“But 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. “There are no easy answers to the myriad questions surrounding Tupac’s death,” Marriott wrote after his harrowing experience reporting from the streets of gangland Compton. When the bullets stopped flying, 13 gangsters had been shot, three fatally. Suge’s henchmen told other Bloods that Tupac’s killer was Keffe D’s nephew, according to the Compton police affidavit. The report detailed how after Tupac’s slaying, Bloods launched a full-out war on Compton Crips. I first saw them gathered in one place in the May 1997 issue of Vibe magazine, in a story by Rob Marriott. These are indisputable facts, backed by witness testimony, police reports and videotape.
“In the vacuum created by lack of closure, everything, no matter how far-fetched, seems somehow possible.” Legend has enveloped Tupac’s death like barnacles on a sunken ship. The new Tupac biopic, All Eyez On Me, offers little clarity. Keffe D’s statements are detailed in the 2011 book Murder Rap, by retired Los Angeles Police Department Detective Greg Kading.īut thanks to Internet-borne conspiracies and institutional injustice toward black life, the question of who murked Pac has never been murkier. Those anonymous sources were confirmed more than a decade later by the eyewitness account of Anderson’s uncle, Southside Crip boss Duane “Keffe D” Davis, who says he was in the car and handed Anderson the murder weapon. Suge’s gangsters quickly spread the word that the killer was Anderson, according to what informants told police in the chaotic days after the shooting. Just the basic street arithmetic that continues to send thousands of black males to their graves.Īnderson’s beatdown was captured on security video. The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame honor Tupac Shakur knew he’d never live to seeĪin’t no skullduggery to it.All Eyez on VIBE magazine’s 1996 Death Row cover.Warriors’ JaVale McGee has added incentive to close out Finals.The strange legacy of Tupac’s ‘hologram’ lives on five years after its historic Coachella debut.Anderson shot Tupac from the back seat of the Caddy. A few hours later, cruising the Vegas Strip in Anderson’s rented white Cadillac, they saw Suge driving a BMW with Tupac in the front passenger seat. Anderson and three other Crips went looking for payback.
7, 1996, Tupac, Death Row Records kingpin Marion “Suge” Knight and Suge’s gang of Bloods beat up a Southside Crip named Orlando “Baby Lane” Anderson in a Las Vegas casino lobby. To prevent more Tupac tragedies, we need to understand what happened, and why: But instead of admitting that Tupac’s genius was extinguished because he chose to play gangster, we continue to rationalize and glamorize his Thug Life, aided and abetted by a corrupt justice system that denies us much-needed closure. The real answer is obvious, yet too many of us who love the culture avoid the facts: Tupac sealed his fate with one punch to a Crip’s face. It’s time to stop wondering who killed Tupac Shakur.Īmerica has spent the past two decades fishing at red herrings and inventing theories about how our brilliant brother could be gunned down on the Las Vegas Strip at age 25.
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