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Death of Tupac Shakur Tupac was a west coast rapper. “He left behind an incredible legacy and an indelible mark on rap music, but many fans still obsess over the foggy details of the Shakur's death”. (Garofalo) It was said that he was shot and murdered by an unknown gunman in a white cadillac while leaving a Mike Tyson fight and was heading towards a club on September 13, 1996. There are many theories explaining that Tupac might have been shot and killed by Orlando Anderson, Suge Knight or even the FBI. Some say he might have even faked his own death. That’s exactly what happened. Research says he’s alive and living in Cuba. Suge Knight could not have murdered Tupac. The first officer at the scene of the crime noticed he was worried for Tupac. The officer told CNN at an interview, “This guy is huge, and the whole time he's running around at the scene, he's gushing blood from his head” (Caroll). Knight should have noticed that he had blood coming out of the back of his head, but was too busy worrying about Tupac’s condition. When the officer took Shakur out of the car, Knight was yelling, “Pac! Pac!” trying his best to get a reply. One of the other reasons that Knight didn’t kill Tupac was …show more content…

Two of his family members have shown evidence that he could be in Cuba. He has an aunt who lives in Cuba, which Tupac could’ve lived with until he was financially stable to move out. His mother (who was one of the only people, apart from the medical staff, to be in the room in which Tupac died) said, “In the end, he chose to leave quietly”. This is a clue that Tupac possibly had some help leaving the United States without it being known. There was also a photo of himself taken very recently. The photo of him was revealed in 2015. Tupac was shown taking a selfie with a phone made in 2011 and the jacket he wore was a 2014 model, Tupac could not have acquired these two items since he was said to be dead in

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