Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei rarangi - I te tau 1995, e waru marama a Shakur i te whare herehere mo nga whakapae mo te whakaeke moepuku, engari i tukuna i muri i tana whakaaetanga ki te haina me te tohu a Marion "Suge" Knight, Death Row Records hei utu mo te tuku a Knight i tana peeke. Whai muri i tana tukunga, ka uru a Shakur ki te whakataetae hip hop o te Tai Rawhiti me te Tai Hauauru. Ko tana pukaemi taarua "All Eyez on Me" (1996), e whakarere ana i nga kupu a-roto mo te rap rap rap rap rap, i whakamanahia e te RIAA. I te 7 o Hepetema, 1996, e whā ngā pere i werohia ai a Shakur
I patua e tētahi kaiwhawhai kāore i mōhiotia i roto i tētahi pupuhi i Las Vegas, Nevada; i mate ia i ngā rā e ono i muri mai, ā, kāore anō i mau i te kaipatu. Ko te hoa a Shakur, ko te Notorious B.I.G., i whakaarohia i te tuatahi he whakapae na te riri a te tokorua, engari i kohurutia hoki i tetahi atu pupuhi i te ono marama i muri mai i Los Angeles, California. E rima atu nga pukaemi i tukuna mai i te matenga o Shakur, kua whakamanahia katoa e Platinum i te United States.