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In 1995, Shakur served eight months in prison on sexual
assault charges, but was released after agreeing to sign
with Marion “Suge” Knight’s label Death Row Records
in exchange for Knight posting his bail. Following his
release, Shakur became heavily involved in the growing.
East Coast-West Coast hip-hop rivalry. His double-disc
album All Eyez On Me (1996), abandoning
introspective lyrics for volatile gangsta rap, was certified
Diamond by the RIAA. On September 7, 1996, Shakur
was shot four times by an unknown assailant in a drive-
by shooting in Las Vegas, NV; he died six days later and
the gunman was never captured. Shakur’s friend-turned-
rival, the Notorious B.I.G., was at first considered a
suspect due to the pair’s public feud, but was also
murdered in another drive-by shooting six months later
in Los Angeles, CA. Five more albums have been
released since Shakur’s death, all of which have been
certified Platinum in the United States.

Shakur is one of the best-selling music artists of all time,
having sold over 75 million records worldwide. In 2002, he
https://soundcloud.com/jonathan was inducted into the Hip-Hop Hall of Fame. In 2017, he
was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in his
haycelebrity/hit-em-up first year of eligibility. Rolling Stone named Shakur in its
list of the “100 Greatest Artists of All Time.” Outside

Jonathan Hay music, Shakur also found considerable success as an actor,
with his starring roles as Bishop in Juice (1992), Lucky in
Twitter: @jonathanhay Poetic Justice (1993) where he starred alongside Janet
Jackson, Ezekiel in Gridlock’d (1997), and Jake in Gang
IG: @jonathanhaycelebrity Related (1997), all of which garnered praise from critics.