri 16, 1971. I te tau e whai ake nei, i te tau 1972, ka whakaingoatia a Lesane Parish hei Tupac Amaru Shakur, ko te tikanga " nakahi kanapa " i te reo Quechua. I tapaina a Tupac i muri i a Túpac Amaru II, te kaiarahi o te whakakeke o Túpac Amaru II
, he whakakeke o te Inca ki nga Paniora i Peru i roa mai i te 1780 ki te 1783.