15 little known facts about Tupac Shakur (With Pictures)

14. Tupac Was Pro Gun Control 

A sad fact about the rapper is that Tupac was not the first person he knew to have been shot. According to a piece written by Jon Pareles of the NY Times, Tupac wrote his first rap about gun control. He was inspired to do so after a friend was shot. Tupac would, as time went on, write lyrics about violence. He received criticism from groups that wanted such songs to be banned from radio stations and from television programs aired on channels such as MTV. Before any of that, though, Tupac penned lyrics about gun control. Some of those lines would still be appropriate in 2015.