TUPAC SHOT 5 TIMES TRIAL

Most serious of all are the sexual abuse charges currently pending against Shakur involving a woman he met last year at the downtown Manhattan nightclub Nell's, where she allegedly performed oral sex on Shakur on the dance floor.

Dre and Ice Cube.Р”Р„s his film and music career has taken off, however, Shakur has attracted more trouble, including an alleged attack on filmmaker Allen Hughes, an alleged assault on a Los Angeles limousine driver, an assault conviction for an attack with a baseball bat on another rapper in Michigan, a gun battle with two off-duty Atlanta policemen in which charges were later dropped, and a parole violation in California. In the recent video for the song 'Natural Born Killaz,' he portrays a policeman who fatally shoots two characters played by rappers Dr. In the past three years, he has starred in three movies: the 1992 'Juice,' in which he played a misunderstood and homicidal musician 'Poetic Justice,' in which he played a misunderstood postal worker and most recently 'Above the Rim,' in which he played a misunderstood basketball player. He returned to the same themes in last year's 'Strictly 4 My Niggaz.' He first gained notoriety with his 1992 debut album '2Pacalypse Now,' which sold some 400,000 copies and drew the ire of Dan Quayle, among others, for its reference to 'dropping' a cop. Shakur, 23, is one of the so-called gangsta rappers, best known for the violent imagery in their lyrics. And by early evening Shakur had checked himself out of the hospital, against the advice of doctors. The jury, which was unaware of the shooting, deliberated all day without reaching a verdict.

The incident happened at 12:30 this morning, just hours after the jury adjourned following its first day of deliberating in Shakur's latest criminal trial, this one involving allegations by a New York City woman that Shakur engaged in 'deviant sexual intercourse' and 'sexual contact by forcible compulsion' with her in a Manhattan hotel room a year ago. Police said the three men fled on foot after making off with $45,000 in jewelry, including a diamond ring and several large gold chains. His best-known film role was in last year's 'Poetic Justice.' Shakur underwent surgery at Manhattan's Bellevue Hospital, for injuries to his groin.

TUPAC SHOT 5 TIMES TRIAL

30 - Rapper Tupac Shakur - the best-selling musician and film star who has been arrested three times on weapons charges and convicted twice of assault, and who is currently awaiting a jury verdict in a Manhattan sexual abuse trial - was shot five times this morning in Times Square by three unidentified assailants.

Tupac shot 5 times