<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Ngo-1995, uShakur wachitha izinyanga eziyisishiyagalombili ejele ngenxa yamacala okuhlukumeza ngokocansi, kodwa wakhululwa ngemva kokuvuma ukusayina ne-label ka-Marion Suge Knight i-Death Row Records ngokushintshana noKnight ngokukhokha ibheyili yakhe. Ngemuva kokukhululwa kwakhe, uShakur wabandakanyeka kakhulu emncintiswaneni okhulayo we-East Coast West Coast hip hop. I-albhamu yakhe yama-disc amabili ethi All Eyez on Me 1996, eshiya izingoma zokuzihlola ze-gangsta rap engazinzile, yaqinisekiswa yiDiamond yi-RIAA. Ngo-September 7, 1996, uShakur washona  <response>: wadutshulwa izikhathi ezine umuntu ongaziwa ngesikhathi edutshulwa ngemoto eLas Vegas, eNevada; washona ezinsukwini eziyisithupha kamuva futhi umdubuli akazange abanjwe. Umngani kaShakur owaphenduka imbangi, i-Notorious B.I.G., ekuqaleni wabhekwa njengomsolwa ngenxa yokuxabana komphakathi kwalaba bobabili, kodwa naye wabulawa ngokudutshulwa kwemoto ngemuva kwezinyanga eziyisithupha eLos Angeles, eCalifornia. Sekukhishwe amanye ama-albhamu amahlanu selokhu kwafa uShakur, wonke lawo athola isitifiketi sePlatinum e-United States. 