The Day Tupac Appeared In Court In The Morning And Performed At A Show In The Evening.1993-04-16

 On April 16, 1993 Tupac appeared before Judge David L. Jordon for Case No. 93-561. 

Tupac would eventually plead guilty to the misdemeanor charge, per Associated Press accounts, and agreed to serve 10 days in the Ingham County Jail.

Once his legal troubles were handled, Tupac finally made his way to Flint that afternoon. He strolled around the Genesee Valley Center for gear then settled in his hotel room at Holiday Inn before the show.

A black stretch limousine waited for Tupac when he arrived at Detroit Metropolitan Airport on the morning of April 16, 1993. His Thug Life group members and road manager, Charles Fuller, accompanied him.

Tupac’s first order of business wasn’t getting settled or attending sound check. The rap star had a court appearance.

So instead of driving to Flint first, Tupac, Hopkins and his camp traveled another 88.6 miles for an hour and 23-minute trip to East Lansing District Court.

Tupac was facing criminal charges that stemmed from an April 5, 1993, Michigan State University concert where he was arrested for swinging a baseball bat at Chauncey Wynn, another Flint native and executive director for Rice’s Fly Records.

 Marijuana smoke trailed Tupac Shakur as he entered the Capitol Theatre front door with a five of his Thug Life partners.

Instead of being introduced from behind the curtains, the 23-year-old rapper strolled through the middle of the crowd of maybe 100 or so ticket holders, including popular Flint artist MC Breed, to headline his first show in downtown Flint.

“And most of them there was our family and friends,” party promoter Marvin “M-Hop” Hopkins laughs while describing the scene.

Local acts Top Authority, Black Castophal and Jake the Flake had just completed their sets ahead of him.

Brilliant Minds Productions was charging $15 per person for general admission after spending at least $14,000 to fly in Tupac, plus fulfill his requests of plane tickets and hotel rooms for his entire crew.

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