Elliot Lawry

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4,175 appearances 45 recordings 1 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 9 Sep

Elliot Lawry’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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The Daily Aus · Who killed Tupac? The trial begins · 12 Aug 2026 podcast

He grew up in New York and California, so he spent time in both. voice-verified

And an interesting fact that I found when I was researching this is his birth name was Lasse Parish Crooks, and he was surnamed after his mother's then girlfriend. voice-verified

Yep, fun facts. voice-verified

And he was later rechristened as Tupac Shacor, uh, by his mother, which was actually in honor of Tupac Amaru the Second, who is a descendant of the last Inca ruler, and he was actually executed in Peru in the seventeen hundreds after a revolt against the Spanish rule. voice-verified

Yeah, so it sounds crazy, but it's actually because his mother was really involved in the Black Panthers movement. voice-verified

She was very much an activist and she really wanted to give him this name that reflected rebellion. voice-verified

Yeah, he actually had a song called Dear Mama that was kind of received as a turning point where he showed a little bit of softness. voice-verified

So people might recognize him from albums like All Eyes on Me and Me Against the World. voice-verified

That music did address things like social injustice and especially the marginalization of black people in America. voice-verified

As you mentioned, it did dip into very violent lyrics at some points in time. voice-verified

Now he also had another life as an actor. voice-verified

Yeah. voice-verified

And his most famous role was in the film Poetic Justice, where he was performing across from Janet Jackson. voice-verified

Yeah, iconic. voice-verified

Now, in 1994, Tupac was convicted in a sexual assault case, and he spent nine months in prison until he was bailed out on appeal. voice-verified

Okay. voice-verified

Now, important to note when he died, he was still technically convicted on appeal. voice-verified

So we never got to the end of what happened with that case. voice-verified

Right. voice-verified

And all of this to say is he had a very short time in the limelight. voice-verified

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