Tupac Book Annotation

  My book was about the notorious rapper Tupac and what has happened during his childhood, adulthood, and his career as a rapper. Afeni was a single mother and Tupac had a sister named Sekyiwa. Tupac and his sisters dad's left them with the mom and they had to live in rundown apartments in New York City. Later in Tupac's life he got to preform with a popular rap group and he then started to record his own music but at the age 25 he was fatally shot in a car and died six days later in the hospital.

   "On June 16, 1971, Afeni Shakur gave birth to a healthy baby boy and she named him Tupac Amaru Shakur. He is also known as the notorious rapper Tupac he was born in East Harlem, New York City. His name Tupac means "shining serpent". Amaru was the name of a powerful king of the Inca empire in South America".This passage was interesting to me because it showed the background of his name and what it meant. I didn't know his name had a meaning and that it had history behind it, that is something new I learned.

     So far I learned that Tupac was raised in East Harlem, New York City which was known as Spanish Harlem. I have also learned that Tupac means "shining serpent". I also learned that his middle name "Amaru" was the name of a powerful South American king in the Inca Empire.I have learned that he was attacked and robbed but survived the attack but went to court in a wheel chair. The last thing I learned from this book is that Tupac has music that have not been released after his death and his mother went to court against Death Row Records (The record label Tupac was signed with) so Tupac's mother can keep all his un-released music and release it when she wants with the help of a few people