Editing Tupac Shakur (section)

=== MC New York ===
Shakur began recording under the stage name MC New York in 1988.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Chung|first=James|date=February 25, 2020|title=These Were Tupac's Startling Last Words|url=https://www.spin.com/photos/these-were-tupacs-startling-last-words/|access-date=January 30, 2022|website=SPIN|language=en-US}}</ref> That year, he began attending the poetry classes of [[Leila Steinberg]], and she soon became his manager.<ref>{{cite web|title=Leila Steinberg|url=http://www.hearteducation.org/leila.html |publisher=Assemblies in Motion |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080213024039/http://www.hearteducation.org/leila.html|archive-date=February 13, 2008 |access-date=January 25, 2009}}</ref><ref name="Brown-2016" /> Steinberg organized a concert for Shakur and his rap group Strictly Dope. Steinberg managed to get Shakur signed by Atron Gregory, manager of the rap group [[Digital Underground]].<ref name="Brown-2016" /> In 1990, Gregory placed him with the Underground as a [[roadie]] and [[backup dancer]].<ref name="Brown-2016" /><ref>{{cite book|last1=Sandy|first1=Candace|title=How Long Will They Mourn Me?: The Life and Legacy of Tupac Shakur|last2=Daniels|first2=Dawn Marie|date=December 8, 2010|publisher=[[Random House Publishing Group]]|isbn=9780307757449|page=15}}</ref>