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Tupac attends the Baltimore School of the Arts
Here is where he beings his rapping career through poetry. This is big because the Baltimore School of the Arts is a good, notorious school. -
Joins Digital Underground
After living in Baltimore, Tupac and his family are moved to California where Pac really gets his career started as a dancer/rapper for Digital Underground. This is also a big deal because Pac is from New York, and is signing with a West Coast label. -
2Pacalypse
Tupac recieves special recognition for his album 2Pacalypse now, and Digital Underground is nominated for a grammy. -
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Juice, Above The Rim, Poetic Justice
Tupac starred in three different films between 1992 & 1994, which got him attention from going to the booth rapping to the screen acting. -
5 Shots
Tupac is shot outside of a studio in New York, and acuses Christopher Wallace AKA Biggie Smalls of being in on it. This starts a war, -
Trial
Trial begins for Tupac, who was facing assault charges. This was huge because due to the media's role in following the trial, Pac had endless interviews and statements taken. -
Hit Em Up
Tupac releases what is known today as one of the most notorious and best diss songs in history, Hit Em Up. Tupac was dissing Bad Boy Records, and even Faith Evans who was Biggie Smalls' wife at the time. This was very risky. -
Death Row Records
Tupac is bailed out of jail after serving 8 months of a 4 1/2 year sentence by Suge Knight CEO of Death Row Records. Pac then takes the West/East Coast beef to a new level. -
Shot in Las Vegas
After leaving Tyson's fight in Las Vegas, Tupac and Suge were stopped at a redlight when a white cadillac pulled up next to them and begin firing shots into the car. Tupac was hit multiple times and was taken to the hospital right away, where he underwent multiple surgeries, even having a lung removed before being pronounced dead at 4:03 on September 13, 1996. -
After "Death" Releases & Attention
While "alive", Pac produced 5 solid albums. Since his pronounced "death", there were 15 other albums released. This is huge because releasing triple the amount of albums he produced while alive, his name was still headlining and making money.
