He was charged $23,857 for repairs to a porche owned by Steve Cantrock and Suge. He was charged rent on a Wilshire apartment that other Deathrow artists lived in on 9 seperate occasions. While on Deathrow he was jacked by Suge Knight repeatedly. While on Deathrow Tupac really seemed to change, influenced by Suge in the mob lifestyle and obviously bitter for the setup in the rape case and being shot 5 times. Tupac immediately began and released the album All Eyez on Me, a double CD which covered the first 2 cd's of the contract. The rest was put up with a $300,000 bail bond and $250,000 in cash from Suge or Interscope. $850,000 was raised by Atlantic Records, which was posted in a corporate guarantee. The New York Court of Appeals granted him leave to post bail. Tupac agreed and Deathrow lawyer David Kenner went about bailing Tupac out of jail. Tupac said at the time he signed the contract "I know I'm selling my soul." But he couldn't stand another few years in prison. For the second and third, Tupac would be paid an advance of no less than $1 million, or $1 million for every million copies of the prior album which was sold, and he would be paid a royalty of 18% of sales, plus a bonus of l% if it went Gold, and another 1% if it went Platinum. Tupac would be paid a royalty of 18 points for sales of the first album, plus a bonus of 1% if it went Gold, and another 1% if it went Platinum. They worked out a contract in which Tupac would receive an advance of $1 million for the first album, in addition to $125,000 for a car, a $120,000 expense allowance for one year, a $250,000 legal fund to be spent as Tupac desired, and David's legal services. Suge said he'd get Tupac out, in exchange Tupac had to do 3 albums for Deathrow. Suge had previously asked him to join Deathrow, but he said "he just wasn't ready." The reality of it is that Tupac didn't want to join Deathrow, but changed his mind when faced with prison.
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