Kastro

KastroReal Name: Katari Cox Kastro, Tupac's cousin, first featured on the track 'When We Ride' from the All Eyez On Me release. He is a good friend of Napoleons. Classic Line: "I was born in the city that never sleeps Schooled by the realest of the real niggaz that ever breathed." Taken from the song 'U Can Be Touched'.


Fidel Castro [1926-] Cuban revolutionary and political leader, Premier (1959-76) and President (1976-) of Cuba. He opposed the Batista dictatorship and unsuccessfully attacked an army post on July 26, 1953. After being imprisoned and released (1955), he went to Mexico, where he organized the 26th of July revolutionary movement. He invaded (1956) SE Cuba, with his brother Raúl, Che Guevara and nine other rebels,they hid out in the Sierra Maestra Mountains, from where they attracted supporters and fought a guerrilla campaign that toppled (1959) Batista. Castro became Premier and established a totalitarian government that benefited the working class at the expense of the middle class. He supported revolutionary movements in other Latin American countries and in Africa and became a symbol of revolution in Latin America. In 1976, under a new constitution, he became President.