Dee ihe na-esote paragraf a - N'afọ 1995, Shakur nọrọ ọnwa asatọ n'ụlọ mkpọrọ maka ebubo mwakpo mmekọahụ, mana a tọhapụrụ ya mgbe o kwenyere ịbanye na Marion "Suge" Knight's label Death Row Records na mgbanwe maka Knight na-akwụ ụgwọ ya. Mgbe a tọhapụsịrị ya, Shakur tinyere aka na asọmpi hip hop nke East Coast na West Coast. Egwuregwu ya abụọ "All Eyez on Me" (1996), na-ahapụ okwu okwu introspective maka rap rap na-agbanwe agbanwe, bụ Diamond nke RIAA kwadoro. Na September 7, 1996, a gbara Shakur égbè ugboro anọ
site n'aka onye a na-amaghị onye na-awakpo ya n'otu ịgba égbè site n'ụgbọala na Las Vegas, Nevada; ọ nwụrụ ụbọchị isii ka e mesịrị, e nwetaghịkwa onye na-agba égbè ahụ. Onye enyi Shakur nke ghọrọ onye iro, Notorious B.I.G., bụ onye mbụ a na-eche na ọ bụ onye a na-enyo enyo n'ihi esemokwu ọha na eze nke di na nwunye ahụ, mana e gbukwara ya na agbapụ ọzọ site na ụgbọala mgbe ọnwa isii gasịrị na Los Angeles, California. E wepụtara ọba egwu ise ọzọ kemgbe ọnwụ Shakur, nke niile enwetala asambodo Platinum na United States.