1 Asheville, North Carolina Demographics - Crime Rate Indexes. 2  Asheville, North Carolina Demographics - Education Level Profile and Enrollment Statistics.  Asheville, North Carolina Demographics - Quality of Life Indexes.
Early life. Tupac Shakur was born Lesane Parish Crooks in The Bronx, New York City on June 16, 1971 to Afeni Shakur, a member of the Black Panthers. Serving jail time on bombing charges while pregnant with Tupac, his mother faced a sentence of up to three years in prison.
Tupac's mother buried her son's ashes on her farm in Lumberton, North Carolina in 2003. His grave is in Stone Mountain, GA. Tupac Shakur was cremated.