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WELCOME TO...
June
16th 1971 - Tupac Amaru Shakur is born to Afeni Shakur and Billy
Garland in NYC.
1971 to 1985 - Lived in NYC- Bronx and Harlem
September 1983 - Afeni enrolled Tupac in The 127th Street
Ensemble - a theater group, he performed in his 1st production at
The Apollo Theater in Raisin in the Sun.
1985 - Afeni moved her family to Baltimore, Maryland. Tupac
went to Rolling Park Junior High and enrolled in the Baltimore
School of the Performing Arts
1988 - Afeni moved her family to Marin City, California.
Tupac moves out to live on his own.
1989 - Tupac and friend , Ray Luv, start a group known as
Strictly Dope. Tupac becomes the chairman of the organization New
African Panthers.
1990 - Tupac takes the opportunity to tour with Digital
Underground. Tupac makes hi rap debut with "This is an EP
Realease" in the song "Same Song"
November 12, 1991 - 2Pacalypse Now", Tupacs 1st solo
album is released and goes GOLD.
January 17, 1992 - Tupac plays a role in the film
"Juice".
April 1992 - There is a claim toward Tupac for the shooting
of a Texas trooper. 19 year old, Ronald Howard, had Tupac's album
"2Pacalypse Now" in his tape deck.
August 22, 1992 - Tupac and --------- have a shoot out and
the 6 year old dies.
Febuary 1993 - "Strictly for my N.I.G.G.A.Z" is
released, 2nd album which hits platinum….
July 23, 1993 - Tupac stars in the film "Poetic
Justice".
November 18, 1993 - Tupac is accused of sexual assault by a
19 year old.
March 23, 1994 - Tupac appears in the film "Above the
Rim", with his group's track "Pour Out a Little
Liquor".-2 million copies sold.
September 7, 1994 - There is a claim toward Tupac's song
"Souljah's Story" by 2 teens who murder a police officer.
The teens say Tupac's song was their inspiration.
November 1994 - Sexual assault trial begins….
November 31, 1994 - Tupac is found guilty of sexual assault,
but is acquitted of sodomy and weapon charges. Tupac is sentenced to
eighteen-month to four and one-half years.
Febuary 14, 1995 - Tupac begins his sentence in the New
York's Rickers Island penitentiary.
April 1, 1995 - "Me Against the World" Tupac's 3rd
album goes double platinum in almost 7 months.
May 1995 - Tupac marries Keisha Morris.
October 1995 - Tupac is relased from Jail by "Suge"
Knight (CEO of Death Row Records) who pays $1.4 million. Tupac signs
a record contract with Death Row, in LA
April 25, 1996 - "All Eyes on Me" goes quintuple
platinum.
May 1996 - "2 of Americaz Most Wanted" video is
relased staring Tupac and Snoop Doggie Dogg
Sept. 4, 1996 - Tupac returns to NY for the MTV Music Video
Awards Show and gets into a fight……
Sept. 7, 1996 - Tupac is shot 4 times, 2 shots being fatal.
Sept. 13, 1996 - Tupac dies.
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