Tupac Shakur was born in Harlem in 1971 to two members of the Black Panther Party. Taking the name MC New York when he first began rapping, Shakur spent a few of his formative years in Baltimore, and ...
In 1996, Tupac Shakur invited Michael Jackson to feature on a track for his Makaveli album. A meeting took place, but Jackson declined, opting not to join a project tied to high-profile rap rivalries.