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.
AFENI SHAKUR, MOTHER OF HIP HOP LEGEND TUPAC, DEAD AT 69. A memorial service is expected to follow in Lumberton, N.C., where some of Tupac's ashes were laid to rest after his drive-by shooting death in 1996, the source said.