Born in June 16th 1971 Raised in East Harlem, Manhattan, New

York Parents were members of The Black

Panther Party Enrolled at 127th Street Repertory

Ensemble at 12 Moved to Baltimore, Maryland in 1986 Went to Baltimore School for the Arts

after Paul Laurence Dunbar High School

Studied acting, poetry and jazzDevelop a close relationship with

Jada Pinkett until his deathA poem ‘Jada’ appears in his book

‘The Rose That Grew From The Concrete’ as well as a dedicated poem to Jada called ‘The Tear’s In Cupid’s Eyes’

Albums (Before Death): 2Pacalypse Now (1991) Strictly For My N.I.G.G.A.Z (1993) Me Against The Wolrd (1995) All Eyez On Me (1996) The Done Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory (1996)

Albums (After Death): R U Still Down? (Remember Me) (1997) Until The End Of Time (2001) Better Dayz (2002) Loyal To The Game (2004) Pac’s Life (2006)

To this day he has sold over 75 million albums worldwide

Up till the album All Eyez On Me, most of his songs were about social injustice, poverty and police brutality

All Eyez On Me is one of the highest selling Hip Hop Albums of All Time (cert 9x Platinum back in 1998)

S10 million lawsuit against Portland PD for alleging they brutally beat him for ‘Jaywalking’ (1991)

Texas state trooper killed by a teenager who listened to 2Pacalypse Now (which refers to some songs about killing police). VP of the United States (Dan Quayle) demanded the album be taken off the shelves and publicly denounced the album of ‘having no place in society’ (1992)

Charged with sexually abusing a woman in a hotel room (1993)

Convicted for attacking former employer whilst on a music video set. 15 days in jail and community service and a $2,000 fine (1994)

Wrongful death suit brought against him over the death of 6 year old in Marin City. Ballistics tests proved the bullet was not from Tupac or any member of his entourage (1995)

30th November, 1994, he was shot 5 times and robbed after entering the lobby of Quad Recording Studios in Manhattan by two armed men

Later accused Sean Combs (Puff Daddy/P Diddy) and Biggie Smalls (Notorious B.I.G) the latter he saw after the shooting, of setting him up.

This was the day before the verdict in his sexual abuse trail was to be announced. He arrived in a wheelchair and was sentenced to 1 and a half to 4 and a half years in prison.

Began serving his prison sentence on the 14th February 1995

In this time in jail when Me Against The World was released, he is the only artist ever to have a number one album in the US Billboard whilst serving a prison sentence, where stayed at the top for 5 weeks

Married long-time girlfriend Keisha Morris in April 1995, divorced a year later

Released after 11 months thanks to Suge Knight (CEO of Death Row Records) who posted a $1.4 million bail pending appeal of the conviction in exchange for Shakur to release three albums under the Death Row label

Was convinced that he and Sean Combs were behind his shooting in 1994

Released the diss track ‘Hit ‘Em Up’ in June 1996, lyrically ‘assaulting’ Biggie and people associated with him, including his wife Faith Evans, who he claimed to have intercourse with

At the Soul Train Awards, Tupac and Biggie came face to face for the first time since the shooting. Biggie said he could see Tupac ‘bugging out’ and BIG also denied a rumour that Tupac pulled a gun on him

Films: Juice (1992) Poetic Justice (1993) Above The Rim (1994) Bullet (1996) Gridlock’d (1997)

TV Shows: Drexell’s Class (1992) A Different World (1993) In Living Color (1993)

7th September, 1996, Tupac attacked one of Suge Knights’ associates, Orlando Anderson (A Crip) at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas during a Mike Tyson VS Bruce Seldon fight

The assault was caught on the MGM video footage 10.55pm whilst at a red light a photographer took a picture of Tupac and Suge in a black

black BMW 750iL sedan....this would be just 20 mins before he is shot while stopped at a red light at Flamingo Road near the intersection of Koval Lane in front of

the Maxim Hotel, a vehicle occupied by two women pulled up on their right side. Tupac, who was standing up through the sunroof, exchanged words with the two women, and invited them to go to Club 662

At 11:15 p.m., a white, four-door, late-model Cadillac with an unknown number of occupants pulled up to the sedan's right side, rolled down one of the windows, and rapidly fired twelve or thirteen shots at Tupac. He was struck by four rounds, with bullets hitting him in the chest, the pelvis, and his right hand and thigh

Despite having been resuscitated in a trauma center and surviving a multitude of surgeries (as well as the removal of a failed right lung), Shakur had gotten through the critical phase of the medical therapy and was given a 50% chance of pulling through

While in Critical Care Unit on the afternoon of September 13, 1996, Shakur died of internal bleeding