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
Most Tuareg live in Sub-Saharan Africa, not North Africa.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuareg_people
“which is a nomadic ethnic group that predominately inhabit Sub-Saharan Africa” is what the article should say.
His father is Tuareg Berber(Arab) descent. Common sense look at his Eye brows and nose. Hes part Arab….White people stop it
Definitely has an Arab look. I agree.
What the hell is wrong with your eyes? Looks like every other black man I’ve seen.
He looks around 35% Caucasian.
35% Caucasian, literally laughing out loud to these comments. You non-black people think that to be black, you have to have a skin tone like singer – Akon with a big ass nose. That’s not the case. Now Chris Brown is someone that looks mixed even though he is black.
but chris browns mom is half black tho
@bleachsoda
Since when has it been stated that Chris brown mother is half black?
His features don’t look 100% African American to me. he looks 40-30% European.
I just have to know,what does a 100% African American look like?I keep seeing you guys write stuff like,he doesn’t have this nose etc.So please give me an example
An 100% African-American looks like this, fuzzy:
http://www.impawards.com/2014/posters/million_ways_to_die_in_the_west_ver3.jpg
And yes, she is now a U.S. citizen.
Idk,she looks kinda mixed
Funny thing is we’ll dilute your genes before ours ever fully leave, that’s why you have cases of white couples having Black babies even though they thought they had full European ancestry (Google it). We’re dominate especially 100% Africans. Now African Americans, Afro-Carribbean, Afro-Latins we’re all watered down and even after years of oppression and rape you can still see dominate traces of our African ancestry evident, so believe black genes especially 100% African genes are dominate and will always come back.
@follers
The funny thing is,the way blacks here are mixing themselves.in about 200yrs, the average AA with have pale skin ,blond hair, and blue eyes
will have
Really? Interracial marriage still isn’t that common in the U.S.
@ follers
Who said anything about marriage.They are popping kids out left and right,marriage has nothing to do with it.Also I did say in about 200yrs from now.
Fuzzy, I was just saying how he looks to me. Some of his features look European to me.
@tinasheeeee
If it seems that I was attacking you,I do apologize.It’s just when people say oh such and such doesn’t look AA,it puzzles me.You guys have to understand,that AA is a cultural Identity,There is no fixed look.This is a country of which the black people have gone through 400 yrs of mixing.Dealing with (whites,native,asians,latinos)and new blacks,coming into the pot.You’re going to get all types of different Phenotypical traits from(noses,hair, skin color,lips, eye shape).I do understand that in certain areas,the black people do have a more monochromatic theme to them(wider noses, and darker skin),but that’s not everywhere.In my area,none of Pac Phenotypical features,would’ve made him stand out.
2pac would slap the living sh*t out of all the white ppl saying he’s mixed, not negating due to unfortunate encounters with slave masters European blood unfortunately streams through many black people, however, DON’T NOBODY WANT TO CLAIM WHITE PEOPLE.
since pac was a well-read guy who showed a lot of interest in history, especially in african and african-american history, he probably would’ve heard about the autosomal dna testings below, and knew he was mixed.
23andMe: 75% sub-Saharan African, 22% European, 0.6% Native American.
AfricanDNA: 79% sub-Saharan African, 19% European, and 2% Native American.
Ancestry.com: 65% sub-Saharan African, 29% European, and 2% Native American.
Family Tree DNA: 72.95% sub-Saharan African, 22.83% European, and 1.7% Native American.
Harappa World: 79% sub-Saharan African, 18% European, 1% Native American.
Magnus Ducatus Lituaniae Project: 79% sub-Saharan African, 19% European, 2% Native American.
National Geographic’s Genographic Project: 80% sub-Saharan African, 19% European, and 1% Native American.