The rapper’s unsolved murder in 1996 is one of music’s most enduring unsolved mysteries, and conspiracy theories abound about whether he actually died at all. Now the son of ‘Pac’s label chief is adding a new idea to the pile.
In a series of bizarre, since-deleted Instagram posts, Suge J. Knight asserted that the “Dear Mama” emcee is currently living in Malaysia. It started with a simple image that read “Tupac is alive” in black text, and next Knight shared a screenshot of a text fight he had with an anonymous source, who allegedly told him, “You said [too] much. Time for you to go.”
Then he added photos that appear to show an older Shakur with 50 Cent and Beyoncé, apparently as evidence. Throughout Knight’s Instagram story, he also mentions the Illuminati and capped it all off by insisting he’s “not on drugs.”
American rapper Tupac Shakur had been to see Mike Tyson fight Bruce Seldon at the MGM Grand Las Vegas on the night he tragically died.
While driving to the afterparty with Suge Knight, a white car pulled up to Tupac's BMW and opened fire.
The rapper was hit four times and was rushed to University Medical Center, where he died six days later. Despite his confirmed death, the 26 years that have followed have seen many rumours and conspiracy theories that Tupac somehow survived the shooting.
On that tragic night, Tupac was persuaded to go to the fight by Knight.
The former Death Row Records CEO is currently four years into a 28-year jail sentence after he pleaded no contest to a voluntary manslaughter in a hit-and-run in 2015.
In the years since Tupac's death, Knight's son has fuelled the rumours and conspiracy theories by claiming Tupac is in fact alive. He doubled down on his suggestions in January 2019 - posting that Tupac was 'back in the studio' with 'new music coming'.
Speaking to Yahoo, Knight Jr discussed the reaction he had to his bold claims: "When I said it, the whole world stopped moving.
"Everybody was like, ‘What's going on?’ I went and got 200,000 followers within two days. And I was like, ‘Wow, like this is, this is crazy. Germany's calling me [to do interviews], and I don't even speak German’.
"So, I don't even know what to do. Pretty much the reason why I did it, there's a purpose for it, and you actually have to tune into the show to see why."
In recent days, a Colorado inmate has filed a lawsuit to obtain Tupac Shakur's estate as he claims he is the late rapper's reincarnation.
Pac was mysteriously gunned down on the streets of Las Vegas in a drive-by shooting on Sept. 7, 1996. More than 21 years later, in September 2017, an LAPD source involved in the investigation revealed to PEOPLE exclusively that attack was prompted by “gang retaliation” against the senior Knight.
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