TUPAC THE LEGEND



History of Tupac Shakur:
In 1971 Tupac Amaru Shakur was born in NYC to Afeni Shakur, a member of the Black Panther Party who was pregnant with him while in jail on bombing charges. In 1986 Shakur's family moves to Baltimore where Tupac enrolled in the Baltimore School for the Arts. Here Tupac writes his first rap under the name MC New York. On June 1988 Tupac's family moves to Marin City, CA. Shortly after, Tupac moves in with a neighbor and starts selling drugs.August: Mutulu Shakur,Tupac's Stepfather, is sentenced to 60 years in prison for his involvement in a 1981 Armored-car robbery. In 1990 Tupac joined Digital Underground as a roadie/dancer/rapper. In 1991 Shakur achieves individual recognition with thealbum "2Pacalypse Now," which spawned the successful singles "Trapped" and "Brenda's Got A Baby." As a member of the Grammy-nominated group Digital Underground he appeared On the track "Same Song" from "This is an EP Release" and on the album "Sons Of The P." In 1992 Shakur appeared in the Ernest Dickerson film "Juice." In 1993 he appeared in John Singleton's release "Poetic Justice" with Janet Jackson. In 1994 the release of "Thug Life." Appeared in "Above The Rim". In November: Shakur's New York sex assault trial opens. Shakur is shot during apparent robbery attempt outside a music studio in New York. December: One day after being shot, Shakur is convicted of Sexually abusing a woman he had invited to his hotel room. He is acquitted of sodomy and weapons charges. In 1995 the release of "Me Against The World," a multi-million-selling album. February: Sentenced in New York to 4 1/2 years in prison for sex abuse. October: After nearly eight months in prison, Shakur is released on bail while he appeals. In 1996 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." May: Shakur married longtime girlfriend, Keisha Morris. Sept. 7: Shakur shot in Las Vegas.

THE DEATH OF TUPAC:
Monday, September 9, 1996 Rapper Tupac Shakur Shot Tupac Shakur remains in critical condition after he was shot in the chest Saturday near the Las Vegas strip. The twenty-five-year-old Shakur was riding in the passenger seat of a black BMW driven by Death Row Records founder Marion "Suge" Knight when four men in a white Cadillac, who riddled the car with bullets, ambushed the two. Shakur was hit three times in the chest and rushed to the University Medical Center, where he underwent emergency surgery Saturday night and again on Sunday night. Doctors were forced to remove the rapper's right lung, but he is expected to survive.Knight suffered a minor head wound and was treated and released. No arrests have been made. This is not the first time Shakur has been the victim of a shooting: in November of 1994, he was shot five times and robbed of about $40,000 worth of jewelry in the lobby of a Manhattan recording studio. Shakur's latest album, All Eyez on Me, has been a multimillion seller and his new film, Gridlock'd, about two junkies implicated in the death of a dealer, finished filming in June. Sept. 13: Shakur pronounced dead at 4:03

We will always remember the late, great Tupac Shakur!!!

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