The Life of Tupac Shakur

The handsome Tupac Amaru Shakur was brought into this world on June 16,1971. Tupac Amaru meaning "shining serpent" and Shakur meaning "thankful to god" in the muslem language.

In 1983 two years after Tupac was born a man named "Legs" came to live with the Shakur family and introduced Tupacs mother, Afeni Shakur to crack. Tupacs mother enrolled Tupac in a harlem theatre group when he was twelve years old. Three years later the Shakur family moved to Baltimore and Tupac wrote his first piece of rap. Later that year Tupac enrolls himself in a school of arts, where he studied ballet and acting.

June 1988 Tupac and his family moved to Marine City, California. Shortly after Tupac moves next door with his neighbor and he starts selling drugs. Tupac quoted once in his life that "leaving that school affected me so much" he also said, " I see that this is the point where I got off track". That same year in August Tupacs' stepfather Mutulu Shakur is sentenced sixty years in prison for armored-car robbery that he committed in 1981. Two years late in 1990, Tupac joins Digital underground as a roadie, dancer and rapper. Shortly after he learns his mother is using crack. A year after on November 12, 1991 Tuac releases his first album called "2pacaclypse now".

Shortly after Tupac files a ten million-dollar lawsuit against the Oakland police for alleged brutality and an arrest for jaywalking. On January 17, 1992 Tupac makes his big screen debut " Juice". Tupac's step brother Maurice Harding is arrested but then released due to lack of evidence. A month later vice president Dan Quale says that "2pacaclypse now has no place in our society". On March 13, 1993 Tupac gets into a fight with a limo driver in Hollywood. The driver accused Tupac of using drugs in his limo. Tupac is shortly arrested but then shortly charges are dropped due to lack of evidence. A month later Tupac is arrested for ten days again for swinging baseball bat at a local rapper during the rappers performance. Three months later Tupac did a movie called "Poetic Justice" with Janet Jackson. Janet made Tupac take an HIV test before she would do any kissing scenes with him. Three more months over on Halloween Tupac is arrested for shooting two-off duty police officers, which he says were harassing two black-motorists. Later on charges are dropped. On November 18, 1993 a 19 year old woman that Tupac and his friends picked up four days earlier is sodomized and sexually abused by the rapper and his friends. Later on Tupac is dropped from the movie he was acting in, "Higher Learning".

March the next year Tupac is sentenced 15 days in jail because he punched out director, Allen Hughes. Later on Allen dropped him from the movie "Menace 11 Society". Thirteen days later Tupac stars as Birdie a troubled drug dealer in "Above The Rim". The soundtrack included Tupac's song "Pour Out A Little Liquor", later he sells two million copies. While Tupac is on trial for sex and weapons, Tupac is shot five times and robbed $40,000 worth of jewelry. February 14, 1995 Tupac is sentenced four and a half years in jail and serves time in Newyork's Rikers Island Penitentiary. Two months later Tupac's album, "Me Against The World" debut's while he's still in jail. The album went platinum in seven months. August 1995, Biggie, Puffy and Harrel tell VIBE magazines that they had nothing to do with Tupac's shooting. Two months later, Suge Knight posts $1.4million to release Tupac. Tupac immediately flies to L.A and starts recording "All Eyez On Me". February 13, 1996 Tupac admits he's been having an affair with Biggie's wife, faith Evans. Faith denies. Thirteen days later "All Eyez On Me" Raps first double CD is released. April 25, 1996 "All Eyez On Me" goes quintuple platinum. A month later Tupac and Snoop Doggy Dog release "2 of Americaz Most Wanted". In the video, Caricatures of Biggie and Puffy are punished for setting up Tupac. A month later Tupac Released "Hit em'up" against Biggie, Badboy records and Mobb Deep. September 7,1996 after leaving the Mike Tyson Vs Bruce Seldon fight in Las Vegas Tupac Shakur is shot four times in the chest by an assailant in a white caddilac, Tupac is rushed to the university medical center, where he undergoes surgery, including the removal of his right lung. September 11, 4days later a comptan man who police say is associated with the L.A crips is shot to death while sitting in his car, this was the first series of gang related murders. Police began investigating possible connections to Tupac's shooting. Friday September 13, 1996 Tupac Amaru Shakur is pronounced dead at 4:03 PM. His body is later cremated. Tupac was only 25 years of age. Two months later Makaveli, the album: The Don Killumanati, the 7day theory is released. February 28, 1997 Suge Knight is sentenced nine years in prison for his role in an attack on Orlando Anderson; this was the night of Tupac's shooting. March 19,1997 Biggie (Christopher Wallace) is murdered in a drive-by shooting in Los Angeles. October 8, 1997 Tupac's and James Belushi's gang related is released. Nine days later the soundtrack is released which includes four of Tupac's songs. "R U Still Down"(remember me) a double CD of previously unreleased tracks, comes out on Amaru Records, a label established by his mother, Afeni Shakur.

That is the story of Tupac Shakur's life. He was an entrepreneur because he brang out rap's first double CD and also entertained people with his music.

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The Life Of Tupac Shakur

1971-1997

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