Tupac Shakur — Timeline

Born Lesane Parish Crooks on June 16 in East Harlem, New York

Moved to Baltimore, Maryland; attended the Digital Underground's 'Same Song' recording sessions

Released debut album 'There's a Mad Man in My Head' with Digital Underground; appeared on their track '4 da Cause'

Released debut solo album '2Pacalypse Now' on Interscope Records

Released second album 'Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z...'; shot five times in New York City in November

Released critically acclaimed album 'Me Against the World' while incarcerated; signed to Death Row Records after release from prison

Released double album 'All Eyez on Me,' his most successful work; shot in Las Vegas on September 7

Died on September 13 from gunshot wounds sustained in Las Vegas shooting; was 25 years old

Posthumous album 'The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory' released under Makaveli alias

Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame posthumously