10 Grim Conspiracies Surrounding The Death Of Legendary Hip-Hop Icon Tupac Shakur

6 /10 Knight's Silence

If you’ve ever watched a mafia movie, what happened following the shooting will seem consistent with mob mentality.

The rumor that Anderson shot Tupac came from the Bloods entourage. However, “Suge” Knight didn’t say anything when the police questioned him.

He was extremely vague, saying he “heard something, but saw nothing.” This attitude left Vegas investigators quite frustrated.

News of the attack on Tupac Shakur made headlines across the world, yet they had no leads. They never did.

5 /10 Tupac's Final Days

Knight’s attitude is understandable, yet you’d expect someone on their deathbed to name their killer. But, like his Death Record boss, the rapper remained silent.

A police officer who claimed to have witnessed Tupac’s final moments said that when the rapper was asked for the last time if he’d seen the shooter, he answered: “Fuck you!”

Tupac, who had had one lung removed, went into respiratory failure and then cardiac arrest. As resuscitation efforts were failing, his mother asked the doctors to stop medical treatment.

4 /10 East Coast Vs. West Coast

In true mafia-style, Death Row kingpin “Suge” Knight decided to exact vengeance on his enemies without involving the police.

What followed was a bloody street war between the two rival camps or the East Coast vs. West Coast media. At least 13 gangsters were shot in the bloody aftermath of Tupac’s death, three of them fatally.

3 /10 Violence Begets Violence

If he’d stuck to his music, Tupac Shakur might still be alive today. But, on the other hand, that was probably not an option at the time. You had to be part of a gang if you wanted to have a career.

“It has become clear that the rap star’s death — and the three homicides that followed — are only the most visible tragedies in a web of intrigue that extends deep into the L.A. underworld,” wrote Rob Marriott. He published an investigation into gangland life in Vibe magazine.

2 /10 Staged Coup

Many believe that there was much more at play than stupid revenge for a stolen pendant. Something more sinister. It was “Suge” Knight himself who suggested in 2017 that it wasn’t Tupac who was the intended target.

Instead, he said it was an attack on him, and it was part of a larger plot to take control of Death Row Records.

A few years earlier, a report in Israeli newspaper Haaretz, quoting F.B.I. documents, pointed the finger at the Jewish Defense Organization, accusing it of racketeering.

The Jewish organization was charged with making death threats against Tupac Shakur and other rappers.

1 /10 Notorious B.I.G. Killed

The tragic fate of Tupac Shakur is intimately related to the death of his main rival, The Notorious B.I.G., who was killed six months later.

It was also a drive-by shooting, eerily similar to the Vegas killing. Like Tupac Shakur, The Notorious B.I.G. also took four bullets.

His attacker was described as an African-American dressed in a blue suit; a description so vague identifying him proved impossible.

The Notorious B.I.G. was pronounced dead shortly upon arriving at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in the early hours of March 9, 1997. He was only 24 years old.