Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An haifi Shakur a ranar 16 ga Yuni, 1971, a yankin Gabashin Harlem na Manhattan a Birnin New York. Duk da yake an haife shi Lesane Parish Crooks, an sake masa suna, yana ɗan shekara ɗaya, bayan Túpac Amaru II (zuriyar mai mulkin Incan na ƙarshe, Túpac Amaru), wanda aka kashe a Peru a 1781 bayan tawayensa da ya gaza
a kan mulkin Mutanen Espanya. Mahaifiyar Shakur ta bayyana, "Ina son shi ya sami sunan juyin juya hali, 'yan asalin mutane a duniya. Ina son ya san cewa yana cikin al'adun duniya ba kawai daga unguwa ba".