Biography
Name: Tupac Amaru Shakur
Date of Birth: June 16, 1971
Date of Death: September 13, 1996 (25)
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York
Place of Death: Las Vegas, Nevada
Measurements: 6, 0, 165 lbs
Marital Status: Separated/Married
Occupation: Rapper/Actor
Tupac Biography By Year
1971
Tupac Amaru Shakur is born in NYC to Afeni Shakur, a member of the Black Panther Party who was pregnant with him while in jail on bombing charges. Tupac Amaru comes from the Incas meaning (shining serpent) and Shakur is Arabic meaning (thankful to God).
1983
Tupac made his acting debut in a production of Raisin in the Sun.
1986
Tupac moved to Baltimore with his mother and joined the High School for the Performing Arts, where he acted in school plays. And here Tupac writes his first rap under the name MC New York.
1988
June: Tupac family moves to Martin City, California. Shortly after, Tupac moves in with a neighbor and starts selling drugs. Tupac did not finish high school but later on he was hired by Digital Underground as a
roadie and dancer.
August: Mutulu Shakur, Tupac stepfather, is sentenced to 60 years in prison for his involvement in a 1981 armored-car robbery.
1990
Tupac joins Digital Underground as a roadie/dancer/rapper.
1991
Shakur achieves individual recognition with the album (2pacalypse Now),
which spawned the successful singles (Trapped) and (Brenda Got A Baby).
As a member of the Grammy-nominated group Digital Underground he appeared on the track (Same Song) from (This is an EP Release) and on the album (Sons Of The P.)
1993
Poetic Justice followed and Tupac let everybody see his other side.
Tupac also followed up with a new album (Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z.)
Tupac was nominated for an American Music Award as best new rap hip hop artist.
November 1993 Tupac is arrested and charged with sexual assault after a fan was raped in his hotel room.