tupac shakur made a platinum album in 1996
 misdemeanor assault convictions on april 5 1993 charged with felonious assault shakur allegedly threw a microphone and swung a baseball bat at rapper chauncey wynn of the group m
 in addition to his music career shakur also found considerable success as an actor with his starring roles in juice 1992 poetic justice 1993 above the rim 1994 bullet 1996 gridlockd 1997 and gang related 1997