Tupac Shakur’s Former Woodland Hills Rental: The Calabasas-Era Home

During the final year of his life, Tupac Shakur lived in a large Woodland Hills rental that was frequently described in contemporary coverage as being in Calabasas. The home became a gathering place for family, friends, and members of the Outlawz during Tupac’s intensely productive Death Row Records period.

Research note: This article preserves a historical property snapshot assembled from reporting, archived listings, and public records available when the original post was published in 2015. It does not identify a current resident. Later ownership details and personal associations have been omitted when they are not necessary to document Tupac’s connection to the property.

The Woodland Hills residence associated with Tupac Shakur during his Death Row Records era. Original image credit: Bing Maps.

Property Quick Facts

• Location: 4730 Azucena Road, Woodland Hills
• Often described as: Calabasas in contemporary media
• Built: 1995
• Original reported size: Six bedrooms, five bathrooms, approximately 5,895 square feet
• Lot: Approximately one acre
• Tupac’s connection: Rental residence during 1995–1996
• Ownership: Tupac did not complete a purchase of the property
• Last reviewed: August 2026

Why the Home Is Called Both Woodland Hills and Calabasas

The street address is in Woodland Hills, but national coverage often called the property a Calabasas estate. That geographic shorthand has followed the house ever since. For accuracy, this article uses Woodland Hills for the address while acknowledging the Calabasas description used in period reporting.

Tupac’s Death Row Records Period

Tupac moved to Los Angeles after his release from prison in October 1995 and his agreement with Death Row Records. Housing was among the support provided during this period. The Woodland Hills property became his primary suburban base while he recorded at a remarkable pace and worked on projects including All Eyez on Me.

The original version of this article cited a January 2000 Los Angeles Times report stating that Tupac did not own the property but had reportedly been in escrow to purchase it before his death. Because the sale was never completed, that statement should not be interpreted as ownership.

Life Inside the Woodland Hills Rental

A 1997 Vanity Fair profile described the Death Row-leased residence as a busy household shared with visiting family, friends, and members of the Outlawz. The profile recalled video games, slot machines, and Tupac holding conversations with the younger men staying at the house.

That account is more useful than the “party house” label sometimes attached to the property. It portrays a communal home that served as both a retreat and an informal gathering place during a complicated, highly productive year.

Archival collage associated with Tupac’s Woodland Hills residence. The original post identified his cars at upper left and members of the Outlawz at lower right. Original credit: Imgur.

Tupac Shakur at the residence in 1996. Original credit: t-u-p-a-c.tumblr.com.

Historical Property Record

The original property research identified a 1994 land transaction followed by the construction of the home in 1995. Records reviewed for the 2015 article showed a sale in May 1997 and another in December 1999 to musician Leor Dimant, better known as DJ Lethal. The property sold again in 2003.

Those transactions are included only to document the residence’s chronology. They do not indicate who owns or occupies the property today.

Why This Woodland Hills Home Matters

The residence connects a globally known music story to an ordinary-looking Valley street. Along with Can-Am Recorders in Tarzana and Eazy-E’s Woodland Hills property, it shows how much of West Coast hip-hop history unfolded beyond Hollywood and Compton, inside the residential and commercial landscape of the San Fernando Valley.

Sources

• Vanity Fair: “Tupac Shakur’s Sudden Death and the Life He Left Behind”
• Los Angeles Times: “Rapper Leaves Tangled Financial, Legal Legacy”

Related San Fernando Valley Music History

• Can-Am Recorders in Tarzana and the Death Row Records era
• West Coast hip-hop’s connections to the San Fernando Valley
• Eazy-E’s former playhouse in Woodland Hills
• Suge Knight’s former homes in the San Fernando Valley and beyond
• Dr. Dre’s former homes in the San Fernando Valley and beyond
• Ice Cube’s homes in the San Fernando Valley and beyond

Editor’s note: This article was substantially updated in August 2026 to clarify the property’s location, distinguish rental from ownership, remove privacy-sensitive speculation, shorten quoted material, and improve sourcing.