WJZ<\/a>) \u2014 Hip-hop legend Tupac Shakur, who lived in Baltimore during his teenage years, had a street named after him on Friday, nearly 30 years after his death.<\/p>\nTupac was born in New York City, but in 1984, he moved to Baltimore, where he attended Roland Park Middle School, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, and the Baltimore School for the Arts.<\/p>\n
Now, a portion of Baltimore\u2019s Greenmount Avenue has been named \u201cTupac Shakur Way,\u201d where Tupac\u2019s childhood home is located.<\/p>\n
The Tupac Shakur street rededication event included rap and spoken-word performances, a special appearance by the Baltimore Oriole, and the unveiling of the Tupac Shakur street sign and peace pole.<\/p>\n
Tupac\u2019s sister, Sekyiwa \u201cSet\u201d Shakur, attended the ceremony, saying she hopes these symbols will have a positive impact on the city.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m begging the community to allow this park to be a place of safety and refuge,\u201d she said. \u201cWhen children are in pain, or in need, or running from danger, any adult that\u2019s around should offer protection.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mayor Brandon Scott said Baltimore was where Tupac \u201creally became a rapper,\u201d citing his early work that was written at Mullan Park, winning his first rap contest at Enoch Pratt Free Library, and performing his first concert at the Cherry Hill Recreation Center.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have to continue to live and walk in the honor and legacy of Tupac Shakur, not just because he\u2019s a Baltimorean, but most importantly because he was a man who lifted up and fought for his people and wanted us to be better for each other,\u201d Scott said.<\/p>\n
The Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation plants peace poles in cities across the country, with an effort to create safe spaces for communities.<\/p>\n
On Friday, the Baltimore Orioles gave away Tupac Shakur bobbleheads to fans attending the game, and his sister threw out the ceremonial first pitch.<\/p>\n
Tupac\u2019s resume
Starting in 1984, Tupac lived in a rowhome in the 3900 block of Greenmount Avenue with his mother and sister.<\/p>\n
He transferred to the Baltimore School for the Arts, where he studied acting, poetry, jazz, and ballet, and befriended actress Jada Pinkett Smith.<\/p>\n
Tupac was shot and killed in September 1996 in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was known for his rapping and acting.<\/p>\n
\u201cI will never forget the call I got when Pac got to be with the ancestors. My cousin rang my phone off the hook,\u201d said Mayor Scott, who was in seventh at Roland Park Middle School. \u201cIt felt like a gut-punch. We cried in school for days. What we felt was that our voice, the voice of young, Black America, had just been snuffed out like that. Then we had to remember his words, and it\u2019s my favorite quote from Pac, \u2018I\u2019m not saying I\u2019m gonna change the world, but I guarantee that I will spark the brain that will change the world.\u201d<\/p>\n
Some of his top songs include, \u201cChanges,\u201d \u201cCalifornia Love,\u201d \u201cDear Mama,\u201d \u201cHit \u2018Em Up,\u201d \u201cHail Mary,\u201d \u201cKeep Ya Head Up,\u201d and \u201cAmbitionz Az a Ridah,\u201d and others.<\/p>\n
He also acted in movies, \u201cPoetic Justice,\u201d \u201cAbove The Rim,\u201d \u201cJuice,\u201d Bullet,\u201d and \u201cGridlock\u2019d.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hip-hop legend Tupac Shakur, who lived in Baltimore during his teenage years, had a street named after him…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":639136,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[88,216],"class_list":["post-639135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=639135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639135\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/639136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=639135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=639135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=639135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}