Tupac.be: the story of a legend

Timeline

In addition to the biography on Tupac’s life, we also offer a short timeline, which not only contains events from his lifetime, but also lists posthumous releases.

1. 1971
   1. 16 June
      • Tupac Shakur is born to Afeni Shakur
2. 1983
   1.  
      • He made his acting debut in the theatre play “A Raisin in the Sun”
3. 1986
   1.  
      • The Shakurs move to Baltimore, Maryland, where Tupac attends the Baltimore School for the Arts and starts rapping under the alias MC New York
4. 1988
   1.  
      • Afeni moves the family to Marin City, California
5. 1990
   1.  
      • Tupac joins Digital Underground as a rodie/dancer and makes his official recording debut
6. 1991
   1. 12 November
      • Tupac’s first solo album “2Pacalypse Now” is released
7. 1992
   1. 17 January
      • He makes his big screen debut in “Juice”
   2. September
      • “2Pacalypse Now” is banned
8. 1993
   1. 16 February
      • “Striclty 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z…”, Tupac’s second album, is released
   2. 23 July
      • Tupac plays alongside Janet Jackson in John Singleton’s “Poetic Justice”
9. 1994
   1. 23 March
      • “Above the Rim” hits the movie theatres
   2. 6 June
      • Tupac, as part of the group Thug Life, releases “Volume 1”
   3. September
      • 2 teens shoot a police officer, claiming they were inspired by “Soulja’s Story”
   4. 30 November
      • Tupac gets shot 5 times during a robbery in New York city
   5. 1 December
      • One day after getting shot, he is sentenced to a maximum of 4.5 years in prison for sexual assault
10. 1995
    1. 14 March
       • “Me Against the World” makes Tupac the first artist to have a number one album while incarcerated
    2. October
       • After serving 8 months of his punishment, Death Row Records C.E.O. Marion ‘Suge’ Knight bails him out for $1.4 million
11. 1996
    1. 6 February
       • Death Row Records releases 2Pac’s most successful album: “All Eyez On Me”
    2. 7 September
       • Tupac gets shot in Las Vegas, Nevada after a Mike Tyson fight
    3. 13 September
       • Rap loses an icon as Tupac Shakur is pronounced dead
    4. October
       • “Bullet” features Tupac and Mickey Rourke in the lead roles
    5. 29 October
       • The first posthumous release, “The Don Kiluminati” hits the charts
12. 1997
    1. 29 January
       • Another movie release: “Gridlock’d” shows Tupac with Tim Roth and Vondie Curtis-Hall
    2. 8 October
       • “Gang Related” is also released. Other actors are Jim Belushi, James Earl Jones and Dennis Quaid
    3. 17 November
       • Amaru Records releases its first (double) album “R U Still Down? [Remember Me]”
13. 1998
    1. 24 November
       • The “Greatest Hits” album also contains some new songs
14. 1999
    1. 1 November
       • The poetry book “The Rose That Grew From Concrete” is published and bundles 71 poems written by Tupac before he got famous
    2. 21 December
       • “Still I Rise” contains previously unreleased 2Pac & Outlawz tracks
15. 2000
    1. 17 October
       • After the book comes the cd: “The Rose That Grew From Concrete Vol. 1” features various artists interpreting Tupac’s poetry
16. 2001
    1. 27 March
       • The fifth posthumous album, entitled “Until the End of Time”, hits the charts. At this point, more official albums have been released after than before his death.
17. 2002
    1. 26 November
       • “Better Dayz” is released
18. 2003
    1. 14 November
       • Amaru Entertainment releases the Oscar-nominated documentary “Tupac: Resurrection”, along with a soundtrack album
19. 2004
    1. 14 December
       • After the “Tupac: Resurrection”-soundtrack, Eminem also produces “Loyal to the Game”
20. 2005
    1. 20 September
       • A second album based on his poetry: “The Rose Vol. 2”
21. 2006
    1. 21 November
       • “Pac’s Life” is the tenth official album release after his death

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