Kentucky Gov. Beshear apologized to a man named Tupac Shakur after he accused him of using a fake name to file for unemployment

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• Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear apologized to local a man named Tupac Shakur after he accused him of using a fake name to file for unemployment. 
• Tupac Shakur, 46, lives in Lexington and was laid off from his job as a cook at a local restaurant that closed due to COVID-19. He filed for unemployment last month.
• According to the Lexington Herald-Leader, Beshear called Shakur to personally apologize on Tuesday morning. 
• The Labor Department reported that 4.4 million Americans filed for unemployment insurance last week, bringing the five-week total to about 26.5 million.
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Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear apologized to local a man named Tupac Shakur after he accused him of using a fake name to file for unemployment.

Beshear called out Shakur during a press briefing on Monday, criticizing people who were apparently using fake names to reap state benefits.

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