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.
~1986~
Tupac's family moves to Baltimore where Tupac enrolled in the Baltimore School for the Arts. Here Tupac writes his first rap under the name MC New York.
~1988~
June: Tupac's family moves to Marin City, CA. Shortly after, Tupac moves in with a neighbor and starts selling drugs.
August: Mutulu Shakur, Tupac's 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's 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."
~1992~
Shakur appeared in the Earnest Dickerson film "Juice."
~1993~
Appeared in John Singleton's release "Poetic Justice" with Janet Jackson.
~1994~
Released "Thug Life." Appeared in "Above The Rim". Shakur's New York sex assault trial opens, Shakur is shot during apparent robbery attempt outside a music studio in New York. One day after being shot, Shakur is convicted of sexually abusing a woman he had invited to his hotel room. He is acquitted of sodomy and weapons charges.
~1995~
Release of "Me Against The World," a multi-million-selling album.
February: Sentenced in New York to 4 1/2 years in prison for sex abuse.
May: Shakur married longtime girlfriend, Keisha Morris.
October: After nearly eight months in prison, Shakur is released on bail while he appeals.
~1996~
-Shakur's fourth solo album, "All Eyez on Me," debuts at No. 1 on Billboard's album chart, goes on to sell about 5 million copies. The song "How Do You Want It California Love" was a top 20 single on Billboard magazine's charts. Acted as a detective in Orion's urban crime thriller "Gang Related."
Sept. 7: Shakur shot in Las Vegas.
Sept. 13: Shakur pronounced dead at 4:03 p.m.
