y who said he would amount to nothing, wrong. From the first day he was alive he has had the cards stacked against him and now through music and rap he was beginning to rise from the ashes. Shakur got a gig with Digital Underground. Not a well known group at the time, but soon after his first gig he joined them. Digital Underground was soon Grammy-Nominated . Tupac Shakur sang in only one track on the album yet was a background dancer for them at concerts. Tupac continued writing poetry and rap during this time and the songs that he was putting together would later on proved Tupac's belonging. Tupac had his eyes on a solo career in which he could make, as he would say, "mad cash" so he could "buy my mom the house I've always promised her." He cut ties with Digital Underground in 1991. Through Tupac's poetry he let everyone know that he was sensitive underneath, you just had to look hard. Tupac's poems were mostly written about life. How he saw it, what he thought and what he felt about it. Noone ever paid attention in comparing his poems to his songs. When people say that "Tupac corrupts people by the messages he sends in his song," they never realized, when you add a beat and rhythm, his songs would come from his poetry in the first place. The beginning of Tupac's musical career was in 1992. This year was the year of Tupac's solo debut. Shakur released the album "2pacalypse Now," a "gangster rap" album that sent him into the fast lane to stardom. In the same year Tupac tried his acting ability in the low budget movie film "Juice." Juice, his very first film, was about gangs, death and friendship. Shakur's solo debut year was a hit. He made waves throughout the music community and the black community. Soon after Shakur's quick leap into stardom his future was not looking as easy. Tupac was arrested when a fight resulted in the accidental passing - away of a six year old. Charges on him were later dismissed because they ...
