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Tupac Amaru (Crooks) Shakur

Lesane Parish (Crooks) Shakur (1971 - 1996)

Born in East Harlem, Manhattan, New York, New York
Died at age 25 in Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada, United States

Lesane Parish (Tupac Amaru) "2pac, Makaveli" Shakur formerly Crooks

Ancestors ancestors

Son of [private father (1940s - unknown)] and

[sibling(s) unknown]

[spouse(s) unknown]

[children unknown]


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Lesane

Lesane Parish (Tupac Amaru) "2pac, Makaveli" Shakur formerly Crooks

Ancestors ancestors

Son of [private father (1940s - unknown)] and Alice Faye (Williams) Shakur

[sibling(s) unknown]

[spouse(s) unknown]

[children unknown]

Parents
[private father]

1940s - unknown

Alice Faye Williams

10 Jan 1947 - 02 May 2016
Lumberton, Robeson County, North Carolina, USA

Grandparents
William Garland

14 Dec 1924 - 04 May 2001
Athens, Clarke, Georgia, United States

Eloise Marie Barnes

06 Jan 1930 - 23 Apr 1956
Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Florida, United States

Walter Williams Jr.

02 Apr 1922 - 09 Nov 1989
Walstonburg, Greene, North Carolina, United States

Rosabella McClellan

10 Jan 1918 - 21 Aug 1988
Rowland, Robeson, North Carolina, United States

Great-Grandparents

[Garland great-grandfather?]

[Garland great-grandmother?]

Walter Barnes

03 Jun 1907 - 03 Feb 1994
Fort Pierce, St. Lucie, Florida, United States

Carnell Ishmae Phoenix

25 Jul 1906 - 25 Jan 2007
Blackville, Barnwell, South Carolina, United States

Walter Larry Williams Sr.

15 Mar 1893 - 06 Nov 1973
North Carolina, United States

Lena Belle Powell

abt 31 Mar 1901 - Aug 1985
Nahunta, Wayne County, North Carolina, USA

Kenny McClellan

30 Jul 1898 - 03 Nov 1948
Rowland County, South Carolina, United States

Rosa Lee Powell

1900 -
North Carolina, United States

2nd-Great-Grandparents

abt 1870 -

abt 1877 -

abt 1882 -

[Phoenix g-g-grandmother?]

Apr 1837 -

abt 1852 -

Jan 1869 - 18 Aug 1930

Oct 1869 -

abt Oct 1846 - 16 Jul 1923

[McClellan g-g-grandmother?]

1861 -

1870 -

Descendants of Tupac Amaru (Crooks) Shakur

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Lesane Parish Crooks is better known as the the legendary Hip-Hop rapper, Tupac Amaru Shakur.[1]

His parents, Afeni Shakur—born Alice Fay Williams in North Carolina—and his birth father, William Garland , were active Black Panther Party members.

Tupac got his start as a member of Digital Underground and also rapped with the groups Outlawz and Thug Life. He was best known as a solo artist under the mononym 2Pac.

He was shot and killed on September 7, 1996. His ashes were scattered in his mother's garden in Stone Mountain, Georgia.[2]

On September 29, 2023 it was announced that a suspect had been arrested in his death.[3]

Sources

  1. ↑ Wikipedia: Tupac Shakur
  2. ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
    Find A Grave: Memorial #3735
    Memorial page for Tupac Amaru Shakur Famous memorial (16 Jun 1971-13 Sep 1996); Maintained by Find a Grave.
  3. ↑ Suspect arrested in 1996 Tupac Shakur shooting death (https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/29/us/tupac-shakur-murder-suspect-arrested/index.html)
  • Nevada, U.S., Death Index, 1980-2012; Ancestry.com. Nevada, U.S., Death Index, 1980-2012 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. [1]

See also:

See also:

  • Statement from family of Notorious B.I.G., (2002, September 06). The Baltimore Sun. Broken link, titled: la-tupac-statement-story

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Mark Burch
Info about his father Billy Garland: https://2paclegacy.net/william-billy-garland/

Caution, there are 2 Billy Garlands, one is a musician, Tupac's father is/was a truck driver, b. 14 Mar 1949.

posted by Mark Burch
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