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TUPAC AMARU SHAKUR

Tupac Amaru comes from the Incas meaning "shining serpent" and Shakur is Arabic meaning "thankful to God."

"It's going to happen. All the niggas who change the world die in violence. They don't get to die like regular ways. Motherfuckers come take their lives..."

-Tupac Shakur ("Interview in The Observer, July 1996")

BORN - 6-16-71

DIED - 9-13-96

R.I.P. TUPAC

Timeline of event’s leading up to the death of Tupac

8:00 p.m. Tupac Shakur attends the Mike Tyson vs Bruce Seldon fight which was staged at the MGM Grand Hotel.

8:30 p.m. After 109 seconds in the ring, Mike Tyson is declared the winner. Shakur leaves the fight to go to a charity concert. On the way out of the hotel, Shakur and his bodyguards are involved in a physical altercation with another man. Police do not believe this man was in any way connected to the later shooting of Shakur.

11:15 p.m. Shakur and Marion "Suge" Knight are shot. Shakur had been standing up through the open sun roof of a 1996 BMW 750 sedan that was eastbound on Flamingo Road. Shakur is shot four times in the chest. Shrapnel grazed Knight's head. A total of 13 shots were fired at the car Shakur was in. After the shooting, Shakur's car made a U turn and head West on Flamingo. Police reached the car on the Strip where it was caught in traffic. An ambulance then picked up Shakur and Knight transporting them to University Medical Center, where Shakur underwent the first of three operations.

Sunday, Sept. 8

11 a.m. Knight is released from the University Medical Center.

6:20 p.m. Shakur undergoes a second operation at UMC in an attempt to repair damage from the bullet wounds.

Monday, Sept. 9

8 p.m. Metro Police and about 20 friends of Shakur are in an altercation over what police call a "misunderstanding." Tensions are calmed with help from a female friend of Shakur's and four men originally handcuffed during the scuffle are released. No one was arrested. Police have been patrolling outside the hospital out of concern for retaliation after the shooting.

Wednesday, Sept. 11

6 p.m. Knight, accompanied by his attorneys speaks to METRO Police for about an hour.

Friday, Sept. 13

4:03 p.m. Tupac Shakur passes away due to his injuries.

The hype and grief surrounding his death has not ceased. There are many of you who actually believe Tupac to be alive, but I am not one of you. I believe Tupac has moved on In life, and that he wants us to realise and accept that.