Legendary rapper 2pac Shakur passed away on the 13th of September, 1996, after he was shot many times in a drive by shooting that happened in Las Vegas. It’s been many years after his death but 2pac remains very popular even to those that weren’t born as at the time he passed away. The legendary rapper keeps enjoying posthumous streams which has kept his name at the top for so many years.
2pac’s bright future was cut short at a young age of 25. Funny enough, his m*rder remains unsolved to this very day. Before 2pac was k*lled, there was a failed attempt on his life two years earlier. On the 30th of November 1994, the rapper was shot in a robbery incident that took place in Manhattan where his recording studio was located.
2pac had blamed the attack on Sean Combs and Christopher Wallace AKA Biggie, who were his rivals. On the 7th of September, 1996, during the Mike Tyson vs Bruce Seldon boxing match, 2pac and his crew were seen having a scuffle in the lobby of MGM Grand hotel with a member of the L.A based Crips street gang.
Few hours later, the rapper was sitting in the passenger’s side of a car that was driven by Death Row Records head Marian “Suge” Knight, when another car (white Cadillac) pulled up and opened fire on them. A total of 13 shots were fired and four of the shots struck 2pac while one shot grazed the head of Suge Knight. An emergency surgery was conducted to save 2pac’s life, the doctors even announced that his condition had improved that he was responding to treatment. Sadly, 2pac passed away on the 13th of September 1996 from his wounds which he sustained from the gunshots.
After 14 years in prison for another crime, a man identified as Dexter Isaac, confessed that he was behind the 1994 shooting of 2pac,.the shooting that 2pac survived. Dexter who is currently serving a life sentence for unrelated charges, said that Jimmy “Henchman” Rosemond hired him to carry out the attack on 2pac.
“Jimmy, I say to you: I have kept your secrets for years,” Dexter told AllHiphop. “I have stayed silent in prison for the past 13 years, doing a life sentence like a real soldier should, when you and everybody have turned your backs on me … Now I would like to clear up a few things, because the statute of limitations is over, and no one can be charged, and I’m just plain tired of listening to your lies. In 1994, James Rosemond hired me to rob 2Pac Shakur at the Quad studio. He gave me $2,500, plus all the jewellery I took, except for one ring, which he wanted for himself.”
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Dexter was imprisoned on an indictment m*rder, witness intimidation and fraud charges. Both himself and Jimmy have been linked to 2pac’s m*rder but none of them has been charged. It’s alleged that Jimmy planned the attack on 2pac as payback for rejecting their record label but the L.A Times admitted that the allegations had no proof. 2pac actually threatened to payback Jimmy while he was still alive.
In his lyrics, 2pac said
“Heard the g”ns bust, but your tricks never shut me up … All out warfare, eye for eye.”
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Six months after the death of 2pac, another legendary rapper know as Biggie, was k*lled in a similar circumstance in Los Angeles. No arrests were made on his m*rder.