The rapper released his first studio album "2Pacalypse Now" in November 1991. By September 13, 1996, he was dead. Shakur was just 25 when he was gunned down on a Las Vegas street and succumbed to his injuries days later.
Within those five years, Shakur was in the studio recording the trove of music he left behind. He had roles in films like "Poetic Justice" and "Above the Rim." And as Shakur's fame grew, so did his controversial reputation.