Significant events

Significant events in the life of Tupac Shakur

1971

•Tupac Amaru Shakur was born in the Bronx. He moved to Baltimore to attend its High School for the Performing Arts, where he began writing rap. He then moved to Marin City, Calif., near Oakland, and continued to write and record.

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."

1994

•Release of "Thug Life."

•Appeared in "Above The Rim"

•November: Shakur's New York sex assault trial opens.

•November: Shakur is shot during apparent robbery attempt outside a music studio in New York.

•December: 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.

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