Tupac Shakur
Shakur in 1996, photo by Prphotos
Birth Name: Lesane Parish Crooks
Date of Birth: June 16, 1971
Place of Birth: East Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S.
Date of Death: September 13, 1996
Place of Death: Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Ethnicity: African-American [including, possibly, Tuareg]
Tupac Shakur was an American rapper, songwriter, and actor.
He was the son of African-American parents, William Garland and Afeni Shakur (born Alice Faye Williams). He was born Lesane Parish Crooks. He adopted his surname, “Shakur”, from his stepfather, black nationalist Mutulu Shakur (who was born Jeral Wayne Williams). His mother gave him the name Tupac Amaru after the Peruvian revolutionary Túpac Amaru II. His parents were Black Panther members. His mother was also a businessperson, philanthropist, political activist. His stepbrother is rapper Mopreme Shakur.
His father is said to have Tuareg heritage, an African ethnic group. It is not clear if this ancestry has been verified/documented.
A video with Tupac’s father can be seen here.
Tupac’s paternal grandmother was Eloise Marie Barnes (the daughter of Walter Barnes and Carnell Phoenix/Williams). Eloise was born in Florida. A picture of Tupac’s paternal grandparents can be seen here.
Tupac’s maternal grandfather was named Walter Williams, Jr. (the son of The Rev. Walter Williams and Lena).
Tupac’s maternal grandmother was Rosa Belle McLellan (the daughter of Kennie McLellan and Rosa Lee Powers). Tupac’s grandmother Rosa was born in North Carolina. Kennie was the son of Peter McLellan. Tupac’s great-grandmother Rosa’s father was Robert Powers, who was the son of a slave named Jeffrey Powers. Rosa’s mother was Millie Ann Wooten.
Sources: Genealogies of Tupac Shakur (focusing on his mother’s side) – http://www.wargs.com
https://www.geni.com
https://www.wikitree.com
Tupac’s maternal great-great-grandfather, Robert Powers, on the 1870 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Tupac’s maternal great-great-great-grandfather, Jeffrey/Jeff Powers, on the 1850 U.S. Slave Schedule – https://familysearch.org
He looked like a mulatto, clearly a more admixed African-American.
Does not look like your typical black dude, he’s about as black as Obama is. Barack is a true mulatto too (his father is from Sub-Saharan Africa) so yes. I would not guess Pac as anymore than 50% black.
NOT. Barack is not a true mullato because his mothers white side has black slave ancestry. Tupac looks typically black.
As it says above, Pac is 1/16 White and 15/16 Black – 6% White and 94% Black, hence he is a black american. With that out the way, I think you white people think an African-American is supposed to be dark in skin tone as Akon with a big ass nose, not the case
the average Black American is not even 94% black but around 75%. He more than the average African American
RIP God of Rap
Nas = God
Funny seeing non blacks trying to label him as mix instead of black, when there is someone black that other race of people like, they critique them to the tee, and try to find some so called “Not typical black looking” features on them to use that as ammunition to claim them as not being black. RIP 2PAC
He was a beautiful specimen.
He looks like a straight up mulatto — typical Bantu Negroid/European mix.
He was a more admixed African-American obviously.
Tupac’ s biological father is still alive and his parents were Tuaregs (who are from NorthWest and the Sahel, which isn’t in North Africa.) Tuareg have tricking features. Tuareg are also Berbers (they are indigenous people of North Africa but spread to Niger, Mali, parts of Nigeria). Almost all African Americans have European ancestry. Mulatto is such a pejorative term. Tupac does not look half “white”.
His father’s name is William Garland. Are you saying William Garland is the son of Tuareg immigrants to the United States?
@caution, NONSENSE