

Later, in October 1993, Shakur was charged with shooting two off-duty police officers in Atlanta, though the charges were dropped due to the officers instigating the confrontation using a gun they illegally confiscated from a police evidence room. In the summer of 1993, Shakur was charged for assaulting director Allen Hughes while filming Menace II Society Shakur was later sentenced to fifteen days in jail. However, the 22-year-old artist had a series of incidents and charges of breaking the law. In 1993, Tupac Shakur was already a success in the hip hop industry, with two gold-certified singles that reached the top fifteen on the on billboard hot 100 ('I Get Around', 'Keep Ya Head Up'), and a platinum-selling sophomore album that would peak just inside the top twenty-five of the Billboard 200 ( Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z.).
