We're not questioning if Tupac got busy. That's another story
Did he or did he not begin claiming Piru as a mid 20s celebrity?
That is irrelevant. You're trying to draw similarties when there isn't any.
Without gangs Chris Brown would not be doing any of the stupid shyt he is. He doesn't come from that back ground. He could completely ignore the existence of gangs his entire life, and he'd be none the wiser.
Pac was wild before the gangs so joining one or not isn't the issue. People make it seem like Pac was on the path to be a librarian or some shyt if big ol bad Suge Knight and those scary Bloods didn't "corrupt" him. Dude was on a bad path years before that.
That's the issue. Not a gang. Minus the gang, it's possible he might've straightened out, it's possible he would've went down the same path. The same cannot be said about Chris Brown.
Fred.