Tupac Shakur's fame in the 1990s, fatal shooting, and lasting impact
Tupac Shakur and Death Row Records co-founder Marion “Suge” Knight were in Las Vegas to watch Mike Tyson knock out Bruce Seldon at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, when Shakur was shot multiple times and died six days later.
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Rapper Tupac Shakur poses for photos backstage after his performance at the Regal Theater in Chicago, March 1994. (Raymond Boyd/Getty Images)
Tupac Shakur, Omar Epps, Jermaine Hopkins, and Khalil Kain in 'Juice' in 1992.
Rapper Tupac Shakur is shown in a scene from "Poetic Justice," in this Columbia Pictures photo in 1993. (AP / Columbia Pictures)
Tupac Shakur and Janet Jackson in "Poetic Justice" in 1993.
Tupac Shakur is seen in this undated photo.
Rapper Tupac Shakur arrives at New York's Radio City Music Hall for the 13th Annual MTV Video Music Awards, Sept. 4, 1996. (AP Photo/Todd Plitt)
Rapper Tupac Shakur at the premiere of "I Like It Like That" to benefit women in need, Nov. 13, 1994. (Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)
Tupac Shakur, Wood Harris, and Denise Warner in 'Above the Rim' in 1994.
Tupac Shakur and Leon in 'Above the Rim' in 1994.
Madonna and Tupac Shakur are seen at the Interview Magazine party in March 1, 1994 in New York City. (Getty Images)
Rapper Tupac Shakur arrives at Manhattan Supreme Court in New York on Dec. 1, 1994, after being injured in a shooting. (AP Photo/Eric Miller)
Rap star Tupac Shakur spits in the direction of reporters as he leaves state Supreme Court in New York, July 5, 1994. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
Tupac Shakur and Suge Knight are seen, March 16, 1996.
Tupac Shakur is seen performing at the Regal Theater in Chicago, March 1994.
Tupac Shakur and Tim Roth sit at a counter in a scene from the film 'Gridlock'd', 1997. (Gramercy Pictures/Getty Images)
Rapper Tupac Shakur in South Central Los Angeles, Aug. 15, 1996. (AP Photo/Frank Wiese)
Tupac Shakur, Snoop Dogg, and M.C. Hammer at an event for The 23rd Annual American Music Awards in 1996. (Getty Images)
Rapper Tupac Shakur (left) and Heavyweight boxer Mike Tyson talk with one another, Las Vegas, circa 1996. (Nitro/Getty Images)
Rapper Tupac Shakur, right, speaks as fellow rap artist Snoop Doggy Dogg listens during a voter registration rally in South Central Los Angeles, Aug. 15, 1996. (AP Photo/Frank Wiese)
The rock group KISS and rapper Tupac Shakur, center, take the stage to present the award for Best Pop Duo or Group at the 38th annual Grammy Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, Feb. 28, 1996. (AP Photo/Eric Draper)
Tupac Shakur is seen in this undated image.
Tupac Shakur in 'Tupac: Resurrection' in 2003.
Rapper Tupac Shakur, left, and Death Row Records Chairman Marion Suge Knight, attend a voter registration event in South Central Los Angeles, Aug. 15, 1996. (AP Photo/Frank Wiese)
An image on a television monitor shows a photo of Tupac Shakur (L) and Marion "Suge" Knight Jr. in a car in Las Vegas the night Shakur was killed as (L-R) Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson, Clark County Sheriff Kevin McMahill and Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Jason Johansson hold a news conference at the LVMPD headquarters on the arrest and indictment of Duane Davis for the 1996 murder of Shakur on Sept. 29, 2023 in Las Vegas. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
This undated photo provided by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department shows the bullet-riddled car in which rapper Tupac Shakur was fatally shot in Sept. 1996, in Las Vegas. (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department via AP)
Treach, YG , T.I. and Snoop Dogg perform 2017 Inductee Tupac Shakur onstage at the 32nd Annual Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony at Barclays Center on April 7, 2017 in New York City. (Mike Coppola/Getty Images)
A wall dedicated to the memory of U.S. rapper Tupac Shakur in Los Angeles. (AFP / VALERIE MACON)
A portion of a mural by artist sloe_motions depicting Oscar De La Hoya, Vin Scully, Kobe Bryant, Snoop Dogg, and Tupac Shakur is seen on the side of Speedy Auto Tint on Friday, Sept. 29, 2023, in Bellflower, Calif. (Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
A visitor looks at a multimedia display on the life of the late hip hop artist Tupac Shakur during the press preview day for the "Tupac Shakur. Wake Me When I'm Free" exhibition, Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022, at The Canvas at L.A. Live in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
An image of the late rapper/actor Tupac Shakur appears near his new star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame during a posthumous ceremony in his honor on Wednesday, June 7, 2023, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
