Tupac Shakur is released from prison on $1.4 million bail, paid by Death Row Records head Suge Knight. Tupac awaits an appeal hearing and then travels to Los Angeles to record the album All Eyez on Me.
Tupac Shakur was released from prison after eight months, having served a sentence in connection with a case involving the sexual assault of a woman in a New York hotel room.
Rap star Tupac Shakur was shot five times in a drive-by attack after a boxing match in Las Vegas. Music manager “Suge” Knight was also wounded in the attack. Shakur died from his injuries six days later at the age of 25.