Tupac shakur
1971-1996
Tupac shakur was born in New York to Afeni Shakur at the New York University Hospital.
Afeni Shakur was doing time in Prison for Conspiring to a bombing plot to areas in NYC.
Tupac developed in Afeni's womb while in prison.
Tupac was brought into this world on June 16th 1971, He was a fighter.
In 1983 tupac was enrolled into a Theater group '127th Street Ensemble' at the age of 12.
Tupac made his first public performance in the play "A Raisin in the Sun".
In 1988 afeni moved to Baltimore, Maryland taking tupac with her. Tupac enrolled in to the park junior high school until 8th grade. He was then accepted into the Baltimore school of Arts ware his talent bloomed as a Rapper, Dancer, and an Actor.
Tupac was unable to finish his course as his mother had decided to move on to Marin city California, were 2pac moved out and started to live alone. Tupac later received his GED in later years.
In 1990 tupac joins a German rap group called’ Digital Underground' as a dancer. He is asked to go on tour with the group. After tupac comes back from the tour he makes his rap debut with "This is an EP Release" in the song "same song".
In 1991 tupac decides to release his first solo album "2pacalypse now", with the smash hit singles "Brenda’s got a baby" and "Trapped". The album drew Controversy in 1992 with the song "Trapped" which was suggested an inspiration to a cop-killing in Texas. The album hit Gold. Tupac also made his movie debut in the film "Juice", where 2pac played a young troubled black male called "Bishop", and received some recognition in the media for his role in the movie.
Tupac's next album "Strictly 4 my N.G.G.A.Z" was released in 1993 with the hit singles "I get around","papaz song" and a tribute to black women "Keep ya head up". He also starred in the film "Poetic Justice" with Janet Jackson.
In the Same year tupac was nominated for best new rap/hip hop artist.
In November ‘93’ two off duty cops were shot in Atlanta and Tupac was arrested as a suspect. The case was later dropped to insufficient evidence.
March 10, 1994: Tupac is sentenced to fifteen days in a Los Angeles jail for punching out director Allen Hughes. (Hughes and his brother, Albert, had dropped Tupac from Menace II Society.)
March 23, 1994, Tupac stars as Birdie, a troubled drug dealer, in Above the Rim. The soundtrack album, featuring the song "Pour out a little Liquor," recorded by Tupac's group, Thug Life, sells 2 million copies.
September 7, 1994: Two Milwaukee teens murder a police officer and cite Tupac's "Souljah's Story" as their inspiration.
November, 30 1994: While on trial for sex and weapons charges, Tupac is shot five times and robbed of $40,000 worth of jewelry in the lobby of a Times Square recording studio. Tupac checks himself out of the hospital less than three hours after surgery. The case remains unsolved.
December 1, 1994: Tupac is acquitted of sodomy and weapons charges but is found guilty of sexual abuse.
February 14, 1995: Tupac is sentenced to up to four and a half years in a maximum security prison, convicted of touching her bum. He immediately begins serving his time in New York's Rikers Island penitentiary.
April 1, 1995: While he's incarcerated, Tupac's third album, Me Against the World, debuts at no. 1 on Billboard's pop chart. Fueled by the single "Dear Mama," the album goes double platinum in 7 months.
April 1995: In a vibe interview from jail, Tupac renounces "Thug Life" persona and commits himself to positive works. He also implicates Biggie Smalls, Puffy Combs, Andre Harrell, and his close friend Stretch, and others in the recording studio ambush.
August 1995: Biggie, Puffy and Harrell tell Vibe, they had no connection to Tupac's shooting.
October 1995: Death Row Records CEO Suge Knight posts $1.4 million bond to release Tupac, who immediately flies to LA, signs with Death Row and begins recording “All Eyez on Me”.
1996
February 1996: In Vibe Tupac suggests he's been sleeping with Biggie's wife, Faith Evans. She denies the stories.
February 13, 1996: Tupac's Death Row Debut, All Eyez on Me, rap's first double CD, is released.
March 29, 1996: Words are exchanged and a gun is pulled when Death Row and Bad Boy employees face off after the Soul Train awards in Los Angeles.
April 25, 1996: All Eyez on Me goes quintuple platinum.
May 1996: Tupac and Snoop Doggy Dogg release "2 of Amerikaz most Wanted." In the video, caricatures of Biggie and Puffy and punished for setting up Tupac.
June 4, 1996: Death Tupac returns to New York for the MTV music awards and gets into a scuffle.
THE SHOOTING
September 7, 1996: After leaving the Mike Tyson-Bruce Seldon fight in Las Vegas in Suge Knight's car, Shakur is shot four times in the chest by an assailant in a white Cadillac. Knight, who has connections with the Bloods, escapes with a minor injury. Shakur is rushed to University Medical Center, where he undergoes surgery, including the removal of his right lung.
September 11, 1996: A Compton man who police say is associated with the LA Crips is shot to death while sitting in his car, the first in a series of gang releated murders. Police begin investigating possible connections to Tupac's shooting.
Sept. 7: Shakur shot in Las Vegas.
Sept. 13: Shakur pronounced dead at 4:03 p.m.
Tupac survived 6 days in intensive care unit ware he was critical.
Shakur's fourth solo album, "All Eyez on Me," debuts at No. 1 on Billboard's album chart, goes on to sell about 5 million copies. The song "How Do You Want It California Love" was a top 20 single on Billboard magazine's charts. Acted as a detective in Orion's urban crime thriller "Gang Related.
We will always remember Tupac shakur in our hearts and in his music. He lived a short life and produced all lot of great music. He produced so many songs in his short career that equals up to a life time of music for some other rappers in the hip-hop industry..
R.I.P
Tupac shakur 1971-1996
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