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Early life
1971-1986: TUPAC AND AFENI LIVED IN NEW YORK CITY MOVING OFTEN BETWEEN THE BRONX AND HARLEM AND AT DIFFERANT TIMES RESIDING IN HOMELESS SHELTERS. -
Born
TUPAC SHAKUR IS BORN IN NEW YORK on JUNE 16, 1972: TO AFENI SHAKUR & BILLY GARLAND. AFENI SHAKUR, A MEMBER OF THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY, -
THEATRE GOUP
TWELVE YEAR OLD TUPAC SHAKUR JOINED A HARLEM THEATRE GROUP, THE 127TH ST. ESEMBLE. IN HIS FIRST PERFORMANCE, HE PLAYED TRAVIS IN LORAINE HANSBERRY'S PLAY "A RAISIN IN THE SUN". -
school for performing arts
Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation for the Arts1985: THE SHAKUR FAMILY MOVED TO BALTIMORE, MD, WHERE TUPAC ENROLLED IN THE BALTIMORE SCHOOL FOR PERFORMING ARTS. IT IS HERE WHERE TUPAC MET HIS LIFELONG FRIEND AND FELLOW STAR, JADA PINKETT. HE WROTE HIS FIRST RAP LYRICS AND PERFORMED UNDER THE NAME MC NEW YORK -
MOVED OUT
AUGUST 1988: TUPAC MOVED OUT OF HIS MOTHER'S HOME AND IS SOON SELLING DRUGS. -
PAC'S FATHER
SEPTEMBER 1988: TUPAC'S STEP FATHER, MUTULU SHAKUR IS SENTENCED TO 60 YEARS FOR HIS INVOLVEMENT IN A 1981 ARMED CAR ROBBERY. -
THE START
1989: TUPAC STARTS A SHORT LIVED RAP GROUP, STRICTLY DOPE, WITH HIS FRIENDS RAY LUV, MANAGED BY AGENT LEILA STEINBERG AND PRODUCED BY ATRON AREGORY OF TNT RECORDS. -
DIGITAL UNDERGROUND
EARLY 1990: TUPAC JOINS THE GROUP DIGITAL UNDERGROUND AS A DANCER AND RAPPER. -
EP RELEASSE
JANUARY 1991: TUPAC MAKES HIS RECORD DEBUT WITH DIGITAL UNDERGROUND'S "THIS IS AN EP RELEASSE". SONG ENTITLED "SAME SONG". -
2PACALYPSE
NOVEMBER 12, 1991: TUPAC'S FIRST SOLO ALBUM ENTITLED "2PACALYPSE NOW", IS RELEASED AND GOES GOLD LAUNCHING HIS RECORDING CAREER. -
BIG SCEEN DEBUT
JANUARY 17, 1992: TUPAC MAKES HIS BIG SCREEN DEBUT IN THE EARNEST DICKERSON FILM "JUICE" EARNING HIM PRAISE FOR HIS POTRAYAL OF THE CHARACTER BISHOP. -
STRICTLY 4 MY N****Z
FEBRUARY 1993: TUPAC RELEASED HIS SECOND SOLO ALBUM ENTITLED, "STRICTLY 4 MY N.....Z...", WHICH EVENTUALLY WENT PLATINUM SUPRISING THE SALES OF HIS FIRST ALBUM. -
ARRESTED
APRIL 1993: TUPAC WAS AGAIN ARRESTED. THIS TIME FOR TAKING A SWING WITH A BASEBALL BAT AT A LOCAL RAPPER DURING A CONCERT. HE WAS SENTENCED TO SERVE 10 DAYS IN PRICON. -
ARRESTED 2
OCTOBER 13, 1993: TUPAC IS ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY SHOOTING AT 2 OFF-DUTY ATLANTA POLICE OFFICERS WHO WERE ALLEGEDLY HARRASING BLACK MOTORISTS. THE CHARGES WERE DROPPED. -
MURDER
SEPTEMBER 17, 1994: TWO MILWAUKEE TEENS MURDER A POLICE OFFICER AND CITE TUPAC'S SONG ENTITLED, "SOULJAH'S STORY", AS THEIR INSPIRATION. -
TRIAL BEGINS
NOVEMBER 1994: TUPAC'S SEXUAL ASSAULT TRIAL BEGINS. -
SHOT AND ROBBED
NOVEMBER 30, 1994: ENTERING THE LOBBY OF GUAD RECORDING STUDIOS IN TIMES SQUARE, NEW YORK CITY, TUPAC IS SHOT 5 TIMES AND ROBBED OF JEWELS AND CASH ESTIMATED TO BE WORTH OVER $50 000. -
ME AGAINST THE WORLD
APRIL 1, 1995: TUPAC'S 3RD ALBUM, "ME AGAINST THE WORLD", DEBUT IS AT NO.1 ON THE BILLBOARD POP CHART FUELED BY HIS SINGLE, "DEAR MAMA". THE ALBUM GOES DOUBLE PLATINUM IN 7 MONTHS. -
MARRIES LONG TIME GIRLFRIEND
MAY 1995: TUPAC MARRIES LONGTIME GIRLFRIEND KEISHA MORRIS. -
DEATH ROW
OCTOBER 1995: DEATH ROW RECORDS CEO MARION "SUGE" KNIGHT POSSES $1.4 MILLION BAIL TO GET TUPAC OUT OF JAIL. TUPAC IMMEDIATELY FLIES TO L.A. TO SIGN A CONTRACT WITH DEATH ROW AND BEGINS WORK ON HIS 4TH ALBUM ENTITLED,"ALL EYEZ ON ME". -
ALL EYEZ ON ME
FEBRUARY 13, 1996: TUPAC'S DEATH ROW DEBUT, "ALL EYEZ ON ME", BECOMES RAPS FIRST DOUBLE CD TO BE RELEASED. -
PAC AND KNIGHT
TUPAC AND HIS ASSOCIATES ARE LATER INVOLVED IN A PHYSICAL ALTERCATION WITH A MAN NEAR THE HOTEL'S GRAND GARDEN. AFTERWARDS, KNIGHT WAS STOPPED BY POLICE FOR PLAYING HIS CAR STEREO TOO LOUDLY AND FOR NOT HAVING LICENCE PLATES ON HIS RENTED VEHICLE. HE WASN'T CITED AND WAS RELEASED A FEW MINUTES LATER. WITHIN A FEW MINUTES TUPAC IS STANDING THROUGH THE ROOF OF THE RENTED BMW 730 SEDAN TRAVELLING EAST BOUND ON FLEMINGO ROAD WHEN HE IS SHOT 4 TIMES IN THE CHEST AND KNIGHT'S HEAD IS GRAZED -
