Tupac Shakur Timeline

• 1971:Tupac Amaru Shakur is born in NYC to Afeni Shakur, a member of the Black Panther Party who was pregnant with him while in jail on bombing charges. Tupac Amaru comes from the Incas meaning ,shining serpent, and Shakur is Arabic meaning, thankful to God.
• 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.
• 1988:June: Tupac's family moves to Marin City, CA. Shortly after, Tupac moves in with a neighbor and starts selling drugs.
• 1988:August: Mutulu Shakur, Tupac's stepfather, is sentenced to 60 years in prison for his involvement in a 1981 armored-car robbery.
• 1990:Tupac joins Digital Underground as a roadie/dancer/rapper.
• 1991:Shakur achieves individual recognition with the album 2Pacalypse Now, which spawned the successful singles Trapped and Brenda's Got A Baby.
• 1991:As a member of the Grammy-nominated group Digital Underground he appeared on the track Same Song from
• 1992:Shakur appeared in the Ernest Dickerson film , where he plays Bishop where he plays a hardcore thug nigga.
• 1993:Appeared in John Singleton's release Poetic Justice, where he plays Lucky, an aspiring musician.
• 1994:Release Of Thug Life:Volume 1
• 1994:Appeared In Above The Rim, Where He plays The role of birdie as an neighborhood drug dealer.
• 1994:November: Shakur's New York sex assault trial opens.
• 1994:November: Shakur is shot during apparent robbery attempt outside a music studio in New York.
• 1994: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.
• 1995:Release of Me Against The World, 2pac's 3rd solo album, debuting at No. 1.
• 1995:February: Sentenced in New York to 4 1/2 years in prison for sex abuse.
• 1995:May: Shakur married longtime girlfriend, Keisha Morris.
• 1995:October: After nearly eight months in prison, Shakur is released on bail while he appeals.
• 1996:Shakur's fourth solo album, All Eyez On Me.
• 1996:Acted as a detective in Orion's urban crime thriller Gang Related, where he plays Detective Rodriguez , and curropt cop .
• 1996:Sept. 7: Shakur shot in Las Vegas.
• 1996:Sept. 13: Shakur pronounced dead at 4:03 p.m.

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