A Brief Time Line
Of Events
APRIL 1969: Afeni Shakur is
picked up and arrested for
conspiracy to bomb several
public areas in NY CITY. During
this time, Afeni Shakur is
released on bail and during this
time "lopes" with two
men. One, 2pac knows as
"Legs" and the other
Billy. Billy is involved with
the Black Panther Movement.
FEBRUARY 1971: Afeni Shakur
is sent to a Women's House of
Detention while pregant with
Tupac.
JUNE 16th, 1971: Afeni Shakur
is acquitted on the charges
brought against her, and in
Tupac Shakur is born in the
state of New York.
(TUPAC AMARU SHAKUR) TUPAC
AMARU is named after Inca words
meaning "shining
serpent". SHAKUR is arabic
for "thankful to God."
1974-1983: Tupac's family
living in the Bronx, moves to
Harlem. It is mentioned that
during this time, Tupac and
family were moving from shelter
to shelter for a place to live.
SEPTEMBER 1983: At age 12,
Tupac is enrolled in the 127th
Street Ensemble, which at the
time is a Harlem Theater Group.
Tupac appears in a small play, A
Rasin in the Sun.
JUNE 1986: The Shakur family
moves out of Harlem, and into
Baltimore. Tupac during this
time takes the name MC NEW YORK
and starts what will later
become his great rapping career.
SEPTMEBER 1986: Tupac is
enrolled in the Baltimore School
for the Arts. He studies acting,
continues his career writing
rap, and does some ballet.
JUNE 1988: Once again, Tupac
and family move, this time to
Marin City. It is in Marin City
that Tupac begins selling drugs
to make some money.
AUGUST 1988: Mutulu Shakur,
Tupac's "Stepfather"
is laid down a sentence of 60
years in prison for the 1981
Armored Car robbery, leaving
Tupac again without a father
figure.
MARCH 1990: Tupac joins the
group Digital Underground as a
roadie. While touring, he
becomes favored amongst others
in the group, and they make him
a dancer/rapper for their shows.
While away on tours, Tupac says
he learns of his mother's use of
crack.
NOVEMBER 12 1991: Tupac
releases 2Pacalypse Now. During
this same year, Tupac files a 10
million dollar lawsuit against
Oakland Police Department for a
jaywalking incident that turns
brutal.
JANUARY 1992: Tupac takes his
acting skills to the test, and
is given a role in Ernest
Dickerson's JUICE. Tupac's
character Bishop shines the spot
light.
AUGUST 22 1992: While in
Marin City, Tupac attends the
50th Ann. of the city and it's
during this party that an
altercation takes place with
Tupac and some of his long time
enemies. During the fight, a 6
year old little girl is shot and
killed.
SEPTEMBER 1992: Dan Quayle
takes aim at Tupac and says that
the album 2Pacalypse Now
"Has no place in our
society."
FEBRUARY 1993: Tupac releases
his next album, STRICTLY 4 MY
N.I.G.G.A.Z is released and goes
platinum.
MARCH 1993: A limo driver
accuses Tupac of using drugs in
his limo while in Hollywood and
files a report. Tupac is
arrested but the charges are
later dropped.
APRIL 1993: Tupac is again
arrested, this time in Michigan
for swinging at a rapper with a
baseball bat. Tupac is sentenced
to 10 days in jail.
JULY 23, 1993: POETIC
JUSTICE, a John Singleton film
is released featuring Tupac
Shakur and Janet Jackson. During
the production of the movie,
Tupac and Janet get off on bad
terms when he refuses to take a
HIV test that Janet wants him to
take.
OCTOBER 31, 1993: Tupac is
arrested for allegedly shooting
two off duty police officers.
Tupac states that the officers
were harassing a black motorist
near by. The charges are later
dropped do to lack of evidence.
NOVEMBER 22 1993: Tupac is
arrested again this time for
allegedly sodomizing and
sexually abusing a 19 year old
woman just 4 days before.
DECEMBER 1993: Tupac is
dropped from his role in HIGHER
LEARNING.
MARCH 10 1994: Tupac faces 15
days in jail for knocking out
director Allen Hughes for being
dropped from MENACE II SOCIETY.
MARCH 23 1994: ABOVE THE RIM
is released, Tupac playing the
role of Birdie.
NOVEMBER 30 1994: Tupac is
shot five times in the lobby of
Times Square recording studio,
and robbed of 40k worth of
jewelery. (Theres a history to
this, but I don't have the time
right this second to go into
this one. I will post this
later) After surgery, it is
recorded that Tupac checked
himself out of the hospital less
than 3 hours after he is placed
in the Att. Care unit. Tupac
states that he didn't feel safe
being there and had a hearing
the next day.
DECEMBER 1 1994: Tupac beats
the sodomy and weapons charges
brought against him, but is
found guilty for sexual abuse
with the 19 year old woman.
FEBRUARY 14, 1995: Tupac is
sentenced to a max time of 4 1/2
years and is sent to serve time
at New York's Rikers Island
penitentiary.
APRIL 1, 1995: ME AGAINST THE
WORLD hits #1 on the Billboards.
The hit "Dear Mama" is
on that album. This album later
goes double platinum.
OCTOBER 1995: Death Row CEO
Suge Knight puts up 1.4 million
dollars bond for the release of
Tupac Shakur. Tupac flies
directly to L.A. and signs a 3
album deal with Death Row
Records. It is in this time that
Tupac starts the production of
ALL EYEZ ON ME.
NOVEMBER 30, 1995: Randy
Walker, aka Stretch is murdered
in Queens, New York. Stretch was
a close friend of Tupacs, that
Tupac mentioned as one of the
men who had set him up in the
Time Square shootiing.
DECEMBER-FEBRUARY 1995/1996:
Tupac starts slingin' that he
has been sleeping with Biggie's
wife, singer Faith Evans. During
this time to present, Faith
denies all such stories.
FEBRUARY 13, 1996: ALL EYEZ
ON ME is released under Death
Row Records, being the first
double CD to come from rap.
MARCH 29, 1996: During the
Soul Train awards, Death Row and
Bad Boy employees have a heated
confrontation. During this
fight, a gun is pulled and later
is linked to following events.
(Soul Train awards was held in
Los Angeles.)
APRIL 1996: ALL EYEZ ON ME
goes quintuple platinum. Tupac's
career with Death Row seems to
be bonded 4 life, and his career
seems untouchable.
JUNE 4, 1996: Tupac's
"HIT EM UP" is
released under Death Row. In
this video, Tupac hits hard
against Bad Boy, Mobb Deep,
Biggie, and the whole East Coast
crew connected to Bad Boy Ent.
SEPTEMBER 4, 1996: During the
MTV MUSIC AWARDS, a fight breaks
out between Tupac and some Bad
Boy employees and fans. (MTV
MUSIC AWARDS was held in New
York City.)
SEPTEMBER 7, 1996: After the
Mike Tyson vs Bruce Seldon fight
in Las Vegas, Nevada, Tupac and
Suge head out to Suge's place
for a few drinks before the
event at CLUB 662, a club owned
by Suge Knight. The club that
night was having a retirement
party for some fighters. During
the ride to the club from Suge's
place, a white Cadillac pulls up
side of Tupac's BMW on the right
side. Suge is driving and Tupac
is in the passenger seat. A
large caravan of cars are
following Pac and Suge to the
Club for the party. As the
Cadillac pulls up side of
Tupac's BMW, an assailant from
the Cadillac steps out and fires
14 shots into the BMW at as they
are stopped at a traffic light.
Tupac takes 4 gunshot wounds.
Two wounds to the chest, one to
the hand in an attempt to
deflect the shots, and another
in his pelvis as he tries to
jump in the back of the BMW.
Suge gets "grazzed" by
a bullet in the head. After a U
turn and a mile later Suge is
pulled over and Tupac is rushed
to University Medical Center,
where he undergoes the first in
the surgeries to save his life.
After initial surgery, doctors
cannot stop the internal
bleeding that Tupac has taken,
and they remove his right lung
in an attempt to save the young
man's life.
SEPTEMBER 13th, 1996: (FRIDAY
13th) Tupac Amaru Shakur is
pronounced dead at 4:03 P.M. His
body taken for an autopsy and is
cremated the next day. Tupac was
25.
NOVEMBER 5 1996: Makaveli:
The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day
Theory is released
November 1997: R U Still Down
is released.
December 1999: Still I Rise
is released.
November 2000: The Rose That
Grew From Concrete is released.
March 2001: Until The End Of
Time is released.
PRESENT DAY: The Rest is
still unfolding.....
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