Demetrius Shipp Jr.

Demetrius Shipp Jr born November 20 1988 is an American actor He portrayed rapper and actor Tupac Shakur in the 2017 biopic All Eyez on Me as well as gang leader Tyrone Moore in All American Shipp was cast in the role of Tupac in 2011 after a friend suggested he audition given his strong resemblance to the legendary hiphop artist Shipp remarked in an interview that he never aspired to act Principal photography did not begin until 2015 and the film was released in June 2017 Shipps father worked with Tupac Shakur on the 1996 album which leads many speculators to believe Tupac is his actual father The Don Killuminati The 7 Day Theory on the song Toss It Up Shipp worked at Target and Dish Network prior to his acting career Description above from the Wikipedia article about Demetrius Shipp Jr licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia