Fact check: Tupac Shakur attended Baltimore School for the Arts as a teenager, where he trained in ballet, acting, poetry, and Shak…

Verdict: mostly true — Trust Score 69/100

The Instagram post shares several interesting facts about rappers. It is confirmed by 7 sources that Tupac Shakur attended Baltimore School for the Arts, where he studied ballet, acting, poetry, and Shakespeare, and performed in productions like The Nutcracker. Juice WRLD did freestyle for over an hour on a podcast in 2018. Jay-Z, The Notorious B.I.G., and Busta Rhymes all attended George Westinghouse Career and Technical Education High School, though DMX's attendance at the same school is not consistently reported. Mac Miller and Donald Trump had a well-documented beef, including tweets from Trump. However, the claim about Kanye West paying $4,000 for curry delivery in 2007 was denied by his publicist.

mostly true verification card — Trust Score 69/100
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instagram
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Original post
https://www.instagram.com/p/Dbiz-ljFtmb/?igsh=MWR6M25uc2V3Zzc0NA==
Verified on
August 3, 2026
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Original content reviewed

Platform: INSTAGRAM Author: @explaining --- Caption/Description --- Before becoming two of music’s biggest icons, both Tupac Shakur and Kanye West had surprisingly unconventional stories 🤯 As a teenager, Tupac attended Baltimore School for the Arts, where he trained in ballet, acting, poetry, and Shakespeare. He performed in productions like The Nutcracker, and that artistic foundation would later shape the emotion, storytelling, and stage presence that made him one of hip-hop’s greatest performers. Kanye West’s story is equally unusual. During a 2007 trip to the UK, he became obsessed with a chicken curry from a restaurant in Cardiff, Wales. After returning to New York, he reportedly paid around $4,000 to have the meal flown across the Atlantic just to satisfy the craving, making it one of the most infamous celebrity food deliveries ever. --- Carousel/Slides (7 items) --- Slide 1 (image): Text: E TRUE FACTS ABOUT RAPPERS THAT SOUND TOTALLY FAKE Slide 2 (image): Text: AS A TEENAGER, TUPAC WAS AN INCREDIBLE BALLET DANCER E Explaining @explaining SOURCE PLATFORM: unclear Slide 3 (image): Text: AS ONE OF THE GREATEST FREESTYLE ARTISTS EVER, JUICE WRLD SAT ON A PODCAST AND FREESTYLED FOR AN ENTIRE HOUR STRAIGHT IN 2018 E explaining @explaining CAPITAL XTRA SOURCE PLATFORM: unclear Slide 4 (image): Text: JAY Z, THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G., BUSTA RHYMES AND DMX WENT TO THE SAME HIGH SCHOOL explaining @explaining SOURCE PLATFORM: unclear Slide 5 (image): Text: Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump Little @MacMiller—I have more hair than you do and there's a slight age difference. Expand Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump See ungrateful Little @MacMiller's statement to me a year ago—youtu.be/-4imKIOVOQ8?t=... - he was kissing my ass! View media Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump Little @MacMiller, I'm now going to teach you a big boy lesson about lawsuits and finance. You ungrateful dog! Expand Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump Little @MacMiller, I want the money not

Claims analyzed (6)

  1. verified: Tupac Shakur attended Baltimore School for the Arts as a teenager, where he trained in ballet, acting, poetry, and Shakespeare.
    Multiple sources confirm that Tupac Shakur attended the Baltimore School for the Arts from 1986-1988, where he studied acting, poetry, jazz, and ballet. He also studied Shakespeare during his time there.
  2. verified: Tupac Shakur performed in productions like The Nutcracker.
    Sources confirm that Tupac Shakur played the role of the Mouse King in a school production of The Nutcracker while attending the Baltimore School for the Arts.
  3. verified: Juice WRLD freestyled for an entire hour straight on a podcast in 2018.
    Multiple sources confirm that Juice WRLD freestyled for over an hour on Tim Westwood TV in 2018. This session is widely recognized as one of his longest and most famous freestyles.
  4. mostly true: Jay-Z, The Notorious B.I.G., Busta Rhymes, and DMX all attended the same high school.
    Jay-Z, The Notorious B.I.G., and Busta Rhymes all attended George Westinghouse Career and Technical Education High School in Brooklyn, NY. While DMX is often mentioned in conjunction with them, sources are less consistent about him attending the *same* high school as the other three. Some sources state he attended a different high school.
  5. verified: Mac Miller had a longtime beef with Donald Trump before his death, which included Trump posting multiple tweets about Miller.
    Sources confirm a public feud between Mac Miller and Donald Trump, which began after Miller released a song titled 'Donald Trump' in 2011. Initially, Trump praised the song, but later, in 2013, he posted a series of tweets threatening legal action and insulting Miller. The beef continued with Miller expressing strong negative opinions about Trump.
  6. misleading: In 2007, Kanye West paid $4,000 to have chicken curry delivered from a restaurant in Cardiff, Wales, to New York City.
    While a British Raj restaurant in Wales did prepare a £2,000 (approximately $3,900 at the time) curry meal for delivery to New York in 2007, and it was requested by a music promotion company for Kanye West and his guests, Kanye West's publicist explicitly denied that West ordered the food or was planning to be in New York at the time.

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