Its been 26 years since the beloved rap star Tupac was shot dead in Las Vegas.
The hip hop star died in 1996 at the age of 25 having been shot four times in the chest.
Ever since his death conspiracy theories have flown around with many people believing that Tupac isn’t actually dead or that his death wasn’t as much of a mystery as the police thought.
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A huge star in the music world as well as an established movie actor, he had the world at his feet and looked set to rise to mega-stardom when his life was cut tragically short.
To this day, his death remains a hotly discussed topic, with plenty of wild conspiracy theories.
Here, Daily Star explores the wildest conspiracy theories surrounding Tupac’s death.
He isn’t really dead
Some think he faked his own death because he was scared of being murdered or to escape his extravagant life of fame.
There has been a few “sightings” of the rapper over the years.
A lot of people claim to have seen the rapper in Cuba, the most convincing being in 2004 when a video showing Suge Knight joking with a man that looks strikingly similar to Tupac was uploaded to YouTube.
But, the back of the man’s head can only be seen in the clip while he appears to have no tattoos.
Suge Knight has since said Tupac is alive and “somewhere smoking a Cuban cigar,” while Knight’s son says the rapper is living in Malaysia after being spirited away by shadowy group the Illuminati.
Filmmaker Rick Boss reckons he fled to New Mexico to avoid murder.
Killed by the FBI
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Another theory is that Tupac was killed by the FBI in an attempt to end “violent rap culture” however this has never been proven.
He is believed to have been killed in the midst of the infamous West Coast Vs East Coast Hip-Hop war.
Tupac’s body claims
Knight paid for Tupac to be cremated the day after his death. Mortuary records said he was 6ft, weighing 215lb, when Tupac was previously recorded as 5ft 10in and 168lb.
The person who carried out the cremation is said to have vanished and some fans believe it wasn’t Tupac’s body at all.
There were even claims hip-hop group The Outlawz smoked some of his ashes.
Snoop Dogg was involved
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Comedian Faizon Love believes that Snoop Dogg could have helped keep Tupac alive.
Love doesn’t claim Snoop pulled the trigger or had the “Dear Mama” artist killed,
However he did say the Long Beach rapper’s influence could’ve kept Pac alive.
In an Instagram live Love said: “You want a real Pac story, that’s a Pac story.”
“Pac would’ve been alive today had he stayed allies with Snoop and not crossed Snoop.”
He said that Pac’s “tension with Snoop set off a chain of events” that ultimately led to his untimely death.
The number 7
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Officially, Tupac died on Friday 13. But the number 7 seems to have some creepy connections.
He was shot on September 7, aged 25 (2+5=7). The digits of his time of death, 4:03pm, add up to 7 and his birthday was June 16 (1+6 =7).
Fans who spotted this connection have dubbed it the The 7 Day Theory, as he 7th; and survived on the 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, and”died” the 13th.
In Richie Rich’s album Seasoned Veteran, which was released on the same day as The 7 Day Theory, on the song “N*ggas Done Changed” which is a duet with Tupac,
Tupac says the following lyrics: “I’ve been shot and murdered, can’t tell you how it happened word for word / but best believe that niggas’ gonna get what they deserve.”
This phrase implies that Tupac knows he will be dead when Richie Rich’s album is released.
Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
