Perhaps no face in hip-hop is more well-known than late rap icon Tupac Amaru Shakur, but there is an interesting piece of history behind his name that is even lesser known. Tupac was named after the Peruvian revolutionary Tupac Amaru II. This Tupac actually took his name from Tupac Amaru, an Inca chief who was executed in his conflict with the Spanish. Tupac Amaru II would ultimately also suffer the same fate for leading a massive revolt in Peru.
Tupac Amaru’s uprising in Peru would later inspire Tupac Katari to start his own revolt on Bolivia. Thus the name Tupac is one that carries with it a strong sense of rebel and revolution in Latin America. So when Tupac said in “Revolution” that he “was born as a rebel” he was most likely talking about the fact that his family was deeply involved in organizations such as the Black Panther Party and Black Liberation Army, but his very name is a symbol of rebellion and resistance against injustice.
Dwayne Wong (Omowale), author of “Flowing Down the Nile” and “The History and Struggle Behind the Music of Bob Marley and the Rastafarian Movement”
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