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Not only did he have a career in music, Shakur was also an actor, starring in six films and one TV show in the 1990s, including Poetic Justice (1993), Gang Related (1997) and Gridlock’d (1997). Towards the end of his career, Shakur was a vocal member during the East Coast-West Coast hip hop battle, becoming caught up in problems with other rappers, producers, and record-label staff members, especially The Notorious B.I.G. Several people in his family including his parents were affiliated with the Black Panther Party, whose values were imitated in his songs. Nearly all the messages in Tupac songs focused on the brutality and poverty in the inner cities, racisms, and other social issues. Shakur sold over 75 million records worldwide, shaping him to be one of the best-selling music artists of all time. In 1991 he signed with Interscope records and a year later he delivered his first album 2Pacalypse Now, which instantly categorized him into “gangster” rap fame. Throughout this time, Tupac consumed most of his time formulating his own poetry and lyrics to initiate his own career. Tupac’s initial breakthrough came when he connected with the group Digital Underground as a performer. He was incarcerated eight times before hitting the age of twenty. The nonstop moving leads Tupac to his new colony of people by joining gangs, and his prolonged rap sheet was developed prior to his productive appearance in music and film. He was initially from Brooklyn, New York, but, while growing up he moved from Harlem to Baltimore, to Oakland. Tupac was brought to life on June 16, 1971, Tupac Amaru Shakur.