Hip-hop's greatest gift and greatest burden is its legacy of urban mythology. It will be remembered as this bittersweet moment when young black men captivated America's ears and defined themselves on their own terms. In doing so, they raised a defiant middle finger to a history that shamed them with slavery, falsely portrayed them as scum and criminals, and co-opted the best of their culture.Family HistoryTupac Amaru Shakur was born on June 16, 1971 in East Harlem, Manhattan New York. He was the son of Alice Faye Williams, born January 10, 1947 in Lumberton, North Carolina. Rosa Belle Williams and Walter Williams. Tupac Shakur's great-grandfather was a poor white man from Lumberton named Powell who married Millie Ann Afeni's grandmother and Tupac Shakur's great-grandmother. Millie Ann was a black woman. Powell was disowned by her family, tied to a wagon and dragged around town. Rosa Belle Williams and Walter had two children, their firstborn was Gloria Williams' aunt Tupac Shakur and Alice Faye Williams, named after the actress Alice Faye. Wa, Alice's father...