This is a timeline of the events in the life of rap superstar Tupac Shakur.
The early years
The early years
Jun 16, 1971 · Born in NYC
1973 · Half-sister Sekyiwa Shakur born
Sep 1983 · Joins 127th Street Ensemble
Jun 1986 · Family moves to Baltimore, MD
Jun 1988 · Family moves to Marin City, CA and later Oakland
Rise to fame
Rise to fame
1990 · Becomes A PIMP backup dancer for\n rap group Digital Underground
Jan 3, 1991 · First single,
Oct 12, 1991 · Solo Debut
Jan 17, 1992 · Tupac stars in first feature film,
Apr 11, 1992 · Ronald Ray Howard shoots TX state trooper, blames
Sep 1, 1992 · V.P. Dan Quayle publicly denounces
Feb 1993 · Tupac's second album
Jul 23, 1993 · Tupac stars with Janet Jackson in
Legal problems
Legal problems
Aug 22, 1992· 6-year old boy killed in Marin City, CA, by stray bullet from shoot out between Shakur and rival crew, bullet was proven through balistics not to be from Shakur's or Shakur's crew's guns
Apr 5, 1993· Shakur arrested for assault in MI, sentenced to 10 days in jail
Oct 31, 1993· Shakur arrested for shooting 2 off-duty police officers in Atlanta, GA
Nov 18, 1993· 19-year-old NY woman accuses Shakur of rape, sodomy and physical abuse
Dec 1993· John Singleton drops Shakur from cast of film
Mar 10, 1994· Tupac assaults director Allen Hughes, sentenced to 15 days in L.A. jail
Mar 23, 1994· Shakur stars in film
Nov 30, 1994· While on trial for sodomy, Shakur is shot 5 times and robbed
Dec 1, 1994· Tupac is convicted of sexual abuse
Feb 14, 1995· Shakur is sentenced to 4-1/2 years, begins sentence at Riker's Island
Apr 1, 1995·
Oct 1, 1995· Suge Knight posts $ 1.4 Mil. bail, signs Shakur to Death Row Records
Shakur's murder
Shakur's murder
Sep 7, 1996· Shakur shot in drive-by shooting at approximately 4 AM in Las Vegas, NV
Sep 13, 1996· Shakur dies of
Nov 10, 1996· Shakur's childhood friend and fellow rapper, Yafeu
Sep 6, 2002· L.A. Times publishes story implicating Christopher Wallace in Shakur's death
Sep 27, 2002· Release of Nick Broomfield's documentary
