See photos of him through the years, ahead.

Tupac Through the Years

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Tupac Shakur With Flavor Flav at the American Music Awards on January 30, 1989

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Tupac Shakur With Spice 1 at KMEL Summer Jam in Mountain View, Calif. on August 1, 1992

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Tupac Shakur in New York in 1993

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Tupac Shakur with Rosie Perez at the Seventh Annual Soul Train Music Awards on March 9, 1993

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Tupac Shakur With Janet Jackson on the Set of Poetic Justice in 1993

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Tupac Shakur at the Premiere of Poetic Justice on July 21, 1993

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Tupac Shakur Performing at the Palladium in New York on July 23, 1993

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Tupac Shakur at the First Annual Minority Motion Picture Awards on September 10, 1993

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Tupac Shakur Performing in Chicago in March 1994

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Tupac Shakur at Club USA in March 1994

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Tupac Shakur Performing at the Mecca Arena in Milwaukee, Wisc. in 1994

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Tupac Shakur on September 1, 1994

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Tupac Shakur at the Fashion Week Finale Party at Club Expo on November 6, 1994

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Tupac Shakur at the Premiere of I Like It Like That on November 13, 1994

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Tupac Shakur Filming Bullet With Mickey Rourke in 1996

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Tupac Shakur with M.C. Hammer and Snoop Dogg at the 23rd Annual American Music Awards on January 29, 1996

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Tupac Shakur With Kiss at the 38th Grammy Awards on February 28, 1996

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Tupac Shakur With Stephen Baldwin in 1996

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Tupac Shakur at the 10th Annual Soul Train Music Awards on March 29, 1996

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Tupac Shakur With Snoop Dogg and MC Hammer in Los Angeles on August 15, 1996

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Tupac Shakur With Snoop Dogg at the MTV Video Music Awards on September 4, 1996

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Tupac Shakur With Carl Lewis at the MTV Video Music Awards on September 4, 1996

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Tupac Shakur With Jada Pinkett in 1996

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Tupac Shakur in Gridlock’d With Tim Roth

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Tupac Shakur in Gang Related With Jim Belushi

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