Why was famous rap artist Tupac Shakur killed?

By the early 1990s, Tupac Shakur was quickly becoming a popular rap artist, not only in the United States but all over the world. Tupac, who has managed to greatly influence both music fans around the world and the world of rap music, which he is a part of, has become a legend despite his short career. Because he had many features that a legend should have. Above all, he was a talented musician and songwriter. He was brave, political and brave. He had a valuable talent for influencing people, especially those who had been ignored and enslaved by the United States for years. And perhaps most importantly, he was assassinated!

Ok but why? Why and who killed the famous rap star in the nineties? These questions have not been answered, after all these years. That’s why there are so many rumors, so many conspiracy theories about the death of the legend. Others claim that Shakur is still with us! Yes, all these rumors and allegations do not contribute to the emergence of the truth. But thanks in part to these rumors, the legend of Tupac Shakur has been around for years. Here’s what you need to know about the mysterious death of legendary rap artist Tupac Shakur that went unsolved for years.

Tupac Shakur was born in 1971 in New York.

Tupac and Afeni Shakur

Indeed, from his childhood it was clear what kind of person he would become and what he would become. His mother, Afeni Shakur, was one of the leading figures in the Black Panther Party fighting for the rights of black people in the United States, and one of the leading activists of his time. So much so that she was on trial for 350 years in prison while she was still pregnant with Tupac.

Fortunately, most of the allegations against him were fabricated and he was acquitted in the case. Here, Tupac Shakur’s childhood and youth passed among the oppressed, as one of the oppressed, in poverty, struggle and chaos…

The poverty and political atmosphere of the world he lived in caused Tupac Shakur to move several times during his childhood and youth.

By the 1980s, his mother had become addicted to drugs. On the other hand, Tupac decided to get away from home, and to leave the house. They were reunited two years later. However, this chapter and all the other difficulties he faced would allow a new page to be opened in his life.

Tupac was interested in music from an early age, and has participated in several amateur music groups over the years.

However, the band that changed Shakur’s life was the alternative hip-hop group Digital Underground, which was founded in Oakland, California in 1978.

Shakur was a dancer and stage manager in the group of several young musicians. However, his interest and talent in rapping would bring Tupac to the stage.

In 1991, he became Digital Underground’s Most Popular Musician.

In his songs, he directly and fearlessly expressed the troubles of blacks, said that violence could be one of the means of change, and spoke of poverty, injustice, and minority rights. Combined with Shakur’s unique stance with his hard-hitting, political music, it was inevitable that Shakur’s rap would spread like an epidemic in the natural environment, and it was.

He also talked a lot about violence and crime in his songs because these themes were central to Shakur’s life.

He was arrested in 1993 for hitting two off-duty policemen with a gun. However, it was later discovered that the policemen were drunk and Shakur had opened fire in self-defense. Shortly thereafter, in 1994, a woman named Ayanna Jackson accused him of rape. Although Tupac Shakur denies the accusation, he could not avoid being sentenced to prison. The process that ends with his death as a result of the assassination began in Tupac prison.

While in prison, he met Suge Knight, owner of Death Row Records.

Knight made a very attractive offer to Tupac. Accordingly, if Shakur did not sign a contract with Knight’s Death Row Records label, Knight would post Shakur’s bail of $1.4 million for his release. Tupac accepted Knight’s offer, the deal was done, and the rebellious, boisterous voice of the rap community was unleashed. However, this agreement also presaged Tupac’s move into the Giants League. For this reason, active days were waiting for the world of rap music.

Tupac Shakur was first photographed on November 30, 1994

On November 30, 1994, Tupac, who was working on an album in his Manhattan recording studio, was attacked by two gunmen. The attackers shot and wounded him. Tupac later announced that he blamed rappers Sean Combs and Cetorius Page for the attack.

Notorious B.I.G., which has close ties to the South Side Crips gang/criminal organization, allegedly wanted to fuel the East Coast-West Coast conflict in the American rap industry, thus resorting to violence.

He was shot at for the second time in Las Vegas on September 7, 1996.

Tupac, who watched the match of the famous boxer Mike Tyson on the evening of September 7, 1996, left the place where the match was held with Suge Knight, who was with him. However, after a while, at least 12 shots were fired from another car approaching the car they were both in, at the car where Tupac was. One of the bullets hit Suge Knight, who was sitting in the driver’s seat, in the head. However, 4 bullets hit Tupac’s body.

Tupac was hospitalized soon after. Doctors say he has a great chance of survival

However, the rebellious rapper’s condition later worsened. Tupac Shakur died on September 13, 1996, exactly 6 days after his assassination. In fact, violence was among the normal elements in Tupac’s life. He had been hit by a gun or injured others before. Therefore, this latest attack was not surprising. But who killed Tupac and why?

The killers of Tupac Shakur have yet to be caught despite the past 27 years

So why he was killed is an unsolved mystery for years. However, according to some, why and by whom Tupac was killed is known to people deep in the rap world. But there are so many secrets to be uncovered in this matter, and so many people are in danger. Therefore, the mysterious death of Tupac had to remain a mystery. Full of mystery, the story of the famous singer’s murder gives rise to many conspiracy theories, some of which are very interesting.

According to one of the most popular theories, Tupac’s death was ordered by the notorious B.I.G.

Although the identity of the shooter is unknown, many people believe that Tupac was killed on the orders of the notorious Paige. Given the feud between the two and Tupac blaming Notorious BIG for the gun attack years ago, the theory doesn’t seem so inconsequential. However, this claim has never been proven and probably never will be. Because Notorious was assassinated shortly after Tupac’s death.

Gang member Orlando Anderson is among the prime suspects in Tupac Shakur’s murder.

Many people believe that Anderson, a member of the South Side Crips gang, was the one who killed Tupac. Because it is known that Tupac attacked Anderson with his friends the night he was watching Mike Tyson’s match. It is believed that Anderson may have killed Tupac as revenge.

There are also those who blame Suge Knight for Tupac’s death

Despite the random shooting, surviving the attack makes Knight a suspect in some people’s eyes. However, this theory seems very plausible when compared to some of the other theories.

Some believe that the weapon that killed Tupac belongs to the US government!

Those who make this claim say that Tupac is very influential on the political front, especially among blacks and minorities. The second dimension of the allegation is that the famous rapper’s potential influence on the audiences he addresses wants him broken early by the US government. In other words, according to this claim, Tupac Shakur was murdered by the United States government.

In one of the most interesting conspiracy theories out there, Tupac allegedly didn’t die.

Underlying this theory is the idea that Tupac wanted to change his lifestyle, and that he planned his death for that. On the other hand, Tupac fans who believe in this theory say that the rapper lives in Cuba.