<P> In 1988, Shakur and his family moved from Baltimore to Marin City, California, a small unincorporated suburban community located 5 miles (8 km) north of San Francisco . He attended Tamalpais High School in nearby Mill Valley . Shakur contributed to the school's drama department by performing in several productions . In an English class, Shakur wrote a paper, "Conquering All Obstacles," in which he said: </P> <P> "our raps, not the sorry story raps everyone is so tired of . They are about what happens in the real world . Our goal is (to) have people relate to our raps, making it easier to see what really is happening out there . Even more important, what we may do to better our world ." </P> <P> He began attending the poetry classes of Leila Steinberg in 1989 . That same year, Steinberg organized a concert with Shakur's group, "Strictly Dope"; the concert led to his being signed with Atron Gregory . He set him up as a roadie and backup dancer with the hip hop group Digital Underground in 1990 . </P> <P> Before using his first name as his rap name, Shakur went by the alias MC New York when starting his career in Baltimore . Although Shakur began recording in 1987, his professional entertainment career did not take off until the early 1990s when he debuted in Digital Underground's "Same Song" from the soundtrack to the 1991 film Nothing but Trouble, and also appeared with the group in the film . The song was later released as the lead song of the Digital Underground extended play (EP) This Is an EP Release, the follow - up to their debut hit album Sex Packets . Shakur appeared in the accompanying music video . After his rap debut, he performed with Digital Underground again on the album Sons of the P. Shakur went on to feature Shock G and Money - B from Digital Underground in his track "I Get Around", which ranked #11 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 . </P>

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