Shakur was born on June 16, 1971, in the East Harlem section of Manhattan in New York City.<unk> Shakur was born on June 16, 1971, in the East Harlem section of Manhattan in New York City. While born Lesane Parish Crooks, he was renamed, at age one, after Túpac Amaru II (the descendant of the last Incan ruler, Túpac Amaru), who was executed in Peru in 1781 after his
<unk> <unk> <unk> Shakur's mother explained, "I wanted him to have the name of revolutionary, indigenous people in the world. I wanted him to have the name of revolutionary, indigenous people in the world. I wanted him to know that he was part of a world culture and not just from a neighborhood".