Tupac Shakur by Trevor anderson

 

Born in New York City, becoming a rapper in Las Vegas, Tupac Shakur was one of the greatest artist ever to lived. On September 13, 1996, he died in a medical hospital in Las Vegas from gunshot wounds. No one knows who murdered him and his case still remains unsolved. On September 7, 1996, he was at an event in Las Vegas when a car pulled up and the person immediately shot Tupac and his crew. The driver drove off leaving Tupac bleeding out. The main conspiracy theory is, why was he murdered? Who was the murderer? What caused this to erupt? Let’s look up the evidence on what could be the possible answer.

Tupac Shakur was one of the most talented and legendary hip-hop artist ever to lived. He sold millions and millions of records worldwide making him the #1 rapper and actor on stage. Living through many catastrophic events at his young age, Tupac began to self-motivate himself by stepping up and be recognized by being a hip-hop artist. While also being talented with his skills, he was a drug dealer. The consequences he faced while being a drug dealer was horrible and devastating. His only way out of it was becoming an artist. On September 13, 1996, he died in a medical hospital in Las Vegas from gunshot wounds. No one knows who murdered him and his case still remains unsolved. On September 7, 1996, he was at an event in Las Vegas when a car pulled up and the driver immediately shot Tupac and his crew. The driver drove off leaving Tupac bleeding out. Six days later, he was pronounced dead. The main conspiracy theory is, was he the best hip-hop artist to ever set foot on stage? What made him get into rapping? How do people feel about Tupac’s death? In addition, what was the cause of it? Let us look up the evidence on what could be the possible answer.

During his childhood, Tupac grew up without any help, motivation or discipline to start his life right. Instead, he spends his whole childhood struggling with his mom and biological father who he still have not met or talked too. “Impoverished during most of his childhood, Afeni took him and his half-sister Sekyiwa moving around to homeless shelters and various places around New York City. Such condition caused Tupac retained few friends and relied on writing poetry and diary entries to keep himself busy.” The young and talented teenager began his career in high school. “Shakur spent his earliest years in the Bronx and Harlem, and at age 13 made his acting debut in a production of A Raisin in the Sun at an Apollo Theatre benefit for Jesse Jackson's 1984 presidential campaign. He spent the rest of his childhood moving around the country with his mother. He attended the Baltimore School of the Arts before dropping out and settling, at the age of 17, in Marin County, California.” After school, Tupac auditioned to become a dancer and roadie for many rapping groups in the 1990s. “He appeared on that group's This Is an E.P. Release EP (1990) and Sons of the P (1991). In 1991 he signed with Interscope and released the album 2pacalypse Now (Number 64 pop, Number 13 R&B, 1992), a musical mixture of inner-city portraiture and messages of racial strength. An underground hit, the album spawned the single "Brenda's Got a Baby" (Number 23 R&B).” After years of being in groups, Tupac made his own solo, 2Pacalypse Now. This is one of the top selling albums ever recorded in music history. “Released on November 12, 1991, 2Pacalypse Now was devoid of any undeniable hit singles and performed modestly out of the gate. Eventually, it won critics and listeners over with its pointed commentary and Pac’s tangible charisma and sincerity.” Foreshadowing years later, Tupac is murdered and no one knows what caused it. Until this day, his murder case remains unsolved. However, here are some resources I have found to might explain what happen. “The story of Shakur’s death on September 13, 1996, begins with a failed attempt on his life two years earlier. On November 30, 1994, Tupac Shakur was shot and seriously wounded during a robbery committed by two armed men in the lobby of a midtown Manhattan office building that housed a recording studio where he’d been working on his third album, Me Against the World (1995). For reasons that have been detailed obsessively in works such as Nick Broomfield’s 2002 documentary Biggie and Tupac, Shakur blamed the attack on producer Sean “Puff Daddy” Combs and rival rapper Christopher Wallace—a.k.a. “The Notorious B.I.G.” Shakur’s charges, and his subsequent move to the L.A.-based record label Death Row Records, sparked the so-called “East Coast vs. West Coast” feud that defined the hip-hop scene through the mid-1990s.” In addition, after his death six months later, Shakur’s rap rival, Christopher Wallace, was murdered. Tupac’s death caused many theories to think about. What could we do to avoid this? How can you learn from it? How do you feel about it overall? Well, here is thoughts and evidence from what resources tells us. “Heartbreak can teach powerful lessons. But instead of admitting that Tupac’s genius was extinguished because he chose to play gangster, we continue to rationalize and glamorize his Thug Life, aided and abetted by a corrupt justice system that denies us much-needed closure. To prevent more Tupac tragedies, we need to understand what happened, and why:” More resources say that Tupac left a mark after his death reminding people how living life like him was like. Influencing them to learn and take action from it. He motivated people to become something that they actually believed in. Which paid off dearly.

 

The Conspiracy Theories that people are wondering about is who was Tupac Shakur murdered by? There are 3 options that can relate on how his death occurred on September 13, 1996 at the age of 25. Biggie Smalls being one possible answer, a shot-by from an unknown person, or was his death gang related being another answer. Whatever the case, his death still remains unsolved until this day. Resources that people researched are the evidence of what could be the conspiracy theory behind Tupac’s death. Let us look over on what we can figure out and find so far.

The first conspiracy theory is about Biggie Smalls. Once was partners with Tupac, then later on, became rivalries with one another. Both were murdered less than 6 months apart. The two rappers met in 1993. Tupac often gave Biggie a lot of advice on his career of being a rapper. In the mid-1990s, both rappers sang songs back and forth to each other that was reflecting on what was happening in their normal lives. Then the East and West Coast got involved in it, making the two rappers bitter rivalries.

“The music video for Tupac’s “2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted” offered a clue to a second theory.  In the months before his death, Tupac was at the center of a heated rivalry between the East coast rapper Biggie Smalls and Sean “Puffy” Combs, the CEO of Bad Boy Entertainment. In the music video, Tupac blames his East coast rivals for the 1994 attack that nearly killed him.” (Business Insider.)

After Tupac’s death in 1996, people turned to Biggie Smalls. Many have thought he planned his death all along.

“Biggie's wife, Faith Evans, recalled that after Tupac's death, he feared for his own life. Some people believed Biggie planned Tupac's murder — and some still do. “I think it would be some element of fear that would kind of run through his mind, given the fact that his name was involved in a lot of the situations involving Tupac before his murder,” Evans said.” (Business Insider.)

The second conspiracy theory is, did Suge Knight wanted him dead? Of course, Tupac was with Suge Knight at the Mike Tyson fight in Los Angeles the night he had got shot up. While he was inside a black BMW at an intersection, a car pulled up and the unidentified target immediately shot Tupac. Suge Knight, was also in the scene. It has been rumored that Tupac was planning to split from the Death Row to join another gang, and which Suge had no other choice but to take him out. In addition, he planned to take Biggie Smalls out as well.

“A 2002 documentary called Biggie & Tupac presented some interesting theories about Tupac's  death, including one that Death Row boss Suge Knight ordered a hit on his superstar artist with whom he was having some monetary disputes. It claimed Tupac was planning to split from Death Row, and in retaliation, Suge wanted him taken out. Suge then had Biggie killed in order to take suspicion off of himself for 'Pac's case. Interestingly, Knight reportedly owned (or just took) Tupac's money.” (Unsolved Mysteries.)

“There are theories that Suge Knight, the CEO of Death Row Records — the man in the driver's seat when Tupac got shot — could have had something to do with either death. People believe he wanted Tupac dead so he wouldn't switch record labels, or that he had Biggie killed out of revenge for Tupac's murder. Or that he had Biggie killed to distract investigators from pointing the blame for Tupac's death in his direction.” (Unsolved Mysteries.)

The last conspiracy theory is, was Tupac’s death gang related? It is well known that Tupac was apart of gang violence and that he would always be in some kind of trouble. One research says that Orlando Anderson, a Crips member, was a primary suspect of Tupac’s murder. “Earlier on the day of the shooting, Shakur had gotten into an altercation with Crips member    Orlando Anderson. “It was simple retaliation: you mess with one of ours, we will mess with one of yours.””(Your Tango). In addition, P. Diddy was another primary suspect in this murder case. Here is what researches show.

“According to Kading’s book Murder Rap, Diddy hired Crips member Keffe D for $1 million to take out both Shakur and Knight. LA Weekly reports that Keffe D revealed on tape, "[Combs] took me downstairs and he's like, 'Man, I want to get rid of them dudes.' ... I was like, 'We'll wipe their a** out, quick. It's nothing.' ... We wanted a million."”(Your Tango.)

Although two decades has passed by, Tupac Shakur’s death quickly became one of the most infamous unsolved murders in history. These possible theories could be real and can lead us the answer. But in a situation like this, of not solving his murder case, we may never find out who killed our most famous legendary hip hop artist. And that the case could come to a disappointing close.

Two decades has passed by since the passing of Tupac Shakur. His murder case still remains unsolved and people are still investigating what have could have been the possible answer for this case. These three theories are what we know so far:

1.         Did Biggie Smalls and his gang planned Tupac’s murder?

2.         Did Suge Knight wanted Tupac died?

3.         Was his murder case gang-related?

 

Whatever the case may be, Tupac will always be an iconic rapper that ever set foot on stage. It could be a possibly that we may never find out who Tupac’s killer is. And that his murder case may never be solved.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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