Ku dhameystir weedhan soo socota: Shakur wuxuu ku dhashay Juun 16, 1971, qeybta East Harlem ee Manhattan ee Magaalada New York. In kasta oo uu ku dhashay Lesane Parish Crooks, waxaa loogu magac daray, markii uu jiray hal sano, ka dib Túpac Amaru II (wiilka boqorkii ugu dambeeyay ee Inca, Túpac Amaru), oo lagu dilay Peru 1781 kadib markii uu
kacdoonkii ka dhanka ahaa xukunkii Isbaanishka oo fashilmay. Shakur hooyadiis ayaa sharaxday, "Waxaan doonayay inuu yeesho magac kacaan, dadka asaliga ah ee adduunka. Waxaan rabay in uu ogaado in uu qeyb ka yahay dhaqan caalami ah oo uusan ka imaan xaafada kaliya".